David Bamber
David Bamber is an English actor who has worked in television and theatre. He is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Bamber was born in Walkden, Lancashire, England. He studied drama at Bristol University, continuing his training at RADA where he won the Gold Medal in 1979.
Bamber's early television work includes appearances in the BBC series "The Professionals" and "The Gentle Touch". He also starred in the BBC adaptation of Hanif Kureishi's novel "The Buddha of Suburbia".
In 1995, Bamber won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the play "My Night with Reg". He has also appeared in numerous other stage productions, including "The Crucible", "The Importance of Being Earnest", and "The Mousetrap".
Bamber's film credits include "The Bourne Identity", "Miss Potter", and "Valkyrie". He has also appeared in several television movies, including "The Lost Prince" and "The Sinking of the Titanic".
Bamber is married to the actress Julia Swift. They have two sons, Theo and Ethan.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.944 |
Birthday | 1954-09-19 |
Place of Birth | Walkden, England, UK |
Also Known As | Дэвид Бамбер, |
1985
The Doctor and the Devils
6.4/54
In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple wa...
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The Doctor and the Devils
2008
Valkyrie
6.937/3671
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to cre...
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Valkyrie
2000
The Railway Children
6.63/23
Set at the turn of the 20th century, The Railway Children tells the story of three Edwardian children and their mother who move to a country house in...
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The Railway Children
2007
The Amazing Trousers
6/1
The Amazing Trousers tells the tale of a mild bank clerk who enters into a Faustian pact with a sinister tailor, agreeing to trade his legs after one...
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The Amazing Trousers
2006
Miss Potter
6.6/487
Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for love, happiness and success.
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Miss Potter
1998
Neville's Island
5.6/5
Comedy about 4 middle aged businessmen on a team building exercise in the lake district
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Neville's Island
1989
High Hopes
7.1/85
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly...
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High Hopes
1983
Privates on Parade
4.7/19
It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army's SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the Malay...
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Privates on Parade
2007
I Am Bob
7.5/2
On his way to a Make Poverty History gig in Scotland, Bob Geldof is accidentally stranded by an incompetent chauffeur in a run-down motel in Northern...
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I Am Bob
2010
The Village
3.6/7
A mysterious series of suicides fills the people of a small town with anxiety. Shortly before her eighteenth birthday, Kirsten sets out to solve the m...
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The Village
1991
Seduction
0/0
Anthology of short plays on the topic of seduction
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Seduction
1993
Stalag Luft
6.8/6
Few wartime prisoners have attempted escape quite as many times as bumbling RAF Officer James Forrester. Though Officer Forrester has twenty-three esc...
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Stalag Luft
1997
My Night with Reg
4/4
Six gay friends discuss love, friendship and infidelity over the course of three significant evenings
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My Night with Reg
2021
End of Term
0/0
A group of students are tormented by the lingering menace of Garth Stroman, an artist who had a disturbing vision fifty years prior. The pupils discov...
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End of Term
2001
The Merchant of Venice
8/1
Memorably set between the two world wars, this adaptation of Trevor Nunn's award-winning 1999 Royal National Theatre production of The Merchant of Ven...
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The Merchant of Venice
2010
The King's Speech
7.741/8666
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie...
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The King's Speech
2002
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
3/3
Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexu...
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George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2015
The Substitute
6.8/5
A young teacher takes a job at an unusual private school where she soon discovers that the boys have a sinister power over the girls. As the boys beha...
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The Substitute
2015
Christmas Eve
5.532/78
Hilarity, romance, and transcendence prevail after a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve.
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Christmas Eve
1990
Who Bombed Birmingham?
7/1
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted t...
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
2017
Mad to Be Normal
5.9/30
The story of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London in the 1960s.
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Mad to Be Normal
2003
I Capture the Castle
6.8/87
A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a de...
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I Capture the Castle
2007
Consenting Adults
5.7/6
Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of homose...
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Consenting Adults
2015
The Sound of Music Live!
7.7/13
The popular musical is brought to life on soundstages at London's Three Mills Studio, in a live TV dramatisation of the timeless story of Maria and th...
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The Sound of Music Live!
1992
Dakota Road
4/3
A sensitive drama about a farm labourer's abused daughter who fantasises about the officers of the local U.S. Air Base to escape the guilt and hypocri...
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Dakota Road
2002
Gangs of New York
7.322/6594
In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murder...
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Gangs of New York
1995
Heavy Weather
10/1
At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planni...
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Heavy Weather
2002
The Bourne Identity
7.466/9220
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank accoun...
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The Bourne Identity
2017
Chubby Funny
6.2/9
Oscar thinks he's special. He isn't. He thinks it's everyone else's fault. It's not. Moving to London, he gives himself a year to break into showbiz,...
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Chubby Funny
2017
Borg vs McEnroe
6.9/1134
The Swedish Björn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tourna...
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Borg vs McEnroe
2016
The Limehouse Golem
6.2/633
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – m...
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The Limehouse Golem
2018
Peterloo
6.8/138
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Mancheste...
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Peterloo
2005
The Clap
6/1
An obsessive classical concertgoer wants to be the first clapper at the end of every symphony and sonata. But when he inflicts the clap incessantly on...
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The Clap
2017
Darkest Hour
7.4/5047
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it c...
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Darkest Hour
2015
One Crazy Thing
7/1
Jay is a former daytime TV star whose life has hit rock bottom until he meets his dream girl. Hannah is bright, beautiful and hates modern life. There...
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One Crazy Thing
2007
The All Together
5.1/7
With a house to sell and no time to be there in person, overworked TV producer Chris Ashworth is forced to leave his incompetent flatmate Bob to show...
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The All Together
1983
The Oresteia
0/0
Agamemnon returns home from the Trojan war and is murdered by his wife, setting off a chain of revenge that stretches across this trilogy of play. Dir...
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The Oresteia
2020
Enola Holmes
7.27/6003
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
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Enola Holmes
2019
Abe's Story
0/0
Set in Victorian London, Abe an overworked Irish writer draws inspiration from his day job in the theatre to write a bloody brilliant novel..
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