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David Bradley

David Bradley
David Bradley was on the 17th April in 1942 in York in North Yorkshire.
He became an actor in 1971, and first appeared the successful comedy Nearest and Dearest playing a police officer.
He was awarded a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1991 for his supporting actor role in King Lear at the Royal National Theatre, and has appeared in the Harold Pinter play called The Caretaker.
He also starred in the comedy series called "Wild West" as Jake. David played the fictional Labour MP Eddie Wells, in the award-winning series Our Friends In The North in 1996.
David had a part in the musical drama called Blackpool, and as the father of Sweeney Todd, playing opposite Ray Winstone.
He has also had a small part in an episode of Taggart, and a leading character Tom, in an episode of "Midsummer Murders."
He has also appeared as the character Stemroach, in the comedy series, called Ideal, as Electric in Thieves Like Us, and appeared in the series True Dare Kiss.
David had a small part in the film called Hot Fuzz, alongside Simon Pegg, and has become best known for his role as Argus Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films.
David played Cohen the Barbarian in the Sky One adaptation of The Colour Of Magic by Terry Pratchett. David stars alongside Sir David Jason as Rincewind, and Sean Astin as Two Flower ( of Click and Lord Of The Rings fame).
David Bradley is the active President of Second Thoughts Drama Group in Stratford-upon-Avon.
He is starring in a movie callied The Daisy Chain as Sean Cryan, which will be out soon.






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David Bradley - what members say


  • Our Friends In The North
  • Our Friends In The North review by A customer from
    Rated - 5.0 stars Something to watch at least twice 22 September 2011
    ... earth and so very well done, Not only the 4 main Characters But Alun Armstrong,David Bradley,Peter Vaughan,Danny Webb and David Schofield to name but a few what brilliant a...   Read customer review
  • Kes
  • Kes review by from
    Rated - 3.0 stars gritty, touching and british 21 July 2004
    ... sooo glad i rented this one. The host of chracters is like a Dickens novel and David Bradley is absolutely outstanding as Billy Casper. Highly recommended. 10/10...   Read customer review

David Bradley - filmography


  • Prisoners' Wives - Series 2 on DVD (2013)
    Starring: Polly Walker,  Pippa Haywood,  Sally Carman
    Director: Harry Bradbeer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All four episodes from the second series of the BBC crime drama following the lives of women whose loved ones are serving prison sentences. In this series, two new characters appear - happily married Kim (Sally Carman), whose world is rocked when her husband is remanded after being accused of a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 19 members
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  • The Holding on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Georgia Groome,  Vincent Regan,  Kierston Wareing
    Director: Susan Jacobson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Tense thriller set on a remote farm in which a woman's murder of her husband leads to chaos. Cassie (Kierston Wareing) killed her husband, Dean (Christopher Brand), to protect herself and her two daughters, Amy (Maisie Lloyd) and Hannah (Skye Lourie), from his abusive ways. Eight months later, just ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 440 members
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  • Another Year on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Jim Broadbent,  Ruth Sheen,  Lesley Manville
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Mike Leigh writes and directs this observational comedy drama depicting a year in the life of a contented middle-aged London couple. Medical counsellor Gerri (Ruth Sheen) is happily married to Tom (Jim Broadbent). The film follows Gerri over the course of the year as she opens her home and heart to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 20,976 members
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  • I Know You Know on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  David Bradley,  Aaron Fuller
    Director: Justin Kerrigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Charlie is highly charged and on the edge — an undercover agent, always on an important mission, always on the move. Jamie, his son, is fascinated by his father’s espionage work, until the world of spies becomes all too real. Charlie is unpredictable, explosive, yet kind hearted and fiercely ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,627 member
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  • Harry Brown on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Emily Mortimer,  Iain Glen
    Director: Daniel Barber
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Gritty British thriller starring Michael Caine. Harry Brown (Caine) is a widowed ex-serviceman living a quiet, modest life on a London housing estate. When his only friend Leonard (David Bradley) is brutally murdered by a gang of thugs on the estate, Harry becomes intent on avenging his death, and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 46,699 members
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  • Harry Brown - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Emily Mortimer,  Iain Glen
    Director: Daniel Barber
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Gritty British thriller starring Michael Caine. Harry Brown (Caine) is a widowed ex-serviceman living a quiet, modest life on a London housing estate. When his only friend Leonard (David Bradley) is brutally murdered by a gang of thugs on the estate, Harry becomes intent on avenging his death, and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 15,536 members
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  • The Colour Of Magic on DVD (2008)
    Starring: David Jason,  Richard da Costa,  Sean Astin
    Director: Vadim Jean
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The Discworld - a magical realm quite unlike, yet hauntingly familiar to, ours - has got it's first tourist - Twoflower (Sean Astin). Rincewind (David Jason), an inept ex-student wizard is given the task of guiding Twoflower (Sean Astin) through the city state of Ankh Morpork. Rincewind has two ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 11,424 members
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  • Hot Fuzz on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Tim Barlow,  Bill Ni,  Jim
    Director: Edgar Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost follow up SHAUN OF THE DEAD with another collaboration in HOT FUZZ. This time around Pegg and Frost are mismatched cops who are reluctantly forced to work together, with hilarious results.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 105,438 members
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  • Gabriel And Me on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Iain Glen,  Sean Landless,  Billy Connolly
    Director: Udayan Prasad
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jimmy Spud (Sean Landless) is an 11-year-old boy from Newcastle who decides he wants to become an angel. His unemployed dad (Iain Glen) disapproves of his plans, thinking he should get into football and girls instead, but when the Archangel Gabriel (Billy Connolly) comes for a visit, young Jimmy ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 283 members
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  • The King Is Alive (2001)
    Starring: Jennifer Jason L,  Romane Bohringer,  Janet McTeer
    Director: Kristian Levring
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus passengers shelter in the elements of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play? However, the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 281 members
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  • Altered Species on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Leah Rowan,  Allen Lee Haff,  David Bradley
    Director: Miles Feldman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    On a moonlit night in a remote research laboratory, a major scientific breakthrough is about to have some disastrous side effects. A chemical compound that was created to 'hunt and destroy' deadly cancer cells has leaked from the buildings waste disposal system into the basement. Suddenly, the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 34% from 104 members
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  • Tom's Midnight Garden on DVD (1999)
    Starring: James Wilby,  Greta Scacchi,  Nigel Le Vaillant
    Director: Willard Carroll
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Film adaptation of the classic children's tale in which a young boy finds access to a magical midnight garden. When his brother comes down with the measles, Tom (Anthony Way) is sent to stay with his Aunt Gwen (Greta Scacchi) and his Uncle Alan (James Wilby) in the dilapidated old manor they ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 832 members
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  • Total Reality on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Thomas Kretschmann,  David Bradley,  Misa Koprova
    Director: Philip J. Roth
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is two hundred years in the future and the Earth has been devastated in its war against an alliance of colonies. Realising that it stands no chance of winning, the government of Earth sends its fascist leader General Tunis back in time to the 1990's where he attempts to replicate himself in the ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 31% from 35 members
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  • Our Friends In The North (4 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Mark Strong,  Christopher Eccleston,  Malcolm McDowell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The entire series of the popular BBC Television series charting the lives of a group of four Geordie friends from their teens until middle-age: Nicky is a radical socialist, determined to devote his life to the class struggle; Tosker a Jack-the-lad with dreams of pop stardom; Mary, courted by Nicky ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 3,755 members
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  • Cyborg Cop 2 on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Morgan Hunter,  David Bradley,  Jill Pierce
    Director: Sam Firstenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Sequel to 'Cyborg Cop' with David Bradley again in the role of DEA agent Jack Henderson. This time the Cyborgs are able to regenerate and mutate themselves to become much more powerful warriors. Henderson must now confront his worst nightmares as the Cyborgs go on the rampage.
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 109 members
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  • Cyborg Cop (1993)
    Starring: Rufus Swart,  John Rhys-Davies,  Alonna Shaw
    Director: Sam Firstenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Ex DEA agent Jack gets an urgent SOS from his brother Phillip, whose team has been ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack arrives in St. Keith to find his brother, but discovers he has been turned into a cyborg by the drug runner he was tracking.
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 101 members
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  • American Ninja 4 - The Annihilation (1991)
    Starring: Michael Dudikoff,  David Bradley
    Director: Cedric Sundstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    CIA agent Sean Davidson and his sidekick Carl are sent into the stronghold of sadistic British ex-soldier Mulgrew to rescue some Delta Force commandoes who have been captured and tortured. When Sean, Carl and pretty doctor Sarah run into some problems, Peace Corps vet Joe Armstrong is lured out of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 41 members
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  • Another Sunday And Sweet FA (1988)
    Starring: Gordon McRae,  Fred Feast,  Freddie Fletcher
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    TV comedy drama, written by Jack Rosenthal, that originally featured in ITV's 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand. Long-suffering weekend referee Mr. Armistead (David Swift) refuses to give up on trying to teach the rougher elements of Co-op Albion and Parker Street Depot about fairness, sportsmanship, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 7 members
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  • Absolution on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Richard Burton,  Dominic Guard,  David Bradley
    Director: Anthony Page
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Father Goddard (Richard Burton) hears confessions at a catholic school. In confession, student Benjamin Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally murdered his friend (Billy Connolly) and buried him in the forest. Goddard investigates the matter and finds a buried scarecrow. Shortly after, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 253 members
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  • The Jensen Code - Complete (1973)
    Starring: Robin Wentworth,  Milton Johns,  Dan Meaden
    Director: Jonathan Wright-Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All 13 episodes of the 1970s children's mystery series that follows unusual events at an outdoor activity centre. When Terry Connor (David Bradley), a 16-year-old visitor to the centre, sets off with instructor Alex (Tony Wright) to go potholing, he is unprepared for the disturbing day he will face...read more »
    0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 1 member
    Not available for rental
  • Kes on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Colin Welland,  David Bradley,  Brian Glover
    Director: Ken Loach
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Acclaimed drama from director Ken Loach following a young boy from a working-class Northern town who begins training a falcon to find relief from his problems. Billy (David Bradley) appears to have little hope in his life. He is bullied by his brother, Jud (Freddie Fletcher), and neglected by his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 12,719 members
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  • They Saved Hitler's Brain (1963)
    Starring: Walter Stocker,  Audrey Caire,  Carlos Rivas
    Director: David Bradley
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    At the end of World War II, Nazi officials spirited the living head of Adolf Hitler out of Germany to a hiding place in the South American country of Mandoras, in order to revive the Third Reich at a later date. By the 1960s these men believed the time had come, so they kidnap a top scientist in ..read more »
    0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 1 member
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David Bradley facts

5 most recent films

Prisoners' Wives - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
The Holding - 2.5 stars
Another Year - 3.0 stars
I Know You Know - 2.5 stars
Harry Brown - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Our Friends In The North - 4.0 stars
Hot Fuzz - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Harry Brown - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Harry Brown - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Jensen Code - Complete - 0.5 stars
They Saved Hitler's Brain - 0.5 stars
Total Reality - 1.5 stars
American Ninja 5 - 2.5 stars
Another Sunday And Sweet FA - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Iain Glen - 5 times - show films
Jim Broadbent - 5 times - show films
Alan Rickman - 4 times - show films
Emma Watson - 4 times - show films
Maggie Smith - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 5 times - show films
Dan Zeff - 4 times - show films
Alfonso Cuaron - 4 times - show films
Juliet May - 3 times - show films
Edgar Wright - 3 times - show films