David Haig

Biography

David Haig, an English actor and playwright, has worked in film, television and the West End across a career spanning six decades. Born in Aldershot, he wrote the play My Boy Jack, first staged at the Hampstead Theatre in 1997, and later played Rudyard Kipling in its 2007 television adaptation. His other plays include The Good Samaritan and Pressure, which premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2014 and was revived for a UK tour and the West End in 2018. On screen he appeared in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Two Weeks Notice (2002) and The 39 Steps (2008), and on television he played Inspector Grim in The Thin Blue Line, Jim Hacker in the Yes, Prime Minister remake, and Bill in Killing Eve. He won an Olivier Award in 1988 for Our Country's Good and was appointed MBE in 2013 for services to drama.

71years old

Turns 72 on September 20in 314 days

Born September 20, 1955Aldershot
Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 14 years2002 to 2016

Every film, newest first

2016Florence Foster JenkinsIMDb rating 6.8
2008The 39 StepsIMDb rating 6.4
2007My Boy JackIMDb rating 7.1
2002Crime and PunishmentIMDb rating 7.3
2002Two Weeks NoticeIMDb rating 6.2

Genres

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Behind the camera
Pressure, Haig's third play, opened at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2014. A UK tour revival followed in 2018, and the production later reached the West End's Ambassadors Theatre.
Behind the camera
Haig wrote and starred in the stage version of My Boy Jack, playing Rudyard Kipling, and toured Britain with it. He also directed a production of Noel Coward's Private Lives that made a national tour in 2005.

David Haig movies on Netflix

Florence Foster Jenkins2016IMDb rating 6.8as Carlo Edwards
The 39 Steps2008IMDb rating 6.4as Sir George Sinclair
My Boy Jack2007IMDb rating 7.1as Rudyard Kipling
Crime and Punishment2002IMDb rating 7.3as Luzhin
Two Weeks Notice2002IMDb rating 6.2as Howard Wade

Worked with

David Haig shares two films with Hugh Grant, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Hugh Grant

Meryl Streep

Eddie Marsan

Sandra Bullock

Alicia Witt

John Sessions

Marc LawrenceDirector, 1 film

Stephen FrearsDirector, 1 film Brian KirkDirector, 1 film

Films together

Hugh Grant2 films together, 2002 to 2016
Hugh Grant's page
- Florence Foster Jenkins2016IMDb rating 6.8Haig as Carlo EdwardsGrant as St Clair Bayfield
- Two Weeks Notice2002IMDb rating 6.2Haig as Howard WadeGrant as George Wade
Meryl Streep1 film together, 2016
Meryl Streep's page
- Florence Foster Jenkins2016IMDb rating 6.8Haig as Carlo EdwardsStreep as Florence Foster Jenkins
Eddie Marsan1 film together, 2008
Eddie Marsan's page
- The 39 Steps2008IMDb rating 6.4Haig as Sir George SinclairMarsan as Scudder
Sandra Bullock1 film together, 2002
Sandra Bullock's page
- Two Weeks Notice2002IMDb rating 6.2Haig as Howard WadeBullock as Lucy Kelson
Alicia Witt1 film together, 2002
Alicia Witt's page
- Two Weeks Notice2002IMDb rating 6.2Haig as Howard WadeWitt as June Carver
John Sessions1 film together, 2016
John Sessions's page
- Florence Foster Jenkins2016IMDb rating 6.8Haig as Carlo EdwardsSessions as Dr. Hermann
Marc LawrenceDirector, 1 film, 2002
All films by Marc Lawrence
- Two Weeks Notice2002IMDb rating 6.2Haig as Howard Wade
Stephen FrearsDirector, 1 film, 2016
All films by Stephen Frears
- Florence Foster Jenkins2016IMDb rating 6.8Haig as Carlo Edwards
Brian KirkDirector, 1 film, 2007
All films by Brian Kirk
- My Boy Jack2007IMDb rating 7.1Haig as Rudyard Kipling

Awards

Two awards and honors.

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David Haig's awards and nominations, grouped by award
Year	Award	Result
Other honors
2013	Member of the Order of the British Empire	Won
	Laurence Olivier Awards	Won

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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