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David Wilmot

Acting

Born January 1, 2000 · Dublin, Ireland

Also known as 데이비드 윌멋

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Wilmot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Awards & recognition

  • Lucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Lead Actor · 2006
  • Theatre World Award · 2006
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 2006 · nominated

Filmography40 titles

The Crown

2016as Arthur Scargill

Vikings

2013as Olaf Andwend

The Tudors

2007as Sir Ralph Ellerker

Hamnet

2025as John

House of Guinness

2025as Bonnie Champion

Mother's Day

2018as Arthur McHugh

The Alienist

2018as Captain Connor

Genius

2017as José Ruiz y Blasco

Breathe

2017as Paddy

Ripper Street

2012as Donald Artherton

Vera

2011as Mal Hinkin

Station Eleven

2021as Clark Thompson

Calvary

2014as Father Leary

The Guard

2011as Liam O'Leary

Lies We Tell

2023as Silas

Michael Collins

1996as Squad Youth #2

Industry

2020as Edward Burgess

Ordinary Love

2019as Peter

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

2018as Portkey Tout

'71

2014as Boyle

Hokum

2026as Jerry

Anna Karenina

2012as Nikolai

The General

1998as Assassin

The Wonder

2022as Sean Ryan

Parked

2010as Peter

Bodkin

2024as Seamus Gallagher

Barkskins

2020as Constable Bouchard

Calm with Horses

2019as Hector

Gold

2014as Ray

King Arthur

2004as Woad Killed by Lancelot

Intermission

2003as Oscar

The Devil's Own

1997as Dessie

Dorothy Mills

2008as Colin Garrivan

I Went Down

1997as Anto

Shadow Dancer

2012as Kevin Mulville

Little Joe

2019as Karl

Laws of Attraction

2004as Brendan

War on Everyone

2016as Pádraic Power

The Tale of Sweeney Todd

1998as Tom

Studs

2006as Bubbles