Best known as Mr Collins in Pride and Prejudice, David’s appeared in many popular TV dramas.
His appearances included Juliet Bravo, A Very Peculiar Practice, The Buddha of Suburbia and Poirot. More recently, he’s played Cicero in epic drama Rome.
After Pride and Prejudice, he won the Best Actor Olivier Award for his role as Guy in My Night With Reg, which was later adapted for film.
He took the lead role of Eric Slatt in two series of the sitcom Chalk.
He also appeared in other TV adaptations of classic books such as The Railway Children and Daniel Deronda.
Film roles included I Capture the Castle and Gangs of New York.
