Person Details

Birthday: 1963-05-27 14:09:57

Aliases: David Schall

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   David Schaal (born 27 May 1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an English actor best known for playing the roles of "Taffy" in The Office and "Terry Cartwright" in The Inbetweeners. Schaal studied Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama (1985–1988) and has worked in television, film and theatre. His television credits include Missing, Casualty, The Wrong Door, Beautiful People, Hancock and Joan, Ashes To Ashes, The IT Crowd, Deceit, Doc Martin, Peak Practice, Silent Witness and Dangerfield. His film credits include Kidulthood, Mr. Nobody, Clubbed and Dirty Weekend. Schaal also appeared as "Norm", Shirley Carter's seedy landlord, in EastEnders and played troubled father "Tom Hargreaves" in Grange Hill. Other notable credits include playing "DS Bevan" in Paul Greengrass' The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, playing opposite William Baldwin in the film Relative Values, and appearing in Philip Davis' English football hooligan film I.D. Schaal also played "Eric" in Ben Wheatley's domestic British gangster film Down Terrace. Schaal wrote the short films Poppy's Present (directed by Chris Jury) and Half Time (directed by Duncan Roe). He also co-wrote the play Reality Chokes and appeared in it as "Rob" in London and directed a production of the play at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010.  Other writing credits include the plays Shame, No Hiding Place, The Legacy of Colonel Ash and Baby Blue. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Schaal  , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Peak Practice
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6

Peak Practice

(1993) Liam
The Strain
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7

The Strain

(2014) Rudyard Fonescu
Victoria
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7

Victoria

(2016) Brewer
Our Friends in the North
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7

Our Friends in the North

(1996) Prison Officer
Mr. Nobody
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8

Mr. Nobody

(2009) Thug 1
Fallen
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6

Fallen

(2016) Randy
A Call to Spy
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7

A Call to Spy

(2020) Colonel Gubbins
I.D.
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7

I.D.

(1995) Paul Funnell

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 PC Paul
2022 Robin
Death
Monty
2021 Mr. Kinny
Father John O'Shea
Frank
2020 Father Arkancide
The Chippie
Colonel Gubbins
Gareth
Commander Grayson
2019 The Pilot
Stanley Allcot
Vinny
2017 Cecil
2016 CIA-chef
Randy
N/A
Brewer
2015 N/A
2014 Terry
Rudyard Fonescu
2012 Joe
Landlord
Additional Voices (voice)
2011 Builder
Jay's Dad
Tough Guy
Cockney Handyman
2010 Eric
2009 Thug 1
2008 Billy Bingo
N/A
Terry Cartwright
Reporter Two
2006 Taxi Driver
Dec
2005 TV Chat Show Pundit #1
2004 Man at Hospital
2003 Jim Grady
2002 Constable
2001 Glyn
Glynn
Nyle
2000 The Baddie
1999 DS Bevan
1996 Mick the Manager
Prison Officer
Detective Potts
1995 Top Man
Paul Funnell
1993 Stan
Liam
Jack Farrel
Graham
Paul's Friend
Lenny
Frank
Year Character Movie/Tv

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