David Wilmot

David Wilmot


in Dublin, Ireland
David Wilmot is an award-winning Irish stage, screen, and television actor. Wilmot's theatre credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, As You Like It with the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, and Juno and the Paycock in London's West End. He originated the role of Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001, played it at the Barbican Center in 2002, then joined the 2006 off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company production, which later transferred to Broadway. He was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and the Theatre World Award for his performance.

Wilmot portrayed Dr. Ed Costello in sixteen episopdes of The Clinic on RTÉ. He was nominated for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama. Wilmot's screen credits include Michael Collins (1996), I Went Down (1997), The Devil's Own (1997), The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998), Intermission (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), King Arthur (2004), and Six Shooter (2006). He was named Best Supporting Actor in Film and nominated Best New Talent for Intermission at the 2003 Irish Film and Television Awards.

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Title: Bodkin
Character: Seamus Gallagher
Released: May 9, 2024
Type: TV
A ragtag crew of podcasters sets out to investigate mysterious disappearances from decades earlier in a charming Irish town with dark, dreadful secrets.
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Lies We Tell
Title: Lies We Tell
Character: Silas
Released: October 13, 2023
Type: Movie
An orphaned heiress is forced to embrace her family's dark legacy.
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The Wonder
Title: The Wonder
Character: Sean Ryan
Released: November 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Haunted by her past, a nurse travels from England to a remote Irish village in 1862 to investigate a young girl's supposedly miraculous fast.
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Title: Station Eleven
Character: Clark Thompson
Released: December 16, 2021
Type: TV
A post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines telling the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost.
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Title: Barkskins
Character: Constable Bouchard
Released: May 25, 2020
Type: TV
A disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battle to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World. Based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx.
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Calm with Horses
Title: Calm with Horses
Character: Hector
Released: March 13, 2020
Type: Movie
In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
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Ordinary Love
Title: Ordinary Love
Character: Peter
Released: December 6, 2019
Type: Movie
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
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Little Joe
Title: Little Joe
Character: Karl
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.
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Title: Resistance
Character: Patrick Mahon
Released: January 6, 2019
Type: TV
This follow up to the Rebellion miniseries unfolds at the height of what became known as Ireland's War of Independence, and follows the lives of those caught up in the vicissitudes of history.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Title: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Character: Portkey Trout
Released: November 14, 2018
Type: Movie
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
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Mother's Day
Title: Mother's Day
Character: Arthur McHugh
Released: September 3, 2018
Type: Movie
On the day before Mother's Day 1993, Colin and Wendy Parry's lives are torn apart when their youngest son Tim is killed in a terrorist attack by the IRA in Warrington's town centre. The attack shocks ordinary people on both sides of the Irish Sea. Sue McHugh, an unassuming and normally shy Dublin housewife, is deeply affected by the tragedy. Spurred into action by the events in Warrington and the hope that she can make a difference, Sue urges people across Ireland to demonstrate that the killings on all sides must stop. But has Sue underestimated the challenge of brokering peace in a community that has known only conflict? As the grieving Parrys search desperately for answers to their son's senseless killing, they form an alliance with Sue, her husband Arthur, and her Peace '93 movement, travelling to Dublin in a bid to bring about peace and ensure Tim's enduring legacy is one of hope and tolerance. Based on real events.
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Title: The Alienist
Character: Captain Connor
Released: January 22, 2018
Type: TV
New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.
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Breathe
Title: Breathe
Character: Paddy
Released: October 13, 2017
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
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Title: Genius
Character: José Ruiz y Blasco
Released: April 25, 2017
Type: TV
The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius.
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Title: The Crown
Character: Arthur Scargill
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: TV
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
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War on Everyone
Title: War on Everyone
Character: Pádraic Power
Released: October 7, 2016
Type: Movie
Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they try to intimidate someone who is more dangerous than they are. Or is he?
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Title: Murder
Character: Clyde Harris
Released: March 3, 2016
Type: TV
Three different deaths. Three unique stories. Who is lying and who is telling the truth?
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'71
Title: '71
Character: Boyle
Released: October 10, 2014
Type: Movie
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
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Calvary
Title: Calvary
Character: Father Leary
Released: April 11, 2014
Type: Movie
After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
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Gold
Title: Gold
Character: Ray
Released: February 20, 2014
Type: Movie
An offbeat comedy about an estranged father who returns to his hometown after an absence of ten years in order to reconnect with his daughter and ex-wife but unwittingly finds himself responsible for almost destroying all their lives.
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Title: Vikings
Character: Olaf Andwend
Released: March 3, 2013
Type: TV
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
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Title: Ripper Street
Character: Donald Artherton
Released: December 30, 2012
Type: TV
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
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Anna Karenina
Title: Anna Karenina
Character: Nikolai
Released: September 6, 2012
Type: Movie
In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
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Saving the Titanic
Title: Saving the Titanic
Character: Joseph Bell
Released: April 15, 2012
Type: Movie
In the hours after the Titanic struck an iceberg 100 years ago, a team of shipbuilders and engineers raced against time to save the stricken vessel. Based on eye-witness accounts, this film reveals what went on below decks in the hours before the Titanic sank, telling the previously relatively unheralded stories of engineers who fought courageously to hold back the power of the sea and keep the power systems running, even when they learned that all was lost. Most of these men died but their actions bought enough time to save many lives. This drama-documentary tells a poignant story of self-sacrifice by the Titanic's engineers, stokers and firemen in the face of impending death.
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Shadow Dancer
Title: Shadow Dancer
Character: Kevin Mulville
Released: February 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
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The Guard
Title: The Guard
Character: Liam O'Leary
Released: July 7, 2011
Type: Movie
When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.
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Title: Vera
Character: Mal Hinkin
Released: May 1, 2011
Type: TV
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
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All Good Children
Title: All Good Children
Character: Julian
Released: December 27, 2010
Type: Movie
After experiencing a tragedy, Irish brothers Dara and Eoin move to rural France, where they become friends with young Bella, whose beauty and charm bewitches the emotionally unstable Dara.
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Parked
Title: Parked
Character: Peter
Released: September 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred meets attractive music teacher Jules. Growing closer, these three outsiders are set on a course that will change their lives forever.
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Dorothy Mills
Title: Dorothy Mills
Character: Colin Garrivan
Released: August 6, 2008
Type: Movie
When a gloomy, God-fearing island community is rocked by the assault of an infant, a psychiatrist is called in to examine Dorothy Mills, the teenager accused of the crime. Despite the villagers' hostility to her inquiry, she soon comes to suspect that Dorothy suffers from multiple personality disorder...
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Title: The Tudors
Character: Sir Ralph Ellerker
Released: April 1, 2007
Type: TV
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
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Middletown
Title: Middletown
Released: April 28, 2006
Type: Movie
An overzealous priest returns to his home town and ends up battling against his brother for the heart of the locals.
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Studs
Title: Studs
Character: Bubbles
Released: March 16, 2006
Type: Movie
The hot-tempered, unruly players of this pub league soccer team are in dire straits after having lost everything -- their drive, their skills and soon, their playing field. When mysterious Walter Keegan shows up offering to be their coach, captain Bubbles and the rest of his loopy, obnoxious teammates are so desperate to succeed, they agree to give him the job. Drilled into the ground with a fierce discipline they have never known, the team pushes beyond their aches and pains to gain not only redemption on the field, but more importantly, their self-respect.
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Six Shooter
Title: Six Shooter
Character: Man
Released: October 14, 2004
Type: Movie
Overwhelmed by grief following the death of his wife, Donnelly shares a train carriage home with a troubled young man identified only as the ‘Kid’. As the Kid becomes more agitated and foul-mouthed, the journey takes on a violent and dangerous hue – for the bereaved Donnelly and for other hapless passengers on the train.
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King Arthur
Title: King Arthur
Character: Woad Killed by Lancelot
Released: July 7, 2004
Type: Movie
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
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Laws of Attraction
Title: Laws of Attraction
Character: Brendan
Released: April 4, 2004
Type: Movie
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
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Intermission
Title: Intermission
Character: Oscar
Released: August 29, 2003
Type: Movie
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.
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Rat
Title: Rat
Character: Phelim Spratt
Released: April 1, 2001
Type: Movie
After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat.
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Flick
Title: Flick
Character: Des Fitzpatrick
Released: September 8, 2000
Type: Movie
Jack Flinter is skating on thin ice. Known to his friends as "Flick", he is drifting through life, dealing a bit of hash, drinking and screwing around. His girlfriend Alice has had enough. His friend and business partner Des is strung out, his behavior increasingly unpredictable. Their latest scam has them in over their heads. He meets Isabelle, a German woman visiting the city and the resulting story takes place over a few days and nights when all Jack's chickens come home to roost. His life spinning out of control, he has to make a decision - sink or swim.
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The Second Death
Title: The Second Death
Character: Chess Player
Released: January 29, 2000
Type: Movie
On a lonely country road, James Mangan hears a voice from his past and comes to realise he is damned.
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The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Title: The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Character: Tom
Released: August 30, 1998
Type: Movie
The fictional tale of the murderous 19th century barber (Ben Kinglsey) who sold his kills to a neighboring butcher (Joanna Lumley) for her renowned meat pies. A young innocent (Selina Boyack) and the dashing inspector (Campbell Scott) who tries to solve the murders are also thrown into the mix.
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The General
Title: The General
Character: Assassin
Released: May 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
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The Last Bus Home
Title: The Last Bus Home
Character: Bus Conductor
Released: October 17, 1997
Type: Movie
Though it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form their own band. Accurately recounting the energy and rawness of the era, this drama follows their tumultuous and ill-fated journey on the rocky road to success. It takes three long years of unpaid performing for Reena, her lover Jessop, bassist Joe and drummer Petie to make a name for The Dead Patriots. Just as they are about to find real success, internal difficulties arise that leave each of them suspicious and mistrustful of the other.
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I Went Down
Title: I Went Down
Character: Anto
Released: October 3, 1997
Type: Movie
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?
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The Devil's Own
Title: The Devil's Own
Character: Dessie
Released: March 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
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Michael Collins
Title: Michael Collins
Character: Squad Youth #2
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
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The Treaty
Title: The Treaty
Character: Niall
Released: December 5, 1991
Type: Movie
How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after high-stakes negotiations in 1921.
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The Field
Title: The Field
Character: Boy at Dance
Released: September 21, 1990
Type: Movie
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
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Title: Small Town, Big Story
Character: Keith McCurdle
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A Hollywood production rolls into a small Irish town and throws the spotlight on a secret that's been kept hidden since the eve of the Millennium.
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Come and Get Me
Title: Come and Get Me
Character: Mark
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A darkly comic thriller about a burglar who breaks in on a murder scene, implicating himself in the crime.
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Embers
Title: Embers
Character: Gary
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Amy, a sexual surrogate, is employed to help a high-security psychiatric patient overcome his intimacy issues in order to make parole. Incarcerated for 18 years, Dan must confront his dark past if he is to have any chance of freedom.