David Schofield (born 16 December 1951) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Ian Mercer in the films Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). He also appeared in the films An American Werewolf in London (1981), Gladiator (2000), From Hell (2001), Valkyrie (2008), The Wolfman (2010) and Darkest Hour (2017).

Filmography

• 20251242: Gateway to the West — Sycardius
• 2025Alfie & Ed
• Hotel Portofino — George Livesey
• 2022Mad Heidi — Alpöhi
• 2020Six Minutes to Midnight — Colonel Smith
• The Adventures of Paddington — Mr. Gruber (voice)
• 2019The Bind — Patrick
• The Secret World of Your Rubbish
• 2018Mary Magdalene — Thomas
• Press — Chris Cartwright
• Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators — Tony King
• 2017Darkest Hour — Clement Atlee
• 2016Mindhorn — Chief Inspector Derek Newsome
• Undercover — Alex Brady
• Safe House — Eddie Reynolds
• The Coroner — Ben Arnold
• The Last Kingdom — Abbot Eadred
• The Great Fire — Duke of Hanford
• 2013All Things To All Men — Police Commissioner
• Father Brown — Vivian Wolsey
• 2013Last Passenger — Peter Carmichael
• 2013Lord of Tears — Owl Man
• 2012Devil's Bridge — Parry
• 2012Him Indoors — The Judge
• 2012Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: An American Werewolf in London — Darts Player
• 2011Ghosted — Donner
• Injustice — ACC Stephen Packard
• 2011Super Tanker — Admiral
• 2010Burke & Hare — Fergus
• 2010F — Robert Anderson
• 2010Last Passengers
• 2010The Wolfman — Constable Nye
• Land Girls — Vernon Storey
• 2009Lightning Strikes — Donovan
• The Take
• 2008Freebird — Dart player (scenes deleted)
• Merlin — King Alined
• 2008Valkyrie — Erwin von Witzleben
• 2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End — Mercer
• Goldplated — John White
• 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Mercer
• The Street — John Roberts
• Doctor Who — Odin
• Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
• Shameless — Louis
• 2004The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie — Sonny
• 2004Unstoppable — Dr. Collins
• Blue Murder — DCS Hackett
• 2003Chunky Monkey — Frank
• 2003Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster — Monster
• 2002Fields of Gold — Craig
• Footballers' Wives — Graham - Bookie
• The Forsyte Saga — Polteed
• 2002Ultimate Fights from the Movies — Falco (Gladiator) (archive footage)
• 2001From Hell — McQueen
• In Deep — Vincent Hunter
• 2001Superstition — Roberto Fallaci
• 2001The Musketeer — Rochefort, Richelieu Henchman
• 2001The Red Peppers — George Pepper
• Waking the Dead — Michael Kelleher
• 2000Gladiator — Falco
• Lock, Stock... — Two Sips
• 2000The Miracle Maker — Caiaphas (voice)
• Cleopatra — Casca
• Joan of Arc — Gladsdale
• 1999Junk — Mr Brogan
• 1999Mary, Mother of Jesus — Micah
• The Vice — Harrison
• Amongst Women — Jack Simpson
• Our Mutual Friend — Jesse 'Gaffer' Hexam
• 1997Anna Karenina — Nikolai
• 1997Tangier Cop — Omar Larbi
• Our Friends in the North — DCI John Salway, DCS John Salway, DI John Salway
• Testament: The Bible in Animation — Elijah (voice)
• Band of Gold — DCI George Newall
• Wycliffe — Joe Penrose
• Mr. Wroe's Virgins — Doherty
• 1993The Crane — Preacher
• Heartbeat — Darcy Jacobs, Dennis Ashton
• 1992The Last of the Mohicans — Sergeant Major
• 1992The Secret Agent — Ossipon
• 1990Jekyll & Hyde — Snape
• Shadow of the Noose — Alfred Harmsworth
• 1989Somewhere to Run — Manchester D.J
• 1989Tree of Hands — Detective Inspector
• A Killing on the Exchange — Rupert Tyndall
• Boogie Outlaws — Flash
• Rockliffe's Babies — DC Hirst
• Casualty — Detective Inspector Logan
• Shackleton — Sir Ernest Shackleton
• 1982Praying Mantis — Cafe Waiter
• 1981An American Werewolf in London — Dart Player
• Bergerac — John Logan
• Funny Man — Davey Gibson
• 1980The Dogs of War — Endean's Man
• 1977It's Only Rock 'n' Roll — Pete
• The New Avengers — Ben
• Van der Valk — Toon Rosendaal
• ITV Playhouse — Pete
• The Bride of Vernon — Fritz

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2009Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' — Self