David Calder

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Acting

David Calder (David Ian Calder) – English actor, born 1 August 1946 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, active since 1970 with over 110 credits. His most notable film roles include a Crewman in Superman (1978), Sir Robert King in The World Is Not Enough (1999), Roger Wilson in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Louis Stanley in Rush (2013), Hugh Bell in Queen of the Desert (2015), Mr. Fairchild in The Lady in the Van (2015), Terry Perkins in The Hatton Garden Job (2017), and Father Michael in The Last Front (2024). On television he is best known for Det. Insp. George Resnick in Widows (1983–1985), Nathan Spring in Star Cops (1987), Captain Edward Smith in Titanic (2012, ITV), and guest appearances in Spooks, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Waking the Dead, A Touch of Frost, Call the Midwife (2018), and The Moonstone (2016). On stage he is a veteran of the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, with roles in Hamlet (as Polonius), King Henry IV (as Falstaff), and A Doll's House, and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Filmography

• The Last Front (2024)
• The Trick (2021)
• National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018)
• The Hatton Garden Job (2017)
• The Lost City of Z (2017)
• The Lady in the Van (2015)
• Queen of the Desert (2015)
• The Scandalous Lady W (2015)
• Rush (2013)
• Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King (2013)
• United (2011)
• National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010)
• On Expenses (2010)
• Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
• The Cult of Star Cops (2006)
• Goya's Ghosts (2006)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
• Wallis & Edward (2005)
• Friends Reunited (2005)
• The Making of Sleeping Dogs (2004)
• Love or Money (2001)
• Anybody's Nightmare (2001)
• Mr In-Between (2001)
• The King Is Alive (2000)
• The World Is Not Enough (1999)
• The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999)
• FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
• Henry IV (1995)
• A Doll's House (1992)
• The Count of Solar (1992)
• A Question of Attribution (1991)
• Sleepers (1991)
• The War That Never Ends (1991)
• American Friends (1991)
• Shoot to Kill (1990)
• Tumbledown (1988)
• Unreported Incident (1988)
• The Trial of Klaus Barbie (1987)
• Good As Gold (1986)
• Defence of the Realm (1986)
• Urban Jungle (1985)
• Wynne and Penkovsky (1985)
• The Disappearance of Harry (1982)
• Moonlighting (1982)
• Bread or Blood (1981)
• Fox (1980)
• The Black Stuff (1980)
• Gossip from the Forest (1979)
• Casting the Runes (1979)
• Superman (1978)
• Edward II (1970)
• The Tragedy of King Richard II (1970)