1. David Michael Harewood was born on 8 December 1965 and is a British actor, presenter and the current president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
41 Facts About David Harewood
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David Harewood's father was a lorry driver, while his mother was a caterer.
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David Harewood has a sister, Sandra, and two brothers, Rodger and Paul.
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David Harewood attended St Benedict's Junior School and Washwood Heath Academy.
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David Harewood was a member of the National Youth Theatre.
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David Harewood began acting in 1990 and has appeared in The Hawk, Great Moments in Aviation, Harnessing Peacocks, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Blood Diamond, The Merchant of Venice and Strings.
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David Harewood is known for his television appearances on Ballykissangel, The Vice and Fat Friends.
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David Harewood appeared in the BBC film adaptation of the Philip Pullman novels The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North, both of which are titles from the Sally Lockhart Mysteries.
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In 2009, David Harewood appeared in the BBC single drama Mrs Mandela, playing Nelson Mandela.
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David Harewood played Brother Tuck in the third series of Robin Hood.
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David Harewood appeared in the Doctor Who story "The End of Time".
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David Harewood next appeared in two episodes of Chris Ryan's Strike Back as Colonel Tshuma.
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David Harewood played Martin Viner in an episode of New Tricks.
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David Harewood narrated Welcome to Lagos, a BBC documentary about Lagos, Nigeria.
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David Harewood starred in British independent film The Hot Potato, the film starred Ray Winstone, Colm Meaney and Jack Huston.
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David Harewood played Frankenstein's monster in the TV live event Frankenstein's Wedding.
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In 2017, David Harewood was in London to attend the British Urban Film Festival.
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David Harewood was included in the 2019 edition of the Powerlist, ranking the 100 most influential Black Britons.
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Psychosis and Me, a documentary hosted and produced by David Harewood received a BAFTA Television Award nominated for Single Documentary.
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In October 2021, it was revealed that David Harewood would make his feature directorial debut with For Whom The Bell Tolls, a boxing film about the rivalry between Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn.
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David Harewood was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to drama and Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity.
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Also in 2024, David Harewood appeared in the season finale of the Star Wars series The Acolyte portraying Rayencourt, a member of the Galactic Senate pushing for an external review of the Jedi Order.
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David Harewood campaigns for slavery reparations and is an advocate of the British government apologising for Britain's participation in the slave trade.
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Slaves were given surnames derived from those of their owners, hence David Harewood's ancestors had to take their name from the Lascelles' title.
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David Harewood did so again for a Channel 5 documentary in 2021.
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In September 2023, a portrait of David Harewood, commissioned by Lascelles, was put on display at David Harewood House as an acknowledgement of their families' connected history.
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David Harewood described the hanging of the portrait as "well overdue for me and my ancestors" and commented that he hoped visitors to the house would.
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In May 2012, David Harewood presented a Party Election Broadcast for the Labour Party.
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In 2007, David Harewood donated his bone marrow and as a result saved the life of a patient.
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In October 2013, David Harewood voiced an interactive video campaign for the British Lung Foundation aiming to ban smoking in cars with children on board in the United Kingdom.
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David Harewood is an avid supporter of Birmingham City Football Club.
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David Harewood appeared in Soccer Aid 2018 as England's celebrity goalkeeper.
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David Harewood saved two penalties during the penalty shootout, helping England to win the charity match.
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David Harewood married his long-term girlfriend Kirsty Handy in February 2013 in Saint James, Barbados.
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David Harewood has been open about his troubled mental health and has admitted that he used to self-medicate with alcohol and marijuana to deal with his bipolar-like symptoms, discarding the medication given to him by doctors.
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David Harewood was sectioned under the Mental Health Act, spent time on the Whittington Hospital psychiatric ward, and was prescribed the antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine.
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David Harewood voiced the character of the American character Thurman Berkley in series one of the BBC radio series Chambers on the 4th May 1996.
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David Harewood played Patroclus in the 1998 BBC radio trilogy Troy.
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David Harewood played Henry Tilney in the Northanger Abbey radio adaptation.
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David Harewood played the Marquis de Carabas in the BBC Radio 4 Radio Play of Neverwhere.
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In 2022, David Harewood voiced Destruction of the Endless in Act III of Audible's full-cast audiobook adaptation of Neil Gaiman's comic The Sandman.