David Harewood: short biography and selected filmography

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David Harewood is an American actor and the voice of several video games including Battlefield 3, Killzone: Shadow Fall and Horizon Zero Dawn. He starred in such films and TV series as "The Merchant of Venice", "Robin Hood", "Motherland", "Selfie" and others. In the article, we will pay attention to his biography and note the main projects from the actor's filmography.

Short biography

David was born in 1965 in the English city of Birmingham to a family of a waitress and a truck driver who moved here from the Congo in the late 50s. He studied in his hometown - attended Washwood Heath Academy. He was a member of the London National Youth Theatre, and at the age of 18 he entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. David Harewood now lives in Streetham, south London, with his wife, Kirsty Handy, and their two children.

Venetian Palace

David got his first role in 1988 - it was one episode of Susan Wilkins' crime drama South of the Border. Then, until 1999, he played small roles in television films andseries until he played Dr. Mike Gregson, a leading character in the ITV medical drama Always and Everyone (1999-2001). And from 1999 to 2003, he played the role of Inspector Joe Robinson in Rob Percy's police drama Vice.

In 2003, David Harewood played a prince from Morocco in Michael Radford's melodrama The Merchant of Venice, based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. He played the role of Inspector Marshall in Julian Fellows' thriller Lies of Different Kinds (2005). As a ruthless captain, Poizon appeared in Edward Zwick's military action movie Blood Diamond (2006). And two years later, he played Major Simon Brooks in Tom Greaves' serial drama The Palace (2008).

Ghosts of Grimsby

The role of prison gang leader Freddy Graham was played by David Harewood in Peter Moffat's mini-series Criminal Justice (2008-2009). He had a chance to try on the image of Brother Took, a cheerful monk, a physically strong man and a great lover of ale, in the adventure series Robin Hood (2006-2009), created by British producer Dominic Minghella. David played Billy Bones, Captain Flint's former mate, in Steve Barron's TV movie Treasure Island (2012). And for 24 episodes, he played David Estes, director of the CIA's counterterrorism department, in the spy thriller Homeland by Alex Gans and Howard Gordon (2011- …).

As Sam Saperstein, chairman of a pharmaceutical company, joined the main castserial romantic comedy Emily Kapnek "Selfie" (2014). In 2015, Bharat Nalluri's action movie Ghosts: A Better Destiny was released - a film with David Harewood, where he played the role of Francis Lorender, head of the Joint Intelligence Committee. A year later, he played Black Garrett in the comedy action movie Grimsby by Louis Leterrier (2016).

Someone from DC Comics

In 2017, David starred in Kevin Hooks' drama mini-series Madiba, where he played W alter Sisulu, Deputy President of South Africa's American National Congress.

And from 2015 to 2018, he participated in the filming of the CBS superhero action movie Supergirl. David Harewood tried on the image of a Martian hunter - the last inhabitant of this planet, who ended up on Earth and disguised himself as Hank Hanshaw - the former director of the Department of Extraordinary Operations. At the moment, this is his last role, but given the popularity of the actor, he will not have to stand idle for a long time.