David Harewood

ActorProducerCrewDirector Dec 8 (age 60) Small Heath, Birmingham, England, UK 1979–2026 (47 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Biography

David Harewood is an English actor, known for playing David Estes in Homeland and Hank Henshaw in Supergirl.

Known For

Film

Blood Diamond

Captain Poison

Film

Supergirl

J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter

Film

Homeland

David Estes

Film

The Night Manager

Joel Steadman

Film

Grimsby

Black Gareth

Film

The Merchant of Venice

Prince of Morocco

Film

Tulip Fever

Mr. Prater

Film

Wendell & Wild

Lane Klaxon (voice)

Filmography

Acting (120)

Movies (54)

2025: The Year from Space

2026

as Narrator (Voice)

Othello

2026

as Othello

3.3

Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me

2025

as Narrator (voice)

Arthur's Whisky

2024

as Hal

5.5

The Canterville Ghost

2023

as Hiram Otis (voice)

6.7

Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction

as Presenter

Man to Man

as Malcolm

David Harewood on Blackface

2023

as Himself

1.0

2022: The Year from Space

2023

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

2023

as William F. Buckley, Jr.

9.0

Wendell & Wild

2022

as Lane Klaxon (voice)

6.6

Why Is Covid Killing People Of Colour?

2021

as Himself

7.0

The Abominable Snow Baby

2021

as Narrator

6.5

Young Vic: Best of Enemies

2021

as William F. Buckley, Jr.

Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

2020

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Lost Pharaohs of the Nile

2019

as Host

9.0

David Harewood: Psychosis and Me

as David Harewood

Parallel

as Mr. Parkes

Tulip Fever

as Mr. Prater

Free in Deed

as Abe Wilkins

Grimsby

as Black Gareth

SuperBob

as Simon

Spooks: The Greater Good

as Francis Warrender

Third Person

as Jake

The Gospel of John

as Narrator (voice) – New International Version

7.0

The Pygmy Hippo: A Very Secret Life

2014

as Narrator

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Oberon

9.79*

as Self - Narrator

9/11: The Lost Hero

as Narrator (voice)

The Last Bite

as Rook

The Man Inside

as Eugene Murdoch

Treasure Island

as Billy Bones

Victim

as Mr. Ansah

The Hot Potato

as Harrison

Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds

2011

as The Creature

Mrs Mandela

as Nelson Mandela

Gunrush

as Robbie

The Shadow in the North

2007

as Nicholas Bedwell

6.5

The Philosopher's Stone: The True Story

2007

as Narrator

Blood Diamond

2006

as Captain Poison

7.6

The Ruby in the Smoke

2006

as Matthew Bedwell

6.4

Separate Lies

2005

as Inspector Marshall

5.8

Strings

2004

as Erito

6.7

The Merchant of Venice

2004

as Prince of Morocco

6.8

I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now

1998

as Moses

4.0

Macbeth on the Estate

1997

as Macduff

8.5

Bermuda Grace

1994

Great Moments in Aviation

as Steward

Harnessing Peacocks

as Terry

Anna Lee: Headcase

as Stevie Johnson

The Hawk

as Sergeant Streete

Black Poppies

Pirate Prince

as Jean-Baptiste

Benn/Eubank

as Adonis

Television (66)

Happy Face

2025

as Dr. Greg

6.9

The Agency: Central Intelligence

2024

as Dalaga

7.1

The Acolyte

2024

as Senator Rayencourt

5.4

Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials

2024

as Self - Additional Narration

1.0

Mysteries of the Faith

2023

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.0

Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America

2023

as Self

1.0

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

as Self

Sherwood

as Denis Bottomley

Remembers…

as Self

The Black Panthers of WW2

2021

as Narrator

7.0

Earth's Tropical Islands

2020

as Narrator

8.2

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

2018

as Self

6.3

The Russell Howard Hour

as Self

Madiba

as Walter Sisulu

Army: Behind the New Frontlines

2017

as Narrator

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

2016

as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter

7.3

The Night Manager

2016

as Joel Steadman

7.7

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands

2016

as Scorann

5.4

Supergirl

2015

as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter

7.3

The Man in the High Castle

2015

as Equiano Hampton

7.5

The Flash

2014

as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter

Selfie

as Sam Saperstein

The Last Leg

as Self

By Any Means

as Napier

Arrow

as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter

Playhouse Presents

Treasure Island

as Billy Bones

Homeland

as David Estes

World's Most Dangerous Roads

as Self

Perspectives

Welcome to Lagos

as Narrator (voice)

Fixer

Criminal Justice

as Freddie Graham

The Last Enemy

as Patrick Nye

The Palace

as Major Simon Brooks

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Robin Hood

as Tuck

New Street Law

Doctor Who

as Joshua Naismith

New Tricks

Hustle

as Don Coleman

Celebrity Mastermind

Fat Friends

as Max Robertson

Fat Friends

as Max Robertson

Always and Everyone

as Dr. Mike Gregson

Always and Everyone

as Mike Gregson

The Vice

as D.I. Joe Robinson

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Silent Witness

as Angus Stuart

Ballykissangel

as Henry

Game On

as Paul 'The Rage' Johnson

Hearts and Minds

as Trevor

Agony Again

as Daniel

Harry Enfield and Chums

as Jammy B

Performance

as Macduff

Murder Most Horrid

as Jonathon

For the Greater Good

as David West

Have I Got News for You

1990

as Self - Host

7.1

South Of The Border

1988

as Errol

Dispatches

as Narrator

Casualty

as Paul Grant

The Bill

Natural World

as Narrator

Minder

as Vinny's Minder

Horizon

as Narrator

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

as Self - Presenter

7.0

Crew (4)

Movies (3)

Why Is Covid Killing People Of Colour?

2021

Producer

7.0

David Harewood: Psychosis and Me

2019

Presenter

7.0

Benn/Eubank

Director

Television (1)

Supergirl

2015

Director

7.3