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English actor

David William Logan Westhead (born 1 June 1963) is an English actor.

Westhead was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire. He studied drama at Bristol University before going on to RADA, from where he graduated in 1987, after which he joined the Actors' Touring Company.

He is notable as having been a member of the regular cast of The Bill, Criminal Justice, Blackeyes, Stanley and the Women, Bramwell, The Silence, Life Begins, The Lakes, Grafters, The Time of Your Life and W1A. He has also had guest appearances in Wycliffe (Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat as Freddie Tremaine), Doctor Who (The Shakespeare Code, as William Kempe), Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me as Charlie, Foyle's War (A War of Nerves), Midsomer Murders (The House in the Woods), Agatha Christie's Poirot (Cards on the Table) and Lewis (The Gift of Promise). He has also appeared in the film Mrs Brown (as the Prince of Wales), and onstage he has played Tristan Tzara in a 1993 British production of Travesties, which The Observer review said "David Westhead's Tzara [is] blissfully adept and funny".[1]

David has for many years been a leading actor with The Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, and The Royal Court Theatre. His credits include the BAFTA nominated Donovan Quick,[2] Wilde, Stage Beauty, 'Beyond the Sea', Golden Globe winning Gideon's Daughter, Wallis & Edward, 'Beneath the Skin', Emmy Award winning The Lost Prince, 'She's Gone', 'The Time of Your Life', 'The Key', 'Safe House', 'The Lakes', Turning World, Grafters, 'The Unknown Soldier', My Fragile Heart, Blackeyes. David has the title role in "Suicide Man" and has appeared in "The Real McCoy" for the BBC in the Cape Flats Townships of South Africa. In 2010 he starred as Frank Evans in the BBC's flagship drama "The Silence".

In 2002 he and two colleagues founded Wilton Pictures, a production company specialising in making documentaries.

Also a lecturer in drama it was whilst he was teaching in South Africa that he met a group of disadvantaged youngsters with potential as photographers. Along with professional photographer John Cole – who, like David, lives in Brighton – he put them on an eight-week crash course in photography, enabling them to make a professional living from it. The exhibition of their work, entitled 'Wembley to Soweto', was exhibited at London's South Bank in July 2011. He received the Media Society's 2013 bursary award for this project.[3]

In 2014, he played Neil Reid in W1A.

In 2016, Westhead played the role of Tony Blair's minder in the BBC television film Reg.[4] In 2016, he appeared in the Netflix comedy series Lovesick.

He played Prime Minister John Vosler in the 2018 BBC series Bodyguard.

Voice talent : Eric Ambler's Topkapi for BBC Radio 4 Extra

1. ^ a b Usurpation supreme – Michael Coveney, The Observer, 19 Mar 1993
2. ^ a b BAFTA Awards – nominated – Single Drama in 2001
3. ^ "The Media Society's 2013 bursary award was presented to David Westhead's Wembley to Soweto, project" – Ami Sedghi, The Guardian, 24 Oct 2013
4. ^ a b "BBC One: Reg". BBC Online. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
5. ^ BFI – "Witness against Hitler"
6. ^ Donovan Quick – Radio Times
7. ^ BBC One – Silent Witness, Series 16, Legacy, Part 1
8. ^ BBC One – Silent Witness, Series 16, Legacy, Part 2
9. ^ a b c d e f g h David Westhead – Theatricalia
10. ^ A Study in Scarlet – Theatricalia
11. ^ All My Sons – Theatricalia
12. ^ A Jovial Crew – Theatricalia
13. ^ A Jovial Crew at Barbican Theatre, London – Theatricalia
14. ^ A Jovial Crew at Newcastle Playhouse – Theatricalia
15. ^ A Jovial Crew at The Pit, London – Theatricalia
16. ^ The Odyssey – Theatricalia
17. ^ The Odyssey at Barbican Theatre, London – Theatricalia
18. ^ The Odyssey at The Pit, London – Theatricalia
19. ^ Tamburlaine – Theatricalia
20. ^ Tamburlaine at Barbican Theatre, London – Theatricalia
21. ^ The Changeling – Theatricalia
22. ^ The Changeling at Barbican Theatre, London – Theatricalia
23. ^ The Changeling at Newcastle Playhouse – Theatricalia
24. ^ The Changeling at The Pit, London – Theatricalia
25. ^ A Corpse With Feet – Theatricalia
26. ^ Travesties – Theatricalia
27. ^ Travesties at Savoy Theatre, London – Theatricalia
28. ^ The Man of Mode – Theatricalia
29. ^ The Libertine – Theatricalia
30. ^ The Prince's Play – Theatricalia
31. ^ Theatre: The Prince's Play, Royal National Theatre – Paul Taylor, The Independent, 22 April 1996
32. ^ Talk of the City –Theatricalia
33. ^ Talk of the City at Young Vic, London – Theatricalia
34. ^ Theatre Review: Almost Nothing – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 22 Jan 2003
35. ^ Macbeth – Theatricalia
36. ^ Sleepwalking into tragedy – Theatre Review: Macbeth, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds – Clare Brennan, The Guardian, 18 Mar 2007
37. ^ Theatre review: Macbeth at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds – J. D. Atkinson, British Theatre Guide

• David Westhead at the British Film Institute[_better source needed_]
• David Westhead at IMDb