David Gant

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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Gender

Male

Birthday

01-Jan-1943

Age

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Scotland, UK

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David Gant

Biography

David Gant (born 1943) is a Scottish actor and model. Formerly a banker, Gant changed careers at age 30 to study dramatic art at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. Graduating in 1974, he has found roles in theatre, film and television. His credits include Coriolanus at Chichester Festival Theatre, and the films Victor/Victoria (1982), The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), Gandhi (1982), Brazil (1985), Chaplin (1992), Restoration (1995), Braveheart (1995), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Lagaan (2001) and Jonathan Creek: The Sinner and the Sandman (2014). He also voiced Oswald of Carim in the 2011 video game Dark Souls and Lord Aldia in the sequel, Dark Souls II, more specifically its special edition rerelease Scholar of the First Sin. Gant is an Associate and Licentiate of the London College of Music. Gant was the voice actor of Emperor Iedolas Aldercapt in Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. For the Christmas 2016 period he plays the sheriff in the Theatre Royal Norwich production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Source: Article "David Gant" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


Credits

In the Ruins In the Ruins (2016) Character: Dr. Faber
When Ayden arrives at a deserted church in the forest, he meets the strange Doctor Faber who offers him some food, if Ayden promises to provide the next meal. While both men are having a BBQ, a young girl enters the church, searching for her sister. Dr. Faber offers her some food, if she promises to provide the next meal.
Felix Dexter in Douglas Felix Dexter in Douglas (1996) Character: New Age Therapist
An encounter with a traveller changes the life of an ill-fated barrister who is on his way to meet his girlfriend's parents.
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (1989) Character: Broker
Johnny Fortune (Damon Lowry) is no good to anyone, not mean, but just no good. Surrounded by violence and dishonesty, Johnny lives with Kate. Johnny messes up, he loses a lot of money, his girlfriend Kate's money. Alone, desperate and on the run from a couple of hit-men, he applies for a job as an entertainer's assistant becoming a dancing bear. Unwittingly learning of secrets around him, his past catches up with him.
Fallen Fallen (2004) Character: Michael Richard Blaine
Jason Shepherd awakens in hospital in an amnesiac state. Discovering that he is a police detective he tries to solve the mystery of how he came to lose his memory and uncovers some shocking truths.
The Garden of Redemption The Garden of Redemption (1997) Character: Gypsy
A priest struggles with his religious beliefs as he sees his countrymen murdered in Nazi occupied Italy and as he becomes attracted to a woman operating in the resistance.
Oh Marbella! Oh Marbella! (2003) Character: Harvey
Marbella, the original Costa del Sol paradise for the rich and famous and for those wishing they were.
Wish You Were Here Wish You Were Here (2005) Character: Mohamed Aziz
A man desperately searches for his girlfriend on the Costa del Sol.
Gefällt Mir Gefällt Mir (2014) Character: Blind Photographer
While more and more people share a large part of their lives on the internet, a particularly radical criminal is wreaking havoc in the tranquil town of Heide. He spies on his victims, kills them, and later posts photos of their corpses online. These macabre photos, visible to the whole world, are like trophies to the killer. Young martial artist Natascha teams up with young police officer Axel to track down the murderer.
Experiment Experiment (2005) Character: Walker
A young woman, Anna, walks the streets of a foreign city. Her mind full of pain. No memory of who she is. and plagued by nightmarish visions. Then she meets Morgan, a man who also has no memory. Forced to trust each other, the two feel a mysterious connection. A strong powerful feeling that bonds the two together Unknown to them their every action is being guided by unseen forces from the dark underground shadows of the city. Anna and Morgan are part of a frightening experiment that will have a terrifying and shocking conclusion. There is no escape in this dark psychological thriller
Slave Slave (2009) Character: Mohamed Azis
Darryn Welch's explosive thriller SLAVE follows young American couple Georgie (Natassia Malthe) and David (Sam Page) as they visit David's father Robert's stunning Spanish villa, hoping to get his blessing on their marriage. The relationship between the father and son is strained at best, not helped by the dark skeletons of Robert's criminal past. When left to their own devices the couple embark on a hedonistic night out, with seedy nightclub owner Marlon (a cameo by 'king of hedonism' Howard Marks) offering the full VIP treatment. Georgie and David are separated for a brief moment, but in that brief moment their lives are changed forever... and David is set on a course to uncover some troubling family truths.
The Chelsea Murders The Chelsea Murders (1981) Character: Frank
When a barmaid and part-time model becomes a murderer's third victim in Chelsea, the only apparent links are to a local reporter, Mary, and three art graduates financing a film with local part-time jobs.
Cold & Dark Cold & Dark (2005) Character: Supt Maddox
When Detective Mortimer Shade is somehow killed in a freezer, a parasite called a grail possesses his body, revives him, but he needs blood to stay alive. His partner John Dark accepts the new situation and together they become vigilantes, judging and killing the bad guys, with Shade sucking their blood with his claw. However, Dark notes that Shade is losing the rest of his humanity and becoming a monster, being aware and afraid of the danger Shade represents to mankind and trying to stop him.
The Dark Sorcerer The Dark Sorcerer (2013) Character: The Dark Sorcerer
The Dark Sorcerer lives in a world where magic is illegal and goblins and demons rule the land.
Braveheart Braveheart (1995) Character: Chief Justice/Executioner
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
The Scarlet Pimpernel The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) Character: Fouquet
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
Schneeflöckchen Schneeflöckchen (2017) Character: Caleb
Hunting down the murderer of their families in an anarchic Berlin of the near future, the outlaws Tan and Javid find themselves trapped in the wicked fairytale of a mysterious screenplay that entangles them in a vicious circle of revenge – apparently all written by a clueless dentist.
Firefox Firefox (1982) Character: KGB Official
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.
Remains Remains (2024) Character: Oscar Chapman
A Windrush migrant is employed as a servant on an estate, presumably to look after master and manor, including a collection of colonial artefacts, but soon discovers he was actually procured to be part of its most prized possessions.
The Draughtsman's Contract The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) Character: Seymour
R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer.
The Clothes in the Wardrobe The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993) Character: Gallery Owner
Margaret is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl. Both bride- and groom-to-be still live with their mothers in the humdrum suburb of Croydon. However Margaret has been acting strangely ever since a vacation in Egypt, where she stayed with her mother's friend Marie-Claire. She secretly despises Syl, but does not resist when her mother, who has repressed the failure of her own matrimony, insists on marriage for the sake of social convention.
Restoration Restoration (1995) Character: Chaffinch
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
The Computer Virus The Computer Virus (2004) Character: Office Boss
A love-sick computer programmer unleashes a devastating computer virus on his colleagues. The charming but deadly animated virus goes on to conquer the world, destroying first language then cosmic order.
लगान लगान (2001) Character: Maj. Warren
The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.
Brazil Brazil (1985) Character: Interview Official
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
The Fitzroy The Fitzroy (2017) Character: Mr. Thompson
The Fitzroy is a live action black comedy set in an alternative post-apocalyptic 1950s. The world is covered in poisonous gas, and the last place for a traditional seaside holiday is The Fitzroy hotel, an abandoned submarine just off the coast of England. The film centers on Bernard, the hotel's bellboy, cook, maintenance man and general dogsbody, as he faces a constant battle to keep the decaying hotel airtight and afloat. But when he falls in love with a murderous guest, he is thrown into a mad day of lies, backstabbing and chaos. As Bernard struggles to hide her murders from the other guests and suspicious authorities, his world literally begins to sink around him.
Deux Frères Deux Frères (2004) Character: Auctioneer
Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
Beyond Remedy - Jenseits der Angst Beyond Remedy - Jenseits der Angst (2010) Character: Gingrich
An international group of medical students takes part in a seminar on fear - with deadly results.
Belle Belle (2013) Character: Zoffany
Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.
Romasanta Romasanta (2004) Character: Professor Philips
A terror is stalking the land: people are disappearing daily, their bodies appearing covered in savage gashes coupled with precise surgical cuts. The legend of the 'Werewolf of Allariz' spreads across the land like wildfire. When Barbara (Elsa Pataky) falls in love with travelling vendor Manuel Romasanta, she is at first besotted with him - but soon begins to be suspicious of him. What has happened to her sister, who - after being escorted by Romasanta to the city - seems to have disappeared forever.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) Character: Casino Croupier
A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.
A Pattern of Roses A Pattern of Roses (1983) Character: Headmaster
While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death of a 15-year-old boy who lived in the house decades prior, and as they dig deeper, Tim begins to find events from the past being mirrored in his own life.
Outpost: Black Sun Outpost: Black Sun (2012) Character: Klausener
A pair of investigators team up with a Special Forces Unit to venture deep inside a war raging between the military and a massive army of Nazi Zombie Stormtroopers. Their mission is to fight their way behind enemy lines, locate the technology at the source of this growing threat and prevent the seemingly inevitable rise of the 4th Reich.
Seeing Double Seeing Double (2003) Character: Victor
When the members of S Club complain about how tough it is to stay on top, they find themselves replaced by lookalikes... or are they?
Harem Harem (1986) Character: Chief Commander
A young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first she frantically tries to escape, but as they slowly get to know and appreciate each other the difference between captor and captive dissolves.
Gandhi Gandhi (1982) Character: Daniels
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (1997) Character: Mr. Brocklehurst
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (1999) Character: The Duke of Bedford
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
Moonlighting Moonlighting (1982) Character: Aquascutum Assistant
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only one of the group who speaks English, and he uses this as a tool over his team. When the unrest in Poland leads to a military takeover, Nowak is faced with a much more difficult situation than he expected.
Le violon rouge Le violon rouge (1998) Character: Conductor (Oxford)
300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.
The Wicked Lady The Wicked Lady (1983) Character: Clergyman in Church
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.
Dangerous Beauty Dangerous Beauty (1998) Character: Bolognetti
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance at true love.
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999) Character: Photographer
Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.
Chaplin Chaplin (1992) Character: London Maitre D'
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.
Victor/Victoria Victor/Victoria (1982) Character: Restaurant Manager
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Babylon Babylon (1980) Character: Police Comissioner
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
Mary Mary (2024) Character: Simeon
A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic.
The Bad Education Movie The Bad Education Movie (2015) Character: Mick
Mr Wickers takes his class on a final trip to Cornwall, which descends into chaos as they encounter a local separatist group.
The Devil's Chair The Devil's Chair (2007) Character: Dr. Willard
With a pocketful of drugs, Nick West takes out his girlfriend Sammy, for a shag and a good time. When they explore an abandoned asylum, the discovery of a bizarre device - a cross between an electric chair and sadistic fetish machine - transforms drugged-out bliss into agony and despair
The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis (2021) Character: W.T. Kirkpatrick
An elder C.S. Lewis looks back on his remarkable journey from hard-boiled atheist to the most renowned Christian writer of the past century.



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