Phil Davis

ActorDirectorWriter Jul 30 (age 72) Highgate, London, England, UK 1970–2026 (56 year career)

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Biography

Philip Davis (born 30 July 1953) is an English actor, writer, director and narrator.

Known For

Film

In the Name of the Father

Detective

Film

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Roadie

Film

Alien³

Kevin

Film

Secrets & Lies

Man in Suit

Film

Mr. Holmes

Inspector Gilbert

Film

Notes on a Scandal

Brian Bangs

Film

Poldark

Jud Paynter

Film

Casanova

Guardi

Filmography

Acting (154)

Movies (84)

Shedites

2026

as Harry

TUSKY

2024

Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance

as David Hexell

Deus

as Vance

Taj Mahal presents… A Short Film

2021

as Old man

Knuckledust

as Happy

Brighton

as Dave

Dial M for Middlesbrough

2019

as Jed

6.5

The Great Train Robbery: The Hidden Tapes

2019

as Narrator

Juliet, Naked

2018

as Mayor Terry Barton

Hampstead

as Fyfe

We Can Be Heroes

as Granddad Evans

Zero Sum

2016

as Neumann

7.0

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

2016

as Self

Golden Years

as Brian

Mr. Holmes

as Inspector Gilbert

Dough

as Sam Cotton

Peterman

as Grandad

Age Of Kill

as Bill Weybridge

Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain

2015

as Charles McMoran Wilson

The One and Only Mike Leigh

as Self

Having You

as Peter

Borrowed Time

as Philip

Fast Girls

as Brian

Hacks

as Ray

Outside Bet

as Threads

Brighton Rock

as Frank Spicer

Another Year

as Jack

The Big I Am

as Stubbs

The Rapture

as Sir David

Dead Man Running

as Johnny Sands

The Curse of Steptoe

as Wilfrid Brambell

Bike Squad

as CI Albert Custer

Cassandra's Dream

as Martin Burns

Secret Life

as Rudi

A Way of Life: Making Quadrophenia

2006

Notes on a Scandal

2006

as Brian Bangs

7.1

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

2006

as Master Servant Robinson

5.2

Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image

2006

as Himself

8.8

Footprints in the Snow

as Tim Perkins

Casanova

as Guardi

Like Father Like Son

as Paul Barker

The Baby Juice Express

2004

as Frank O'Reilly

Wall of Silence

as Tony Cottis

Vera Drake

as Stan

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

2004

as Denis

7.3

The Safe House

2002

as Det. Inspector Baird

Nicholas Nickleby

as Brooker

Fields of Gold

as Roy Lodge

White Teeth

as Archie

Trance

as Philip

Still Crazy

as Limo Driver

Photographing Fairies

as Roy

Face

as Julian

Secrets & Lies

as Man in Suit

Crimetime

as Simon

Different for Girls

as Cabbie

I.D.

as Custody Sergeant

In the Name of the Father

as Detective

Alien³

as Kevin

Blue Ice

as Westy

The Firm

as Yeti

High Hopes

as Cyril Bender

Howling V: The Rebirth

as Count Istvan

Dead Lucky

as Finn

Comrades

as Young John Stanfield

6.8

Transmutations

1985

as Lazarus

3.8

The Doctor and the Devils

as Billy Bedlam

The Bounty

as Edward Young

Pink Floyd: The Wall

as Roadie

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982

as Self

8.0

Pasmore

1980

as Post office clerk

Dark Water

1980

as Eddie

5.0

S.O.S. Titanic

1980

as Crow's Nest Lookout (uncredited)

5.9

Grown-Ups

1980

as Dick

6.7

The Flipside of Dominick Hide

1980

as 2nd Youth (as Philip Davis)

Quadrophenia

as Chalky

Who's Who

as Kevin

Gotcha / Campion's Interview

1977

as Kid

The Mayor's Charity

1977

as Mr. Destry

The Old Curiosity Shop

1975

as Tom Scott

3.3

The Canterbury Tales

1972

as 2nd Homosexual Lover (uncredited)

6.1

Pegasus Bridge

as General Bernard L. Montgomery

Merman

Television (70)

The Hack

as Alastair Morgan

Playing Nice

as John Riley

Truelove

as Nigel

Platform 7

as Edward Warren

Slow Horses

as Dickie Bow

Remembers…

as Self

Ragdoll

2021

as Mayor Ray Turnbull

Viewpoint

as DI Liam Cox

Trying

as Victor Ross

Between the Covers

as Self

Riviera

as Jukes

Broken

as Harry Parkinson

Undercover

as Jimmy

Poldark

as Jud Paynter

Poldark

as Jud Paynter

Black Work

Inside No. 9

as Bill

Plebs

as Severus

Secrets and Words

as Ray Collins

The Town

2012

as Tony Nicholas

5.8

The London Markets

2012

as Self - Narrator

Death in Paradise

2011

as Jim Chandler

7.5

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

Silk

as Micky Joy

Case Histories

as Theo Wyre

Sherlock

as The Taxi Driver

Vexed

as Ron Poynter

Identity

Being Human

as Captain Hatch

Whitechapel

as Ray Miles

Collision

as Brian Edwards

Desperate Romantics

as Mr. Stone

Merlin

as The Gleeman

Ashes to Ashes

as Chas Cale

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008

8.4

Inspector George Gently

Fixer

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

Five Days

Five Days

as Mic Danes

Comedy Showcase

as Sergeant

Doctor Who

as Lucius

Bleak House

as Smallweed

Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky

2005

as Ernest Eccles

5.3

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Kennedy

New Tricks

as Gavin Gibson

Rose and Maloney

White Teeth

as Archie

Fields of Gold

Murder in Mind

as Chaz Hadley

Black Cab

as Nick

North Square

2000

7.7

Births, Marriages and Deaths

as Graham

Midsomer Murders

as Gary Cooper

Nice Town

as Paul Thompson

Tales from the Crypt

as Henry

The Paradise Club

as Walter 'Wally' Fagin

Inspector Morse

as Roland Sherman

Truckers

as Lonesome Cowboy

Screen Two

as Yeti

Robin of Sherwood

as Prince John

Bergerac

as Eric

Sexton Blake and the Demon God

as Tinker

The Professionals

as Billy Turner

Target

as Ray

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Tony Timson

Playhouse

as Dick

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

as Johnny Sheeham

Centre Play

as Steve

Play for Today

as Kid

Crew (5)

Movies (4)

Hold Back the Night

Director

I.D.

Director

Skulduggery

Director

Skulduggery

1991

Writer

Television (1)

Prime Suspect

1991

Director

7.7