David Fleeshman

David Fleeshman is a Scottish actor, director and drama lecturer who began his stage career in 1973 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, having trained at The Birmingham Theatre School. He worked as an actor and assistant stage manager at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton and as associate director of the Oldham Coliseum Theatre, and in 2005 he took the best supporting actor prize at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for Arthur Miller's The Price. As a director he staged the European premiere of Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon, and My Night With Reg for its regional premiere, which won best at those awards. His films include Disobedience (2018) and Christmas Lights (2004), while his television credits take in Edge of Darkness, Silent Witness, Boys from the Blackstuff and Trial & Retribution, along with the comedy Only Fools and Horses. He also recorded often for BBC Radio and toured with the National Theatre's War Horse from 2013 to 2015.