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name: "Mark Wing-Davey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-wing-davey"
fi1m_id: "mark-wing-davey"
imdb_id: "nm0934983"
tmdb_id: 177987
wikidata_id: "Q1686613"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 November 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:14:22.998415+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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# Mark Wing-Davey

## Identity

Mark Wing-Davey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-wing-davey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-wing-davey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0934983
- **TMDB ID:** 177987
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1686613
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wing-Davey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1686613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934983/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/177987

Actor. Born 30 November 1948 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 November 1948, London, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wing-Davey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1686613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934983/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/177987

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*An Englishman Abroad*](https://film.one/film/an-englishman-abroad.md) (84)

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## Biography

Mark Wing-Davey is a British actor and director. Born on 30 November 1948 in London, he is the son of actors Peter Davey and Anna Wing. He was educated at Woolverstone Hall School and studied English at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Footlights.

He is known for playing Zaphod Beeblebrox in the BBC radio and television adaptations of *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (1981). His other screen credits include Malcolm in *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992) and an appearance as Hamlet in the 1983 BBC television film *An Englishman Abroad*. Wing-Davey has directed numerous stage productions, including Caryl Churchill's *Mad Forest*, for which he received an Obie Award. He has also taught at institutions including New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *An Englishman Abroad* (1983), Fi1m 84, as Hamlet — [page](https://film.one/film/an-englishman-abroad.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *The Grey Zone* (2001), as Schott
- *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992), series, as Malcolm — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/absolutely-fabulous.md)
- *One Against the Wind* (1991), as Col. Miles Grant, Leggat's CO
- *Chillers* (1990), series, as Tom
- *Resurrected* (1989), as Major Dunbar
- *Tumbledown* (1988), as Adjutant Stewart Inglis
- *Darkest England* (1988), Actor
- *Didn't You Kill My Brother?* (1988), as Party Guest
- *Chelmsford 123* (1988), series, as Triconus, Clupeus
- *The Modern World: Ten Great Writers* (1988), series, as Franz Kafka (voice)
- *Dempsey and Makepeace* (1985), series, as Mark Savory — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/dempsey-and-makepeace.md)
- *An Englishman Abroad* (1983), as Hamlet — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/an-englishman-abroad.md)
- *The Tragedy of Richard III* (1983), as First Citizen / Sir James Tyrrel
- *Henry VI Part 3* (1983), as Earl of Warwick
- *Henry VI Part 2* (1983), as Earl of Warwick
- *Henry VI Part 1* (1983), as Earl of Warwick
- *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), series, as Party Guest
- *The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy* (1981), as Zaphod Beeblbrox
- *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (1981), series, as Zaphod Beeblebrox
- *Breaking Glass* (1980), as Fordyce
- *A Question of Guilt* (1980), series, as Thomas Edwin Bartlett
- *Boogie* (1980), Actor
- *Stronger Than the Sun* (1978), as Brian
- *The Glittering Prizes* (1976), series, as Mike Clode
- *Red Letter Day* (1976), series, as Terry
- *Ready When You Are, Mr McGill* (1976), as Terry
- *Out of the Trees* (1976), Actor
- *The Crazy Kill* (1975), as Cater
- *The After Dinner Game* (1975), as Ben Good
- *NOVA* (1974), series, as Joey's Father
- *Thriller* (1973), series, as Cater
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Colonel Miles

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