---
name: "David Carlyle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-carlyle"
fi1m_id: "david-carlyle"
imdb_id: "nm3345234"
tmdb_id: 2927238
wikidata_id: "Q112039674"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T19:42:09.520601+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."
---

# David Carlyle

## Identity

David Carlyle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-carlyle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-carlyle
- **IMDb ID:** nm3345234
- **TMDB ID:** 2927238
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112039674
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carlyle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112039674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3345234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2927238

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carlyle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112039674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3345234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2927238

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*I Swear*](https://film.one/film/i-swear.md) (70)

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

## Biography

David Carlyle is a Scottish actor. He is known for playing Gregory Finch in the 2021 Channel 4 series *It's a Sin*, a role that earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 2022 British Academy Television Awards, as well as a nomination for the BAFTA Scotland Audience Award.

Carlyle had a ten-year stage career prior to *It's a Sin*, with credits including productions at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Lyceum Theatre and the National Theatre of Scotland. He has also appeared in the television series *Bodyguard* (2018), *Lip Service* (2012) and *Dinosaur* (2024).

In film, he played Chris Achenbach in the 2025 feature *I Swear*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *I Swear* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Chris — [page](https://film.one/film/i-swear.md)
- *It's a Sin* (2021), Fi1m 84, as Gregory Finch — [page](https://film.one/tv/its-a-sin.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *I Swear* (2025), as Chris — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/i-swear.md)
- *Dinosaur* (2024), series, as Bo
- *It's a Sin* (2021), series, as Gregory Finch — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/its-a-sin.md)
- *The Pigeon of Waterloo*, as Kirk
- *Fallen Astronaut*, Executive Producer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/david-carlyle