After RADA, David became a member of the RSC and got the part of "Blifil" in Tom Jones (1963). With the title role in Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) and a two-year stint as "Hamlet" with the RSC, David became a star at age 24.
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After a series of odd jobs, David was accepted at the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Arts (RADA) where he was very unhappy.
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David's parents separated when he was a teenager and he only saw his mother again seven years later - on her deathbed.
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David once described his childhood as "messy". His father changed jobs often and moved from town to town. David ended up having to attend eight different schools and "failed his exams at all of them."
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David is a close friend of Malcolm McDowell, whom he met on the set of Time After Time (1979).
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David has played at least three different species in the Star Trek universe: a human in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, a Klingon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and a Cardassian in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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David has been in 3 movies about the Titanic.
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David narrated the audiobook The Haunting of Hill House (1999).
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David narrated the audiobook The Club Dumas (1999).
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David narrated the audiobook Murder for Love, Murder for Men: The Loving You Get (1996).
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David narrated the audiobook The Six Messiahs (1995).
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David suffers from severe vertigo. A double had to be used in Time Bandits (1981) during the scene where the Evil Genius walks up the steps after caging the bandits, because he could not handle the drop below him.
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David has been married to Sheila Kent since 1981.
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David provided the voice for "Jon Irenicus" the the main villain in the Bioware 2000 RPG Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
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David is 6' 2" (1.88 m) tall.
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David has one child, a daughter named Melissa, born in 1982.
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David is an Associate Member of RADA.
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David was chosen by Tony Richardson for his role in Tom Jones (1963) after the director enjoyed his performance in the play Afore the night (1962).
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David made his film debut as Albert Finney's younger brother in Tom Jones (1963).
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David supplied the voiceover for the TV advertisment for METROID the video game in 1991.
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After nearly 20 years away from the live theatre, David returned to the stage as Andrew Undershaft in the 2001 Broadway revival of Shaw's Major Barbara.
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David supplied the voiceover for the TV commercial for the Ford Explorer in 2001.
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In 2003, David played "The Doctor" in the Doctor Who audio production Doctor Who Unbound: Sympathy for the Devil, it was produced by Big Finish.
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David narrated the audiobook A Classic Mystery Sampler (1986).
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David narrated the audiobook The Complete Spoken Word Bible; Ruth, Samuel 1 & 2 (1997).
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David narrated the audiobook Great Cat Mysteries (1996).
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David narrated the audiobook Ivanhoe (1997).
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David narrated the audiobook The Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe (1995).
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