Biography
David Horovitch is an English actor. Born in London on 11 August 1945, he was educated at St Christopher School in Hertfordshire and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He made his stage debut in 1966 and has performed extensively in theatre, including productions at the Royal Exchange in Manchester.
On screen from 1970, he became best known for playing Detective Inspector Slack in five BBC adaptations of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple stories, beginning with Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984). He has appeared in numerous television series, including The New Avengers (1976), Foyle’s War (2002) and House of the Dragon (2022) as Grand Maester Mellos, as well as films such as 102 Dalmatians (2000), The Young Victoria (2009) and Mr. Turner (2014).
More recent screen roles include Cardinal Conroy in The Nun (2018) and The Nun II (2023), and Rabbi Goldstein in Bodies (2023).
