---
name: "David Westhead"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-westhead"
fi1m_id: "david-westhead"
imdb_id: "nm0922751"
tmdb_id: 85629
wikidata_id: "Q5240982"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T08:09:54.296218+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 Westhead

## Identity

David Westhead

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-westhead
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-westhead
- **IMDb ID:** nm0922751
- **TMDB ID:** 85629
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5240982
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Westhead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922751/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85629

Actor. Born 1 January 1963 in UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1963, UK
- **Active:** 1997–2011
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 75 (1), 2010s 52 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Westhead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922751/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85629

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Mrs Brown*](https://film.one/film/mrs-brown.md) (75)

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## Biography

David Westhead is an English actor. He was born on 1 June 1963 in Ely, Cambridgeshire. He studied drama at the University of Bristol before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1987, and then joined the Actors' Touring Company.

Westhead has appeared in numerous television series including regular roles in *The Bill*, *Criminal Justice*, *W1A* and *Life Begins*, and guest roles in *Doctor Who* (as William Kempe), *Midsomer Murders*, *Agatha Christie's Poirot* and *Andor* (as Admiral Daysar). His film credits include *Mrs Brown* (1997, as Bertie, Prince of Wales), *Wilde* (1997, as Edward Carson), *The Iron Lady* (2011) and *Enola Holmes 2* (2022, as Henry Lyon). He has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre, and co-founded the production company Wilton Pictures in 2002.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Iron Lady* (2011), Fi1m 52, as Shadow Minister — [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-lady.md)
- *Mrs Brown* (1997), Fi1m 75, as Prince of Wales (Bertie) — [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-brown.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Enola Holmes 2* (2022), as Henry Lyon
- *Andor* (2022), series, as Admiral Daysar — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *Strike* (2017), series, as Grant Ledwell
- *Reg* (2016), as Blair's Minder
- *The Coroner* (2015), series, as Grantham Naseby
- *Lovesick* (2014), series, as Alexander
- *W1A* (2014), series, as Neil Reid
- *Endeavour* (2013), series, as Val Todd — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as August Bestwick
- *Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me* (2011), as Charlie Archer
- *The Iron Lady* (2011), as Shadow Minister — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-lady.md)
- *The North London Book of the Dead* (2011), as Boss
- *Nancy, Sid and Sergio* (2011), as DI Palmer
- *The Silence* (2010), series, Actor
- *Criminal Justice* (2008), series, as Barry Coulter
- *The Time of Your Life* (2007), as Dave
- *The Time of Your Life* (2007), series, as Dave
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Leon Suskin
- *Wallis & Edward* (2005), as Ernest Simpson
- *Gideon's Daughter* (2005), as Bill
- *Beneath the Skin* (2005), as Dominic Hintlesham
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Kempe — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Disappeared* (2004), as Peter Vine
- *Stage Beauty* (2004), as Harry
- *The Key* (2003), Actor
- *William and Mary* (2003), series, as Alistair Harper
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Mark Talbot
- *Rose and Maloney* (2002), series, as Wallace Canford
- *Born and Bred* (2002), series, as Silas Craddock
- *Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister* (2002), as Van Den Meer
- *McCready and Daughter* (2001), series, Actor
- *Queen's Messenger* (2001), as Sir Desmond Grey
- *Donovan Quick* (2000), as George Mackie
- *My Fragile Heart* (2000), as DCI Peter Murray
- *Grafters* (1998), series, as Nick Costello
- *The Lakes* (1997), series, as Arthur Thwaite
- *Wilde* (1997), as Edward Carson
- *Mrs Brown* (1997), as Prince of Wales (Bertie) — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-brown.md)
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Gerry Moore — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Witness Against Hitler* (1996), as SS Officer Lange
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Freddie Tremaine
- *Stanley and the Women* (1991), series, as Stillsman
- *Blackeyes* (1989), series, as Mark Wilsher
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Supt. Jim Wheeler

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