---
name: "David Wilmot"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-wilmot"
fi1m_id: "david-wilmot"
imdb_id: "nm0932837"
tmdb_id: 73287
wikidata_id: "Q5241188"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 15
updated: "2026-10-07T16:03:49.578261+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 Wilmot

## Identity

David Wilmot

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-wilmot
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-wilmot
- **IMDb ID:** nm0932837
- **TMDB ID:** 73287
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5241188
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wilmot_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5241188, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73287

Actor. Born 1 January 2000 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Also known as:** 데이비드 윌멋
- **Frequently works with:** [Brendan Gleeson](https://film.one/person/brendan-gleeson.md), [Chris Clark](https://film.one/person/chris-clark.md), [Flora Fernandez Marengo](https://film.one/person/flora-fernandez-marengo.md), [John Michael McDonagh](https://film.one/person/john-michael-mcdonagh.md), [Nick Rowland](https://film.one/person/nick-rowland.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 15 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 75 (1), 2010s 71 (8), 2020s 74 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 72 across 14 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 11 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 9 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 12, Crime 4, Mystery 4, Thriller 4, Action 2, History 2
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $900m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wilmot_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5241188, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73287

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Calvary*](https://film.one/film/calvary.md) (81), [*The Guard*](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md) (78), [*Calm with Horses*](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*'71*](https://film.one/film/71.md) (82), [*Ripper Street*](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*Hamnet*](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md) (76), [*House of Guinness*](https://film.one/tv/house-of-guinness.md) (74)
- **HBO Max:** [*Station Eleven*](https://film.one/tv/station-eleven.md) (84)

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

## Fi1m on David Wilmot

> David Wilmot plays men who are not the hero and know it: cranks, bullies, the old friend who ends up in charge. He is best given a little power and time to get used to it, and *Station Eleven* gave him both.

Watch Clark Thompson run his airport. In *Station Eleven* (2021) a planeload of passengers landed on the first day of the plague and never left, and twenty years later Clark, an old friend of the dead actor at the centre of the story, is in charge of the settlement that grew up in the terminal. David Wilmot plays him as a decent man slowly discovering how much he enjoys being in charge, and he takes his time about the discovering. We liked Clark for several episodes and then noticed, with some discomfort, that we had been liking a man getting used to power, and that Wilmot had let us do it on purpose.

That is the kind of part he gets and the kind he is good at. He is usually cast as an Irish supporting man, cantankerous, flawed or frightening, in crime stories, period pieces and dark comedies, and he tends to play them in his own accent, which helps. He came out of Dublin theatre, the Abbey and Druid, and made his film debut in *The Field* (1990), with an early appearance in *Michael Collins* (1996). The parts that made people notice came later: *Intermission* (2003) and Liam O'Leary in *The Guard* (2011), the second of two films with John Michael McDonagh and Brendan Gleeson. On stage he was the first Padraic in Martin McDonagh's *The Lieutenant of Inishmore*, an explosive lead, which is not what you would guess from the quiet man in the airport.

He does not think of himself as funny. "I never thought of myself as a comic actor. All my theatre work has been very serious," he has said, and the screen record bears him out in an odd way: the laughs in *Intermission* and *The Guard* come from men who are entirely serious about themselves. He is not a lead and does not appear to want to be. The nearest anyone comes to a reservation about him is that he prefers the supporting part, and we are not sure that counts.

His recent work is in period dress. He is John in Chloé Zhao's *Hamnet* (2025), a film we thought Jessie Buckley carried, and Bonnie Champion in *House of Guinness* (2025), a series we recommended for its cast. In neither did we stop to single him out, and that is the honest shape of a career like this: most of the time he is doing his job inside an ensemble and the job is not to be noticed. When the writing hands him a man with a little authority and a long while to grow into it, as *Station Eleven* did, he is worth the whole series. We would like somebody to hand him another.

## Biography

David Wilmot is an Irish actor whose screen credits include *Michael Collins* (1996), *I Went Down* (1997), *Intermission* (2003), *The Guard* (2011) and *Anna Karenina* (2012). He has appeared in television series such as *The Clinic*, *Ripper Street*, *Black Sails*, *Station Eleven* and *Bodkin*.

His theatre work includes productions with the Druid Theatre Company and the Abbey Theatre. He originated the role of Padraic in *The Lieutenant of Inishmore* in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001 and later performed it on Broadway, earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play in 2006 along with the Lucille Lortel Award and Theatre World Award.

In 2025 he played John Shakespeare in the film *Hamnet* and Bonnie Champion in the series *House of Guinness*.

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

## On Fi1m (15)

- *Hokum* (2026), Fi1m 72, as Jerry — [page](https://film.one/film/hokum.md)
- *Hamnet* (2025), Fi1m 76, as John — [page](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md)
- *House of Guinness* (2025), Fi1m 74, as Bonnie Champion — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-guinness.md)
- *The Wonder* (2022), Fi1m 63, as Sean Ryan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md)
- *Station Eleven* (2021), Fi1m 84, as Clark Thompson — [page](https://film.one/tv/station-eleven.md)
- *Calm with Horses* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Hector — [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md)
- *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald* (2018), Fi1m 46, as Portkey Tout — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald.md)
- *'71* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Boyle — [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)
- *Calvary* (2014), Fi1m 81, as Father Leary — [page](https://film.one/film/calvary.md)
- *Vikings* (2013), Fi1m 74, as Olaf Andwend — [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)
- *Anna Karenina* (2012), Fi1m 64, as Nikolai — [page](https://film.one/film/anna-karenina.md)
- *Ripper Street* (2012), Fi1m 74, as Donald Artherton — [page](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md)
- *The Guard* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Liam O'Leary — [page](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md)
- *Vera* (2011), Fi1m 72, as Mal Hinkin — [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Michael Collins* (1996), Fi1m 75, as Squad Youth #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/michael-collins.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

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

- *Hokum* (2026), as Jerry — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hokum.md)
- *Hamnet* (2025), as John — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md)
- *House of Guinness* (2025), series, as Bonnie Champion — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-guinness.md)
- *Small Town, Big Story* (2025), series, as Keith McCurdle
- *Bodkin* (2024), series, as Seamus Gallagher
- *Lies We Tell* (2023), as Silas
- *Embers* (2023), as Gary
- *The Wonder* (2022), as Sean Ryan — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md)
- *Station Eleven* (2021), series, as Clark Thompson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/station-eleven.md)
- *Industry* (2020), series, as Edward Burgess — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)
- *Barkskins* (2020), series, as Constable Bouchard
- *Calm with Horses* (2020), as Hector — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md)
- *Ordinary Love* (2019), as Peter
- *Little Joe* (2019), as Karl
- *Resistance* (2019), series, as Patrick Mahon
- *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald* (2018), as Portkey Tout — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald.md)
- *Mother's Day* (2018), as Arthur McHugh
- *The Alienist* (2018), series, as Captain Connor
- *Breathe* (2017), as Paddy
- *Genius* (2017), series, as José Ruiz y Blasco
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Arthur Scargill — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *War on Everyone* (2016), as Pádraic Power
- *Murder* (2016), series, as Clyde Harris
- *'71* (2014), as Boyle — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)
- *Calvary* (2014), as Father Leary — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/calvary.md)
- *Gold* (2014), as Ray
- *Vikings* (2013), series, as Olaf Andwend — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)
- *Ripper Street* (2012), series, as Donald Artherton — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md)
- *Anna Karenina* (2012), as Nikolai — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/anna-karenina.md)
- *Saving the Titanic* (2012), as Joseph Bell
- *Shadow Dancer* (2012), as Kevin Mulville
- *Treasure Island* (2012), series, as William O'Brien
- *Treasure Island* (2012), as William O'Brien
- *Eliot & Me* (2011), as Tom
- *The Guard* (2011), as Liam O'Leary — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md)
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Mal Hinkin — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *All Good Children* (2010), as Julian
- *Parked* (2010), as Peter
- *Dorothy Mills* (2008), as Colin Garrivan
- *The Tudors* (2007), series, as Sir Ralph Ellerker — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-tudors.md)
- *Middletown* (2007), as Sammy
- *Studs* (2006), as Bubbles
- *Six Shooter* (2004), as Man
- *King Arthur* (2004), as Woad Killed by Lancelot
- *Laws of Attraction* (2004), as Brendan
- *Intermission* (2003), as Oscar
- *Rat* (2000), as Phelim Spratt
- *Flick* (2000), as Des Fitzpatrick
- *The Second Death* (2000), as Chess Player
- *The Tale of Sweeney Todd* (1998), as Tom
- *The General* (1998), as Assassin
- *The Last Bus Home* (1997), as Bus Conductor
- *I Went Down* (1997), as Anto
- *The Devil's Own* (1997), as Dessie
- *Michael Collins* (1996), as Squad Youth #2 — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/michael-collins.md)
- *The Treaty* (1991), as Niall
- *The Field* (1990), as Boy at Dance
- *Come and Get Me*, as Mark
- *Reprisal*, as Gerry
- *No Way Off*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![David Wilmot](https://film.one/media/person/7414/gallery-b242335180ba.jpg) David Wilmot — Dublin International Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/David_Wilmot_at_Dublin_International_Film_Festival_2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Wilmot](https://film.one/media/person/7414/gallery-ad020b99511f.jpg) David Wilmot — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor 2006: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor (won)
- Theatre World Award 2006: Theatre World Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 2006: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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