David Hearwood is an American actor and the voice of several computer games, including Battlefield 3, Killzone: Shadow Fall and Horizon Zero Dawn. He starred in such films and TV shows as “The Merchant of Venice”, “Robin Hood”, “Homeland”, “Selfie” and others. In the article, we will pay attention to his biography and note the main projects from the filmography of the actor.
short biography
David was born in 1965 in the English city of Birmingham in the family of a waitress and a truck driver who moved here from Congo in the late 50s. He studied in his hometown - attended the Washwood Heath Academy. He was a member of the London National Youth Theater, and at the age of 18 he entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. David Herwood now lives in Streetam, a southern district of London, with his wife Kirsty Handy and two children.
Venetian palace
David received his first role in 1988 - it was one episode of the crime drama Susan Wilkins "South of the border." Then, until 1999, he played small roles in television films and series until he played Dr. Mike Gregson, a first-person character in the medical drama of ITV Always and Everyone (1999-2001). And from 1999 to 2003, he played the role of Inspector Joe Robinson in Rob Percy’s police drama "Vice."
In 2003, David Harewood played the prince from Morocco in Michael Redford's melodrama Venetian Merchant, based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. He played the role of Inspector Marshall in the thriller Julian Fellows "Different Lies" (2005). As a ruthless captain, Poyson acted in the military action movie Edward Zwick "Blood Diamond" (2006). And two years later, he played Major Simon Brooks in the series drama Tom Greaves "The Palace" (2008).
Ghosts from Grimsby
The role of the prison gang leader Freddy Graham, David Herwood went to the mini-series of Peter Moffat "Criminal Justice" (2008-2009). He happened to try on the image of Brother Tuck, a cheerful monk, a physically strong man and a big lover of ale, in the adventure series Robin Hood (2006-2009), created by British producer Dominic Mingella. David played Billy Bones, a former assistant captain to Flint, in Steve Barron's television movie Treasure Island (2012). And over the course of 24 episodes, he played David Estes, director of the CIA anti-terrorism department, in the spy thriller Alex Hans and Howard Gordon's Homeland (2011- ...).
As Sam Sapperstein, chairman of the pharmaceutical company, he entered the main cast of Emily Kapnek’s self-contained romantic comedy “Selfie” (2014). In 2015, Bharat Nalluri's action movie Ghosts: Better Fate was released, a film with David Herwood, where he played the role of Francis Lorender, head of the Joint Intelligence Committee. A year later, he played Black Garrett in the comedy action movie Louis Leterrier “The Brothers from Grimsby” (2016).
Some of DC Comics
In 2017, David starred in the drama mini-series Kevin Hooks “Madib,” where he got the role of Walter Sisulu, deputy president of the American National Congress of South Africa.
And from 2015 to 2018, he participated in the filming of the superhero action movie of the CBS Supergirl channel. David Hearwood tried on the image of the Martian hunter - the last inhabitant of this planet to find himself on Earth and disguised as Hank Hanshaw - the former director of the Department of Extraordinary Operations. At the moment, this is his extreme role, but, given the popularity of the actor, he will not have to idle for a long time.