David Fielder

Known for

Acting

Birthplace

London, England, United Kingdom

David Fielder is a British actor born in London, United Kingdom, whose exact birthday is not publicly available in major sources. He has been active since 1969, making his earliest on-screen appearance in Softly Softly Task Force (1969, as Peter Turner), and has since accumulated credits across stage, film, and television. In 1987, he was one of three actors (alongside Dermot Crowley and Sylvester McCoy) who performed in a screen test to play the Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who, a role that ultimately went to McCoy. His most notable film credits include an Olympic Runner in Superman III (1983, starring Christopher Reeve), Magistrate Rev Gutteridge in Peterloo (2018), and Michael in And Then Come the Nightjars (2023, 80% on Rotten Tomatoes). On television he has appeared in The Cleaner (2024, as Old Tom), Inspector Morse (1992, as Prison Chaplain), Heartbeat (1994, as Cutter), The Bill (1984–1994, as Armstrong), A Wanted Man (1989, as Stanley Soames), Seaforth (1994, as Auctioneer), Widows (1983, as Donald Franks), Funny Man (1980, as Hugo), The Naked Civil Servant (1975, as June), and Two's Company (1975, as Guest). In theatre, Fielder is best known as Arthur in Small Island at the National Theatre (broadcast live in 2019, West End transfer in 2022), with additional stage credits including The Vortex (Royal Exchange, 2007, as Pauncefort Quentin), The Sunshine Boys (Coliseum Theatre, 2010), Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe (1997, as Monsieur Le Fer / Fluellen), The Rape of Lucrece (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2006), War and Peace (National Theatre, 1996, as Prince Bolkonsky), and Macbeth (1987, as Malcolm). He was also a company member at the Half Moon Theatre from 1978 to 1988.