---
name: "David Shields"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-shields"
fi1m_id: "david-shields"
imdb_id: "nm7104160"
tmdb_id: 1723616
wikidata_id: "Q111544357"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T08:19:51.301948+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 Shields

## Identity

David Shields

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-shields
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-shields
- **IMDb ID:** nm7104160
- **TMDB ID:** 1723616
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111544357
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111544357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7104160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1723616

Actor. Born in Derby.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 65 (1), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Fantasy 1, History 1, Horror 1, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $81m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111544357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7104160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1723616

## Biography

David Shields is a British actor. Born in Derby, he studied theology at the University of Oxford before training at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, from which he graduated in 2017.

His screen credits include appearances in *The Crown* (2016) as Colin Tennant, *Doctor Who* (2018) as Ronan, *Black Mirror* (2023) as Michael Smart, *Masters of the Air* (2024) as Major Everett Blakely, and *Van der Valk* (2024) as Ruben Mesman. He plays Jordan Henderson in the BBC series *Dear England* (2026).

On stage, Shields appeared in the play *Punch*, which premiered at Nottingham Playhouse in 2024 and transferred to the Young Vic and Apollo Theatre; he received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor for the role.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Dear England* (2026), Fi1m 80, as Jordan Henderson — [page](https://film.one/tv/dear-england.md)
- *Dracula* (2025), Fi1m 55, as Henry Spencer — [page](https://film.one/film/dracula-2025.md)
- *Judy* (2019), Fi1m 65, as Photographer — [page](https://film.one/film/judy.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Dear England* (2026), series, as Jordan Henderson — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/dear-england.md)
- *Dracula* (2025), as Henry Spencer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/dracula-2025.md)
- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, as Cpt. Everett Blakely — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Freud's Last Session* (2023), as Weldon
- *Benediction* (2021), as Alexander Fenton
- *The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis* (2021), as Hugo Dyson
- *Van der Valk* (2020), series, as Ruben Mesman
- *The Bind* (2019), as Connor
- *Pompeii* (2019), Actor
- *Judy* (2019), as Photographer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/judy.md)
- *Una* (2017), as Joe
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Colin Tennant — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Tiny Bible* (2015), as Sam
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Michael Smart — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Ronan — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *How to Kill Your Family*, series, Actor

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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-shields