---
name: "David Lyons"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-lyons"
fi1m_id: "david-lyons"
imdb_id: "nm2256017"
tmdb_id: 76941
wikidata_id: "Q716274"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 April 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-13T21:47:24.085077+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 Lyons

## Identity

David Lyons

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-lyons
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-lyons
- **IMDb ID:** nm2256017
- **TMDB ID:** 76941
- **Wikidata ID:** Q716274
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyons_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716274, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2256017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76941

Actor. Born 16 April 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 April 1976, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyons_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716274, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2256017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76941

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Beast in Me*](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md) (67)

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

## Biography

David Lyons is an Australian actor. He was born on 16 April 1976 in Melbourne and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2004.

He first gained prominence in Australia as Leading Seaman Josh Holiday in the naval drama *Sea Patrol* (2007–2009). Subsequent roles include Dr Simon Brenner in *ER* (2008–2009) and General Sebastian Monroe in *Revolution* (2012–2014). Film credits include *Eat Pray Love* (2010) and *Safe Haven* (2013).

Lyons has appeared in *The Night Agent* (2023) and portrayed FBI agent Brian Abbott in the 2025 Netflix series *The Beast in Me*. He is married to actress Carly Pope.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), Fi1m 67, as Brian Abbott — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *The Night Agent* (2023), Fi1m 64, as Adam — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-agent.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, as Simon Brenner — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), series, as Brian Abbott — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *She Rides Shotgun* (2025), as Jimmy
- *Invisible Boys* (2025), series, as Father Mulroney
- *The Night Agent* (2023), series, as Adam — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-agent.md)
- *Troppo* (2022), series, as Lou Damford
- *I Am Woman* (2020), as Dale Muir
- *The Commons* (2019), series, as Lloyd Green
- *Truth Be Told* (2019), series, as Billy Aames
- *Seven Seconds* (2018), series, as Mike Diangelo
- *Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams* (2017), series, as Conrad Morrison
- *Game of Silence* (2016), series, as Jackson Brooks
- *Truth* (2015), as Josh Howard
- *The Trials of Cate McCall* (2013), as Josh
- *Record* (2013), Director
- *Save Your Legs!* (2013), as Prince
- *Safe Haven* (2013), as Kevin Tierney
- *Revolution* (2012), series, as Sebastian Monroe
- *Swerve* (2012), as Colin
- *Möbius* (2011), as Steve
- *A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne* (2011), as Gordon Wood
- *The Cape* (2011), series, as Vince Faraday / The Cape
- *Eat Pray Love* (2010), as Ian
- *Four* (2008), as Kit
- *Cactus* (2008), as Eli
- *Storm Warning* (2007), as Jimmy
- *Sea Patrol* (2007), series, as Josh 'ET' Holiday
- *ER* (1994), series, as Simon Brenner — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Between the Lines* (1992), series, as Commander Brian Huxtable
- *Safe Houses*, series, as Kevin Garvey
- *Day One*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![David Lyons](https://film.one/media/person/23574/gallery-68a52932d30e.jpg) David Lyons — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/David_Lyons_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-David_Lyons_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David B. Lyons speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Feral Audio Live", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Plea](https://film.one/media/person/23574/gallery-eba83abc464b.jpg) David B. Lyons speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Feral Audio Live", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Plea — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/David_B._Lyons_%2828262729940%29.jpg/1280px-David_B._Lyons_%2828262729940%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor David Lyons (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/23574/gallery-48020ea816da.jpg) Actor David Lyons (2010) — Ronald Woan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/David_Lyons.jpg/1280px-David_Lyons.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Lyons speaking at the 2013 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/23574/gallery-b69118b9831c.jpg) David Lyons speaking at the 2013 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/David_Lyons_%288611258162%29.jpg/1280px-David_Lyons_%288611258162%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Lyons](https://film.one/media/person/23574/gallery-fe283d524067.jpg) David Lyons — Image via TMDB
- ![David Lyons](https://film.one/media/person/23574/gallery-0b296b4bb8f0.jpg) David Lyons — Image via TMDB
- ![David Lyons speaking at the 2013 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/23574/gallery-564384fa01da.jpg) David Lyons speaking at the 2013 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/David_Lyons_%288611260788%29.jpg/1280px-David_Lyons_%288611260788%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Lyons at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Television Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/23574/gallery-81b0453fd0d2.jpg) David Lyons at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Television Festival. — Frantogian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/David_Lyons_-_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg/1280px-David_Lyons_-_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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