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{{short description|British actor}}
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| birth_place = [[Aldershot|Aldershot, Hampshire]], England
| birth_place = [[Aldershot|Aldershot, Hampshire]], England
| occupation = Actor, playwright
| occupation = Actor, playwright
| alma_mater = [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]
| yearsactive = 1978–present
| yearsactive = 1978–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Julia Gray|27 December 2010}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Jane Galloway|27 December 2010}}
| children = 5
| children = 5
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Haig wrote the play ''[[My Boy Jack (play)|My Boy Jack]]'', which premièred at the [[Hampstead Theatre]] on 13 October 1997. On [[Remembrance Day]] 2007, [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] broadcast [[My Boy Jack (film)|a television drama]] based on the play, in which Haig played [[Rudyard Kipling]] and [[Daniel Radcliffe]] played Kipling's son, [[John Kipling|John]]. He went on to star as the Player in ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead|Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' alongside Radcliffe in 2017.
Haig wrote the play ''[[My Boy Jack (play)|My Boy Jack]]'', which premièred at the [[Hampstead Theatre]] on 13 October 1997. On [[Remembrance Day]] 2007, [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] broadcast [[My Boy Jack (film)|a television drama]] based on the play, in which Haig played [[Rudyard Kipling]] and [[Daniel Radcliffe]] played Kipling's son, [[John Kipling|John]]. He went on to star as the Player in ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead|Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' alongside Radcliffe in 2017.


Haig's second play ''The Good Samaritan'' was also first staged at the Hampstead Theatre, opening on 6 July 2000. His third play ''[[Pressure (play)|Pressure]]'' premiered at the [[Chichester Festival]] in 2014, before being revived in 2018 on a UK Tour and then in the West End at the [[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]]. In 2018, he portrayed Bill in the critically acclaimed [[BBC America]] thriller series ''[[Killing Eve]]''.
Haig's second play ''The Good Samaritan'' was also first staged at the Hampstead Theatre, opening on 6 July 2000. His third play ''[[Pressure (play)|Pressure]]'' premiered at the [[Chichester Festival]] in 2014, before being revived in 2018 on a UK Tour and then in the West End at the [[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]]. In 2018, he portrayed Bill in the critically acclaimed [[BBC America]] thriller series ''[[Killing Eve]]'' (2018).


Haig was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2013 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60534 |supp=y|page=24|date=15 June 2013}}</ref>
Haig was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2013 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60534 |supp=y|page=24|date=15 June 2013}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Haig was born on 20 September 1955 in [[Aldershot|Aldershot, Hampshire]], the son of opera singer Shirley R. C. (née Brooks) and army officer (and later director of the [[Hayward Gallery]]) Francis W. He had a younger sister who died at 22 of a brain aneurysm when he was 26. He grew up in [[Rugby, Warwickshire]] where he attended [[Rugby School]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Walker|first=Tim|date=2014-04-18|title=David Haig says Rugby did not want him to become an actor|language=en-GB|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/10773287/David-Haig-says-Rugby-did-not-want-him-to-become-an-actor.html|access-date=2020-05-19|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
Haig was born on 20 September 1955 in [[Aldershot|Aldershot, Hampshire]],<ref name="tv">{{Cite web|title= David Haig Credits |url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-haig/credits/3000406386/ |work= tvguide.com |access-date= 2024-05-25 }}</ref> the son of opera singer Shirley R. C. (née Brooks) and army officer (and later director of the [[Hayward Gallery]]) Francis W. He had a younger sister who died at 22 of a brain aneurysm when he was 26. He grew up in [[Rugby, Warwickshire]] where he attended [[Rugby School]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Walker|first=Tim|date=2014-04-18|title=David Haig says Rugby did not want him to become an actor|language=en-GB|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/10773287/David-Haig-says-Rugby-did-not-want-him-to-become-an-actor.html|access-date=2020-05-19|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=22 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922024910/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/10773287/David-Haig-says-Rugby-did-not-want-him-to-become-an-actor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
===Film and television===
===Film and television===
Haig appeared in the 1994 film ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' and had a supporting role in the BBC television sitcom ''[[The Thin Blue Line (British TV series)|The Thin Blue Line]]'' playing Inspector Grim, the inept foil to [[Rowan Atkinson]]'s Inspector Fowler. He also appeared in [[Love on a Branch Line (TV series)|Love on a Branch Line]], a TV series broadcast by the BBC in four episodes. In 2002 he played the brother of ''Four Weddings''' co-star [[Hugh Grant]] in the romantic comedy ''[[Two Weeks Notice]]''. In 2007, he appeared in a [[Comic Relief]] sketch called "Mr. Bean's Wedding" as the bride's father, reuniting with Atkinson.
Haig appeared in the 1994 film ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and had a supporting role in the BBC television sitcom ''[[The Thin Blue Line (British TV series)|The Thin Blue Line]]'' (1995),<ref name="tv"/> playing Inspector Grim, the inept foil to [[Rowan Atkinson]]'s Inspector Fowler. He also appeared in ''[[Love on a Branch Line (TV series)|Love on a Branch Line]]'', a TV series broadcast by the BBC in four episodes. In 2002 he played the brother of ''Four Weddings''' co-star [[Hugh Grant]] in the romantic comedy ''[[Two Weeks Notice]]''.<ref name="tv"/> In 2007, he appeared in a [[Comic Relief]] sketch called "Mr. Bean's Wedding" as the bride's father, reuniting with Atkinson.


Other TV work includes ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' (1980); ''[[Blake's 7]]'' episode "Rumours of Death" (1980); ''[[Campion (1989 TV series)|Campion]]'' story ''[[Sweet Danger]]'' (1990); ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' episode "Dead on Time" (1992); and ''[[Cracker (UK TV series)|Cracker]]'' story ''To Say I Love You'' (1993). In the 1990s, he appeared in series 1 of the TV series ''[[Soldier Soldier]]''.
Other TV work includes ''[[Doctor Who]]''<ref name="tv"/>story "[[The Leisure Hive]]" (1980); ''[[Blake's 7]]''<ref name="tv"/> episode "Rumours of Death" (1980); ''[[Diamonds]]'' (1981 TV series); ''[[Campion (1989 TV series)|Campion]]'' story "[[Sweet Danger]]" (1990); ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' episode "Dead on Time" (1992);<ref name="tv"/> and ''[[Cracker (British TV series)|Cracker]]''<ref name="tv"/> story "To Say I Love You" (1993). In the 1990s, he appeared in series 1 of the TV series ''[[Soldier Soldier]]''.<ref name="tv"/>


He appears in the Richard Fell adaptation of the 1960s science fiction series ''[[A for Andromeda]]'', on the UK digital television station [[BBC Four]].
He appears in the Richard Fell adaptation of the 1960s science fiction series ''[[A for Andromeda]]'', on the UK digital television station [[BBC Four]].
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Haig wrote the play ''[[My Boy Jack (play)|My Boy Jack]]'' and later appeared in [[My Boy Jack (film)|the television adaptation]] as [[Rudyard Kipling]], with [[Daniel Radcliffe]] playing Kipling's son, John.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}


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Haig wrote the play ''[[My Boy Jack (play)|My Boy Jack]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and later appeared as [[Rudyard Kipling]], alongside [[Daniel Radcliffe]], in [[My Boy Jack (film)|television adaptation]].<ref name="tv"/>
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In 2008, he appeared in the [[BBC]] film ''[[Dustbin Baby (film)|Dustbin Baby]]'' and ''[[The 39 Steps (2008 film)|The 39 Steps]]''. He also appeared in the ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' episode "The Glitch". In 2009 he appeared as Steve Fleming in BBC TV's ''[[The Thick of It]]'' and as Jon, husband to former MP [[Mo Mowlam]] in the drama ''[[Mo (2010 film)|Mo]]'' opposite [[Julie Walters]]. Also in 2009, he appeared in two episodes as the [[headmaster]] of Portwenn Primary School, Mr Straine on ITV comedy drama [[Doc Martin]].


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In 2008, he appeared in the [[BBC]] film ''[[Dustbin Baby (film)|Dustbin Baby]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and ''[[The 39 Steps (2008 film)|The 39 Steps]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He also appeared in the ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'',<ref name="tv"/> episode "The Glitch". In 2009 he appeared as Steve Fleming in BBC TV's ''[[The Thick of It]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and as Jon, husband to former MP [[Mo Mowlam]] in the drama ''[[Mo (2010 film)|Mo]]'',<ref name="tv"/> opposite [[Julie Walters]]. Also in 2009, he appeared in two episodes as the [[headmaster]] of Portwenn Primary School, Mr Straine on ITV comedy drama ''[[Doc Martin]]''.<ref name="tv"/>
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In January 2013, Haig started appearing as [[Jim Hacker]] in a re-make of classic 1980s comedy series ''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'', broadcast on Gold TV in the United Kingdom.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}


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In January 2013, Haig started appearing as [[Jim Hacker]] in a re-make of classic 1980s comedy series ''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'', broadcast on Gold TV in the United Kingdom.<ref name="tv"/>
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In 2012 a new sitcom pilot, starring Haig and written by [[Ben Elton]], was filmed for the BBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/08/new-sitcom-from-ben-elton.html |title=New sitcom from Ben Elton |website=TV Tonight |access-date=2 February 2013}}</ref> Filming for a full six-part series of the sitcom, ''[[The Wright Way]]'' (formerly known as ''Slings and Arrows'') was completed in March 2013, and began airing on BBC One on 23 April.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kacey Ainsworth, Rufus Jones & Michael Falzon Cast in BBC One's Ben Elton Sitcom|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/01/kacey-ainsworth-rufus-jones-michael-falzon-cast-in-bbc-ones-ben-elton-sitcom/|access-date=28 January 2013|author=Patrick Munn|date=5 January 2013}}</ref>


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In 2012 a new sitcom pilot, starring Haig and written by [[Ben Elton]], was filmed for the BBC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/08/new-sitcom-from-ben-elton.html |title=New sitcom from Ben Elton |website=TV Tonight |date=3 August 2012 |access-date=2 February 2013 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025203603/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/08/new-sitcom-from-ben-elton.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Filming for a full six-part series of the sitcom, ''[[The Wright Way]]'' (formerly known as ''Slings and Arrows'') was completed in March 2013, and began airing on BBC One on 23 April.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kacey Ainsworth, Rufus Jones & Michael Falzon Cast in BBC One's Ben Elton Sitcom|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/01/kacey-ainsworth-rufus-jones-michael-falzon-cast-in-bbc-ones-ben-elton-sitcom/|access-date=28 January 2013|author=Patrick Munn|date=5 January 2013|archive-date=12 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512164451/http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/01/kacey-ainsworth-rufus-jones-michael-falzon-cast-in-bbc-ones-ben-elton-sitcom/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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An August 2018 announcement indicated that Haig would be among the new cast to join the original actors in the [[Downton Abbey (film)|''Downton Abbey'']] film which started principal photography at about the same time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/imelda-staunton-geraldine-james-downton-abbey-movie-1202922680/|title=Imelda Staunton, Geraldine James Join ‘Downton Abbey’ Movie|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|date=30 August 2018}}</ref> In September 2018 he appeared in the critically acclaimed BBC series ''[[Killing Eve]]''.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

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An August 2018 announcement indicated that Haig would be among the new cast to join the original actors in the [[Downton Abbey (film)|''Downton Abbey'']] film which started principal photography at about the same time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/imelda-staunton-geraldine-james-downton-abbey-movie-1202922680/|title=Imelda Staunton, Geraldine James Join 'Downton Abbey' Movie|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|date=30 August 2018|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-date=1 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901003711/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/imelda-staunton-geraldine-james-downton-abbey-movie-1202922680/|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2018 he appeared as Bill alongside [[Jodie Comer]] in the [[BBC America]] thriller series ''[[Killing Eve]]''.<ref name="tv"/>

In September 2024, production started on his film adaptation of his play ''[[Pressure (upcoming film)|Pressure]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Katelyn|last=Mensah|date=12 September 2024|accessdate=13 September 2024|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/pressure-film-chris-messina-damian-lewis-newsupdate/|title= Wolf Hall and Sharp Objects stars join Andrew Scott in WWII film Pressure|website=Radio Times}}</ref>


===Radio===
===Radio===
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===Stage===
===Stage===
He also won an [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Award]] in 1988 for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play|Actor of the Year in a New Play]], for his performance in ''[[Our Country's Good]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] in [[Sloane Square]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1988/| title=Olivier Winners 1988|publisher=The Society of London Theatre | access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref> He toured Britain with the stage version of ''My Boy Jack'', which he wrote, and in which he played [[Rudyard Kipling]] and directed a production of ''Private Lives'' by [[Noël Coward]], which made a national tour in 2005.
He also won an [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Award]] in 1988 for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play|Actor of the Year in a New Play]], for his performance in ''[[Our Country's Good]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] in [[Sloane Square]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1988/| title=Olivier Winners 1988| publisher=The Society of London Theatre| access-date=30 September 2018| archive-date=18 March 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054644/https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1988/| url-status=live}}</ref> He toured Britain with the stage version of ''My Boy Jack'', which he wrote, and in which he played [[Rudyard Kipling]] and directed a production of ''Private Lives'' by [[Noël Coward]], which made a national tour in 2005.

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Haig has appeared in several stage productions in London's West End, including ''[[Hitchcock Blonde]]'' at the Royal Court, ''Life X 3'' at the [[Savoy Theatre]], as the character Osborne in [[R.C. Sherriff]]'s play ''[[Journey's End]]'' at the [[Comedy Theatre]], and as Mr George Banks in ''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]'' at the [[Prince Edward Theatre]] for which he received an [[Olivier Award]] nomination. He was also nominated for playing Christopher Headingley in a revival of [[Michael Frayn]]'s comedy ''[[Donkeys' Years]]'' at the Comedy Theatre. Having appeared in the role of Pinchwife in the comedy ''[[The Country Wife]]'' at the [[Royal Haymarket Theatre]] in London, he appeared in [[The Sea (play)|''The Sea'']] at the same theatre. Haig's next role was Truscott in the [[Joe Orton]] black farce [[Loot (play)|''Loot'']] at London's [[Tricycle Theatre]] from 11 December 2008 to 31 January 2009 and at the [[Theatre Royal, Newcastle]], 2 to 7 February 2009.


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In 2010 he played the role of [[Jim Hacker]] in the stage version of ''[[Yes Minister|Yes, Prime Minister]]'',<ref name="jim">{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm | work=BBC News | title=Stage plan for Yes Prime Minister | date=18 February 2010 | access-date=22 July 2010 | archive-date=21 February 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221152147/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> at the Chichester Festival [[Gielgud Theatre]], in London's West End from 17 September 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 Sep |url= http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester+Minister+Bound+for+Gielgud%2C+17+Sep.html |work=Whats on Stage website |date=11 June 2010 |access-date=12 June 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121013174416/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Haig has appeared in several stage productions in London's West End, including ''[[Hitchcock Blonde]]'' at the Royal Court, ''Life X 3'' at the [[Savoy Theatre]], as the character Osborne in [[R.C. Sherriff]]'s play ''[[Journey's End]]'' at the [[Comedy Theatre]], and as Mr George Banks in ''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]'' at the [[Prince Edward Theatre]] for which he received an Olivier Award nomination. He was also nominated for playing Christopher Headingley in a revival of [[Michael Frayn]]'s comedy ''[[Donkeys' Years]]'' at the Comedy Theatre. Having appeared in the role of Pinchwife in the comedy ''[[The Country Wife]]'' at the [[Royal Haymarket Theatre]] in London, he appeared in [[The Sea (play)|''The Sea'']] at the same theatre. Haig's next role was Truscott in the [[Joe Orton]] black farce [[Loot (play)|''Loot'']] at London's [[Tricycle Theatre]] from 11 December 2008 to 31 January 2009 and at the [[Theatre Royal, Newcastle]], 2 to 7 February 2009.


In September 2023, it was announced that Haig was adapting [[Philip K. Dick]]'s novella "[[The Minority Report]]" for the stage, to premiere at the [[Lyric Hammersmith]] the following spring.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Akbar |first1=Arifa |title=Minority Report drama to feature in Lyric Hammersmith's 'really bold' spring lineup |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/25/minority-report-drama-to-feature-in-lyric-hammersmiths-really-bold-spring-lineup |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=28 September 2023 |date=25 September 2023 |archive-date=28 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928013821/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/25/minority-report-drama-to-feature-in-lyric-hammersmiths-really-bold-spring-lineup |url-status=live }}</ref>
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In 2010 he played the role of [[Jim Hacker]] in the stage version of ''[[Yes Minister|Yes, Prime Minister]]''<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm |work=BBC News | title=Stage plan for Yes Prime Minister | date=18 February 2010}}</ref> at the Chichester Festival [[Gielgud Theatre]], in London's West End from 17 September 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 Sep |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester+Minister+Bound+for+Gielgud%2C+17+Sep.html |work=Whats on Stage website |date=11 June 2010 |access-date=12 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013174416/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography and stage credits==
===Theatre===
===Theatre===
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| 2013 || ''[[King Lear]]'' <br>by [[William Shakespeare]]|| Lear || [[Theatre Royal, Bath]]||
| 2013 || ''[[King Lear]]'' <br>by [[William Shakespeare]]|| Lear || [[Theatre Royal, Bath]]||
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| 2011–12 || ''[[The Madness of George III]]'' <br>by [[Alan Bennett]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The Madness of George III|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9036274/The-Madness-of-George-III-Apollo-Theatre-review.html|work=Telegraph|access-date=24 October 2012|location=London|first=Charles|last=Spencer|date=24 January 2012}}</ref> || George III || National Tour and [[Apollo Theatre]]||[[Olivier Award]] Nomination
| 2011–12 || ''[[The Madness of George III]]'' <br>by [[Alan Bennett]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The Madness of George III|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9036274/The-Madness-of-George-III-Apollo-Theatre-review.html|work=Telegraph|access-date=24 October 2012|location=London|first=Charles|last=Spencer|date=24 January 2012|archive-date=2 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202032929/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9036274/The-Madness-of-George-III-Apollo-Theatre-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref> || George III || National Tour and [[Apollo Theatre]]||[[Olivier Award]] Nomination
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| 2010–11 || ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]'' <br>by [[Antony Jay]] and [[Jonathan Lynn]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Yes Prime Minister |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/may/25/what-to-say-about-yes-prime-minister|work=Guardian.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2012|location=London|first=Leo|last=Benedictus|date=25 May 2010}}</ref> || Jim Hacker || [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] and [[Gielgud Theatre]]||
| 2010–11 || ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]'' <br>by [[Antony Jay]] and [[Jonathan Lynn]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Yes Prime Minister|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/may/25/what-to-say-about-yes-prime-minister|work=Guardian.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2012|location=London|first=Leo|last=Benedictus|date=25 May 2010|archive-date=9 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809030614/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/may/25/what-to-say-about-yes-prime-minister|url-status=live}}</ref> || Jim Hacker || [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] and [[Gielgud Theatre]]||
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| 2009 || ''[[Loot (play)|Loot]]'' <br>by [[Joe Orton]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Loot|url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article5318332.ece|publisher=Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> || Inspector Truscott || [[Tricycle Theatre]] ||
| 2009 || ''[[Loot (play)|Loot]]'' <br>by [[Joe Orton]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Loot|url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article5318332.ece|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=24 October 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> || Inspector Truscott || [[Tricycle Theatre]] ||
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| 2008 || ''[[The Sea (play)|The Sea]]''<br>by [[Edward Bond]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The Sea |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-sea-theatre-royal-haymarket-london-773706.html|work=Independent|access-date=24 October 2012|location=London|first=Paul|last=Taylor|date=25 January 2008}}</ref> || Hatch || [[Royal Haymarket Theatre]] ||
| 2008 || ''[[The Sea (play)|The Sea]]''<br>by [[Edward Bond]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The Sea|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-sea-theatre-royal-haymarket-london-773706.html|work=Independent|access-date=24 October 2012|location=London|first=Paul|last=Taylor|date=25 January 2008|archive-date=11 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111011013/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-sea-theatre-royal-haymarket-london-773706.html|url-status=live}}</ref> || Hatch || [[Royal Haymarket Theatre]] ||
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| 2007 || ''[[The Country Wife]]''<br>by [[William Wycherley]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Country Wife|url= http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/TRHcwife-rev.htm|publisher=Britishtheatreguide.info|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> || Pinchwife || Royal Haymarket Theatre
| 2007 || ''[[The Country Wife]]''<br>by [[William Wycherley]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Country Wife|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/TRHcwife-rev.htm|publisher=Britishtheatreguide.info|access-date=24 October 2012|archive-date=17 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117124147/http://britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/TRHcwife-rev.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> || Pinchwife || Royal Haymarket Theatre
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|-
| 2006 || ''[[Donkey's Years]]''<br>by [[Michael Frayn]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Donkey's Years|url= http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/donkeysyears-rev.htm|publisher=Britishtheatreguide.info|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref>|| Chris Headlingly || [[Comedy Theatre]] || [[Olivier Award]] Nomination
| 2006 || ''[[Donkey's Years]]''<br>by [[Michael Frayn]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Donkey's Years|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/donkeysyears-rev.htm|publisher=Britishtheatreguide.info|access-date=24 October 2012|archive-date=18 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118020712/http://britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/donkeysyears-rev.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>|| Chris Headlingly || [[Comedy Theatre]] || [[Olivier Award]] Nomination
|-
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]''<br>by [[Julian Fellowes]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Mary Poppins|url= http://www.musicalheaven.com/Detailed/478.html|publisher=Musicalheaven.com|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> || Mr Banks || [[Prince Edward Theatre]] || [[Olivier Award]] Nomination
| 2005 || ''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]''<br>by [[Julian Fellowes]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Mary Poppins|date=August 2012|url=http://www.musicalheaven.com/Detailed/478.html|publisher=Musicalheaven.com|access-date=24 October 2012|archive-date=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320024740/http://www.musicalheaven.com/Detailed/478.html|url-status=live}}</ref> || Mr Banks || [[Prince Edward Theatre]] || [[Olivier Award]] Nomination
|-
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Journey's End]]''<br>by [[R.C. Sherriff]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Journey's End|url= http://www.indielondon.co.uk/theatre/t_journeys_end_comedy_rev.html|publisher=Indielondon.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> || Osborne || [[Comedy Theatre]]
| 2004 || ''[[Journey's End]]''<br>by [[R.C. Sherriff]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Journey's End|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/theatre/t_journeys_end_comedy_rev.html|publisher=Indielondon.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2012|archive-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902072441/http://www.indielondon.co.uk/theatre/t_journeys_end_comedy_rev.html|url-status=live}}</ref> || Osborne || [[Comedy Theatre]]
|-
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Hitchcock Blonde]]'' <br>by [[Terry Johnson (dramatist)|Terry Johnson]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hitchcock Blonde|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/hitchcock-blonde-on-tour|publisher=Royalcourttheatre.com|access-date=24 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117030158/http://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/hitchcock-blonde-on-tour|archive-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> || ||[[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] and [[Lyric Theatre, London|Lyric Theatre, West End]]||
| 2003 || ''[[Hitchcock Blonde]]'' <br>by [[Terry Johnson (dramatist)|Terry Johnson]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hitchcock Blonde|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/hitchcock-blonde-on-tour|publisher=Royalcourttheatre.com|access-date=24 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117030158/http://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/hitchcock-blonde-on-tour|archive-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> || ||[[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] and [[Lyric Theatre, London|Lyric Theatre, West End]]||
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| 2002 || ''Life x3''<br>by [[Yasmina Reza]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Life x3|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E882999605824/Life+X+3.html|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|access-date=24 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075012/http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E882999605824/Life+X+3.html|archive-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> || Henri || [[Savoy Theatre]] ||
| 2002 || ''Life x3''<br>by [[Yasmina Reza]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Life x3|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E882999605824/Life+X+3.html|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|access-date=24 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075012/http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E882999605824/Life+X+3.html|archive-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> || Henri || [[Savoy Theatre]] ||
|-
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| 1997 || ''[['Art' (play)|"Art"]]'' <br>by [[Yasmina Reza]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Art |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/art |publisher=Londontheatre.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref>|| Ivan || [[Wyndham's Theatre]] and Broadway ||
| 1997 || ''[['Art' (play)|"Art"]]'' <br>by [[Yasmina Reza]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Art |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/art |publisher=Londontheatre.co.uk |access-date=24 October 2012 |archive-date=11 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511145627/https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/art |url-status=live }}</ref>|| Ivan || [[Wyndham's Theatre]] and Broadway ||
|-
|-
| 1997 || ''[[My Boy Jack (Play)|My Boy Jack]]''<br>by David Haig<ref>{{cite web|title=My Boy Jack|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/myboyjack-rev.htm|publisher=Nritishtheatreguide.info|access-date=24 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207062552/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/myboyjack-rev.htm|archive-date=7 February 2012}}</ref> || Rudyard Kipling || [[Hampstead Theatre]] ||
| 1997 || ''[[My Boy Jack (Play)|My Boy Jack]]''<br>by David Haig<ref>{{cite web|title=My Boy Jack|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/myboyjack-rev.htm|publisher=Nritishtheatreguide.info|access-date=24 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207062552/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/myboyjack-rev.htm|archive-date=7 February 2012}}</ref> || Rudyard Kipling || [[Hampstead Theatre]] ||
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|1994 || ''Dead Funny''<br>by [[Terry Johnson (dramatist)|Terry Johnson]] || Richard || Hampstead Theatre and West End ||
|1994 || ''Dead Funny''<br>by [[Terry Johnson (dramatist)|Terry Johnson]] || Richard || Hampstead Theatre and West End ||
|-
|-
|1991 || ''[[Measure For Measure]]'' <br>by [[William Shakespeare]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Measure for Measure|url= http://www.rscshakespeare.co.uk/Measure2.html|publisher=Rscshakespeare.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> || Angelo || [[Young Vic]] and [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] tour||
|1991 || ''[[Measure For Measure]]'' <br>by [[William Shakespeare]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Measure for Measure|url=http://www.rscshakespeare.co.uk/Measure2.html|publisher=Rscshakespeare.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2012|archive-date=28 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428202920/http://www.rscshakespeare.co.uk/Measure2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> || Angelo || [[Young Vic]] and [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] tour||
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| 1988 || ''[[Our Country's Good]]'' <br>by [[Timberlake Wertenbaker]]{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} || Ralph Clark || Royal Court || [[Olivier Award]] Best Actor in a New Play
| 1988 || ''[[Our Country's Good]]'' <br>by [[Timberlake Wertenbaker]]{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} || Ralph Clark || Royal Court || [[Olivier Award]] Best Actor in a New Play
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|1988 || ''[[Greenland (1988 play)|Greenland]]'' || Paul || Royal Court ||
|1988 || ''[[Greenland (1988 play)|Greenland]]'' || Paul || Royal Court ||
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|-
|1985 || ''[[Tom and Viv]]''<br>by [[Michael Hastings (playwright)|Michael Hastings]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom and Viv|url= http://www.thebeautifulchanges.co.uk/tom_and_viv.htm|publisher=Thebeautifulchanges.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> || Maurice || Royal Court and Broadway ||
|1985 || ''[[Tom and Viv]]''<br>by [[Michael Hastings (playwright)|Michael Hastings]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom and Viv|url=http://www.thebeautifulchanges.co.uk/tom_and_viv.htm|publisher=Thebeautifulchanges.co.uk|access-date=24 October 2012|archive-date=26 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726151646/http://www.thebeautifulchanges.co.uk/tom_and_viv.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> || Maurice || Royal Court and Broadway ||
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| ''[[Blake's 7]]''
| Forres
| Forres
| TV series (1 episode: "Rumours of Death")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[List of Blake's 7 episodes#Rumours of Death|Rumours of Death]]")
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| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Pangol
| Pangol
| TV series (4 episodes of "The Leisure Hive")
| TV series (4 episodes of "[[The Leisure Hive]]")
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| rowspan="1"| 1981
| ''[[Diamonds (British TV series)|Diamonds]]''
| Alex Randolph
| TV series
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| rowspan="2"| 1983
| rowspan="2"| 1983
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| [[Hannay (TV series)|''Hannay'']]
| [[Hannay (TV series)|''Hannay'']]
| Conrad Smyth
| Conrad Smyth
| TV series (1 episode: "The Good Samaritan")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[Hannay (TV series)#The Good Samaritan|The Good Samaritan]]")
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| [[Dramarama (TV series)|''Dramarama'']]
| [[Dramarama (TV series)|''Dramarama'']]
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| ''[[Chancer]]''
| ''[[Chancer]]''
| Dr. Haselden
| Dr. Haselden
| TV series (1 episode: "Remembrance")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[Chancer#Remembrance|Remembrance]]")
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| ''[[Soldier Soldier]]''
| ''[[Soldier Soldier]]''
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| [[Inspector Morse (TV series)|''Inspector Morse'']]
| [[Inspector Morse (TV series)|''Inspector Morse'']]
| Peter Rhodes
| Peter Rhodes
| TV series (1 episode: "Dead on Time")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[List of Inspector Morse episodes#Dead on Time|Dead on Time]]")
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|-
| [[Boon (TV series)|''Boon'']]
| [[Boon (TV series)|''Boon'']]
| Jim Fisk
| Jim Fisk
| TV series (1 episode: "Is There Anybody There?")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[List of Boon episodes#Is There Anybody There?|Is There Anybody There?]]")
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| rowspan="3"| 1993
| rowspan="3"| 1993
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| TV series (2 episodes)
| TV series (2 episodes)
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|-
| ''[[Alleyn Mysteries]]''
| ''[[The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries]]''
| Arthur Wilde
| Arthur Wilde
| TV series (1 episode: "A Man Lay Dead")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[Alleyn Mysteries#A Man Lay Dead|A Man Lay Dead]]")
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| [[Cracker (UK TV series)|''Cracker'']]
| [[Cracker (British TV series)|''Cracker'']]
| Graham
| Graham
| TV series (2 episodes)
| TV series (2 episodes)
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| [[Wycliffe (TV series)|''Wycliffe'']]
| [[Wycliffe (TV series)|''Wycliffe'']]
| David Millar
| David Millar
| TV series (1 episode: "Charades")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[Wycliffe (TV series)#Charades|Charades]]")
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| ''[[The Four Corners of Nowhere]]''
| ''[[The Four Corners of Nowhere]]''
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| rowspan="1"| 1998
| rowspan="1"| 1998
| ''[[Talking Heads (series)|Talking Heads 2]]''
| ''[[Talking Heads (British TV series)|Talking Heads 2]]''
| Wilfred Paterson
| Wilfred Paterson
| TV mini-series (1 episode: "Playing Sandwiches")
| TV mini-series (1 episode: "[[Talking Heads (British TV series)|Playing Sandwiches]]")
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| rowspan="1"| 1999
| rowspan="1"| 1999
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| [[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|''Dalziel and Pascoe'']]
| [[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|''Dalziel and Pascoe'']]
| David Hallingsworth
| David Hallingsworth
| TV series (1 episode: "A Sweeter Lazarus")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[List of Dalziel and Pascoe episodes#A Sweeter Lazarus|A Sweeter Lazarus]]")
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| rowspan="2"| 2001
| rowspan="2"| 2001
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| [[Hustle (TV series)|''Hustle'']]
| Sir Anthony Reeves
| Sir Anthony Reeves
| TV series (1 episode: "The Last Gamble")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[List of Hustle episodes#The Last Gamble|The Last Gamble]]")
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| rowspan="1"| 2006
| rowspan="1"| 2006
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| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
| George Jeffers
| George Jeffers
| TV series (1 episode: "The Glitch")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[List of Midsomer Murders episodes#The Glitch|The Glitch]]")
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| ''[[Doc Martin]]''
| ''[[Doc Martin]]''
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| rowspan="1"| 2020
| rowspan="1"| 2020
| ''[[Cobra (British TV series)|COBRA]]''
| ''[[COBRA (British TV series)|COBRA]]''
| Archie Glover-Morgan
| Archie Glover-Morgan
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For the Australian biologist, see David Haig (biologist). For other people, see David Haig (disambiguation).

David Haig
MBE
Born
David Haig Collum Ward

(1955-09-20) 20 September 1955 (age 69)
Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright
Years active1978–present
Spouse
Jane Galloway
​
(m. 2010)​
Children5

David Haig Collum Ward MBE (born 20 September 1955) is an English actor and playwright. He has appeared in West End productions and numerous television and film roles over a career spanning four decades.

Haig wrote the play My Boy Jack, which premièred at the Hampstead Theatre on 13 October 1997. On Remembrance Day 2007, ITV broadcast a television drama based on the play, in which Haig played Rudyard Kipling and Daniel Radcliffe played Kipling's son, John. He went on to star as the Player in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead alongside Radcliffe in 2017.

Haig's second play The Good Samaritan was also first staged at the Hampstead Theatre, opening on 6 July 2000. His third play Pressure premiered at the Chichester Festival in 2014, before being revived in 2018 on a UK Tour and then in the West End at the Ambassadors Theatre. In 2018, he portrayed Bill in the critically acclaimed BBC America thriller series Killing Eve (2018).

Haig was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama.[1]

Early life

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Haig was born on 20 September 1955 in Aldershot, Hampshire,[2] the son of opera singer Shirley R. C. (née Brooks) and army officer (and later director of the Hayward Gallery) Francis W. He had a younger sister who died at 22 of a brain aneurysm when he was 26. He grew up in Rugby, Warwickshire where he attended Rugby School.[3]

Career

[edit]

Film and television

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Haig appeared in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral,[2] and had a supporting role in the BBC television sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995),[2] playing Inspector Grim, the inept foil to Rowan Atkinson's Inspector Fowler. He also appeared in Love on a Branch Line, a TV series broadcast by the BBC in four episodes. In 2002 he played the brother of Four Weddings' co-star Hugh Grant in the romantic comedy Two Weeks Notice.[2] In 2007, he appeared in a Comic Relief sketch called "Mr. Bean's Wedding" as the bride's father, reuniting with Atkinson.

Other TV work includes Doctor Who[2]story "The Leisure Hive" (1980); Blake's 7[2] episode "Rumours of Death" (1980); Diamonds (1981 TV series); Campion story "Sweet Danger" (1990); Inspector Morse episode "Dead on Time" (1992);[2] and Cracker[2] story "To Say I Love You" (1993). In the 1990s, he appeared in series 1 of the TV series Soldier Soldier.[2]

He appears in the Richard Fell adaptation of the 1960s science fiction series A for Andromeda, on the UK digital television station BBC Four.

Haig wrote the play My Boy Jack,[2] and later appeared as Rudyard Kipling, alongside Daniel Radcliffe, in television adaptation.[2]

In 2008, he appeared in the BBC film Dustbin Baby,[2] and The 39 Steps.[2] He also appeared in the Midsomer Murders,[2] episode "The Glitch". In 2009 he appeared as Steve Fleming in BBC TV's The Thick of It,[2] and as Jon, husband to former MP Mo Mowlam in the drama Mo,[2] opposite Julie Walters. Also in 2009, he appeared in two episodes as the headmaster of Portwenn Primary School, Mr Straine on ITV comedy drama Doc Martin.[2]

In January 2013, Haig started appearing as Jim Hacker in a re-make of classic 1980s comedy series Yes Prime Minister, broadcast on Gold TV in the United Kingdom.[2]

In 2012 a new sitcom pilot, starring Haig and written by Ben Elton, was filmed for the BBC.[4] Filming for a full six-part series of the sitcom, The Wright Way (formerly known as Slings and Arrows) was completed in March 2013, and began airing on BBC One on 23 April.[5]

An August 2018 announcement indicated that Haig would be among the new cast to join the original actors in the Downton Abbey film which started principal photography at about the same time.[6] In September 2018 he appeared as Bill alongside Jodie Comer in the BBC America thriller series Killing Eve.[2]

In September 2024, production started on his film adaptation of his play Pressure.[7]

Radio

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In 2008, he played Maurice Haigh-Wood in the BBC Radio adaptation of Michael Hastings' play Tom and Viv, and 2010 he starred as Norman Birkett in "Norman Birkett and the Case of the Coleford Poisoner" on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play series. He also played the narrator and the older Lewis Eliot in C. P. Snow's "Strangers and Brothers" on Radio 4 in 2003, repeated on Radio 4 Extra every few years.

Stage

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He also won an Olivier Award in 1988 for Actor of the Year in a New Play, for his performance in Our Country's Good at the Royal Court in Sloane Square.[8] He toured Britain with the stage version of My Boy Jack, which he wrote, and in which he played Rudyard Kipling and directed a production of Private Lives by Noël Coward, which made a national tour in 2005.

Haig has appeared in several stage productions in London's West End, including Hitchcock Blonde at the Royal Court, Life X 3 at the Savoy Theatre, as the character Osborne in R.C. Sherriff's play Journey's End at the Comedy Theatre, and as Mr George Banks in Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre for which he received an Olivier Award nomination. He was also nominated for playing Christopher Headingley in a revival of Michael Frayn's comedy Donkeys' Years at the Comedy Theatre. Having appeared in the role of Pinchwife in the comedy The Country Wife at the Royal Haymarket Theatre in London, he appeared in The Sea at the same theatre. Haig's next role was Truscott in the Joe Orton black farce Loot at London's Tricycle Theatre from 11 December 2008 to 31 January 2009 and at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, 2 to 7 February 2009.

In 2010 he played the role of Jim Hacker in the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister,[9] at the Chichester Festival Gielgud Theatre, in London's West End from 17 September 2010.[10]

In September 2023, it was announced that Haig was adapting Philip K. Dick's novella "The Minority Report" for the stage, to premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith the following spring.[11]

Filmography and stage credits

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Theatre

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Year Title Role Production Notes
2018 Pressure
by David Haig		 James Stagg Ambassadors Theatre, London
2017 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard The Player The Old Vic, London
2016 Blue/Orange
by Joe Penhall		 Robert Young Vic
2015 Guys and Dolls
by Frank Loesser		 Nathan Detroit Chichester Festival Theatre Olivier Award Nomination
2015 Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
by Frank McGuinness		 Michael Minerva Theatre, Chichester
2014 Pressure
by David Haig		 James Stagg Royal Lyceum Theatre/Chichester Festival Theatre
2013 King Lear
by William Shakespeare		 Lear Theatre Royal, Bath
2011–12 The Madness of George III
by Alan Bennett[12]		 George III National Tour and Apollo Theatre Olivier Award Nomination
2010–11 Yes, Prime Minister
by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn[13]		 Jim Hacker Chichester Festival Theatre and Gielgud Theatre
2009 Loot
by Joe Orton[14]		 Inspector Truscott Tricycle Theatre
2008 The Sea
by Edward Bond[15]		 Hatch Royal Haymarket Theatre
2007 The Country Wife
by William Wycherley[16]		 Pinchwife Royal Haymarket Theatre
2006 Donkey's Years
by Michael Frayn[17]		 Chris Headlingly Comedy Theatre Olivier Award Nomination
2005 Mary Poppins
by Julian Fellowes[18]		 Mr Banks Prince Edward Theatre Olivier Award Nomination
2004 Journey's End
by R.C. Sherriff[19]		 Osborne Comedy Theatre
2003 Hitchcock Blonde
by Terry Johnson[20]		 Royal Court and Lyric Theatre, West End
2002 Life x3
by Yasmina Reza[21]		 Henri Savoy Theatre
1997 "Art"
by Yasmina Reza[22]		 Ivan Wyndham's Theatre and Broadway
1997 My Boy Jack
by David Haig[23]		 Rudyard Kipling Hampstead Theatre
1994 Dead Funny
by Terry Johnson		 Richard Hampstead Theatre and West End
1991 Measure For Measure
by William Shakespeare[24]		 Angelo Young Vic and RSC tour
1988 Our Country's Good
by Timberlake Wertenbaker[citation needed]		 Ralph Clark Royal Court Olivier Award Best Actor in a New Play
1988 The Recruiting Officer
by George Farquhar		 Plume Royal Court
1988 Greenland Paul Royal Court
1985 Tom and Viv
by Michael Hastings[25]		 Maurice Royal Court and Broadway

TV and film

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Year Film Role Notes
1978 The Moon Stallion Todman TV series
1980 Blake's 7 Forres TV series (1 episode: "Rumours of Death")
Doctor Who Pangol TV series (4 episodes of "The Leisure Hive")
1981 Diamonds Alex Randolph TV series
1983 Chessgame Colin Jenkins TV series (1 episode: "Flying Blind")
A Flame to the Phoenix Mirek Grabinski
1984 Dark Enemy Ash
1985 Morons from Outer Space Palatial House Flunkey Film
1986 The Alamut Ambush Colin Jenkins TV film
Cold War Killers Colin Jenkins TV film
1989 Hannay Conrad Smyth TV series (1 episode: "The Good Samaritan")
Dramarama Bill Brock TV series (1 episode: "Badger")
1990 Campion Cully Randall/Guffy Randall TV series (2 episodes)
Portrait of a Marriage Harold Nicolson TV series (4 episodes)
1991 Chancer Dr. Haselden TV series (1 episode: "Remembrance")
Soldier Soldier Major Tom Cadman TV series (7 episodes)
1992 Inspector Morse Peter Rhodes TV series (1 episode: "Dead on Time")
Boon Jim Fisk TV series (1 episode: "Is There Anybody There?")
1993 The Darling Buds of May Captain Robert Battersby TV series (2 episodes)
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries Arthur Wilde TV series (1 episode: "A Man Lay Dead")
Cracker Graham TV series (2 episodes)
1994 Four Weddings and Funeral Bernard, the Groom – Wedding Two
The Bill Brian Linton TV series (1 episode: "Secrets")
Love on a Branch Line Lionel Virley TV series (4 episodes)
Nice Day at the Office Chris Selwyn TV series (6 episodes)
1995 Wycliffe David Millar TV series (1 episode: "Charades")
The Four Corners of Nowhere Nick
The Thin Blue Line D.I. Grim TV series (14 episodes: 1995–1996)
1997 Keeping Mum Richard Beare TV series (16 episodes: 1997–1998)
1998 Talking Heads 2 Wilfred Paterson TV mini-series (1 episode: "Playing Sandwiches")
1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence Colonel Bonnet video
2000 Dalziel and Pascoe David Hallingsworth TV series (1 episode: "A Sweeter Lazarus")
2001 Ivor the Invisible Park Keeper voice
Station Jim Riorden Jnr TV film
2002 Crime and Punishment Luhzin TV film
Rachel's Attic Adam
Two Weeks Notice Howard Wade
2004 Hustle Sir Anthony Reeves TV series (1 episode: "The Last Gamble")
2006 A for Andromeda General Vandenburg
2007 Comic Relief 2007: The Big One Kate's Dad TV film
Church Going Priest short
My Boy Jack Rudyard Kipling TV film
2008 Dickens Secret Lover Charles Dickens TV film
Agatha Christie's Marple: Murder Is Easy Major Hugh Horton TV film
Dustbin Baby Elliot TV film
The 39 Steps Sir George Sinclair TV film
2009 My Family Jeremy Livingstone TV series (1 episode: "The Guru")
Midsomer Murders George Jeffers TV series (1 episode: "The Glitch")
Doc Martin Mr Straine (Headmaster of Portwenn Primary School) TV series (2 episodes)
The Thick of It Steve Fleming TV series (2 episodes)
2010 Mo Jon Norton TV film
2011 The Half-Light Man short
Strike Back Christopher Manning TV series (2 episodes)
2013 Yes Minister Jim Hacker TV series (6 episodes)
2013 The Wright Way Gerald Wright TV series (6 episodes)
2016 Florence Foster Jenkins Carlo Edwards
2016 The Witness for the Prosecution Sir Charles Carter TV mini series (2 episodes)
2018 Killing Eve Bill Pargrave TV series (3 episodes)
2019 Downton Abbey Mr Wilson
2020 COBRA Archie Glover-Morgan Series regular

References

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