Portrait of David Bamber

Acting

David Bamber

Career

Active from 1980 to 2024, busiest in 2017 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for High Hopes
High Hopes
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Bamber Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Feel-Good 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Political Commentary 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Slow-Burn Tension 2
  • Slice of Life 2
  • Working Class Life 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 67
The Regime
The Regime (2024)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Schiff

Dalgliesh
Dalgliesh (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Edgar Froggart

End of Term
End of Term (2021)

as DI Jim Burman

Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

as Sir Whimbrel

Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood (2020)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as D.I. Doug Lineham

2010s

32 titles ยท average score 69
This Weekend Will Change Your Life
This Weekend Will Change Your Life (2018)

as David

Tina & Bobby
Tina & Bobby (2017)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Alf Ramsey

Mad to Be Normal
Mad to Be Normal (2017)
GoodWatch score 60

as John Meredith

Victoria
Victoria (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Duke of Sussex

The Substitute
The Substitute (2015)

as Headmaster

Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 (2014)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Robin

What Remains
What Remains (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Joe

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Walter Hubble

Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Stanley Hodgkiss

Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise (2011)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Alan Butler

The Borgias
The Borgias (2011)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Theo

The King's Speech
The King's Speech (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

as Theatre Director

2000s

22 titles ยท average score 71
Valkyrie
Valkyrie (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

as Adolf Hitler

The Amazing Trousers
The Amazing Trousers (2007)

as The Tailor

I Am Bob
I Am Bob (2007)

as Bob Geldof Lookalike

The Clap
The Clap (2005)

as Krzysztof Veneer

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Captain Quell

Beethoven
Beethoven (2005)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Prince Lichnowsky

Rome
Rome (2005)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Marcus Tullius Cicero

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Thomas Cranmer Lush

The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity (2002)
GoodWatch score 78

as Consulate Clerk

Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

as Passenger on Omnibus

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice (2001)

as Antonio

1990s

16 titles ยท average score 72
Neville's Island
Neville's Island (1998)

as Angus

Chalk
Chalk (1997)

TV show ยท as Eric Slatt

My Night with Reg
My Night with Reg (1997)
GoodWatch score 57

as Guy

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as John Starkey / Daniel Fargo

Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

as P. Frobisher Pilbeam

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show ยท as Mr. Collins

Wycliffe
Wycliffe (1994)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Guy Bottrell

Stalag Luft
Stalag Luft (1993)
GoodWatch score 64

as The Prof

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Adrian Shaw

Dakota Road
Dakota Road (1992)

as Man on the Train

Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Ray

Performance
Performance (1991)

TV show ยท as Guy

1980s

13 titles ยท average score 63
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Bernard Parker

High Hopes
High Hopes (1989)
GoodWatch score 82

as Rupert Boothe-Brain

4 Play
4 Play (1989)

TV show ยท as Ted

The New Statesman
The New Statesman (1987)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Julian Whitaker

Call Me Mister
Call Me Mister (1986)

TV show ยท as Fred Hurley

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Dr. Martin Campbell

The Doctor and the Devils
The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
GoodWatch score 35

as Cronin

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Cockles
Cockles (1984)

TV show ยท as Graham

The Oresteia
The Oresteia (1983)

as Choir / Chorus

Privates on Parade
Privates on Parade (1983)
GoodWatch score 44

as Sergeant Charles Bishop

Brass
Brass (1983)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Heseltine