Editing David Haig

{{short description|British actor}}
{{for-multi|the Australian biologist|David Haig (biologist)|other people|David Haig (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
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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>

==Early life==
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==
===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>

==Filmography and stage credits==
===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Production
! Notes
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Tom & Viv (play)|Tom & 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 Haigh-Wood || [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] and Broadway ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1988 || ''[[Greenland (1988 play)|Greenland]]<br>''by [[Howard Brenton]]|| Paul || rowspan="3" | Royal Court ||
|-
| ''[[The Recruiting Officer]]''<br>by [[George Farquhar]] || Plume 
|-
| ''[[Our Country's Good]]'' <br>by [[Timberlake Wertenbaker]]{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} || Ralph Clark || [[Olivier Award]] for Best Actor in a New Play
|-
| 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 (Measure for Measure)|Angelo]]|| [[Young Vic]] and [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] tour||
|-
| 1994 || ''Dead Funny''<br>by [[Terry Johnson (dramatist)|Terry Johnson]] || Richard || [[Hampstead Theatre]] and West End ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 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 ||Also playwright
|-
| ''[[Art (play)|<nowiki/>'Art'<nowiki/>]]'' <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 ||
|-
| 2000 || ''The Good Samaritan''<br>by David Haig || {{n/a}} || Hampstead Theatre || Playwright
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Life x 3]]''<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]] ||
|-
| 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> || Alex||Royal Court and [[Lyric Theatre, London|Lyric Theatre, West End]]||
|-
| 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]]
|-
| 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]] || rowspan="2" | [[Olivier Award]] nomination
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Donkeys' 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 
|-
| 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 || rowspan="2" | [[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 ||
|-
| 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]] ||
|-
| 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]]||
|-
| 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
|-
| 2013 || ''[[King Lear]]'' <br>by [[William Shakespeare]]|| [[Leir of Britain|Lear]]|| [[Theatre Royal, Bath]]||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Pressure (play)|Pressure]]'' <br>by David Haig|| [[James Stagg]] || [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] and Chichester Festival Theatre
|Also playwright
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015 || ''[[Someone Who'll Watch Over Me]]'' <br>by Frank McGuinness|| Michael || [[Minerva Theatre, Chichester]] ||
|-
| ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' <br>by [[Frank Loesser]] || [[Nathan Detroit]] || Chichester Festival Theatre || [[Olivier Award]] nomination
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Blue/Orange]]'' <br>by [[Joe Penhall]] || Robert || Young Vic ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'' <br>by [[Tom Stoppard]] ||The Player
|[[The Old Vic]]||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Pressure (play)|Pressure]]'' <br>by David Haig|| [[James Stagg]]||[[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]], London ||Also playwright
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''A Flame to the Phoenix''
| Mirek Grabinski
|
|-
| 1984
| ''Dark Enemy''
| Ash
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Morons from Outer Space]]''
| Palatial House Flunkey
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''
| Bernard, the Groom – Wedding Two
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The Four Corners of Nowhere]]''
| Nick
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2002
| ''Rachel's Attic''
| Adam
|
|-
| ''[[Two Weeks Notice]]''
| Howard Wade
|
|-
| 2007
| ''Church Going''
| Priest
| rowspan="2" | Short
|-
| 2011
| ''The Half-Light''
| Man
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Florence Foster Jenkins (film)|Florence Foster Jenkins]]''
| Carlo Edwards
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Downton Abbey (film)|Downton Abbey]]'' 
| Mr Wilson
|
|-
| TBA
| ''[[Pressure (upcoming film)|Pressure]]''
| {{n/a}}
| Writer
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1978
| ''[[The Moon Stallion]]''
| Todman
| 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1980
| ''[[Blake's 7]]''
| Forres
| Episode: "[[List of Blake's 7 episodes#Rumours of Death|Rumours of Death]]"
|-
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Pangol
| Serial: "[[The Leisure Hive]]"
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Diamonds (British TV series)|Diamonds]]''
| Alex Randolph
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Chessgame]]''
| Colin Jenkins
| Episode: "Flying Blind"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1986
| ''The Alamut Ambush''
| Colin Jenkins
| rowspan="2" | TV film
|-
| ''Cold War Killers''
| Colin Jenkins
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1989
| [[Hannay (TV series)|''Hannay'']]
| Conrad Smyth
| Episode: "[[Hannay (TV series)#The Good Samaritan|The Good Samaritan]]"
|-
| [[Dramarama (TV series)|''Dramarama'']]
| Bill Brock
| Episode: "Badger"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1990
| [[Campion (1989 TV series)|''Campion'']]
| Cully Randall/Guffy Randall
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Portrait of a Marriage (TV series)|Portrait of a Marriage]]''
| Harold Nicolson
| 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1991
| ''[[Chancer]]''
| Dr. Haselden
| Episode: "[[Chancer#Remembrance|Remembrance]]"
|-
| ''[[Soldier Soldier]]''
| Major Tom Cadman
| 7 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1992
| [[Inspector Morse (TV series)|''Inspector Morse'']]
| Peter Rhodes
| Episode: "[[List of Inspector Morse episodes#Dead on Time|Dead on Time]]"
|-
| [[Boon (TV series)|''Boon'']]
| Jim Fisk
| Episode: "[[List of Boon episodes#Is There Anybody There?|Is There Anybody There?]]"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1993
| ''[[The Darling Buds of May (TV series)|The Darling Buds of May]]''
| Captain Robert Battersby
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries]]''
| Arthur Wilde
| Episode: "[[Alleyn Mysteries#A Man Lay Dead|A Man Lay Dead]]"
|-
| [[Cracker (British TV series)|''Cracker'']]
| Graham
| Serial: "To Say I Love You"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1994
| ''[[The Bill]]''
| Brian Linton
| Episode: "Secrets"
|-
| [[Love on a Branch Line (TV series)|''Love on a Branch Line'']]
| Lionel Virley
| 4 episodes
|-
| ''Nice Day at the Office''
| Chris Selwyn
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1995
| [[Wycliffe (TV series)|''Wycliffe'']]
| David Millar
| Episode: "[[Wycliffe (TV series)#Charades|Charades]]"
|-
| 1995–1996
| [[The Thin Blue Line (British TV series)|''The Thin Blue Line'']]
| D.I. Grim
| 14 episodes
|-
| 1997–1998
| [[Keeping Mum (TV series)|''Keeping Mum'']]
| Richard Beare
| 16 episodes
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Talking Heads (British TV series)|Talking Heads 2]]''
| Wilfred Paterson
| Episode: "[[Talking Heads (British TV series)|Playing Sandwiches]]"
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones]]''
| Colonel Bonnet
| Episode: "Tales of Innocence"
|-
| 2000
| [[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|''Dalziel and Pascoe'']]
| David Hallingsworth
| Episode: "[[List of Dalziel and Pascoe episodes#A Sweeter Lazarus|A Sweeter Lazarus]]"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2001
| [[Station Jim#.22Station Jim.22|''Station Jim'']]
| Riorden Jnr
| TV film
|-
| ''[[Ivor the Invisible]]''
| Park Keeper
| Voice; TV film
|-
| 2002
| [[Crime and Punishment (2002 TV series)|''Crime and Punishment'']]
| Luhzin
| TV film
|-
| 2004
| [[Hustle (TV series)|''Hustle'']]
| Sir Anthony Reeves
| Episode: "[[List of Hustle episodes#The Last Gamble|The Last Gamble]]"
|-
| 2006
| [[A for Andromeda (2006 film)|''A for Andromeda'']]
| General Vandenburg
| rowspan="2" | TV film
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| ''Comic Relief 2007: The Big One''
| Kate's Dad
|-
| [[My Boy Jack (film)|''My Boy Jack'']]
| [[Rudyard Kipling]]
| TV film; also writer
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2008
| ''Dickens Secret Lover''
| [[Charles Dickens]]
| rowspan="4" | TV film
|-
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'': ''[[Murder Is Easy#2008|Murder Is Easy]]''
| Major Hugh Horton
|-
| [[Dustbin Baby (film)|''Dustbin Baby'']]
| Elliot
|-
| [[The 39 Steps (2008 film)|''The 39 Steps'']]
| Sir George Sinclair
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2009
| ''[[My Family]]''
| Jeremy Livingstone
| Episode: "The Guru"
|-
| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
| George Jeffers
| Episode: "[[List of Midsomer Murders episodes#The Glitch|The Glitch]]"
|-
| ''[[Doc Martin]]''
| Mr Strain
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Thick of It]]''
| Steve Fleming
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2010
| [[Mo (2010 film)|''Mo'']]
| Jon Norton
| TV film
|-
| 2011
| [[Strike Back (TV series)|''Strike Back'']]
| Christopher Manning
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| ''[[Yes, Prime Minister (2013 TV series)|Yes, Prime Minister]]''
| Jim Hacker
| rowspan="2" | 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Wright Way]]''
| Gerald Wright
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[Penny Dreadful (TV series)|Penny Dreadful]]''
| Oscar Putney
| 5 episodes
|-
| ''[[New Tricks]]''
| Dr. Douglas Henway
| Episode: "Life Expectancy"
|-
| 2016
| ''[[The Witness for the Prosecution (TV series)|The Witness for the Prosecution]]''
| Sir Charles Carter
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2018–2022
| ''[[Killing Eve]]''
| Bill Pargrave
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[One Red Nose Day and a Wedding]]''
| Bernard
| TV short
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Urban Myths (TV series)|Urban Myths]]''
| [[George Frideric Handel]]
| Episode: "Hendrix & Handel"
|-
| 2020–2023
| ''[[COBRA (British TV series)|COBRA]]''
| Archie Glover-Morgan
| Series regular
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Étoile (TV series)|Étoile]]''
| Nicholas Leutwylek
| Main cast
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|354069|David Haig}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091119232627/http://www.uk-sands.org/About-Sands/Patrons.html SANDS website]

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