David Sterne

Actor Nov 1 (age 79) Chichester, Sussex, England, UK 1971–2026 (55 year career)

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Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Ministry Wizard

Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Edinburgh Cook

Film

RocknRolla

Barman

Film

A Knight's Tale

Retired Knight

Film

The Boat That Rocked

Marianne's Captain

Film

300: Rise of an Empire

Old Statesman

Film

Never Let Me Go

Keffers

Film

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

George

Filmography

Acting (95)

Movies (51)

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

2026

as George

7.2

Friday is Mushroom Soup

2025

as Doug

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Egeus

The Protégé

as Doctor

The Cathar

as Landowner

Ruth

as Kenneth

Granbad

as Granddad

The Last Witness

as Kings Arms Landlord

5.8

1066: A Year to Conquer England

as English Noble

Legacy

as Homeless Guy

Arthur & Merlin

as King Vortigern

National Theatre Live: Treasure Island

2015

as Blind Pew

6.2

300: Rise of an Empire

as Old Statesman

Blood Moon

as Charlie Packham

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This

2014

as Billy Mayo

6.9

N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode)

2013

as John

Truth or Dare

as Woodbridge

Never Let Me Go

as Keffers

The Wolfman

as Kirk

Gulliver's Travels

as Foreman

National Theatre Live: Nation

2010

as Captain Roberts

8.5

Round Ireland with a Fridge

as Mac

Dorian Gray

as Theatre Manager

The Boat That Rocked

as Marianne's Captain

Shadows in the Sun

Slaughter

as Jorgen

RocknRolla

as Barman

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2007

as Cellarman

6.7

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006

as Edinburgh Cook

7.4

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005

as Ministry Wizard

7.8

Vanity Fair

2004

as Queen's Crawley Mail Coach Driver

Not Only But Always

as Teabag

A Knight's Tale

as Retired Knight

Superstition

as Vassi

Mr In-Between

as Detective Inspector Marlowe

5.6

Love or Money

2001

as Willy

Sabotage!!

2000

as General 3 - Nicamore

Tale of the Mummy

as Morris

Jinnah

as Birwhistle

Photographing Fairies

as Prison Warder

Surviving Picasso

as Waiting Man

A Very Open Prison

as Ricky Dorrell

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

1992

7.2

Is That All There Is?

as Self

The Fool

Venom

as Driver

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

1979

as Aubrey

Let's Get Laid

as Sgt. Millicent

Royal Flash

as Policeman

O Lucky Man!

Cat Got Your Tongue

as Brian

Television (44)

Patience

as Brother Swavek

Ellis

as Foster Lang

The Change

as Forester

Sister Boniface Mysteries

2022

as Tom Thomas

6.4

The Man Who Fell to Earth

2022

as Gent #1

7.4

Grace

2021

as Senior Clive Ellis

Bridgerton

as Farmer Robert

Gentleman Jack

as Bishop

1066: A Year to Conquer England

2017

as English Noble

Flowers

2016

as Bolero

7.3

The Living and the Dead

2016

as Abel North

6.7

The Coroner

2015

as John 'Blackbeard' Fraser

6.3

Midwinter of the Spirit

as Cannon Dobbs

Detectorists

as Larry Bishop

Vikings

as Gudmund

Atlantis

as Dymas

Da Vinci's Demons

The Nativity

as Abimael

Merlin

as The Apothecary

Holby Blue

as Desk Sergeant Edward 'Mac' McFadden

Robin Hood

Hustle

as Bob

The Mysti Show

The Afternoon Play

as Gordon

Down to Earth

2000

as Bill Thompson

2.0

Border Cafe

2000

as Danny Hannah

Queen's Nose

1995

as Chief

7.0

The Choir

1995

as Jim Woodcote

An Independent Man

Wycliffe

as Pub Landlord

The Vicar of Dibley

Lady Chatterley

as Field

In Suspicious Circumstances

as Insp Brewster

Birds of a Feather

as Policeman

Red Dwarf

as Einstein Bob

Casualty

as Geoff Cole

Lovejoy

as Van Driver

The Bill

The Gentle Touch

Cribb

as Carter

Blake's 7

as Guard

Anna Karenina

The Sweeney

as Ted Parkin

Justice

as Lorimer