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name: "David Pearse"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-pearse"
roles: []
born: "30 August 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-20T08:35:47.652174+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."
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# David Pearse

Actor. Born 30 August 1991 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Born:** 30 August 1991, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** دیوید پیرس
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 78 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 77 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $72m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20534220, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1122014

## Biography

David Pearse is an Irish actor. He was born in Dublin and studied theatre at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin.

He is known for film roles including the Priest in *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), Bartley in *The Guard* (2011) and Brian Maher in *Grabbers* (2012), as well as television appearances in *Vikings* (2013), *The Last Kingdom* (2015) and *The Foreigner* (2017).

Pearse has a background in theatre; he received an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama League of America nomination for his performance in *The Cripple of Inishmaan* in New York in 2009.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms* (2026), Fi1m 73, as Ser Samwell — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms.md)
- *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Uncle Hughie — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast.md)
- *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Priest — [page](https://film.one/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin.md)
- *Calvary* (2014), Fi1m 81, as Father — [page](https://film.one/film/calvary.md)
- *The Guard* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Bartley — [page](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *The Lightkeeper* (2026), as O'Rathaile
- *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026), series, as Uncle Hughie — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast.md)
- *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms* (2026), series, as Ser Samwell — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms.md)
- *Shedites* (2026), as Big Tim
- *Small Town, Big Story* (2025), series, as Dermot Buckley
- *The Hardacres* (2024), series, as Mr Shaw
- *Bodkin* (2024), series, as Frank
- *Shardlake* (2024), series, as Brother Edwig
- *The Gates* (2024), as Father Matthews
- *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), as Priest — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin.md)
- *The Serpent Queen* (2022), series, as Cardinal
- *Joyride* (2022), as Showband Singer
- *Creep Hunters* (2022), as Peter
- *Dalgliesh* (2021), series, as Miles Kynaston
- *Let the Wrong One In* (2021), as Frank
- *Wildfire* (2021), as Gerry
- *Boys from County Hell* (2021), as Cathal
- *Sadie* (2021), as Clark
- *Pixie* (2020), as Reece Kearney
- *I Never Cry* (2020), as Robert
- *Brassic* (2019), series, as Doolan
- *Man Like Mobeen* (2017), series, as Irish Gangster
- *Bad Day for the Cut* (2017), as Gavigan
- *The Foreigner* (2017), as Billy McMahon
- *Paula* (2017), series, as Brady
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), series, as Godwine
- *Pursuit* (2015), as Mr. Law
- *Calvary* (2014), as Father — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/calvary.md)
- *The Musketeers* (2014), series, as Dube
- *Breakfast Wine* (2013), as Thomas, 'Cus'
- *Vikings* (2013), series, as Svein
- *Moone Boy* (2012), series, Actor
- *Keith Lemon: The Film* (2012), as Waterbot Salesman
- *Grabbers* (2012), as Brian Maher
- *Titanic: Blood and Steel* (2012), series, as Mr. Doland
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, as Nick
- *The Guard* (2011), as Bartley — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md)
- *Trivia* (2011), series, as Lawrence
- *Mount Analogue Revisited* (2010), as Ivan
- *The Runway* (2010), as Frog's Da
- *Zonad* (2010), as Bonad
- *Happy Ever Afters* (2009), as Detective Declan Burdock
- *Fifty Dead Men Walking* (2008), as Donovan
- *Little White Lie* (2008), as Malcolm
- *Small Engine Repair* (2006), Actor
- *Six Shooter* (2004), as Short Man
- *Laws of Attraction* (2004), as Pig Farmer
- *Spin the Bottle* (2003), as Strokes
- *Bloody Sunday* (2002), as O/C Provos
- *Rebel Heart* (2001), series, as Michael Mallen
- *An Everlasting Piece* (2000), as Comrade
- *Resurrection Man* (1998), as Gibralter Bar Local

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