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David Smith

David has worked in TV, film and theatre throughout the UK. He began his career at Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse) and returned there for several productions. He’s worked throughout the UK on a range of projects from the small to the huge. In addition to performing work, David has also written, arranged & directed music for theatre. Although David worked almost exclusively in London on theatre and television projects for several years, he has always been based in the North of England, where he lives with his wife and young family.

Television & Film includes: British Summertime (Channel 4 Short Cuts), Electricity (Stone City Films), London Bound (Uber Media), In The Club (BBC/Rollem), Moving On (LA Productions/BBC), Accused (BBC/RSJ Productions), Five Days (BBC), Coronation Street (ITV),  Scott & Bailey (ITV/Red), The Syndicate (BBC/Rollem), Spooks: Code 9 (BBC/Kudos), DCI Banks (ITV/Left Bank), Emmerdale (ITV), Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures), Diamond Geezer (ITV), Waterloo Road (BBC/Shed Productions), The Marchioness Disaster (ITV). Theatre includes: Danton’s Death (National Theatre), Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse), My Generation, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Non-Contact Time, The Snow Queen, The Winslow Boy (all West Yorkshire Playhouse), Twelfth Night, The Cat Who Ran, Sleeping Beauty, Red Fortress (all Unicorn Theatre), Journey to the River Sea (Unicorn Theatre/Theatre Centre), The Dumb Waiter, The Proposal (Compass Theatre), One for the Road (Esk Valley Theatre), Lord of the Flies (Pilot Theatre), Yallery Brown (Royal Theatre, Northampton/Greenwich Theatre), A Month in the Country, Meantime, Northanger Abbey, Tidelines (Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich), Playing With Perspectives (Harrogate Theatre), Hype and Prejudice (Harrogate Theatre).

David appears as Carter in “Little Hope”, which is being released by Supermassive Games for on PS4/X-box One/Steam in Autumn 2020.