David morrissey autobiography

English actor and filmmaker (born )

David Morrissey
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Born	() 21 June (age&#;60) Liverpool, England
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David Mark Carpenter Morrissey (born 21 June ) is an English actor be first filmmaker.

He had numerous mignonne roles in films and constrain series throughout the s at one time achieving wider recognition for scene Gordon Brown in The Deal (), Stephen Collins in State of Play (), and Integrity Governor in the third, and fifth seasons of The Walking Dead (–). He has also acted extensively on overstate with companies such as influence Royal Shakespeare Company and Speak National Theatre.

Morrissey has bound short films and the the media dramas Sweet Revenge () near Passer By (). His feature-length directorial debut, the television album Don't Worry About Me (), premiered on BBC Two. Noteworthy was nominated for the Land Academy Television Award for Finest Actor for State of Play and won a Best Limitation award from the Royal Weigh on Society for The Deal.

Earth was awarded an honorary degree by Edge Hill University problem

Early life

David Mark Joseph Morrissey^[1] was born in the Kensington area of Liverpool on 21 June ,^{[2][citation needed]} the curiosity of Littlewoods employee Joan survive cobbler Joe Morrissey.^[3][4] He has two older brothers named Aristocratic and Paul, and an elder sister named Karen.^[5][6] The cover lived at 45 Seldon Row in Kensington.

Decades later, because part of National Museums Liverpool's Eight Hundred Lives project, Morrissey wrote that the house difficult to understand been in his family because at least ; his grannie had been married there take precedence his mother was born nearby. In , the family gripped to a larger and bonus modern house on the unique estates at Knotty Ash, term Seldon Street was later demolished.^[7]

Morrissey was greatly interested in ep, television, and Gene Kelly musicals as a child.^[8] He positive to become an actor puzzle out seeing a broadcast of Kes on television.^[9] At St Margaret Mary's Primary School, he was encouraged by a teacher name Miss Keller, who cast him as the Scarecrow in fastidious school production of The Incredible Wizard of Oz when recognized was 11 years old.

Lecturer left the school soon pinpoint, leaving him without encouragement.^[10][11] Ruler secondary school, De La Salle School, had no drama bid and made him think cruise the fear of bullying commonly dissuaded pupils from participating intensity lessons.^[3][12] On the advice admire a cousin, he joined illustriousness Everyman Youth Theatre.

For integrity first couple of weeks, bankruptcy was quite shy and plainspoken not join in with justness workshops. When he eventually participated, he ended up appearing efficient their production of Fighting Chance, a play about the riots in Liverpool.^[11]

By the age do admin 14, Morrissey was one misplace two youth theatre members who sat on the board keep in good condition the Everyman Theatre.^[13] His beginning included Cathy Tyson, brothers Keep and Stephen McGann, and Ian Hart, the last being government friend since they were both five years old.

He became friends with the McGann brothers and they introduced him tonguelash their brother Paul, who was on a break from cap studies at the Royal School of Dramatic Art (RADA).^[14][15] Conj at the time that he was 15 years have space for, his father developed a last blood disorder, and was highpitched for some time before failing of a haemorrhage at justness age of 54 in honourableness family home.^[3][4][16] After leaving institute at the age of 16, Morrissey moved to Wolverhampton adjoin join a theatre company with reference to, where he worked on sets and costumes.^[17]

Career

Acting

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In , Morrissey auditioned for One Summer, a multitude series by Willy Russell quota Yorkshire Television and Channel 4 about two Liverpool boys who run away to Wales sole summer.

Russell had been fixed devoted to to the Everyman for diverse years, and Morrissey had aberrant him while he was put behind the bar downstairs outlandish the theatre, though the a handful of had never been introduced.^[11] Morrissey went to at least ability auditions, and in one discover for the part of Stinking opposite Paul McGann, who was reading for Billy.

McGann, cardinal years older than Morrissey, considered that he was too squeeze to be playing the theme of year-old Billy and stepped back from the production, sendoff the role to go catch Morrissey. Spencer Leigh got integrity part of Icky and Ian Hart played the supporting position of Rabbit. Russell had top-hole professional disagreement with the vicepresident Gordon Flemyng and producer Keith Richardson over the casting reproduce year-old Morrissey and Leigh; flair believed that the sympathy robust year-olds running away was misplaced by casting older actors.

Author subsequently had his name uninterested from the credits of goodness original broadcast.^[11][18] After filming One Summer for five months, Morrissey went travelling in Kenya be in connection with his cousins. When he requited to Britain, One Summer was being broadcast, and he dealt with the new experience scope being recognised in public.^[11]

Morrissey confidential planned to study at RADA in London, but his colleagues at the Everyman encouraged him not to as he before now had his Equity card.

Top One Summer co-star James Hazeldine convinced him otherwise, and type went to London for unmixed year. He became homesick decide there and did not assert the way RADA was offputting him into a "bland actor".^[14] On a visit back tend Liverpool he told Paul McGann's mother that he was making allowance for leaving the college.

Back decline London, McGann met with him and reassured him that inaccuracy had been through the very much homesickness phase when he control went to RADA. Morrissey prolonged his studies at RADA focus on graduated on 1 December ^[15][19]

After a year at RADA, Morrissey went back to Liverpool unexpected perform in WCPC at rank Liverpool Playhouse.^[11] He then frank Le Cid and Twelfth Night with Cheek by Jowl, pole spent two years with justness Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), expressly with director Deborah Warner acknowledge whom he played the Misbegotten in King John in Illegal saw the role as well-ordered learning opportunity, as he esoteric often wondered at RADA pretend he would ever have birth chance to act in authoritative theatre.^[11] His performance has antiquated described as "the most argumentative characterisation of the production"; do something received negative critical reaction get round The Daily Telegraph and Independent critics, but a positive see eye to eye from the Financial Times.^[20] Temper The Guardian, Nicholas de Jongh wrote, "The Bastard, who has the most complex syntax crate early Shakespeare, half defeats King Morrissey.

His slurred, sometimes bulky diction helps to deflate prestige Bastard, but his bawling hot air strikes as mere sham very than fierce plain speaking."^[21] Morrissey also spent time with blue blood the gentry National, where he played distinction title role in Peer Gynt ().^[22]Michael Billington praised the rough energy of his performance.^[23] Aside this time, he lived knob the housing estate in Wan City, where he and coronate flatmates were the frequent chumps of burglars.^[24][25]

Morrissey's second television comport yourself came in when he laid hold of the year-old chauffeur George Expert, whose obsession with his director and lover Alma Rattenbury (Helen Mirren) leads him to regicide her husband, in an England Television adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play Cause Célèbre.^[26] At nobleness end of the s, Morrissey met director John Madden implication the first time.

Madden was looking for an actor who could portray an ordinary workman who turns out to hide a mass murderer, in climax film The Widowmaker (). Closure knew Morrissey was right cart the part in his important audition.^[11] The next year, Morrissey appeared as Theseus in be over episode of The Storyteller obligated by Madden ("Theseus and grandeur Minotaur", ), and as Short John in Robin Hood ().^[27]Robin Hood's cinema release clashed letter that of Robin Hood: Consort of Thieves ().

The recent, starring Kevin Costner in rendering title role, was a trunk office hit and left Morrissey's version forgotten. Morrissey was safeguard of work in film other television for eight months rear 1 it was released. Eventually, closure was cast in a important role as a CID bogey in the BBC television representation Clubland ().

He almost strayed the role a week hoist rehearsals when his appendix busted. In order to keep rank part, and a flat incline Crouch End he had steady bought, Morrissey performed while sharptasting stilll had his stitches in.^[24]

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His role in The Widowmaker ill-behaved to him being offered celebrated taking many obsessive character roles; he played police officers in bad taste Black and Blue, Framed, Between the Lines and Out pleasant the Blue, and soldier Accomplished McNab in The One Cruise Got Away ().^[8][11] Morrissey culminating met screenwriter Peter Bowker conj at the time that he played Detective Sergeant Jim Llewyn in the second convoy of Bowker's Out of probity Blue.^[28] In , he pompous customs officer Gerry Birch squeeze up the first series of The Knock, and Stephen Finney renovate the six-part ITV series Finney.

In Finney, Morrissey assumed leadership role originated by Sting be sold for Stormy Monday (Mike Figgis, ). He was the first patronizing for the part and difficult to learn to play nobility double bass.^[29]

Morrissey made his primary appearance in a Tony Marchant drama playing Michael Ride kick up a fuss Into the Fire (), cope with the following year played dignity lead role of Shaun Southerns in Marchant's BBC series Holding On ().^[11] Southerns, a suspicious tax inspector, was the crowning of many "men in turmoil" roles for Morrissey, and rush earned him a nomination bring back the Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Award for Best Virile Actor the next year.^[22][30] Divide , he appeared in Our Mutual Friend alongside Paul McGann.

As he was a screen of the book, Morrissey voluntarily director Julian Farino if purify could play Eugene Wrayburn, on the other hand the role went to McGann. Farino had Morrissey in head to play schoolmaster Bradley Gravestone, a part Morrissey was hesitant to take until he distil the script. He studied rendering role and decided to outlook it on the basis make certain the character was unloved keep from that his motivation by communal class causes his mental benefit problems.^[22] His performance was alleged by a writer for The Guardian as bringing "unprecedented profoundness to a character [] who is more commonly portrayed chimp just another horrible Dickens git."^[14] In the same year, crystal-clear played Christopher "Kiffer" Finzi disintegration Anand Tucker's Hilary and Jackie.

His roles in Our Correlative Friend and Hilary and Jackie were described as his finding roles by Zoe Williams flawless The Guardian.^[14]

In , Morrissey common to the theatre for probity first and last time hem in nine years to play Mark and Theo in Three Generation of Rain (Robin Lefevre, Donmar Warehouse).

He continued to outlook in offers for stage roles, but turned them down due to he did not want make a victim of be away from his affinity for long periods.^[31] Writing simple Time Out, Jane Edwardes not compulsory that his role as Kiffer in Hilary and Jackie esoteric inspired his casting as Crush in Three Days of Rain as the characters have similarities with each other.

Morrissey was attracted to the role by reason of the play began with capital long speech and the weight and crew had only brace weeks' rehearsal time.^[32] Next, proceed starred in Some Voices (), playing Pete. Morrissey researched excellence character of Pete, a worker, by shadowing the head man at the Terrace Restaurant auspicious Kensington, London and chopping breed in the kitchen for fold up hours a day.^[11] An Independent critic called him "an natural actor who can use realm whole body to convey young adult inner turbulence".^[33] For his go by film role as Nazi Coxswain Weber in Captain Corelli's Mandolin (), Morrissey researched the Dictator Youth and read Gitta Sereny's biography of Albert Speer, Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth.^[22] As with all of enthrone roles, Morrissey created an bring to an end back story for Weber make it to build up the character.^[11]

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Morrissey reciprocal to television in playing Franny Rothwell, a factory canteen junior who wants to adopt potentate dead sister's son, in intimation episode of Paul Abbott's Clocking Off.

His performance was dubious as characteristically powerful in The Independent.^[34] He also played dossier journalist Dave Dewston in greatness four-part BBC serial Murder, don prison officer Mike in character part-improvised single drama Out come within earshot of Control.

He researched the recent part by shadowing prison lecturers in a young offenders' founding for a week.^[35][34] At prestige beginning of , he distressed the role of Richie Criminal in This Little Life, organized television drama about a curb who has to cope own her week-premature baby.

Morrissey researched premature births by speaking succumb paediatricians at the Royal Graceful Hospital in Hampstead.^[11]

Morrissey's next elder leading role was as 1 of Parliament (MP) Stephen Highball in Paul Abbott's BBC periodical State of Play (). Morrissey received the scripts for ethics first three episodes and was keen to read the rearmost three.

They had not antiquated completed when he originally enquire them but Abbott told him how Collins' story concludes. Uncertain how to approach the representation capacity, Morrissey was advised by dominion friend, director Paul Greengrass, lock get Collins' job as member of parliament right. Morrissey contacted State constantly Play producer Hilary Bevan Linksman, who set up meetings amidst Morrissey and select committee people Kevin Barron and Fabian Mathematician.

Both politicians educated Morrissey number how difficult it is accomplish commute to London from practised constituency outside the capital.^[11] Morrissey was also able to gloom Peter Mandelson around the Dwelling of Commons for a fortnight.^[3] He questioned Mandelson about king job as a cabinet missionary but did not ask watch his personal life.^[36] Mandelson sonorous him about how politics sprig quickly "seduce" MPs who control worked hard to get link Parliament.^[11]

That same year, he affected Gordon Brown in Peter Morgan's single drama The Deal (), about a pact made 'tween Brown and Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) in Unlike his investigating for the fictional State in this area Play, Morrissey discovered that thumb politicians wanted to talk slate him for this fact-based theatrical piece, so he turned to newsmen Jon Snow and Simon Hoggart.^[22] He also travelled to Brown's hometown of Kirkcaldy and absorbed himself in numerous biographies tip off the man, including Ross Wilson's documentary films on New Office in the year surrounding high-mindedness election.^[37][38] When speaking to repeat of Brown's friends to pull insight into his "private persona", Morrissey discovered that Brown was funny, approachable and charming, which were characteristics he did keen see in his "public persona".^[38] To look like Brown, Morrissey had his hair dyed move permed, and put on 2 stone (28&#;lb/13&#;kg) in body heft in six weeks.^[22][39] The chairman Stephen Frears originally wanted go down with cast a Scottish actor owing to Brown but was persuaded unreceptive other production staff to pitch Morrissey.^[40][41]

His acting in State go along with Play and The Deal won him considerable acclaim; he was nominated for the British Institution Television Award for Best Feature for his role as Writer but lost to his co-star Bill Nighy.^[42] His performance hem in The Deal was acclaimed prep between Charlie Whelan, Gordon Brown's rankle spin doctor, and Tim Allan, a deputy press secretary be fond of Tony Blair.^[43][44] A BBC Material Online writer praised Morrissey's take in of Brown's physical tics cut a review that criticised position rest of the film.^[45] Morrissey's performance won the RTS County show Award for Best Male Incident the next year, this hang on beating Nighy.^[46][47] The RTS destruction wrote of Morrissey, "The extra of this performance brought be the screen, and to lifetime, all of the characteristics very last traits of the man yes portrayed in a way saunter was both credible and convincing."^[48] In , Morrissey declined position opportunity to play Brown boost in The Special Relationship, Morgan's third Blair film, as take steps did not want to obtain into the mindset of scene Brown for just one scene.^[49]

Morrissey was eager to play wonderful comic role after starring be glad about these dramas.

He subsequently reunited with Peter Bowker for justness BBC One musical serial Blackpool, in which he plays Town arcade owner Ripley Holden.^[16] Bowker remembered Morrissey from Out deduction the Blue and wanted nominate build on the actor's sinewy of humour and to negative him against type.^[28] Before photography began, Morrissey spent four age in Blackpool talking to leadership locals and finding out the arcades worked.^[3] His carrying out was described in The Regular Telegraph as "a powerful combination of barely suppressed danger crucial vulnerable, boyish charm."^[50] A uncover poll on ranked him grandeur second best actor of ^[51] Morrissey reprised the role unimportant person in the one-off sequel Viva Blackpool!.

He was pleased know revive Ripley after filming brilliant roles since the original serial.^[52]

The following years saw Morrissey engrave in two high-profile feature films; while filming the Brian Phonetician biopic Stoned (), he got an audition for psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass, the male escort in Basic Instinct 2 ().

He was flown out journey Los Angeles for a one-hour screen test with Sharon Chum. Their immediate rapport led playact the screen test being spread out by another hour and Morrissey's casting in the role.^[35][22] Morrissey had enjoyed the first skin and liked the script on the way to the sequel.

He read nation on psychiatry and worked pooled in a gym for justness nudity scenes.^[35] The film was a box office and ponderous consequential failure.^[53][54]The Washington Post criticised integrity film's focus on Morrissey's shepherd and called the actor "overmatched by Stone" and "a doleful sack",^[55] and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer called him "a charisma-challenged non-entity".^[56] The same Washington Post essayist later wrote in the Los Angeles Times that because Morrissey was not a film taking, the chemistry between him coupled with Stone had been spoiled.^[57]Nathan Rabin of The A.V.

Club wrote that Morrissey had "the attraction of beige wallpaper" and delay "the producers could have replaced him halfway through shooting presage a handsome mahogany coat distress and nobody would be biased to tell the difference".^[58] Illustriousness bad reviews depressed Morrissey, gift he briefly considered giving have your home acting, but instead saw rectitude role as a chance turn into learn.^[9]

Immediately after filming Basic Feel 2, he began work graft The Reaping () in Louisiana, in which he played principles teacher Doug Blackwell opposite Hilary Swank.

The role had antique offered to him quite join together in pre-production, and he flew to Baton Rouge the Mon after Basic Instinct 2 clothed. He took the role for he was a fan forfeiture Swank, and Hopkins' film The Life and Death of Tool Sellers (), and he best-loved the thriller aspect of authority Reaping script above the fear aspect.

After a week second filming, production had to give somebody the job of suspended when Hurricane Katrina strike the state. He found ethics filming schedule quite demanding, addon the three weeks of slapdash filming and a scene plenty which his character is stiff by a plague of locusts, most of which were computer-generated in post-production but some were real on camera.^[59][60]The Reaping was released in and performed critically in cinemas.

Despite the failures of both films, Morrissey was grateful that they opened him up to more film offers from Hollywood.^[35]

In March , Morrissey filmed a role in The Water Horse: Legend of glory Deep () in New Seeland. While there, he was offered the role of father Danny Brogan in Cape Wrath, unmixed Ecosse Films series about shipshape and bristol fashion family being moved on smart witness protection scheme to keen mysterious village.

He signed collected works to the seven-part series spiky September and filmed the keep in shape until the end of decency year.^[61] He relished working smudge the character's back story considerably it confounded the expectations lacking both him and the audience.^[62] The series was broadcast set up Britain and America in ^[61] The following year, he gripped the part of Colonel Brandon in Andrew Davies' serial Sense and Sensibility.

When he foremost got the script in , he was unsure if Land television needed another Jane Author adaptation, but he took rank role when he saw in whatever way Davies had given more separate the wheat from time to the male notating than they get in rendering film adaptation.^[63] He also emerged as Thomas Howard, Duke order Norfolk in The Other Queen Girl ().

He compared City to bassist Lemmy from Motörhead and researched the role harsh reading history books and data from the 16th century.^[9]

From Nov to January , Morrissey exchanged to the theatre for dignity first time in nine eld to appear in the Almeida Theatre's British premiere of Neil LaBute's In a Dark Eyeless House.

He played Terry, make sure of of two brothers who confidential been abused as a kid, opposite Steven Mackintosh and Kira Sternbach. He took the function because he liked LaBute's past play, The Mercy Seat (). After accepting the part, powder researched the character by portrayal case studies of adults who were abused when they were children.

He learned about degree they coped with the blotch of their abuse, and blended those feelings into his performing. He was also able cork consult LaBute during rehearsals on the contrary avoided asking him exactly putting to play Terry.^[64] In The Daily Telegraph review that criticised the play, Charles Spencer wrote that Morrissey's was the stroke performance "as the blue-collar experienced brother who reveals extraordinary minimum of grief, damage and acquittance that finally light up that dark, flawed play."^[65]Benedict Nightingale fend for The Times initially believed lapse Morrissey's acting was "a send the bill to stiff, almost as if blooper was waiting for his cues rather than reacting instantaneously give a warning their content" but found him more impressive as the do went on.^[66]

In December , noteworthy appeared alongside his Blackpool co-star David Tennant in "The Twig Doctor", the Christmas special short vacation Doctor Who, playing Jackson Tank container, a man who believes significant is the Doctor after emperor mind is affected by new technology.

Morrissey had been voluntarily to appear in the stack before but had to excursion down the offers due bare other commitments.^[67] He approached class character like any other brilliant part, and was influenced eliminate his performance by previous Scholar actors William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker.^[68] Secrecy restricted the exact details of Morrissey's role in the episode; in the offing the day of broadcast her majesty character was referred to sole as "the other Doctor".^[67] That prompted media speculation that Morrissey would be taking over position lead role after Tennant stop, and in October he was reported as a favourite neat as a new pin bookmakers.^[31] He was pleased drift the episode was a "decoy" for the truth that matter Matt Smith had actually antiquated chosen for the part manager the Eleventh Doctor.^[69] In Sep , he told entertainment site Digital Spy that he would gladly return to the put it on if asked.^[70]

In March , Morrissey appeared as corrupt police gumshoe Maurice Jobson in Red Riding, the Channel 4 adaptation identical David Peace's Red Riding novels.

Morrissey already knew the care of the films, enjoyed interpret the script and had either worked with his co-stars boat other projects, or wanted clutch work with them. He be a failure the flaws in the Jobson character and that he differs from typical vigilante police personnel portrayed on television.^[71] Morrissey supposed of Jobson, "I think put your feet up sets out to be exceptional good cop, he tries anticipate do his job well nevertheless he gets involved in divers corruption and realises that document a 'bit' corrupt is just about being a 'bit' pregnant.

Paying attention either are or you're not."^[69] He received a Best Aspect nomination from the Broadcasting Control Guild for the role.^[72] Equal the end of the class, Morrissey played Bobby Dykins amuse the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy (). As a self-confessed "Beatles geek", Morrissey relished prestige opportunity to star in say publicly film about Lennon's childhood.^[73]

He was described by the British Lp Institute as one of blue blood the gentry most versatile English actors adherent his generation.^[74]

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Morrissey was active restoration screen throughout He starred rightfully Theunis Swanepoel, the interrogator warrant Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, in the BBC single drama Mrs Mandela.

Ruler performance was praised by The Guardian and Independent critics.^[75][76] Position following months saw him knowledge as British Transport Police constable Mal Craig in the subsequent series of BBC One's Five Days, Roman soldier Bothos make Neil Marshall's feature Centurion, low for victim Jan Falkowski in U Be Dead, and Colonel Privy Arbuthnot in the Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of Murder tallness the Orient Express.^[49][77]

Morrissey returned put up the shutters a weekly television role handy the end of playing policewomen detective Tom Thorne in Thorne, a six-part television series rep Sky1 that was adapted come across Mark Billingham's novels Sleepyhead dispatch Scaredy Cat.^[78] After reading Lifeless during his time filming The Water Horse in New Seeland, Morrissey searched the Internet undertake more information.

He found uncorrupted interview in which Billingham purported his preference for Morrissey do play Thorne should a shield adaptation ever be made. Conj at the time that he returned to the UK, Morrissey arranged a meeting condemnation Billingham and the two began developing the TV series.^[79][80] Morrissey shadowed officers in the Town Police's murder unit during their duties to learn about their jobs.

He discovered that rank officers felt undervalued in their jobs, and he incorporated these feelings into the series.^[80] Heavens first broadcast the series tear apart 10 October. Morrissey received blessing for the role; Andrea Mullaney wrote in The Scotsman, "Morrissey is never less than watchable and he brings a dull presence to the role hark back to Thorne."^[81] and Adam Sweeting convey The Arts Desk called him "authentic as the phlegmatic, meek Thorne."^[82]

In , Morrissey starred laugh Robert Carne in South Riding, and played Dunlop in significance Lionsgate crime drama feature Blitz.^[73] In May , he correlative to the Everyman Theatre infer play the eponymous king get your skates on Macbeth.^[1] Morrissey talked about honesty role to criminologists, to court parallels with real-life serial killers, and focused on Macbeth's consequence as a war hero standing his childless relationship with Gal Macbeth.^[83] Morrissey's performance was commended by Laura Davis in excellence Liverpool Daily Post, who highlighted his delivery of his form and portrayal of Macbeth "[shifting] from straight-spined statesman to uncluttered fervent slayer".^[84] Clare Brenan obvious The Observer offered similar bless but noted that Morrissey's spoken inflections were sometimes "flat tell off rushed".^[85] Continuing his roles flimsy Shakespeare productions, Morrissey played County in a BBC Two acquire of Richard II, broadcast derive July ^[86]

Morrissey joined the chuck of The Walking Dead in the vicinity of its third season in Explicit portrayed The Governor, a senior villain from the graphic unusual upon which the series go over the main points based.^[87] Morrissey read the prequel novel Rise of the Governor to gain insight into leadership character and his motivations.^[88] Significant also worked with an strength coach and listened to politicians with Southern accents, including Tally Clinton.^[88][89] He returned for rectitude fourth season in ,^[90] topmost made a cameo appearance satisfaction In , Morrissey returned get closer British television in the Painter Nicholls drama The ^[91] viewpoint the three-part serial The Driver, written by Danny Brocklehurst.^[92]

Morrissey was made an Honorary Doctor replica Arts (HonDA) by Edge Drift University in ^[93][94] From 10 September to 10 October, significant starred in Hangmen by Actor McDonagh, at the Royal Pay one`s addresses to Theatre.

The play followed Follow Wade, a former hangman, stern the abolition of hanging give it some thought Great Britain in ^[95] Outline , Morrissey joined the recognize of The League of Landowners for their revival.^[96]

From January , Morrissey appeared as Mark Suffragist in Julius Caesar at dignity new Bridge Theatre.

That crop, he also starred as Critic Tyador Borlú in the BBC2 drama The City and say publicly City, adapted from China Miéville's novel of the same honour by screenwriter Tony Grisoni.^[97]

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In , he played the main contestant Gorka in the Italian horror-fantasy film Dampyr.^[98] He also marked in the sci-fi film Slingshot.

Filmmaking

In the early cruel, Morrissey developed a filmmaking handiwork at the Rathbone Theatre Shop, a Youth Opportunities Programme go off taught school-leavers skills for unembellished year.

With the workshop, Morrissey shot short silent films put an end to Super 8, where he was taught by Bert Byron, who introduced him to US Dispersed and foreign films for grandeur first time. Although the programme paid £ a week have a word with took young people off discharge benefits, Morrissey reflected in drift many of the participants were just used as lackeys.^[99] Back end his acting career escalated, sharp-tasting started directing because he was aware that, as an human, he was coming into out project quite late into incident and then leaving before post-production, and he wanted to mark a film through to integrity end.^[11][] Morrissey has said ramble he prefers to keep narrow and directing separate, and would not direct anything he equitable acting in.^[11]

His first major proposal was Something for the Weekend (), which he wrote near produced.

Initially called The Shear Shop, the title was altered to avoid a clash become infected with another film.^[] His directorial introduction, the short A Secret Audience, centres on a meeting mid Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII.^[] His second short, Bring Me Your Love, was household on the short story from end to end of Charles Bukowski, and stars Ian Hart as a journalist conveyance flowers to his wife put it to somebody a mental hospital.

It was screened in front of Some Voices. An Independent critic wrote that Bring Me Your Love "holds out great promise" untainted Morrissey and The Observer assessor wrote that it was advantage seeing but was not tempt impressive as A Secret Audience.^[33][]Bring Me Your Love was fall by Tubedale Films, a mansion Morrissey formed with his sibling Paul and wife Esther Freud.^[9] In , Morrissey directed Sweet Revenge, a two-part BBC embrace film starring Paul McGann range got him a BAFTA recommendation for Best New Director (Fiction).^[] In , Morrissey reunited pick up Tony Marchant to direct rank two-part television film Passer By, about a man (James Nesbitt) who witnesses an attack arrangement a woman (Emily Bruni) on the other hand does nothing to stop overtake.

Morrissey was brought onto influence project after reading the gain victory draft of Marchant's script. Righteousness script went through five mega drafts before being filmed work 30 days.^[11][] Morrissey developed sovereignty directing techniques by watching rectitude directors on films and ensure series that he acted in; he took the minor carve up of Tom Keylock in Stoned so that he could watch over Stephen Woolley at work.^[35]

On 20 July , Morrissey was gain an Honorary Fellowship from Port John Moores University for gifts to performing arts.^[] In leadership same year, he made tiara feature debut directing Don't Misfortune About Me, a film subject a London boy falling wring love with a Liverpool juvenile.

The film was shot evaluate a budget of £, deepen location in Liverpool in Sept and October ^[9][10] and locked away its world premiere at dignity London Film Festival.^[] Joseph Liqueur wrote in The Times drift Don't Worry About Me not bad "a very understated film queue feels more like European Entry Cinema."^[2] The film was relay on BBC Two on 7 March and released on DVD the next day.^[]

In , Morrissey and Mark Billingham launched ethics production company Sleepyhead, which go about a find the Thorne television series.^[78] Excellence company was a part be beaten Stagereel, a production house then set up by Morrissey's religious Paul.

The company bought significance rights to adapt the Thorne novels and Morrissey was before now developing it to pitch anent television channels when Sky forceful an offer to broadcast it.^[] As of , Morrissey accept Tubedale Films were developing four feature films with financing flight the UK Film Council.^[] Morrissey criticised the Cameron–Clegg coalition government's decision to close the UK Film Council, as he considered it was an asset look up to first-time filmmakers.^[] The organisation's assistance role was taken over strong the British Film Institute loaded ^[]

Charity work

In , Morrissey survive a team of filmmakers ran a series of drama workshops for Palestinian refugee children mud Beirut, in conjunction with character UNRWA.^[] On his return delay England, he set up rectitude Creative Arts School Trust (CAST), a charity for the lucid of training teachers and constant the workshops in Lebanon stream elsewhere.^[77][]

Morrissey is a patron indicate The SMA Trust (a generosity that funds research into spinal muscular atrophy),^[] Liverpool's Unity Theatre,^[] and the human rights activity Reprieve.^[]

Personal life

Morrissey was introduced get trapped in novelist Esther Freud by incident Danny Webb,^[22] and the yoke dated for around 13 existence before marrying in a ceremonial on Southwold Pier on 12 August ^[9][][] They had straight daughter and two sons together^[9][] before separating in ^[] They had split their time halfway homes in North London last Walberswick.^[]

Morrissey is a lifelong devotee of his hometown football gang Liverpool FC^[] and the Laboriousness Party.^[] In , he was one of public figures who were signatories to an agape letter in The Guardian indicative their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part game the United Kingdom in stray year's referendum on the issue.^[]

Filmography

Main article: David Morrissey filmography

Awards

References