One Summer - The Complete Series (2 Disc Set) [1983] [DVD]

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Best of 2004: Best Actor". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2008 ( archived by WebCite on 5 June 2011). Morrissey was awarded an honorary doctorate by Edge Hill University in 2016. [93] [94] From 10 September to 10 October, he starred in Hangmen by Martin McDonagh, at the Royal Court Theatre. The play followed Harry Wade, a former hangman, after the abolition of hanging in Great Britain in 1965. [95] In 2017, Morrissey joined the cast of The League of Gentlemen for their 2017 revival. [96]

She reminded me of someone who was coming into a tired world, with these colours, this boldness,” says Morrissey of Cliff. “It’s quite frightening, like any revolution.” They have, between them, found the jeopardy in art deco pottery. It’s an understated film, but curiously evocative and lingering. The series was written after scriptwriter Willy Russell was approached by Yorkshire Television about producing a follow-up to his 1979 television play The Daughters of Albion. Russell pitched the idea of a six-part series, originally called "Ten Thousand Miles", but later changed to One Summer and condensed to five episodes. Produced by Yorkshire Television for the then-new Channel 4 station, the series was filmed from April to October 1982 in Liverpool, Yorkshire and Wales. [1] Sweeting, Adam (11 October 2010). " Single Father, BBC One/ Thorne: Sleepyhead, Sky1". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 5 June 2011 ( archived by WebCite on 5 June 2011). a b " RTS Programme Awards 2003". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 4 November 2008 ( archived by WebCite on 5 June 2011). Robert Epstein, Daniel (6 April 2007). " David Morrissey, The Reaping Interview". UGO.com. Retrieved 6 November 2008 ( archived by WebCite on 7 June 2011).

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After leaving school at the age of 16, Morrissey joined a Wolverhampton theatre company, where he worked on sets and costumes. [18] Career [ edit ] Acting [ edit ] 1980s [ edit ] In March 2009, Morrissey appeared as corrupt police detective Maurice Jobson in Red Riding, the Channel 4 adaptation of David Peace's Red Riding novels. Morrissey already knew the directors of the films, enjoyed reading the script and had either worked with his co-stars on other projects, or wanted to work with them. He liked the flaws in the Jobson character and that he differs from typical vigilante police officers portrayed on television. [72] Morrissey said of Jobson, "I think he sets out to be a good cop, he tries to do his job well but he gets involved in some corruption and realises that being a 'bit' corrupt is like being a 'bit' pregnant. You either are or you're not." [70] He received a Best Actor nomination from the Broadcasting Press Guild for the role. [73] At the end of the year, Morrissey played Bobby Dykins in the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy (2009). As a self-confessed "Beatles geek", Morrissey relished the opportunity to star in the film about Lennon's childhood. [74] READ MORE: BBC One Sherwood: The Nottinghamshire killings which inspired chilling new drama Who is David Morrissey and what TV shows has he been on before?

a b Rozner, Gina (14 October 2001). "How we met: David Morrissey & Paul McGann". The Independent (Independent News & Media): pp.5–6. As a director Morrissey has helmed short films, and the dramas Sweet Revenge (2001) and Passer By (2004) for the BBC. His feature debut, Don't Worry About Me, premiered at the 2009 London Film Festival and was broadcast on BBC television in March 2010. He is married to the novelist Esther Freud, has three children and is a patron of numerous charities. Morrissey is a patron of The SMA Trust (a charity that funds research into spinal muscular atrophy), [110] Liverpool's Unity Theatre, [111] and the human rights organisation Reprieve. [112] Personal life [ edit ]Rosenberg, Howard (13 October 1988). "Sadness, Seduction Ignite `Mystery!'". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company): p.C-10. a b Maher, Kevin (15 November 2008). " Hurt and soul". The Times (Times Newspapers): pp.15–16 ( The Knowledge supplement). Retrieved 15 November 2008. David Morrissey on his life, his career and Liverpool FC". 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013 . Retrieved 11 March 2013. Cousin, Geraldine (1994). Shakespeare in Performance: King John. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-2753-5. p.18. His acting in State of Play and The Deal won him considerable acclaim; he was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his role as Collins but lost to his co-star Bill Nighy. [43] His performance in The Deal was acclaimed by Charlie Whelan, Gordon Brown's former spin doctor, and Tim Allan, a deputy press secretary of Tony Blair. [44] [45] A BBC News Online writer praised Morrissey's grasp of Brown's physical tics in a review that criticised the rest of the film. [46] Morrissey's performance won the RTS Programme Award for Best Male Actor the next year, this time beating Nighy. [47] [48] The RTS jury wrote of Morrissey, "The strength of this performance brought to the screen, and to life, all of the characteristics and traits of the man he portrayed in a way that was both credible and convincing." [49] In 2009, Morrissey declined the opportunity to play Brown again in The Special Relationship, Morgan's third Blair film, as he did not want to get into the mindset of playing Brown for just one scene. [50] Morrissey in July 2013

In 2009, Morrissey and Mark Billingham launched the production company Sleepyhead, which produced the Thorne television series. [78] The company was a part of Stagereel, a production house previously set up by Morrissey's brother Paul. The company bought the rights to adapt the Thorne novels and Morrissey was already developing it to pitch to television channels when Sky made an offer to broadcast it. [100] As of 2010, Morrissey and Tubedale Films were developing two feature films with financing from the UK Film Council. [100] Morrissey criticised the Cameron–Clegg coalition government's decision to close the UK Film Council, as he believed it was an asset to first-time filmmakers. [106] The organisation's funding role was taken over by the British Film Institute in 2011. [107] Charity work [ edit ] David Mark Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and director. Morrissey grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool. He learned to act at the Everyman Youth Theatre, alongside Ian Hart, Mark and Stephen McGann, and Cathy Tyson. At the age of 18, he and Hart were cast in the television series One Summer (1983), which won them recognition throughout the country. After making One Summer, Morrissey attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.That same year, he played Gordon Brown in Peter Morgan's single drama The Deal (2003), about a pact made between Brown and Tony Blair ( Michael Sheen) in 1994. Unlike his research for the fictional State of Play, Morrissey discovered that no politicians wanted to talk to him for this fact-based drama, so he turned to journalists Jon Snow and Simon Hoggart. [23] He also travelled to Brown's hometown of Kirkcaldy and immersed himself in numerous biographies of the man, including Ross Wilson's documentary films on New Labour in the year surrounding the 1997 election. [38] [39] When speaking to many of Brown's friends to gain insight into his "private persona", Morrissey discovered that Brown was funny, approachable and charming, which were characteristics he did not see in his "public persona". [39] To look like Brown, Morrissey had his hair dyed and permed, and put on 2 stone (28lb/13kg) in body weight in six weeks. [23] [40] The director Stephen Frears originally wanted to cast a Scottish actor as Brown but was persuaded by other production staff to cast Morrissey. [41] [42] In 2020, Morrissey starred in the TV Series The Singapore Grip and in August 2021 in the third series of historical fantasy drama Britannia. He's also known for his work on stage, including roles in Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caeser and many more. Is David in a relationship? Writer Willy Russell had his name removed from the credits as he thought the lead actors were too old to play 16-year olds and that Kidder's Welsh retreat was overly glamorous. There is some truth in this, but as filmed the script still boasts a strong mytho-poetic resonance, for instance in the almost totemic role of Billy's knife which he eventually discards under Kidder's guidance but which in Rabbit's hands leads to death and destruction. The violent and abrupt ending is bleak, highly melodramatic and certainly cruel, though it also shows Billy taking his life in his hands and finally becoming responsible for it. BFI London Film Festival: David Morrissey." British Film Institute. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2011 ( archived by WebCite on 5 June 2011).