David Blair
Biography
David trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and subsequently with John Wright and Philippe Gaulier. He has written and directed short films and is an award nominated voice actor, specialising in audiobook narration. David’s experience as an actor is many & varied, performing extensively in Theatre, Film and TV. He has taken shows to the Edinburgh Fringe festival and created comic characters which he has performed on the London comedy circuit. He also acted in the RSC and the West Yorkshire Playhouse and alongside the likes of Sir Kenneth Branagh and Sir David Jason. His many TV credits include Band of Brothers, Hamlet, Casualty, Heartbeat and A Touch of Frost.
Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Co-Pilot
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as Charlie Penwarden
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as PC Martins
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as Policeman 4
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Ben Stacey
A series of self-contained stories, each recounting a murder scene as seen from the chilling viewpoint of the killer. Explore the inner workings of a criminal's brain, revealing humanity at its darkest.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Vicar in Bank
Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as attendant
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Teenage drama series set on the sunny island of Jersey.