David Harewood

David Harewood
MBE

Harewood in 2015
Born (1965-12-08) 8 December 1965
Small Heath, Birmingham, England, UK
Residence Streatham, London[1]
Education St. Benedict's Junior School
Washwood Heath Comprehensive School
Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation Actor
Years active 1990–present
Spouse(s) Kirsty Handy (February 2013–present)[2]
Children 2 daughters

David Harewood, MBE (born 8 December 1965) is a British actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is known for playing David Estes, the Deputy Director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, in the Showtime series Homeland, and Hank Henshaw/J'onn J'onzz on Supergirl.[3]

Early life

Harewood was born and grew up in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, England, where he attended St. Benedict's Junior School and Washwood Heath Comprehensive School. He was a member of the National Youth Theatre. In his youth, he worked in a wine bar, Albert's in Dale End, in Birmingham City Centre. His parents are originally from Barbados. He has a sister Sandra and two brothers, Rodger and Paul.

Career

At 18, Harewood gained a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He began acting in 1990 and has appeared in The Hawk, Great Moments in Aviation, Harnessing Peacocks, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Macbeth on the Estate, Blood Diamond, The Merchant of Venice and Strings. He is known for his television appearances on Ballykissangel, The Vice and Fat Friends. He played Don Coleman in Hustle (Series 7 The Fall of Railton FC (2011)).[4]

In 2008, he played Major Simon Brooks in The Palace; he also appeared (that December) on Celebrity Mastermind, with specialist subject Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials – and he appeared in the BBC film adaptation of the Philip Pullman novels The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North, both of which are titles from the Sally Lockhart Mysteries.[4]

In 2009, Harewood appeared in the BBC single drama Mrs Mandela, playing Nelson Mandela. He played Brother Tuck in the third series of Robin Hood.[5] He appeared in the Doctor Who story The End of Time. He played Martin Luther King in the premiere of The Mountaintop, written by American playwright Katori Hall, directed by James Dacre, which opened at Theatre503 in London on 9 June 2009.[6][7]

Harewood next appeared in two episodes of Chris Ryan's Strike Back as Colonel Tshuma. From June to September 2010, he played Theseus in the premiere of Moira Buffini's play Welcome to Thebes at the National Theatre in London.[8] He played Martin Viner in an episode of New Tricks.[9] He narrates Welcome to Lagos, a BBC documentary about Lagos. In October 2010, he commenced filming for a new British independent film, The Hot Potato.[10] The film will also star Ray Winstone, Colm Meaney and Jack Huston. He played Frankenstein's monster in the TV live event Frankenstein's Wedding.[4]

From 2011, Harewood starred as David Estes, the Director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, in the Showtime series Homeland. After appearing in 15 episodes, his character was killed off in a bomb explosion at the end of Season 2.[3] Also in 2011, he voiced Captain Quinton Cole in the video game Battlefield 3.

In the 2012 New Year Honours, Harewood was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to drama.[11][12][13]

In May 2012, he presented a Party Election Broadcast for the British Labour Party.[14]

In July 2013, it was revealed on the PlayStation Blog, by the game director, that he would play as the role of Sinclair in the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive Killzone: Shadow Fall. Sinclair is the director of the Vektan Security Agency, under whom our protagonist, a Shadow Marshall, works.

In October 2013, Harewood voiced an interactive video campaign for the British Lung Foundation aiming to ban smoking in cars with children on board in the United Kingdom.[15]

In June 2014, he appeared in Tulip Fever.[16]

In October 2015, he appeared as a core cast member on the CBS television series Supergirl as Hank Henshaw. His character was later revealed to be J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter in the episode Human for a Day.

Personal life

Harewood married long term partner Kirsty Handy in Saint James, Barbados in February 2013. The couple have two daughters.[2] The family lives in Streatham, London.[1] Harewood is a staunch Birmingham City F.C. fan.[3][17]

In 2007, David visited Harewood House in Yorkshire and spoke with Viscount Lascelles who is a cousin of the Queen. David's surname "Harewood" comes from the time when his ancestors were captured in Africa, transported to the Caribbean as slaves, and owned by the Lascelles family (the Earls of Harewood). Lord Lascelles explained that his wish was for the Harewood name to stand for positive things in the future, as nothing could be done about what happened 250 years ago.[18]

In 2007, Harewood donated his bone marrow and as a result saved the life of a patient.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1993 The Hawk Sergeant Streete
1995 Mad Dogs and Englishmen Jessop
1998 I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now Moses
1999 Between Dreams Orderly Short film
2004 Strings Erito Voice; English dub
2004 The Merchant of Venice Prince of Morocco
2005 Separate Lies Inspector Marshall
2006 Blood Diamond Captain Poison
2010 Second Chance Rob Jenkins Short film
2011 The Hot Potato Harrison
2011 Victim Mr. Ansah
2012 The Man Inside Eugene Murdoch
2013 Third Person Jake
2015 Free in Deed Abe Wilkins
2015 Spooks: The Greater Good Warrender
2016 Grimsby Black Gareth
2016 Tulip Fever Prater Completed

Television

Year(s) Title Role Notes
1990 Casualty Paul Grant Episode 5.9: "A Will to Die"
1990–97 The Bill Williams, Malcolm Jackson, Ed Parrish, Robbie Coker Four episodes
1991 For the Greater Good David West TV film
1991 Minder Vinny's minder Episode 8.10: "Too Many Crooks"
1991 Murder Most Horrid Jonathan Episode 1.5: "Murder at Tea Time"
1991 Pirate Prince Jean-Baptiste TV film
1991–93 Spatz Derek Puley Three episodes
1993 Anna Lee: Headcase Stevie Johnson TV film
1993 Press Gang Doctor Episode 5.2: "Friendly Fire"
1993 Medics Nick Episode 3.6
1993 Harnessing Peacocks Terry TV film
1994 Great Moments in Aviation Steward TV film
1994 Bermuda Grace Trevor Watkins TV film
1994 Capital Lives Episode 1.5: "Fall"
1995 Hearts and Minds Trevor
1995 Game On Paul Johnson Episode 1.5: "Big Wednesday"
1995 Agony Again Daniel Seven episodes
1997 Macbeth on the Estate Macduff TV film
1997 Kavanagh QC David Adams Episode 3.1: "Mute of Malice"
1997 Comedy Premieres: Cold Feet Police Sergeant
1998 Ballykissangel Henry Episode 4.9: "As Stars Look Down"
1999–2001 Always and Everyone Dr. Mike Gregson Main cast
1999–2003 The Vice Sgt./D.I. Joe Robinson Main cast
2001 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman DI Peterson Episode 1.4: "Playing God"
2001 The Fear Storyteller
2001–02 Babyfather Augustus 'Gus' Pottinger Main cast
2004 Silent Witness Angus Stuart Episodes 8.3 and 8.4: "Death by Water"
2004–05 Fat Friends Max Robertson 11 episodes
2006 New Street Law DI Branston Two episodes
2006 The Ruby in the Smoke Matthew Bedwell, Reverend Nicholas Bedwell TV film
2007 New Tricks Martin Viner Episode 4.3: "Ducking and Diving"
2007 The Shadow in the North Nicholas Bedwell TV film
2008 The Palace Major Simon Brooks Main cast; eight episodes
2008 The Last Enemy Patrick Nye TV mini-series; five episodes
2008 Criminal Justice Freddie Graham TV mini-series; three episodes
2009 Gunrush Robbie TV film
2009 Robin Hood Tuck 12 episodes
2009 The Fixer Richard Millar Episode 2.4
2009–10 Doctor Who Joshua Naismith The End of Time
2010 Mrs Mandela Nelson Mandela TV film
2010 Strike Back Colonel Tshuma Episodes 1.3 and 1.4
2011 Hustle Don Coleman Episode 7.5: "The Fall of Railton FC"
2011 Frankenstein's Wedding The Creature Live-televised stage performance
2011 The Body Farm Wilkes Episode 1.3
2011–12 Homeland David Estes 15 episodes
2012 Treasure Island Billy Bones TV mini-series
2012 Horizon – Global Weirding Narrator TV documentary series
2013 The Wrong Mans Surgeon TV series
2013 By Any Means Napier TV series
2014 Selfie Sam Saperstein 8 episodes
2015–present Supergirl J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter/Hank Henshaw/Cyborg Superman Main Cast
2016 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands Scorann TV series
2016 The Night Manager Joel Steadman TV series
2016 Will Britain ever have a Black Prime Minister? Presenter TV documentary

Video games

Radio

Harewood played Patroclus in the 1998 BBC radio trilogy Troy. He also played Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey radio adaptation (2005). On 4 May 2012, he hosted a special BBC Radio 2 Friday Night is Music Night celebrating the life of Ray Charles,[20] broadcast live from Cheltenham Jazz Festival. The show featured the Guy Barker orchestra, with leader Cynthia Fleming and guest artists Madeline Bell, Gregory Porter, and James Tormé.

Harewood played the Marquis de Carabas in the BBC Radio 4 Radio Play of Neverwhere (2013).[21]

References

  1. 1 2 Carole Cadwallader (9 December 2012). "David Harewood". The Observer. London. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 Kirby, Iona (28 February 2013). "Homeland star David Harewood marries long-term girlfriend". Daily Mail. London, UK. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Birmingham actor David Harewood hits out at being killed off in Homeland". Birmingham Mail. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 David Harewood at the Internet Movie Database
  5. Dowell, Ben (11 March 2009). "BBC commissions Winnie Mandela drama". The Guardian. London, UK. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  6. "The Mountaintop". Theatre503. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  7. Cavendish, Dominic (22 June 2009). "The Mountaintop at Theatre503". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  8. Royal National Theatre production of Welcome to Thebes, officiallondontheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  9. New Tricks profile, Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  10. http://www.hotpotatomovie.com/
  11. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60009. p. 16. 31 December 2011.
  12. "New Year Honours 2012" (PDF). BBC News.
  13. David Harewood appointed MBE, Google hostednews. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  14. David Harewood makes British Labour Party broadcast, labour.org.uk, 30 April 2012.
  15. David Harewood profile, British Lung Foundation. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  16. "Anna Kendrick To Voice Lead In 'Trolls'; David Harewood Joins 'Tulip Fever' Cast". deadline.com. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  17. Hurt, Ben (16 December 2009). "Hollywood star David Harewood goes back to Washwood Heath School". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  18. "Actor quizzes Viscount on slavery". BBC News. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  19. Elliott, Jane (16 March 2008). "An act that could save a stranger". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  20. "BBC Radio 2 Friday Night is Music Night".
  21. Neverwhere, BBC. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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