Acting
David Calder
EN cinema · 53 credits
Born
1 August 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Also known as David Ian Calder · Dave Calder
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Last Front
as Father Michael
The Trick
as Sir David King
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
The Hatton Garden Job
as Terry Perkins
The Lost City of Z
as Secretary Bryce
Queen of the Desert
as Hugh Bell
The Scandalous Lady W
as Lord Chief Justice Mansfield
The Lady in the Van
as Mr Fairchild
Rush
as Louis Stanley
Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
as Cosmo Gordon Lang
United
as Harold Hardman
On Expenses
as Stuart Bell
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Polonius
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Sir John Marsden
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
as Roger Wilson
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Bishop of Grasse
Goya's Ghosts
as Monk 1
Wallis & Edward
as Winston Churchill
Friends Reunited
as Denny Flemyng
Love or Money
as Mario
Mr In-Between
as Tattooed Man
Anybody's Nightmare
as Anthony Glass QC
The King Is Alive
as Charles
The World Is Not Enough
as Sir Robert King
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
as Sir Paul Condon
FairyTale: A True Story
as Harold Snelling
Henry IV
as Falstaff
The Count of Solar
as Abbé de L'Epée
A Doll's House
as Nils Krogstad
American Friends
as Pollitt
Sleepers
as Victor Chekhov
Shoot to Kill
as DCS John Thorburn
Tumbledown
as John Lawrence
Unreported Incident
as Douglas
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Maitre Verges
Defence of the Realm
as Harry Champion
Good As Gold
as Dennis Barker
Wynne and Penkovsky
as Greville Wynne
Urban Jungle
as Insp. Burton
Moonlighting
as Supermarket Manager
Bread or Blood
as Benson
The Black Stuff
as McKenna
Fox
1980
Fox
as Detective Inspector Davin
Gossip from the Forest
as General Von Heldorff
Casting the Runes
as John Marriott
Superman
as 3rd Crewman
Edward II
as Young Spencer
The Tragedy of King Richard II
as Lord Ross / Groom