David Bradley
David Bradley is an English character actor. He has recently become known for playing the caretaker of Hogwarts, Argus Filch, in the Harry Potter series of films. Bradley was born in York, England. He became an actor in 1971, first appearing on television that year in the successful comedy Nearest and Dearest playing a police officer. He was awarded a Olivier Award in 1991 for his supporting actor role in King Lear at the Royal National Theatre. Bradley appeared in Nicholas Nickleby (2002) and had a small role in the 2007 comedy film Hot Fuzz as a farmer who illegally hoarded weapons, including a sea mine which later proves important to the story.
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- Born:
- Apr 17, 1942 In York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 144
- First Appeared:
- Movie Frankenstein 2025-10-17
- Latest Project:
- In the movie Kes 1970-04-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Frankenstein | Blind Man | 2025-10-17 |
| Series | Coma | Harry | 2024-03-18 |
| Movie | Allelujah | Joe Colman | 2023-03-17 |
| Movie | Your Christmas or Mine 2 | Jack | 2023-12-07 |
| Movie | Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Fowler (voice) | 2023-12-08 |
| Movie | Good Grief | 2023-12-19 | |
| Movie | Catherine Called Birdy | Lord Gideon Sidebottom | 2022-09-23 |
| Movie | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Gappetto (voice) | 2022-11-09 |
| Movie | Your Christmas or Mine? | Jack | 2022-12-02 |
| Movie | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
| Movie | Roy | Roy | 2021-04-01 |
| Movie | Jolt | Gareth Fizel | 2021-07-15 |
| Series | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Merlin (voice) | 2020-08-07 |
| Movie | Greg Davies: Looking for Kes | Himself | 2019-11-19 |
| Series | After Life | Tony's Dad | 2019-03-08 |
| Movie | Macbeth | Porter | 2018-03-13 |
| Series | Les Misérables | Gillenormand | 2018-12-30 |
| Movie | Await Further Instructions | Grandad | 2018-08-26 |
| Movie | Edmund the Magnificent | Farmer | 2017-03-01 |
| Movie | The Lodgers | Bermingham | 2017-10-05 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time | The Doctor | 2017-12-25 |
| Movie | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Himself | 2016-06-30 |
| Movie | The Young Messiah | Old Rabbi | 2016-03-10 |
| Movie | Broadcast Signal Intrusion | James' Father | 2016-09-18 |
| Series | The Strain | Professor Abraham Setrakian | 2014-07-13 |
| Movie | Hummingbird | Billy | 2013-05-07 |
| Series | Broadchurch | Jack Marshall | 2013-03-04 |
| Movie | The World's End | Basil | 2013-07-18 |
| Movie | An Adventure in Space and Time | William Hartnell | 2013-11-21 |
| Series | Prisoners' Wives | Frank | 2012-01-31 |
| Series | Bad Education | Ennis | 2012-08-14 |
| Series | Eternal Law | Unknown | 2012-01-05 |
| Movie | Bad Sugar | Ralphfred Cauldwell | 2012-08-26 |
| Movie | Frankenstein: A Modern Myth | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2012-10-31 |
| Series | World Without End | Brother Joseph | 2012-09-04 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Argus Filch | 2011-07-12 |
| Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Tower Keeper | 2011-07-22 |
| Series | Game of Thrones | Walder Frey | 2011-04-17 |
| Movie | When Harry Left Hogwarts | Self | 2011-11-11 |
| Series | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Himself | 2011-10-24 |
| Movie | The Holding | Cooper | 2011-09-09 |
| Movie | Harold Pinter: A Celebration | 2010-01-24 | |
| Series | Five Daughters | Patrick Palmer | 2010-04-25 |
| Movie | Making Kes | Himself | 2010-09-01 |
| Movie | Another Year | Ronnie | 2010-11-05 |
| Movie | I Know You Know | Mr Fisher | 2009-02-05 |
| Movie | Harry Brown | Leonard Attwell | 2009-11-11 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Argus Filch | 2009-07-15 |
| Series | The Colour of Magic | Cohen the Barbarian | 2008-03-23 |
| Series | Ashes to Ashes | Unknown | 2008-02-07 |
| Movie | The Daisy Chain | Sean Cryan | 2008-11-09 |
| Series | Benidorm | Unknown | 2007-02-01 |
| Series | The Tudors | Unknown | 2007-04-01 |
| Movie | Hot Fuzz | Arthur Webley | 2007-02-14 |
| Series | True Dare Kiss | Stanley Tyler | 2007-06-28 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Argus Filch | 2007-07-08 |
| Series | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Shansheeth Blue (voice) | 2007-09-24 |
| Movie | Lycanthropy | Club Owner | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Sweeney Todd | Sweeney's Father | 2006-01-03 |
| Series | Ideal | Stemroach | 2005-01-11 |
| Movie | Mr Harvey Lights a Candle | 2005-03-26 | |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Argus Filch | 2005-11-16 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Solomon | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Red Mercury | Neil Ashton | 2005-05-13 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Argus Filch | 2004-05-31 |
| Movie | Exorcist: The Beginning | Father Gionetti | 2004-08-20 |
| Series | Blackpool | 2004-11-11 | |
| Movie | Asylum | Father Michael | 2003-01-19 |
| Series | Charles II: The Power and The Passion | Unknown | 2003-11-16 |
| Movie | The Intended | The Priest | 2002-06-06 |
| Series | Wild West | Old Jake | 2002-10-22 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Argus Filch | 2002-11-13 |
| Movie | Nicholas Nickleby | Nigel Bray | 2002-12-27 |
| Series | Waking the Dead | Unknown | 2001-06-18 |
| Movie | Blow Dry | Noah | 2001-03-01 |
| Movie | Gabriel & Me | Grandad | 2001-08-13 |
| Series | The Way We Live Now | 2001-11-11 | |
| Movie | Station Jim | Elliot | 2001-12-30 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Argus Filch | 2001-11-16 |
| Movie | Altered Species | Frank | 2001-09-01 |
| Series | The Wilsons | Unknown | 2000-01-16 |
| Movie | The King Is Alive | Henry | 2000-05-11 |
| Movie | Tom's Midnight Garden | Abel | 1999-07-02 |
| Movie | Doomwatch: Winter Angel | Angel | 1999-12-07 |
| Series | Our Mutual Friend | 1998-03-09 | |
| Movie | Left Luggage | Concierge | 1998-03-30 |
| Movie | Reckless: The Sequel | Arnold Springer | 1998-10-11 |
| Series | Vanity Fair | 1998-11-01 | |
| Movie | Crisis | Alex | 1997-03-19 |
| Series | Reckless | 1997-02-06 | |
| Movie | The Moth | Dave Waters | 1997-01-01 |
| Series | Midsomer Murders | Unknown | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | In Your Dreams | Tutor | 1997-12-13 |
| Movie | Total Reality | Anthony Rand | 1997-04-03 |
| Movie | Kangaroo Palace | Mr Macaleese | 1997-05-25 |
| Movie | Expect to Die | Dr.Vincent MacInlyre | 1997-04-16 |
| Series | Our Friends in the North | Eddie Wells | 1996-01-15 |
| Movie | The Star | 1996-08-18 | |
| Movie | Exit | Charles | 1996-07-02 |
| Movie | Kiss and Tell | Superintendent Hines | 1996-11-09 |
| Movie | White Cargo | Det. Joe Hargatay | 1996-12-10 |
| Series | Band of Gold | Unknown | 1995-03-12 |
| Series | Bramwell | Charles Matthews | 1995-05-01 |
| Movie | Hard Justice | Nick Adams | 1995-07-15 |
| Movie | Criminal | Headmaster | 1994-06-22 |
| Movie | Blood Run | Brad Kingsbury | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Fair Game | Whitby Policeman | 1994-06-11 |
| Series | Wycliffe | Unknown | 1994-07-24 |
| Movie | Cyborg Cop II | Jack Ryan | 1994-09-01 |
| Series | Martin Chuzzlewit | David Crimple | 1994-11-07 |
| Movie | Measure for Measure | Barnadine | 1994-11-05 |
| Movie | American Ninja 5 | Joe | 1993-04-02 |
| Series | Cracker | Frank Carter | 1993-09-27 |
| Series | Full Stretch | Unknown | 1993-01-05 |
| Movie | Blood Warriors | Wes Healey | 1993-12-15 |
| Series | The Buddha of Suburbia | Helen's Father | 1993-11-03 |
| Movie | Cyborg Cop | Jack Ryan | 1993-10-05 |
| Movie | Bad Girl | Mike Preach | 1992-07-14 |
| Series | Between the Lines | Unknown | 1992-09-04 |
| Movie | American Samurai | Drew Collins | 1992-12-22 |
| Series | A Touch of Frost | Les James | 1992-12-06 |
| Movie | Lower Level | Sam | 1991-10-05 |
| Movie | American Ninja 4: The Annihilation | Sean Davidson | 1990-10-30 |
| Movie | American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt | Sean Davidson | 1989-02-24 |
| Movie | A Master of the Marionettes | Harry | 1989-04-18 |
| Movie | Prick Up Your Ears | Undertaker | 1987-04-17 |
| Series | Casualty | Stanmore | 1986-09-06 |
| Movie | King of the Ghetto | 1986-05-01 | |
| Movie | The Battle of Waterloo | Ferris | 1983-02-13 |
| Movie | Tartuffe, or The Imposter | Cleante | 1983-07-28 |
| Movie | Those Glory Glory Days | 1961 Spurs Team Member | 1983-11-17 |
| Movie | The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | Ticer Thomas | 1982-06-13 |
| Movie | The Union | Communist speaker | 1981-02-24 |
| Movie | Zulu Dawn | Pte Williams | 1979-05-14 |
| Movie | The Frisco Kid | Julius Rosensheine | 1979-07-06 |
| Movie | All Quiet on the Western Front | Albert Kropp (as Dai Bradley) | 1979-11-14 |
| Movie | Absolution | Arthur Dyson | 1978-06-05 |
| Series | Bill Brand | Peter Malone | 1976-06-07 |
| Movie | Kisses at Fifty | Policeman | 1973-01-22 |
| Series | The Jensen Code | Terry | 1973-02-28 |
| Movie | Malachi's Cove | Barty | 1973-10-01 |
| Movie | Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. | Parker Street Goalie | 1972-01-09 |
| Movie | Kes | Billy | 1970-04-03 |
| Movie | Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising | Unknown | 1970-09-12 |