Actor
· Acting
David Sterne
Born 1946-11-01
📍 Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
David Sterne (born 1946) is an English actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1973.
After leaving the British Army, Sterne trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has worked in television, film and radio for over 40 years. He is most recognised for his portrayal of Larry Bishop in the BBC's 'Detectorists', and more recently as Tom Thomas in three seasons of Britbox's 'The Sister Boniface Mysteries'. His mentor was Lindsay Anderson (Director of "If..." & "O Lucky Man!"). His daughter is Rachel Stone, an Associate Producer with Hartswood Films UK.
Filmography 91
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
as George
2026
Friday is Mushroom Soup
as Doug
2025
Patience
as Brother Swavek
2025
Ellis
as Foster Lang
2024
The Change
as Forester
2023
The Change
as Policeman
2023
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Gent #1
2022
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Tom Thomas
2022
The Cathar
as Landowner
2021
The Protégé
as Doctor
2021
Grace
as Senior Clive Ellis
2021
Ruth
as Kenneth
2021
Bridgerton
as Farmer Robert
2020
Gentleman Jack
as Bishop
2019
Granbad
as Granddad
2019
The Last Witness
as Kings Arms Landlord
2018
1066: A Year to Conquer England
as English Noble
2017
1066: A Year to Conquer England
as English Noble
2017
The Living and the Dead
as Abel North
2016
Flowers
as Bolero
2016
The Coroner
as John 'Blackbeard' Fraser
2015
Midwinter of the Spirit
as Cannon Dobbs
2015
Legacy
as Homeless Guy
2015
Arthur & Merlin
as King Vortigern
2015
National Theatre Live: Treasure Island
as Blind Pew
2015
Detectorists
as Larry Bishop
2014
Detectorists
as Bishop
2014
Blood Moon
as Charlie Packham
2014
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
as Billy Mayo
2014
300: Rise of an Empire
as Old Statesman
2014
Atlantis
as Dymas
2013
Da Vinci's Demons
2013
Vikings
as Gudmund
2013
Truth or Dare
as Woodbridge
2012
Gulliver's Travels
as Foreman
2010
The Nativity
as Abimael
2010
Never Let Me Go
as Keffers
2010
The Wolfman
as Kirk
2010
National Theatre Live: Nation
as Captain Roberts
2010
Round Ireland with a Fridge
as Mac
2010
Dorian Gray
as Theatre Manager
2009
Shadows in the Sun
2009
The Boat That Rocked
as Marianne's Captain
2009
Slaughter
as Jorgen
2009
Merlin
as The Apothecary
2008
RocknRolla
as Barman
2008
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Cellarman
2007
Holby Blue
as Desk Sergeant Edward 'Mac' McFadden
2007
Robin Hood
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Edinburgh Cook
2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Ministry Wizard
2005
Not Only But Always
as Teabag
2004
Vanity Fair
as Queen's Crawley Mail Coach Driver
2004
Hustle
as Bob
2004
The Afternoon Play
as Gordon
2003
Love or Money
as Willy
2001
Superstition
as Vassi
2001
Mr In-Between
as Detective Inspector Marlowe
2001
A Knight's Tale
as Retired Knight
2001
Sabotage!!
as General 3 - Nicamore
2000
Border Cafe
as Danny Hannah
2000
Jinnah
as Birwhistle
1998
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
as Morris
1998
Photographing Fairies
as Prison Warder
1997
Surviving Picasso
as Waiting Man
1996
A Very Open Prison
as Ricky Dorrell
1995
The Queen's Nose
as Chief
1995
The Choir
as Jim Woodcote
1995
The Vicar of Dibley
1994
Wycliffe
as Pub Landlord
1994
Lady Chatterley
as Field
1993
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992
Is That All There Is?
as Self
1992
In Suspicious Circumstances
as Insp Brewster
1991
Birds of a Feather
as Policeman
1989
Red Dwarf
as Einstein Bob
1988
Casualty
as Geoff Cole
1986
Lovejoy
as Van Driver
1986
The Bill
1984
Venom
as Driver
1981
Cribb
as Carter
1980
The Gentle Touch
1980
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
as Aubrey
1979
Let's Get Laid
as Sgt. Millicent
1978
Blake's 7
as Guard
1978
Anna Karenina
1977
Royal Flash
as Policeman
1975
The Sweeney
as Ted Parkin
1975
O Lucky Man!
1973
Justice
as Lorimer
1971