Editing David Haig (section)

==Career==
===Film and television===
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]]''<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]].

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"/>

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"/>

In January 2013, Haig started appearing as [[Jim Hacker]] in a re-make of classic 1980s comedy series ''[[Yes, Prime Minister (2013 TV series)|Yes, Prime Minister]]'', broadcast on Gold TV in the United Kingdom.<ref name="tv"/>

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>

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===
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===
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.

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 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>

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>