David Bradley

Acting

David Bradley

Born April 17, 1942York, North Yorkshire, England, UK148 credits

David Bradley (born 17 April 1942) is an English actor. He is most widely known for portraying Argus Filch in the Harry Potter film series, Walder Frey in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, and Abraham Setrakian in the FX horror series The Strain. He was awarded a Olivier Award in 1991 for his supporting role in King Lear at the Royal National Theatre.

Known For

Life Goes On

Life Goes On

Movie

2026

My Sister's Bones
5.5

My Sister's Bones

Movie

2026

Frankenstein
7.7

Frankenstein

Movie

2025

A Night Like This
5.7

A Night Like This

Movie

2025

VE Day 80
7.0

VE Day 80

TV

2025

Coma
5.4

Coma

TV

2024

Filmography

Life Goes On
2026Life Goes Onas BillMovie
My Sister's Bones
2026My Sister's Bonesas RayMovie
Frankenstein
2025Frankensteinas Blind ManMovie
A Night Like This
2025A Night Like Thisas JohnMovie
VE Day 80
2025VE Day 80as SelfTV
Coma
2024Comaas HarryTV
Good Grief
2023Good Griefas DuncanMovie
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nuggetas Fowler (voice)Movie
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023Your Christmas or Mine 2as JackMovie
Allelujah
2023Allelujahas Joe ColmanMovie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinemaas SelfMovie
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022Your Christmas or Mine?as JackMovie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchioas Geppetto (voice)Movie
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
2022Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctoras The DoctorMovie
Catherine Called Birdy
2022Catherine Called Birdyas Lord Gideon SidebottomMovie
Type
2022Typeas Doctor (voice)Movie
The Responder
2022The Responderas DaveyTV
Jolt
2021Joltas Gareth FizelMovie
Roy
2021Royas RoyMovie
Mandy
2020Mandyas FrankTV
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
2020Wizards: Tales of Arcadiaas Merlin (voice)TV
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
2020Adventure Time: Distant Landsas Old Finn (voice)TV
Gangs of London
2020Gangs of Londonas JimTV
After Life
2019After Lifeas Tony's DadTV
Les Misérables
2018Les Misérablesas GillenormandTV
Await Further Instructions
2018Await Further Instructionsas GrandadMovie
Hang Ups
2018Hang Upsas Frank EllerbyTV
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Timeas The Doctor (1)Movie
The Lodgers
2017The Lodgersas BerminghamMovie
Edmund the Magnificent
2017Edmund the Magnificentas FarmerMovie
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2016Broadcast Signal Intrusionas James' FatherMovie
The Young Messiah
2016The Young Messiahas Old RabbiMovie
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlandsas GorrikTV
The Strain
2014The Strainas Professor Abraham SetrakianTV
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013An Adventure in Space and Timeas William HartnellMovie
The World's End
2013The World's Endas BasilMovie
Broadchurch
2013Broadchurchas Jack MarshallTV
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012Frankenstein: A Modern Mythas Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
World Without End
2012World Without Endas Brother JosephTV
Bad Sugar
2012Bad Sugaras Ralphfred CauldwellMovie
Bad Education
2012Bad Educationas EnnisTV
The Hollow Crown
2012The Hollow Crownas GardenerTV
Prisoners' Wives
2012Prisoners' Wivesas FrankTV
Eternal Law
2012Eternal LawTV
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011When Harry Left Hogwartsas SelfMovie
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011Celebrity Antiques Road Tripas Self - ParticipantTV
The Holding
2011The Holdingas CooperMovie
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011Captain America: The First Avengeras Tower KeeperMovie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2as Argus FilchMovie
Game of Thrones
2011Game of Thronesas Walder FreyTV
Silk
2011Silkas LJ ReynoldsTV
Another Year
2010Another Yearas RonnieMovie
Five Daughters
2010Five Daughtersas Patrick PalmerTV
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010Harold Pinter: A Celebrationas SelfMovie
Harry Brown
2009Harry Brownas Leonard AttwellMovie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeas Argus FilchMovie
I Know You Know
2009I Know You Knowas Mr FisherMovie
The Daisy Chain
2008The Daisy Chainas Sean CryanMovie
The Colour of Magic
2008The Colour of Magicas Cohen the BarbarianTV
Ashes to Ashes
2008Ashes to AshesTV
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007The Sarah Jane Adventuresas Shansheeth Blue (voice)TV
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixas Argus FilchMovie
True Dare Kiss
2007True Dare Kissas Stanley TylerTV
The Tudors
2007The TudorsTV
Hot Fuzz
2007Hot Fuzzas Arthur WebleyMovie
Benidorm
2007BenidormTV
Great British Menu
2006Great British Menuas Self - Guest JudgeTV
Sweeney Todd
2006Sweeney Toddas Sweeney's FatherMovie
Lycanthropy
2006Lycanthropyas Club OwnerMovie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireas Argus FilchMovie
Criminal Minds
2005Criminal Mindsas Martin SanzTV
Red Mercury
2005Red Mercuryas Neil AshtonMovie
M
2005Mr Harvey Lights a Candleas ArchieMovie
Doctor Who
2005Doctor Whoas SolomonTV
Ideal
2005Idealas StemroachTV
Blackpool
2004BlackpoolTV
Exorcist: The Beginning
2004Exorcist: The Beginningas Father GionettiMovie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanas Argus FilchMovie
New Tricks
2004New TricksTV
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
2003Charles II: The Power and The Passionas Sir Edmund Berry GodfreyTV
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003The Mayor of Casterbridgeas Councillor VattTV
Nicholas Nickleby
2002Nicholas Nicklebyas Nigel BrayMovie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsas Argus FilchMovie
Wild West
2002Wild Westas Old JakeTV
The Intended
2002The Intendedas The PriestMovie
This Is Not a Love Song
2002This Is Not a Love Songas Mr BellamyMovie
S
2001Station Jimas ElliotMovie
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneas Argus FilchMovie
The Way We Live Now
2001The Way We Live Nowas Mr BrouneTV
Murphy's Law
2001Murphy's Lawas Hatcher, Snr.TV
Altered Species
2001Altered Speciesas FrankMovie
Shades
2001Shadesas Alan RobertsTV
Gabriel & Me
2001Gabriel & Meas GrandadMovie
Waking the Dead
2001Waking the Deadas George BarlowTV
Blow Dry
2001Blow Dryas NoahMovie
The King Is Alive
2000The King Is Aliveas HenryMovie
Black Cab
2000Black Cabas GeraldTV
T
2000The WilsonsTV
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999Doomwatch: Winter Angelas AngelMovie
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999Tom's Midnight Gardenas AbelMovie
Vanity Fair
1998Vanity Fairas Sir Pitt CrawleyTV
Reckless: The Sequel
1998Reckless: The Sequelas Arnold SpringerMovie
Left Luggage
1998Left Luggageas ConciergeMovie
Our Mutual Friend
1998Our Mutual Friendas Roger 'Rogue' RiderhoodTV
In Your Dreams
1997In Your Dreamsas TutorMovie
Kangaroo Palace
1997Kangaroo Palaceas Mr MacaleeseMovie
Midsomer Murders
1997Midsomer Murdersas TomTV
The Moth
1997The Mothas Dave WatersTV
Reckless
1997Recklessas Arnold SpringerTV
The Moth
1997The Mothas Dave WatersMovie
Kiss and Tell
1996Kiss and Tellas Superintendent HinesMovie
Cracker: White Ghost
1996Cracker: White Ghostas Frank CarterMovie
The Star
1996The StarMovie
Our Friends in the North
1996Our Friends in the Northas Eddie WellsTV
Bramwell
1995Bramwellas Charles MatthewsTV
Band of Gold
1995Band of Goldas AlfTV
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994Martin Chuzzlewitas David CrimpleTV
Measure for Measure
1994Measure for Measureas BarnadineMovie
Wycliffe
1994Wycliffeas Joe MawnanTV
Criminal
1994Criminalas HeadmasterMovie
Fair Game
1994Fair Gameas Whitby PolicemanMovie
The Buddha of Suburbia
1993The Buddha of Suburbiaas Helen's FatherTV
F
1993Full StretchTV
A Touch of Frost
1992A Touch of Frostas Les JamesTV
Between the Lines
1992Between the LinesTV
Bad Girl
1992Bad Girlas Mike PreachMovie
Performance
1991Performanceas BarnadineTV
A Master of the Marionettes
1989A Master of the Marionettesas HarryMovie
Shadow of the Noose
1989Shadow of the Nooseas Edward LawrenceTV
Prick Up Your Ears
1987Prick Up Your Earsas UndertakerMovie
Casualty
1986Casualtyas StanmoreTV
King of the Ghetto
1986King of the Ghettoas RalphMovie
King of the Ghetto
1986King of the Ghettoas RalphTV
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983Tartuffe, or The Imposteras CleanteMovie
Findings on a Late Afternoon
1981Findings on a Late Afternoonas BarmanMovie
Clapperclaw
1981Clapperclawas WikeMovie
The Union
1981The Unionas Communist speakerMovie
The Frisco Kid
1979The Frisco Kidas Julius RosensheineMovie
The Professionals
1977The Professionalsas Tony KristoTV
Bill Brand
1976Bill Brandas Peter MaloneTV
Playhouse
1974Playhouseas WikeTV
Kisses at Fifty
1973Kisses at Fiftyas PolicemanMovie
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
1972Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.as Parker Street GoalieMovie
Play for Today
1970Play for Todayas PolicemanTV
Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising
1970Double Pisces, Scorpio RisingMovie
Nearest and Dearest
1968Nearest and Dearestas PolicemanTV
B
—Beneathas RayMovie
Brothers
—Brothersas NigelMovie