---
name: "Dave Turner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dave-turner"
fi1m_id: "dave-turner"
imdb_id: "nm8821923"
tmdb_id: 2447256
wikidata_id: "Q117818713"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T00:52:04.871780+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dave Turner

## Identity

Dave Turner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dave-turner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dave-turner
- **IMDb ID:** nm8821923
- **TMDB ID:** 2447256
- **Wikidata ID:** Q117818713
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117818713, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8821923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2447256

Actor. Born 1 January 2000 in Blaydon, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Blaydon, England
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $32m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117818713, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8821923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2447256

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Old Oak*](https://film.one/film/the-old-oak.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dave Turner is a British actor. He is known for his roles in three films directed by Ken Loach: Harry Edwards in *I, Daniel Blake* (2016), Magpie in *Sorry We Missed You* (2019), and the lead role of TJ Ballantyne in *The Old Oak* (2023).

A retired firefighter from Blaydon in the North East of England, Turner had no professional acting experience prior to his small parts in Loach's earlier films set in the region. He was cast as the lead in *The Old Oak* after working in a local pub following his retirement from the fire service.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, chroniclelive.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Old Oak* (2023), Fi1m 65, as TJ Ballantyne — [page](https://film.one/film/the-old-oak.md)
- *Sorry We Missed You* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Magpie — [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-we-missed-you.md)
- *I, Daniel Blake* (2016), Fi1m 82, as Harry Edwards — [page](https://film.one/film/i-daniel-blake.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Old Oak* (2023), as TJ Ballantyne — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-old-oak.md)
- *Sorry We Missed You* (2019), as Magpie — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-we-missed-you.md)
- *I, Daniel Blake* (2016), as Harry Edwards — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/i-daniel-blake.md)

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