David Acton

Photography © Graig Sugden, Robert Day

Hair
Grey
Eye
Blue-Grey
Height
5'9"
Agent
Geoff Stanton

Overview

David starred as Arthur Kipps in the West End production of THE WOMAN IN BLACK directed by Robin Herford and went on to play the role in New York in 2020. He also worked with the same director playing Rough in GASLIGHT at The Mill At Sonning. Prior to this, he completed the RST 2018 Season - playing Duncan in MACBETH and Sir Hugh Evans in THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. He has previous with the RSC: THE CONSTANT COUPLE, MAN OF MODE, KING LEAR, HAMLET, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE, AS YOU LIKE IT, HENRY V, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, EDWARD III, EASTWARD HO!, THE ROMAN ACTOR. Also seasons at Bolton, Durham, York, Basingstoke, Southampton and Cherub Company. HAMLET (Oxford Playhouse), THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE (Bristol Old Vic), ROMEO AND JULIET & A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (AFTLS USA tours); DOWN BY THE GREENWOOD SIDE (Donmar Warehouse), KING LEAR (Young Vic, Leicester Haymarket & Tokyo Globe), CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (Greenwich Theatre), CELAINE (Hampstead Theatre), THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE REAL THING, WAIT UNTIL DARK, COPENHAGEN, RELATIVELY SPEAKING (Watermill, Newbury). OTHELLO, HENRY V, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, TWELFTH NIGHT (Propeller), CELESTINA (Birmingham Rep and Edinburgh International Festival), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Peter Hall Co), RICHARD II (Old Vic Co), I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, VERTIGO, LEAGUE OF YOUTH, BURIAL AT THEBES (Nottingham Playhouse), ONE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER (Coventry Belgrade), SABBAT, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, PETER PAN (The Dukes Lancaster), THE DARK THINGS (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh), ANJIN (Tokyo), HOUSE OF GHOSTS (national tour). Television includes CALL THE MIDWIFE, SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY, DOWNTON ABBEY, HOSTAGE (FIREBALL IN THE DESERT), DIARIES OF THE GREAT WAR, EASTENDERS, EMMERDALE, I LOVE KEITH ALLEN, ALL IN THE GAME, SO HAUNT ME, PERSUASION, CASUALTY, RANDALL AND HOPKIRK (DECEASED), THE WYVERN MYSTERY, MACBETH, FOOLING HITLER, CASANOVA’S LOVE LETTERS, CLASS OF ’76, BLAIR ON TRIAL, DOCTORS, TCHAIKOVSKY, THE BILL, TINY TOM, HOLLYOAKS, PASSAGE, SILENT WITNESS, DEATH.


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