---
name: "David Hobbs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-hobbs-571731"
fi1m_id: "david-hobbs-571731"
imdb_id: "nm0387586"
tmdb_id: 571731
wikidata_id: "Q173466"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 June 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T23:27:19.522642+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 Hobbs

## Identity

David Hobbs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-hobbs-571731
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-hobbs-571731
- **IMDb ID:** nm0387586
- **TMDB ID:** 571731
- **Wikidata ID:** Q173466
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hobbs_(racing_driver), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173466, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387586/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/571731

Actor. Born 9 June 1939 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 June 1939, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hobbs_(racing_driver), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173466, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387586/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/571731

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Notes on Blindness* (2016), Fi1m 80, as Jack Hull — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Notes on Blindness* (2016), as Jack Hull — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md)
- *Cars 2* (2011), as David Hobbscap (voice)
- *Stroker Ace* (1983), as Announcer

## Gallery

- ![1965 Lola T70-002 Mark I Spyder at the 2018 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance. Belongs to Nick Grewal (driving), with F1 commentator David Hobbs in the no doubt ver](https://film.one/media/person/3761640/gallery-4d78c5ecf9ed.jpg) 1965 Lola T70-002 Mark I Spyder at the 2018 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance. Belongs to Nick Grewal (driving), with F1 commentator David Hobbs in the no doubt ver — Mr.choppers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/1965_Lola_T70-002_Mark_I%2C_Greenwich_2018_%28front_left%29.jpg/1280px-1965_Lola_T70-002_Mark_I%2C_Greenwich_2018_%28front_left%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![BMW GTP at Retro Classics 2019](https://film.one/media/person/3761640/gallery-67343f9086bd.jpg) BMW GTP at Retro Classics 2019 — Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/BMW_GTP_%281985%29_1Y7A6228.jpg/1280px-BMW_GTP_%281985%29_1Y7A6228.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Varsha and David Hobbs in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway plaza during the 2005 United States Grand Prix](https://film.one/media/person/3761640/gallery-66c92d05ce98.jpg) Bob Varsha and David Hobbs in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway plaza during the 2005 United States Grand Prix — Dan Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Bob_Varsha%2C_David_Hobbs.jpg/1280px-Bob_Varsha%2C_David_Hobbs.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Hobbs](https://film.one/media/person/3761640/gallery-1854c75165f3.jpg) David Hobbs — Dan Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/David_Hobbs.jpg/1280px-David_Hobbs.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Hobbs in the pitlane at the 2005 United States Grand Prix](https://film.one/media/person/3761640/gallery-2a8bb5844a44.jpg) David Hobbs in the pitlane at the 2005 United States Grand Prix — Dan Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/David_Hobbs_2.jpg/1280px-David_Hobbs_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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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-hobbs-571731