Editing David Haig (section)

{{short description|British actor}}
{{for-multi|the Australian biologist|David Haig (biologist)|other people|David Haig (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = David Haig
| honorific_suffix   = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
| image              = 
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = David Haig Collum Ward
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1955|9|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Aldershot|Aldershot, Hampshire]], England
| occupation         = Actor, playwright
| alma_mater         = [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]
| yearsactive        = 1978–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Jane Galloway|27 December 2010}}
| children           = 5
}}
'''David Haig Collum Ward''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (born 20 September 1955) is an English actor and playwright. He has appeared in [[West End theatre|West End]] productions and numerous television and film roles over a career spanning four decades.

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]]'' 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]]'' (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>