David Wilmot

David Wilmot

David Wilmot is an award-winning Irish stage, screen, and television actor. Wilmot's theatre credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, As You Like It with the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, and Juno and the Paycock in London's West End. He originated the role of Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001, played it at the Barbican Center in 2002, then joined the 2006 off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company production, which later transferred to Broadway. He was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and the Theatre World Award for his performance. Wilmot portrayed Dr. Ed Costello in sixteen episopdes of The Clinic on RTÉ. He was nominated for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama. Wilmot's screen credits include Michael Collins (1996), I Went Down (1997), The Devil's Own (1997), The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998), Intermission (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), King Arthur (2004), and Six Shooter (2006). He was named Best Supporting Actor in Film and nominated Best New Talent for Intermission at the 2003 Irish Film and Television Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Wilmot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Filmography

2025

Small Town, Big Story
Small Town, Big Story
as Keith McCurdle
TV - Released: 2/27/2025

2024

Bodkin
Bodkin
as Seamus Gallagher
TV - Released: 5/9/2024

2023

Lies We Tell
Lies We Tell
as Silas
Movie - Released: 10/13/2023

2022

The Wonder
The Wonder
as Sean Ryan
Movie - Released: 11/2/2022

2021

Station Eleven
Station Eleven
as Clark Thompson
TV - Released: 12/16/2021

2020

Calm with Horses
Calm with Horses
as Hector
Movie - Released: 3/13/2020
Barkskins
Barkskins
as Constable Bouchard
TV - Released: 5/25/2020

2019

Little Joe
Little Joe
as Karl
Movie - Released: 11/1/2019
Ordinary Love
Ordinary Love
as Peter
Movie - Released: 12/6/2019
Resistance
Resistance
as Patrick Mahon
TV - Released: 1/6/2019

2018

Mother's Day
Mother's Day
as Arthur McHugh
Movie - Released: 9/3/2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
as Portkey Tout
Movie - Released: 11/14/2018
The Alienist
The Alienist
as Captain Connor
TV - Released: 1/22/2018

2017

Breathe
Breathe
as Paddy
Movie - Released: 10/13/2017
Genius
Genius
as José Ruiz y Blasco
TV - Released: 4/25/2017

2016

War on Everyone
War on Everyone
as Pádraic Power
Movie - Released: 10/7/2016
Murder
Murder
as Clyde Harris
TV - Released: 3/3/2016
The Crown
The Crown
as Arthur Scargill
TV - Released: 11/4/2016

2014

Calvary
Calvary
as Father Leary
Movie - Released: 4/11/2014
Gold
Gold
as Ray
Movie - Released: 2/20/2014
'71
'71
as Boyle
Movie - Released: 10/10/2014

2013

Vikings
Vikings
as Olaf Andwend
TV - Released: 3/3/2013

2012

Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer
as Kevin Mulville
Movie - Released: 2/12/2012
Saving the Titanic
Saving the Titanic
as Joseph Bell
Movie - Released: 4/15/2012
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
as Nikolai
Movie - Released: 9/6/2012
Ripper Street
Ripper Street
as Donald Artherton
TV - Released: 12/30/2012
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
as William O'Brien
TV - Released: 1/1/2012

2011

The Guard
The Guard
as Liam O'Leary
Movie - Released: 7/7/2011
Vera
Vera
as Mal Hinkin
TV - Released: 5/1/2011

2010

Parked
Parked
as Peter
Movie - Released: 9/1/2010
All Good Children
All Good Children
as Julian
Movie - Released: 12/27/2010

2008

Dorothy Mills
Dorothy Mills
as Colin Garrivan
Movie - Released: 8/6/2008

2007

Middletown
Middletown
as Sammy
Movie - Released: 3/2/2007
The Tudors
The Tudors
as Sir Ralph Ellerker
TV - Released: 4/1/2007

2006

Studs
Studs
as Bubbles
Movie - Released: 3/16/2006

2004

Six Shooter
Six Shooter
as Man
Movie - Released: 10/14/2004
King Arthur
King Arthur
as Woad Killed by Lancelot
Movie - Released: 7/7/2004
Laws of Attraction
Laws of Attraction
as Brendan
Movie - Released: 4/4/2004

2003

Intermission
Intermission
as Oscar
Movie - Released: 8/29/2003

2000

Rat
Rat
as Phelim Spratt
Movie - Released: 10/6/2000
Flick
Flick
as Des Fitzpatrick
Movie - Released: 9/8/2000
Movie
The Second Death
as Chess Player
Movie - Released: 1/29/2000

1998

The Tale of Sweeney Todd
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
as Tom
Movie - Released: 8/30/1998
The General
The General
as Assassin
Movie - Released: 5/1/1998

1997

I Went Down
I Went Down
as Anto
Movie - Released: 10/3/1997
The Devil's Own
The Devil's Own
as Dessie
Movie - Released: 3/13/1997
The Last Bus Home
The Last Bus Home
as Bus Conductor
Movie - Released: 10/17/1997

1996

Michael Collins
Michael Collins
as Squad Youth #2
Movie - Released: 10/25/1996

1991

The Treaty
The Treaty
as Niall
Movie - Released: 12/5/1991

1990

The Field
The Field
as Boy at Dance
Movie - Released: 9/21/1990

Unknown

Movie
Embers
as Gary
Movie
Movie
Come and Get Me
as Mark
Movie
Movie
Hokum
Movie
TV
House of Guinness
as Bonnie Champion
TV