David Gant

Actor Jan 1 (age 83) Scotland, UK 1979–2024 (45 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Biography

David Gant (born 1943) is a Scottish actor and model. Formerly a banker, Gant changed careers at age 30 to study dramatic art at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. Graduating in 1974, he has found roles in theatre, film and television. His credits include Coriolanus at Chichester Festival Theatre, and the films Victor/Victoria (1982), The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), Gandhi (1982), Brazil (1985), Chaplin (1992), Restoration (1995…

Known For

Film

Braveheart

Chief Justice/Executioner

Film

Brazil

Interview Official

Film

Gandhi

Daniels

Film

Chaplin

London Maitre d'

Film

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Casino Croupier

Film

Two Brothers

Auctioneer

Film

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Duke of Bedford

Film

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Maj. Warren

Filmography

Acting (64)

Movies (48)

Mary

2024

as Simeon

6.2

Remains

2024

as Oscar Chapman

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

2023

as Casino Croupier

7.2

The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis

as W.T. Kirkpatrick

Snowflake

as Caleb

The Fitzroy

as Mr. Thompson

In the Ruins

as Dr. Faber

The Bad Education Movie

as Mick

The Last Picture

as Ambrosius Gant

I like

as Blind Photographer

5.5

Outpost: Black Sun

2012

as Klausener

5.0

Beyond Remedy - Jenseits der Angst

as Gingrich

Slave

as Mohamed Azis

The Devil's Chair

as Dr. Willard

Experiment

as Walker

Wish You Were Here

as Mohamed Aziz

The Computer Virus

as Office Boss

Two Brothers

2004

as Auctioneer

7.1

Fallen

2004

as Michael Richard Blaine

6.0

Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt

as Professor Philips

Oh Marbella!

as Harvey

Seeing Double

as Victor

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

2001

as Maj. Warren

7.3

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999

as The Duke of Bedford

6.4

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

as Photographer

Dangerous Beauty

as Bolognetti

The Red Violin

as Conductor (Oxford)

7.4

The Garden of Redemption

1997

as Gypsy

Jane Eyre

1997

as Mr. Brocklehurst

7.1

Felix Dexter in Douglas

1996

as New Age Therapist

Braveheart

1995

as Chief Justice/Executioner

7.9

Restoration

1995

as Chaffinch

6.0

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

as Gallery Owner

Chaplin

as London Maitre d'

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

as Broker

Harem

as Chief Commander

Brazil

as Interview Official

A Pattern of Roses

as Headmaster

The Wicked Lady

as Clergyman in Church

Gandhi

as Daniels

Firefox

as KGB Official

Victor/Victoria

as Restaurant Manager

7.3

Moonlighting

1982

as Aquascutum Assistant

7.0

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1982

as Fouquet

6.7

The Draughtsman's Contract

as Seymour

The Chelsea Murders

as Frank

Babylon

as Police Comissioner

6.9

The Dark Sorcerer

as The Dark Sorcerer

7.0

Television (16)

The Gentlemen

2024

as Lord Bassington Smythe

7.8

The Witcher: Blood Origin

as Elderly Refugee

Miracle Workers

as The Oracle

The Last Kingdom

as Ceolwulf

Outlander

as The Sin Eater

Father Brown

as Claude Chabrol

Crackanory

as Various

Sherlock

as Mr. Szikora

MythQuest

as Merlin / Gorgos

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

2001

as Alexander Cameron

8.0

The Legend of the Lost Keys

1998

as Professor Humphrey Waters

Midsomer Murders

as Brandon Monkford

Jonathan Creek

as Eric Ipswich

The Peter Principle

as Geoffrey Parkes

Tales from the Crypt

as Doctor

Sapphire & Steel

as Eldred