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David Cann is an actor with a diverse and successful career in both theatre and television. After training at RADA he served his apprenticeship in the repertory system, appearing at many of Britain's grand old theatres in a wide range of roles. In plays ancient and modern, Shakespearean drama, musicals and pantomime, David developed into a leading man and character actor with a strong vocal technique and a firm grasp of many artistic styles; from the extreme naturalism of Lawrence's 'A Collier's Friday Night' through the high comedy of Sheridan's 'A School for Scandal' to the classical verse (not to mention the athletic sword-fighting) in 'Romeo and Juliet'. Moving into television David appeared in many shows including 'Sapphire and Steel' and 'Grange Hill'. In between these, he worked in small fringe theatres, such as the Gate in Notting Hill and the Croydon Warehouse, where such heart-warming pieces as Barrie Keeffe's 'My Girl' showed his subtlety in the more intimate space of studio theatre. In the mid-90’s David auditioned for a small part in a new type of comedy pioneered by Chris Morris. The resulting series, 'Brass Eye', was hailed as a major breakthrough in TV style; satirising TV itself. Morris subsequently asked David to join a small team to develop the award-winning BBC radio series 'Blue Jam' and, in 1999, some of this material was filmed for television as 'Jam'. It is for his work in this surreal and iconic series that David is best known. Over many years David has developed a strong reputation working with new and emerging talent, helping writers to develop their scripts through workshops and rehearsed readings. This led to David working with young director Tamara Harvey who later asked David to take the leading role in Laura Wade's charming play about the Welsh poet WH Davies in the highly-praised production of 'Young Emma' at the Finborough Theatre in London in 2003. For the BBC David became part of a notable storyline as Dot Cotton's cancer specialist in 'EastEnders' and again as Doctor Casper in the disturbing, futuristic drama-documentary 'If...we could stop the violence David’s film work includes appearances in 'Run, Fat Boy, Run', 'Attack The Block', 'The Iron Lady', 'Greed' and 'Rebecca'. On television David has appeared in 'Spooks' and 'Psychoville', 'Silent Witness' and 'The Javon Prince Show', but more recently 'Sex Education', 'It’s Kevin', 'Sally4Ever', 'Sick Note', 'Killing Eve' and 'The Baby'.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1956-11-12
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.7
- info Birth Place Westminster, London, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by David Cann
6.2
Run Fatboy Run
2007-09-06
6.9
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984-11-09
7.4
Les Misérables
2012-12-18
0
Jeremy: A Nightmare
2023-11-08
6.4
The Kármán Line
2014-03-11
6.1
On a Moonlit Night
1989-09-05
7.4
Lizzie and Sarah
2010-03-20
6.1
Albatross
2011-10-14
6.5
Attack the Block
2011-05-12
4.9
Dog Eat Dog
2001-12-07
6.8
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001-04-13
6.4
Crooked House
2017-09-06
6.4
The Iron Lady
2011-12-26
5.7
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999-02-18
5.2
Biggles
1986-05-30
5.2
Chromophobia
2006-05-10
5.9
The Eagleman Stag
2010-11-30
4.5
Wet Job
1981-09-02
6
Knights & Emeralds
1986-10-11
6.3
Rebecca
2020-10-16
0
The Truth
2006-01-13
5.7
Greed
2019-09-07
5.7
The Buckingham Murders
2024-09-13
0
Moonmonkeys
2007-03-16
7
Captive
2008-10-02
6.7
The Bill
1984-10-16
7.9
Jam
2000-03-23
7.6
Bad Girls
1999-06-01
8.2
Sex Education
2019-01-11
5.6
Campion
1989-01-22
7
Beast
2000-01-13
8.2
Pie in the Sky
1994-03-13
6.7
Sick Note
2017-11-07
6
Still Open All Hours
2014-12-26
7.6
Uncle
2014-01-13
8.1
Black Books
2000-09-29
7.4
Saxondale
2006-06-19
4.9
Sally4Ever
2018-10-25
8.4
House of the Dragon
2022-08-21
8
Killing Eve
2018-04-08
6.9
Bad Education
2012-08-14
7.7
Spooks
2002-05-13
6
The Baby
2022-04-24
7.4
Not Going Out
2006-10-06
7
London Belongs To Me
1977-07-06
4.2
Armchair Thriller
1978-02-21
6.6
The Tomorrow People
1973-04-30
7.2
Blake's 7
1978-01-02
7.4
Sapphire & Steel
1979-07-10
7.6
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982-01-08
5.5
One by One
1984-01-29
6
A Dark Adapted Eye
1994-01-02
5.6
Between the Lines
1992-09-04
0
Frontiers
1996-05-07
5
No Bananas
1996-05-05
7.5
Berkeley Square
1998-05-09
7.9
People Like Us
1999-09-20
6
High Stakes
2001-04-22
7.2
Lee Evans: So What Now?
2001-03-26
0
Mr Charity
2001-11-12
4.5
TLC
2002-11-17
8.1
15 Storeys High
2002-11-07
6.7
The Green Green Grass
2005-09-09
6.6
The Commander
2003-02-16
7.6
Lead Balloon
2006-10-04
6.8
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
2001-02-26
7.5
Benidorm
2007-02-01
6.8
Psychoville
2009-06-18
7.3
It's Kevin
2013-03-17
1
The Javone Prince Show
2015-07-19
7.6
Silent Witness
1996-02-21
7.6
Silent Witness
1996-02-21
4.8
Doctors
2000-03-27
4.8
Doctors
2000-03-27
4.8
Doctors
2000-03-27
4.8
Doctors
2000-03-27
6.3
Hold the Sunset
2018-02-18
7
Four Weddings and a Funeral
2019-07-31
4.1
EastEnders
1985-02-19
6.5
Grange Hill
1978-02-08
0
Hard Cases
1988-01-18
0
True Crimes
1992-06-05
7.5
Brass Eye
1997-01-29
7.5
Brass Eye
1997-01-29
7.5
Brass Eye
1997-01-29
7.5
Brass Eye
1997-01-29
7.6
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982-01-08