David Bradley
British actor · United Kingdom · Actors · Born 1942 · age 84
David Bradley is read about 1,885 times a day, in 30 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?He's been the caretaker you'd never cross, the host who orchestrated television's most brutal dinner party, and the vampire hunter who knew the old ways. Bradley turns supporting roles into the parts you remember.
A life in dates
My Sister's BonesFilm, Ray2023
AllelujahFilm, Joe Colman2022
The ResponderSeries, Davey2021
JoltFilm, Gareth Fizel2019
After LifeSeries, Tony's Dad2018
Await Further InstructionsFilm, Grandad2016
The Young MessiahFilm, Old Rabbi2013
BroadchurchSeries, Jack Marshall2011
Captain America: The First AvengerFilm, Tower Keeper2009
Harry BrownFilm, Leonard Attwell2008
The Daisy ChainFilm, Sean Cryan2006
Great British MenuSeries
Sweeney ToddFilm, 2006Sweeney's Father2004
New TricksSeries
Exorcist: The BeginningFilm, 2004Father Gionetti2001
Blow DryFilm, Noah2000
The King Is AliveFilm, Henry1998
Left LuggageFilm, Concierge1997
Midsomer MurdersSeries, Tom1993Clarence Derwent AwardsAward1991Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAward
PerformanceSeries, 1991Barnadine1979
The Frisco KidFilm, Julius Rosensheine1977
The ProfessionalsSeries, Tony Kristo1970
Play for TodaySeries, Policeman1965
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries, The Evangelist1942Born17 April 1942Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
MBMy Sister's Bones
FRFrankenstein
CNChicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
GGGood Grief
YMYour Christmas or Mine 2ALAllelujah
GPGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
YMYour Christmas or Mine?
CBCatherine Called Birdy
GCGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved CinemaJOJolt
RORoyAIAwait Further Instructions
TLThe Lodgers
DTDoctor Who: Twice Upon a TimeTMThe Young Messiah
TEThe World's End
ATAn Adventure in Space and Time
HPHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2CACaptain America: The First Avenger
THThe Holding
AYAnother Year
HPHarry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceHBHarry BrownTCThe Daisy Chain
HPHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
HFHot FuzzSTSweeney Todd
HFHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
HAHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanEBExorcist: The Beginning
HSHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
NNNicholas Nickleby
HSHarry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneBDBlow DryTAThe King Is Alive
TGTom's Midnight GardenLLLeft Luggage
PEPrick Up Your EarsTKThe Frisco Kid158 credits on file
Television 24
TRThe Responder
GLGangs of LondonALAfter Life
TSThe StrainBRBroadchurch
GTGame of Thrones
CTCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
TTThe Tudors
BEBenidormGMGreat British Menu
CMCriminal Minds
DWDoctor WhoNTNew Tricks
WDWaking the DeadMMMidsomer Murders
AFA Touch of FrostPEPerformance
CACasualty
STScreen TwoTPThe Professionals
PLPlayhousePTPlay for Today
ITITV Saturday Night TheatreTTThirty-Minute TheatreAwards
About this person
Born in 1942, David John Bradley came up through the Royal Shakespeare Company, earning a Laurence Olivier Award for King Lear and anchoring productions like Harold Pinter's No Man's Land in the West End. Screen work brought him Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films, then Walder Frey in Game of Thrones and Abraham Setrakian in The Strain - character parts that carved out specific territory. Broadchurch won him the 2014 BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. He's appeared in Our Friends in the North, the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, and After Life. Doctor Who pulled him in twice over: first playing the show's originator William Hartnell in the biopic An Adventure in Space and Time, then stepping into the role itself as the First Doctor. In 2021, voicing Merlin in Guillermo del Toro's Tales of Arcadia earned him an Annie Award.
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