Portrait of David Haig

Acting

David Haig

Career

Active from 1978 to 2026, busiest in 2008 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mo
Mo
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Haig Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • British Sitcom 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Workplace Comedy 2
  • Witty Dialogue 2
  • Lighthearted 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 69
Pressure
Pressure (2026)
GoodWatch score 77

Theatre Play, Writer

Étoile
Étoile (2025)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Nicholas

COBRA
COBRA (2020)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show · as Archie Glover-Morgan

2010s

11 titles · average score 69
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey (2019)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mr Wilson

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (2019)
GoodWatch score 67

as Bernard

Killing Eve
Killing Eve (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Bill Pargrave / Bill

National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (2017)
GoodWatch score 71

as The Player

Urban Myths
Urban Myths (2017)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as George Frideric Handel

The Witness for the Prosecution
The Witness for the Prosecution (2016)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Sir Charles Carter

Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

as Carlo Edwards

Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful (2014)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Oscar Putney

Yes, Prime Minister
Yes, Prime Minister (2013)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show · as Prime Minister Jim Hacker

The Wright Way
The Wright Way (2013)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Gerald Wright

Mo
Mo (2010)
GoodWatch score 78

as Jon Norton

2000s

14 titles · average score 68
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps (2008)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sir George Sinclair

Dustbin Baby
Dustbin Baby (2008)
GoodWatch score 72

as Elliot

My Boy Jack
My Boy Jack (2007)
GoodWatch score 70

as Rudyard Kipling

Mr. Bean's Wedding
Mr. Bean's Wedding (2007)
GoodWatch score 75

as Bride's Father

A for Andromeda
A for Andromeda (2006)
GoodWatch score 48

as General Vandenberg

The Thick of It
The Thick of It (2005)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show · as Steve Fleming

Hustle
Hustle (2004)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Sir Anthony Reeves

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Major Hugh Horton

Two Weeks Notice
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
GoodWatch score 52

as Howard Wade

Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment (2002)
GoodWatch score 69

as Luzhin

Ivor the Invisible
Ivor the Invisible (2001)

as Park Keeper (voice)

Timequest
Timequest (2000)
GoodWatch score 55

as Clint Hill

1990s

13 titles · average score 70
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

as Col. Bonnet

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as George Jeffers

The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line (1995)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Detective Inspector Derek Grim

Nice Day at the Office
Nice Day at the Office (1994)

TV show

Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
GoodWatch score 78

as Bernard the Groom - Wedding Two

Wycliffe
Wycliffe (1994)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as David Miller

Love on a Branch Line
Love on a Branch Line (1994)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Lionel Virley

Cracker
Cracker (1993)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Graham

Soldier Soldier
Soldier Soldier (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Major Tom Cadman

The Darling Buds of May
The Darling Buds of May (1991)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Captain Robert Battersby

Portrait of a Marriage
Portrait of a Marriage (1990)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Harold Nicolson

Chancer
Chancer (1990)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show · as Dr. Haselden

1980s

14 titles · average score 65
Campion
Campion (1989)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Guffy Randall / Cully Randall

Hannay
Hannay (1988)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

Talking Heads
Talking Heads (1988)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Wilfred Paterson

Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Peter Rhodes

Boon
Boon (1986)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Jim Fisk

The Alamut Ambush
The Alamut Ambush (1986)

as Colin Jenkins

Morons from Outer Space
Morons from Outer Space (1985)
GoodWatch score 36

as Palatial House Flunkey

Dark Enemy
Dark Enemy (1984)

as Ash

A Flame to the Phoenix
A Flame to the Phoenix (1983)

as Mirek Grabinski

Dramarama
Dramarama (1983)

TV show · as Bill Brock

Chessgame
Chessgame (1983)

TV show · as Colin Jenkins

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive (1980)

as Pangol

1970s

3 titles · average score 76
The Moon Stallion
The Moon Stallion (1978)

TV show · as Todman

The Moon Stallion
The Moon Stallion (1978)

as Todman

Blake's 7
Blake's 7 (1978)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Forres

1960s

1 title · average score 76
Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Pangol