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David Morrissey
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David Mark Joseph Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker. He had numerous small roles in films and television series throughout the 1990s before achieving wider recognition for playing Gordon Brown in The Deal (2003), Stephen Collins in State of Play (2003), The Governor in the third, and fourth seasons of The Walking Dead (2012–2015), and DCS Ian St Clair in Sherwood (2022–present). He has also acted extensively on stage with companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre. Morrissey has directed short films and the television dramas Sweet Revenge (2001) and Passer By (2004). His feature-length directorial debut, the television film Don't Worry About Me (2010), premiered on BBC Two. He was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for State of Play and won a Best Actor award from the Royal Television Society for The Deal. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Edge Hill University in 2016.
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Trivia
- •Place of birth: Kensington
- •Citizenship: United Kingdom
- •Known as: actor, writer, screenwriter, film director
- •Genre: Shakespearean comedy
- •Spouse: Esther Freud
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David T. Morrissey Obituary (2026) - Salem, OH - Stark Memorial Funeral Home and Cremation Services
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ITV is making a George Kay thriller titled 'Gone' starring David Morrissey & Eve Myles, produced by New Pictures. Read more below.
