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  • Hilary And Jackie
  • Hilary And Jackie review by from Andover, Hampshire England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Talented Sisters make music! 17 November 2009
    ...upport his two leading ladies. Any production with Charles Dance, Celia Imrie, David Morrissey and Rupert Penry-Jones in, is bound to impress the audience. It is a sad and...   Read customer review
  • Blackpool - BBC
  • Blackpool - BBC review by A customer from Wirral, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Fantastic! 24 September 2006
    ...A brilliant bit of drama from the BBC! David Morrissey and David Tennant are both equally fantastic! ...   Read customer review

David Morrissey - filmography


  • Blitz - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Jason Statham,  Luke Evans,  David Morrissey
    Director: Rob Hardy,  Elliott Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £3.49
    Tough guys Jason Statham (THE TRANSPORTER) and Paddy Considine (DEAD MAN'S SHOES) team up for this action-packed, London-based thriller. Statham and Considine star as detectives on the trail of a cop-killing serial murderer.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 5,296 members
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  • Blitz on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Jason Statham,  Luke Evans,  David Morrissey
    Director: Elliott Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £3.49
    Jason Statham (The Expendables) heads up full-on London cop thriller Blitz as the tough uncompromising and utterly un-PC Detective Brant, teamed with an unlikely partner in Sgt Porter Nash (Paddy Considine - The Bourne Ultimatum). Together they investigate a series of vigilante cop murders. With ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 12,350 members
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  • Thorne - Sleepyhead (2010)
    Starring: Natascha McElhone,  Eddie Marsan,  David Morrissey
    Director: Stephen Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Thorne: Sleepyhead is a nail-biting thriller following DI Tom Thorne’s investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate. Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by skilful ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 23 members
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  • South Riding on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Charlie Clark,  Shaun Dooley,  Peter Firth
    Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Andrew Davies' sparkling adaptation of Winifred Holtby's acclaimed novel. Insightful, warm and full of memorable characters, South Riding tells a fraught love story and paints a panoramic portrait of a between-the-wars Yorkshire community. In depression-hit Thirties Britain, Sarah Burton returns ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 371 members
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  • Centurion - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Michael Fassbender,  Dominic West,  Olga Kurylenko
    Director: Neil Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 4,819 members
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  • Nowhere Boy on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas,  Aaron Johnson,  Anne-Marie Duff
    Director: Sam Taylor Wood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Liverpool, 1955. When teenage rebel John Lennon (Johnson) learns that his aunt Julia (Duff) is actually his biological mother, he finds his loyalties divided. He finds an escape from domestic pressures in his growing passion for skiffle music.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 16,890 members
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  • Centurion on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Michael Fassbender,  Dominic West,  Olga Kurylenko
    Director: Neil Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 11,993 members
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  • Don't Worry About Me on DVD (2009)
    Starring: James Brough,  Helen Elizabeth,  Luke Bennett
    Director: David Morrissey
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The film follows David (James Brough), a twentysomething London lad who finds himself a fish out of water in Liverpool following a one-night stand. Attempting to win his fare back to the big smoke, David strikes up a rapport with demure betting shop assistant Tina (Helen Elizabeth) and his plans ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 258 members
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  • Sense and Sensibility on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jean Marsh,  Janet McTeer,  David Morrissey
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    From acclaimed writer Andrew Davies comes this enchanting new adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about love and marriage. Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 1,711 member
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  • The Reaping - HD (2007)
    Starring: Hilary Swank,  David Morrissey,  Maggie Eldred
    Director: Stephen Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this thriller from director Stephen Hopkins (LOST IN SPACE, UNDER SUSPICION), Oscar winner Hilary Swank is Katherine Winter, a college professor who refutes mysteries and so-called miracles with scientific evidence. When science teacher Doug Blackwell (David Morrisey) invites Katherine and her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 491 members
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  • The Reaping - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Hilary Swank,  David Morrissey,  Maggie Eldred
    Director: Stephen Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this thriller from director Stephen Hopkins (LOST IN SPACE, UNDER SUSPICION), Oscar winner Hilary Swank is Katherine Winter, a college professor who refutes mysteries and so-called miracles with scientific evidence. When science teacher Doug Blackwell (David Morrisey) invites Katherine and her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,706 members
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  • Cape Wrath (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: David Morrissey,  Tom Hardy,  Lucy Cohu
    Director: Andrew Gunn,  Duane Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Underneath the welcoming facade of a suburban paradise lies a mixture of dark secrets, for Meadowlands is a place where everyone has something to hide. Running from a troubled past, the Brogan family are sent to Meadowlands to commence a life under the confines of the witness protection programme. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 343 members
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  • The Reaping on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Hilary Swank,  David Morrissey,  Maggie Eldred
    Director: Stephen Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Thousands of years ago there was a series of bizarre occurrences that many believed to have been the Ten Biblical Plagues. No one thought they could happen again. Until now.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 19,412 members
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  • Stoned on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Paddy Considine,  Monet Mazur,  Leo Gregory
    Director: Stephen Woolley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director/Producer Stephen Woolley's STONED is a dramatic attempt--researched for 10 years--to accurately portray the controversial events surrounding the death on July 2nd, 1969 of Rolling Stones founding member and guitarist Brian Jones at age 27. To create his work, Woolley synthesized the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 4,481 members
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  • Passer By (2004)
    Starring: James Nesbitt,  Siobhan Finneran,  Emily Bruni
    Director: David Morrissey
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In Passer By James Nesbitt plays radiographer Joe Keyes. Late one night he is travelling home by train when he sees a young girl, Alice (Emily Bruni) being chatted up by two men. When the banter becomes threatening Joe is unsure whether or not to intervene. Helen (Siobhan Finneran) and Joe (James ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 4 members
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  • The Deal on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Paul Rhys,  David Morrissey,  Michael Sheen
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From the writer/director team behind 2006's Oscar favourite THE QUEEN, this made-for-TV political drama almost serves as its prequel. Based partly on James Naughtie's book THE RIVALS: THE INTIMATE STORY OF A POLITICAL MARRIAGE, THE DEAL chronicles the early career of Tony Blair, when, as a Member ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 711 members
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  • State of Play - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: David Morrissey,  John Simm,  Bill Nighy
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Stephen Collins is an ambitious politician. Cal McAffrey is a well-respected investigative journalist and Stephen's ex-campaign manager. En route to work one morning, Stephen's research assistant mysteriously falls to her death on the London Underground. It's not long before revelations of their ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 4,675 members
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  • Captain Corelli's Mandolin on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Penelope Cruz,  John Hurt
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In keeping with Hollywood's time-honoured tradition of turning celebrated novels into cinematic spectacles, director John Madden brings Louis de Berniere's acclaimed 1994 work, CORELLI'S MANDOLIN, to life. Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia in 1940, the film tells the story of the beautiful ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 12,058 members
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  • Born Romantic on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Ian Hart,  Craig Ferguson,  Jane Horrocks
    Director: David Kane
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Scottish writer-director David Kane (THIS YEAR'S LOVE) directs his sophomore effort, BORN ROMANTIC, a bittersweet comedic ensemble piece about London lonely hearts struggling with the quest for love. Jimmy (Adrian Lester) is a Brixton cab driver, who, along with a pair of nameless co-workers (John ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 544 members
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  • Some Voices (2000)
    Starring: Daniel Craig,  Julie Graham,  Kelly MacDonald
    Director: Simon Cellan Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A heartwarming and honest film about a couple trying to enjoy daily life while struggling with mental illness, SOME VOICES comes from director Simon Cellan Jones. In the movie, a man who has recently been released from a mental hospital gets a job working at a cafe operated by his brother. He falls ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 533 members
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  • Fanny And Elvis on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Kerry Fox,  Ben Daniels
    Director: Kay Mellor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The day that Kate (Kerry Fox) finishes her first novel, her doctor tells her that her childbearing years are almost over. Distraught, she goes to see her husband Rob, but on the way crashes her VW into a Jaguar owned by Dave (Ray Winstone). At the scene of the accident, the two have a massive row, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 724 members
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  • Hilary And Jackie on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Emily Watson,  Rachel Griffiths,  James Frain
    Director: Anand Tucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The touching and incredible true story of Jacqueline and Hilary du Pre, the gifted musical sisters who grew up in England in the 1950's. Written and produced as a tribute to Jackie, the story traces her rapid rise to international fame and the devastating consequences it had on her and those she ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,584 member
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  • Holding On (3 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Starring: David Morrissey,  Phil Daniels,  Lesley Manville
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Winner of the BAFTA and RTS awards in 1997, Holding On is Tony Marchant's uncompromising drama of struggle and survival in 1990s London. This is London, claustrophobic, frightening and exhiliarting. Its citizens - trying to thrive or just survive the crime-infested, decaying, paranoied capital - ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 703 members
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  • Framed (1993)
    Starring: Timothy Dalton,  Timothy West,  David Morrissey
    Director: Geoffrey Sax,  Guy Slater
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A young cop vacationing in Spain catches escaped criminal Eddie Myers (Dalton) who had been presumed dead. Myers will only cooperate if the young officer is his interrogator, resulting in an intricate battle of wits.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 65 members
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  • Waterland on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Jeremy Irons,  Sinead Cusack,  Grant Warnock
    Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) is a withered history teacher whose students don't find his lessons on the French Revolution worthwhile. So instead, Tom spends class time telling his students about 30 year-old family skeletons he's trying, hopelessly, to forget. Though he shares them with his students, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,137 member
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  • The Widowmaker (1990)
    Starring: Annabelle Apsion,  David Morrissey,  Aaron Dawson
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oscar winner John Madden (Prime Suspect, Shakespeare in Love) directs Annabelle Apsion (Shameless) and David Morrissey (Red Riding) in this disturbing, compelling drama which tells the story of a woman coming to terms with the trauma of being married to a mass-murderer. Drawing on a remarkable pool ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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David Morrissey facts

5 most recent films

True Love - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Blitz - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Blitz - 3.5 stars
Thorne - Sleepyhead - 4.0 stars
Agatha Christie's Poirot - Collection 8 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

State of Play - Series 1 - 4.5 stars
Agatha Christie's Poirot - Collection 8 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - The Complete Specials - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Sense and Sensibility - 4.0 stars
Blackpool - BBC - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Widowmaker - 3 stars
Passer By - 2.5 stars
True Love - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Thorne - Sleepyhead - 4.0 stars
Cause Celebre - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Simm - 21 times - show films
Kelly MacDonald - 16 times - show films
Bill Nighy - 15 times - show films
Philip Glenister - 12 times - show films
David Tennant - 10 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Yates - 12 times - show films
Stephen Hopkins - 11 times - show films
Euros Lyn - 9 times - show films
none - 6 times - show films
Andy Goddard - 6 times - show films