David Sterne (born 1946) is an English actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1973. After leaving the British Army, Sterne trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has worked in television, film and radio for over 40 years. He is most recognised for his portrayal of Larry Bishop in the BBC's 'Detectorists', and more recently as Tom Thomas in three seasons of Britbox's 'The Sister Boniface Mysteries'. His mentor was Lindsay Anderson (Director of "If..." & "O Lucky Man!"). His daughter is Rachel Stone, an Associate Producer with Hartswood Films UK.

Filmography

• 202628 Years Later: The Bone Temple — George
• 2026Enola Holmes 3 — Coachman Eric
• 2026The Hoarder — Fred Hunt
• 2025Friday is Mushroom Soup — Doug
• Patience — Brother Swavek
• Ellis — Foster Lang
• The Change — Forester, Policeman
• 2022A Midsummer Night's Dream — Egeus
• Sister Boniface Mysteries — Tom Thomas
• The Man Who Fell to Earth — Gent #1
• Grace — Senior Clive Ellis
• 2021Ruth — Kenneth
• 2021The Cathar — Landowner
• 2021The Protégé — Doctor
• Bridgerton — Farmer Robert
• Gentleman Jack — Bishop
• 2019Granbad — Granddad
• 2018The Last Witness — Kings Arms Landlord
• 20171066: A Year to Conquer England — English Noble
• 1066: A Year to Conquer England — English Noble
• Flowers — Bolero
• The Living and the Dead — Abel North
• 2015Arthur & Merlin — King Vortigern
• 2015Legacy — Homeless Guy
• Midwinter of the Spirit — Cannon Dobbs
• 2015National Theatre Live: Treasure Island — Blind Pew
• The Coroner — John 'Blackbeard' Fraser
• 2014300: Rise of an Empire — Old Statesman
• 2014Blood Moon — Charlie Packham
• Detectorists — Larry Bishop
• 2014Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This — Billy Mayo
• Atlantis — Dymas
• Da Vinci's Demons
• 2013N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode) — John
• Vikings — Gudmund
• 2012Truth or Dare — Woodbridge
• 2010Gulliver's Travels — Foreman
• 2010National Theatre Live: Nation — Captain Roberts
• 2010Never Let Me Go — Keffers
• 2010Round Ireland with a Fridge — Mac
• The Nativity — Abimael
• 2010The Wolfman — Kirk
• 2009Dorian Gray — Theatre Manager
• 2009Shadows in the Sun — Roger
• 2009Slaughter — Jorgen
• 2009The Boat That Rocked — Marianne's Captain
• Merlin — The Apothecary
• 2008RocknRolla — Barman
• 2007Elizabeth: The Golden Age — Cellarman
• Holby Blue — Desk Sergeant Edward 'Mac' McFadden
• 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Edinburgh Cook
• Robin Hood
• 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Ministry Wizard
• Hustle — Bob
• 2004Not Only But Always — Teabag
• The Mysti Show
• 2004Vanity Fair — Queen's Crawley Mail Coach Driver
• Serious & Organised — Older Guard
• The Afternoon Play — Gordon
• 2001A Knight's Tale — Retired Knight
• 2001Love or Money — Willy
• 2001Mr In-Between — Detective Inspector Marlowe
• 2001Superstition — Vassi
• Border Cafe — Danny Hannah
• Down to Earth — Bill Thompson
• 2000Sabotage!! — General 3 - Nicamore
• 1998Jinnah — Birwhistle
• 1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy — Morris
• 1997Photographing Fairies — Prison Warder
• 1996Surviving Picasso — Waiting Man
• 1995A Very Open Prison — Ricky Dorrell
• An Independent Man
• The Choir — Jim Woodcote
• The Queen's Nose — Chief
• The Vicar of Dibley
• Wycliffe — Pub Landlord
• Lady Chatterley — Field
• 1992Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
• In Suspicious Circumstances — Insp Brewster
• 1990The Fool
• Birds of a Feather — Policeman
• Red Dwarf — Einstein Bob
• Casualty — Geoff Cole
• Lovejoy — Van Driver
• The Bill
• 1981Venom — Driver
• Cribb — Carter
• 1979You're Not Watching Me, Mummy — Aubrey
• Blake's 7 — Guard
• 1978Let's Get Laid — Sgt. Millicent
• Anna Karenina
• 1975Royal Flash — Policeman
• The Sweeney — Ted Parkin
• 1973O Lucky Man!
• Justice — Lorimer
• Cat Got Your Tongue — Brian

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1992Is That All There Is? — Self