David Birrell

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Theatre credits: Witness for the Prosecution (West End), 1984 (Bath, London & National Tour), The Whip, A Museum In Baghdad, King John, The Venetian Twins, Love's Labour's Lost, Moby Dick, The Jewess of Toledo, The Tempest, Murder in the Cathedral, Hamlet, Columbus, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night (RSC), South Pacific (Chichester, London & National Tour), Wendy and Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse), Describe The Night (Hampstead Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Leeds Playhouse/Royal Exchange/Dundee Rep), Passion, Grand Hotel (Donmar), The Last Days of Troy, The Death of King Arthur (Shakespeare’s Globe), A Little Night Music (Guildford/West End), Company (Sheffield Crucible), Peter Pan, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ragtime (Regent's Park), The Secret Garden, Hapgood, Peter Pan, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Birmingham Rep/Leeds Playhouse), Oh! What A Lovely War (National Theatre), Henry V (Propeller).

Awards and nominations: Best Actor Nominee – Manchester Theatre Awards, Best Performance in a Musical Winner - Theatre Awards UK, Best Actor Winner - Scottish Critics Awards (Sweeney Todd). Best Supporting Actor Winner - Manchester Theatre Awards (Journey’s End & Enemy of the People).

Television credits Bodies, Silent Witness, Vera, King John, Holy Flying Circus, Midsomer Murders, Buried.

David trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

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