David Harewood is an English actor, known for playing David Estes in Homeland and Hank Henshaw in Supergirl.

Filmography

• 20262025: The Year from Space — Narrator (Voice)
• 2026Othello — Othello
• Pierre — Pierre
• Happy Face — Dr. Greg
• 2025Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me — Narrator (voice)
• 2024Arthur's Whisky — Hal
• The Acolyte — Senator Rayencourt
• The Agency — Dalaga
• 20232022: The Year from Space — Narrator (voice)
• 2023Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction — Presenter
• 2023Herald of Darkness — Warlin Door
• 2023Man to Man — Malcolm
• 2023National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies — William F. Buckley, Jr.
• 2023The Canterville Ghost — Hiram Otis (voice)
• Moment of Truth — Narrator
• Sherwood — Denis Bottomley
• 2022Wendell & Wild — Lane Klaxon (voice)
• 2021The Abominable Snow Baby — Narrator
• The Black Panthers of WW2 — Narrator
• 2021Why Is Covid Killing People Of Colour? — Himself, Producer
• 2021Young Vic: Best of Enemies — William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Earth's Tropical Islands — Narrator
• 2019David Harewood: Psychosis and Me — David Harewood, Presenter
• 2019Lost Pharaohs of the Nile — Host
• 2018Parallel — Mr. Parkes
• Army: Behind the New Frontlines — Narrator
• 2017Free in Deed — Abe Wilkins
• Madiba — Walter Sisulu
• 2017Tulip Fever — Mr. Prater
• Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands — Scorann
• DC's Legends of Tomorrow — J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter
• 2016Grimsby — Black Gareth
• The Night Manager — Joel Steadman
• 2015Spooks: The Greater Good — Francis Warrender
• 2015SuperBob — Simon
• Supergirl — J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter, Director
• The Man in the High Castle — Equiano Hampton
• 2014A Midsummer Night's Dream — Oberon
• Selfie — Sam Saperstein
• The Flash — J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter
• 2014The Gospel of John — Narrator (voice) – New International Version
• 2014The Pygmy Hippo: A Very Secret Life — Narrator
• 2014Third Person — Jake
• By Any Means — Napier
• Arrow — J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter
• Playhouse Presents — Victor
• 2012The Last Bite — Rook
• 2012The Man Inside — Eugene Murdoch
• 2012Treasure Island — Billy Bones
• Treasure Island — Billy Bones
• 2011Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds — The Creature
• Homeland — David Estes
• Perspectives
• The Body Farm — Wilkes
• 2011The Hot Potato — Harrison
• 2011Victim — Mr. Ansah
• 2010Mrs Mandela — Nelson Mandela
• Welcome to Lagos — Narrator (voice)
• 2009Gunrush — Robbie
• Criminal Justice — Freddie Graham
• The Fixer
• The Last Enemy — Patrick Nye
• The Palace — Major Simon Brooks
• The True Story — Narrator
• 2007The Philosopher's Stone: The True Story — Narrator
• 2007The Shadow in the North — Nicholas Bedwell
• 2006Blood Diamond — Captain Poison
• New Street Law — DI Branston
• Robin Hood — Tuck
• 2006The Ruby in the Smoke — Matthew Bedwell
• 2005Separate Lies — Inspector Marshall
• Hustle — Don Coleman
• New Tricks
• 2004Strings — Erito
• 2004The Merchant of Venice — Prince of Morocco
• Celebrity Mastermind
• Babyfather — Gus
• Fat Friends — Max Robertson
• Always and Everyone — Dr Mike Gregson
• The Vice — DS Joe Robinson
• 1998I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now — Moses
• An Unsuitable Job for a Woman — DI Peterson
• 1997Macbeth on the Estate — Macduff
• Ballykissangel — Henry
• Silent Witness — Angus Stuart
• Agony Again — Daniel
• Game On — Paul 'The Rage' Johnson
• Hearts and Minds — Trevor
• 1994Bermuda Grace
• 1994Great Moments in Aviation — Steward
• 1993Anna Lee: Headcase — Stevie Johnson
• 1993Harnessing Peacocks — Terry
• 1993The Hawk — Sergeant Streete
• 1992Black Poppies
• For the Greater Good — David West
• Murder Most Horrid — Jonathon
• Performance — Macduff
• 1991Pirate Prince — Jean-Baptiste
• South of the Border — Errol
• Dispatches — Narrator
• Casualty — Paul Grant, Leon
• Screen Two — Sergeant Streete
• The Bill
• Natural World — Narrator
• Minder — Vinny's Minder
• Horizon — Narrator
• Benn/Eubank — Adonis, Director
• Hyde — Lt. Robert Malloy

Appearances as themselves (18)

• Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials — Self - Additional Narration
• 2023David Harewood on Blackface — Himself
• Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America — Self
• Mysteries of the Faith — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Hitler: A Life in Pictures — Self - Narrator
• Remembers… — Self
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self
• 2020Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' — Self
• The Russell Howard Hour — Self
• 20139.79* — Self - Narrator
• 20139/11: The Lost Hero — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Last Leg — Self
• Was It Something I Said? — Self - Narrator
• World's Most Dangerous Roads — Self
• Would I Lie to You? — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self - Host
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Presenter