---
name: "David Webber"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-webber"
fi1m_id: "david-webber"
imdb_id: "nm0916360"
tmdb_id: 1628513
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T14:09:22.247269+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 Webber

## Identity

David Webber

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-webber
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-webber
- **IMDb ID:** nm0916360
- **TMDB ID:** 1628513
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1628513

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Action 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $220m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1628513

## Coming up

- *Elsinore* (2026-11-20), as National Theatre Security Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Hard Truths*](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md) (84)

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

## Biography

David Webber is a British actor. He trained at Rose Bruford College and has worked extensively in theatre, including National Theatre productions of *Barber Shop Chronicles*, *Death and the King's Horseman* and *Leave Taking*, and the West End musical *The Big Life*.

His screen credits include the films *Captain Phillips* (2013), *The Avengers* (1998), *The 51st State* (2001), *The Children Act* (2018) and *Hard Truths* (2024), in which he played Curtley. Television appearances include *Death in Paradise*, *Being Human*, *EastEnders* and *My Lady Jane* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Elsinore* (2026), Fi1m 74, as National Theatre Security Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)
- *Hard Truths* (2024), Fi1m 84, as Curtley — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md)
- *Chewing Gum* (2015), Fi1m 78, as Uncle Roy — [page](https://film.one/tv/chewing-gum.md)
- *Captain Phillips* (2013), Fi1m 83, as Maersk Alabama Crew — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-phillips.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Elsinore* (2026), as National Theatre Security Guard — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)
- *Hard Truths* (2024), as Curtley — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md)
- *My Lady Jane* (2024), series, as Kingsland Guard
- *The Flatshare* (2022), series, as Delroy
- *The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself* (2022), series, as Geoff
- *Testament: The Parables Retold* (2022), as David
- *Daddy's Girl* (2022), as Richard
- *Year of the Rabbit* (2019), series, as Newspaper Vendor
- *The Children Act* (2018), as Ted
- *National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles* (2018), as Abram / Ohene / Sizwe
- *Chewing Gum* (2015), series, as Uncle Roy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/chewing-gum.md)
- *Catherine Tate's Nan* (2014), as Geoff
- *Captain Phillips* (2013), as Maersk Alabama Crew — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-phillips.md)
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as John Harrow
- *Broken* (2012), as Policeman
- *The Royal Bodyguard* (2011), series, as Ghanaian Ambassador
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Pastor Demon Williams
- *Being Human* (2009), series, as Train Worker
- *How Not to Live Your Life* (2008), series, as Kwame
- *The Sarah Jane Adventures* (2007), series, as Minty
- *Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont* (2005), as Cabbie
- *Funland* (2005), series, as Idi
- *London Voodoo* (2004), as Ray
- *Tipping the Velvet* (2002), series, as Bill
- *The 51st State* (2001), as Mr. Jones
- *The Avengers* (1998), as World Council of Ministers
- *Among Giants* (1998), as Billy
- *2Point4 Children* (1991), series, as Ray
- *The Brittas Empire* (1991), series, as Electrician

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