---
name: "David Elliot"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-elliot"
fi1m_id: "david-elliot"
imdb_id: "nm2707511"
tmdb_id: 1390434
wikidata_id: "Q21280660"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 July 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T23:09:18.934099+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 Elliot

## Identity

David Elliot

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-elliot
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-elliot
- **IMDb ID:** nm2707511
- **TMDB ID:** 1390434
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21280660
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21280660, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2707511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1390434

Actor. Born 27 July 1981 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 July 1981, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Thriller 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21280660, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2707511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1390434

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Kajaki*](https://film.one/film/kajaki.md) (77)

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

## Biography

David Elliot is a Scottish actor. Born in Edinburgh, he began his career on stage, touring the UK in productions including *Decky Does a Bronco* and *Hangover*, the latter of which he also wrote and directed.

Elliot's breakthrough screen role came in the 2014 war film *Kajaki*, in which he played Corporal Mark Wright. For the performance he received the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in Film in 2015. Subsequent credits include *The Inland Road* (2017), the Sky series *Bulletproof* (2018–2020) as Jonesy, *The Cry* (2018), *The Liberator* (2020), Irvine Welsh's *Crime* (2021–2023) as DI Tommy Stark, and *Vigil* (2021–2023) as Ross Sutherland. He has also appeared in *Outlander* and *Down a Dark Hall*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Vigil* (2021), Fi1m 70, as Ross Sutherland — [page](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md)
- *Kajaki* (2014), Fi1m 77, as Mark Wright — [page](https://film.one/film/kajaki.md)
- *Outlander* (2014), Fi1m 74, as Army Doctor — [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Believe Me* (2026), series, as Gavin
- *Talamasca: The Secret Order* (2025), series, as Young Houseman
- *A.V. Van* (2023), as American Psycho
- *FBI: International* (2021), series, as Krisztofer Havel
- *Vigil* (2021), series, as Ross Sutherland — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md)
- *Promenade* (2019), Director
- *The Sea* (2019), as Arthur
- *Bad Dreams* (2018), as The Supervisor
- *Constellations* (2018), as The Stranger
- *The Cry* (2018), series, as Henry McCallum
- *Two for Joy* (2018), as Cam
- *Down a Dark Hall* (2018), as Robert Gordon
- *Bulletproof* (2018), series, as Jonesy
- *Knightfall* (2017), series, Writer
- *Clique* (2017), series, as DS Tom Gillespie
- *The Inland Road* (2017), as Will
- *Ghosted* (2016), as Tom
- *The Return* (2015), as Manny
- *Swung* (2015), as Tony
- *Kajaki* (2014), as Mark Wright — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kajaki.md)
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Army Doctor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)

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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-elliot