One Summer - The Complete Series (2 Disc Set) [1983] [DVD]

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a b Rozner, Gina (14 October 2001). "How we met: David Morrissey & Paul McGann". The Independent (Independent News & Media): pp.5–6. Actor David Morrissey receives honorary doctorate from Edge Hill University". 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016 . Retrieved 20 July 2016. Webcast with Jason Solomons. In The Director's Chair. 19 February 2010. guardian.co.uk (Guardian News & Media). Retrieved 19 February 2010. Morrissey was active on screen throughout 2010. He starred as Theunis Swanepoel, the interrogator of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, in the BBC single drama Mrs Mandela. His performance was praised by The Guardian and Independent critics. [75] [76] The following months saw him star as British Transport Police officer Mal Craig in the second series of BBC One's Five Days, Roman soldier Bothos in Neil Marshall's feature Centurion, stalking victim Jan Falkowski in U Be Dead, and Colonel John Arbuthnot in the Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. [50] [77] In 2011 and 2013, he played Murray Devlin in The Field of Blood.

His acting in State of Play and The Deal won him considerable acclaim; he was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his role as Collins but lost to his co-star Bill Nighy. [43] His performance in The Deal was acclaimed by Charlie Whelan, Gordon Brown's former spin doctor, and Tim Allan, a deputy press secretary of Tony Blair. [44] [45] A BBC News Online writer praised Morrissey's grasp of Brown's physical tics in a review that criticised the rest of the film. [46] Morrissey's performance won the RTS Programme Award for Best Male Actor the next year, this time beating Nighy. [47] [48] The RTS jury wrote of Morrissey, "The strength of this performance brought to the screen, and to life, all of the characteristics and traits of the man he portrayed in a way that was both credible and convincing." [49] In 2009, Morrissey declined the opportunity to play Brown again in The Special Relationship, Morgan's third Blair film, as he did not want to get into the mindset of playing Brown for just one scene. [50] Morrissey in July 2013 Edge Hill reveals honorary degree recipients ahead of 2016 graduations". 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016 . Retrieved 20 July 2016.In 2009, Morrissey and a team of filmmakers ran a series of drama workshops for Palestinian refugee children in Beirut, in conjunction with the UNRWA. [108] On his return to England, he set up the Creative Arts School Trust (CAST), a charity for the purpose of training teachers and continuing the workshops in Lebanon and elsewhere. [77] [109] People like to think it's a democratic process, but it's not; it's a dictatorship. As an actor I like working with strong directors, and as an actor you're a 'freak' with the control taken away. Directing gives you a real appreciation of the difficulties of other people's jobs." a b c d e Williams, Andrew (29 March 2006). " 60 Seconds: David Morrissey". Metro.co.uk (Associated Newspapers). Retrieved 6 November 2008 ( archived by WebCite on 5 June 2011). Franks, Alan (7 April 2007)." The everyman". The Times (Times Newspapers): pp.44–45 ( Magazine supplement). Retrieved 17 December 2008.

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David Morrissey on his life, his career and Liverpool FC". 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013 . Retrieved 11 March 2013. a b Philby, Charlotte (7 June 2008). "My Secret Life: David Morrissey, Actor, age 43". The Independent (Independent News & Media): p.9 ( Independent Magazine supplement). Goldberg, Lesley (31 March 2013). " 'Walking Dead's' David Morrissey Returning as Series Regular in Season 4". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 April 2013 ( archived by WebCite on 30 April 2013). Before playing the role, Morrissey revealed he spoke to police officers who were involved in the investigation that had "part inspired the drama". He also went up to Nottingham to speak to his friend, Gloria de Piero, who had been an MP in the area and put him in touch with police officers and former miners. By the age of 14, Morrissey was one of two youth theatre members who sat on the board of the Everyman Theatre. [14] His contemporaries included Cathy Tyson, brothers Mark and Stephen McGann, and Ian Hart, the latter being his friend since they were both five years old. He became friends with the McGann brothers and they introduced him to their brother Paul, who was on a break from his studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). [15] [16]

David Morrissey profile. Eight Hundred Lives (National Museums Liverpool). 15 May 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2008 ( archived by WebCite on 5 June 2011). Rudd, Alyson (5 March 2007). " It's Beverly Hills Kop". The Times (Times Newspapers): p.18 ( The Game section). Retrieved 17 December 2007. Morrissey was greatly interested in film, television, and Gene Kelly musicals as a child. [9] He decided to become an actor after seeing a broadcast of Kes on television. [10] At St Margaret Mary's Primary School, he was encouraged by a teacher named Miss Keller, who cast him as the Scarecrow in a school production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz when he was 11 years old. Keller left the school soon after, leaving him without encouragement. [11] [12] His secondary school, De La Salle School, had no drama classes and made him think that the fear of bullying often dissuaded pupils from participating in lessons. [4] [13] On the advice of a cousin, he joined the Everyman Youth Theatre. For the first couple of weeks, he was quite shy and did not join in with the workshops. When he eventually participated, he ended up appearing in their production of Fighting Chance, a play about the 1981 riots in Liverpool. [12] Cousin, Geraldine (1994). Shakespeare in Performance: King John. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-2753-5. p.18. Best of 2004: Best Actor". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2008 ( archived by WebCite on 5 June 2011).David Mark Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and director. Morrissey grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool. He learned to act at the Everyman Youth Theatre, alongside Ian Hart, Mark and Stephen McGann, and Cathy Tyson. At the age of 18, he and Hart were cast in the television series One Summer (1983), which won them recognition throughout the country. After making One Summer, Morrissey attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.

David Morrissey’s mentor was his birthplace. “I didn’t have anybody, but in Liverpool everybody is a joke teller. What I’ve always been grateful for is coming from a city that takes the arts seriously. I never felt nervous about saying to somebody, ‘I want to be an actor.’ My only nervousness was I wasn’t saying, ‘I want to be in a band.’” Morrissey won a Royal Television Society award for his role in the politician drama The Deal in 2003, of which he starred alongside Michael Sheen playing Gordon Brown and Tony Blair respectively. In recent years, David is known for his roles in The Walking Dead from 2012 to 2015 and The Missing in 2016, where his co-star was Keeley Hawes. Morrissey returned to a weekly television role at the end of 2010 playing police detective Tom Thorne in Thorne, a six-part television series for Sky1 that was adapted from Mark Billingham's novels Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat. [78] After reading Lifeless during his time filming The Water Horse in New Zealand, Morrissey searched the Internet for more information. He found an interview in which Billingham stated his preference for Morrissey to play Thorne should a screen adaptation ever be made. When he returned to the UK, Morrissey arranged a meeting with Billingham and the two began developing the TV series. [79] [80] Morrissey shadowed officers in the Metropolitan Police's murder unit during their duties to learn about their jobs. He discovered that the officers felt undervalued in their jobs, and he incorporated these feelings into the series. [80] Sky first broadcast the series on 10 October. Morrissey received approval for the role; Andrea Mullaney wrote in The Scotsman, "Morrissey is never less than watchable and he brings a brooding presence to the role of Thorne." [81] and Adam Sweeting for The Arts Desk called him "authentic as the phlegmatic, low-key Thorne." [82] Mr. Disgusting (Brad Miska) (2 November 2005). " The Reaping: On Set In Baton Rouge With David Morrissey". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 1 February 2009 ( archived by WebCite on 7 June 2011). One Summer is a 1983 British television drama serial written by Willy Russell and directed by Gordon Flemyng. It stars David Morrissey and Spencer Leigh as two 16-year-old Liverpool boys from broken homes who escape from their grim lives by running away to Wales one summer. It also starred James Hazeldine and Ian Hart (credited in the series as Ian Davies). The five-part series was shown on Channel 4 from 7 August to 4 September 1983. It was repeated on ITV in April 1985.

When One Summer came out, I remember I'd just be walking down the street and especially in Liverpool people would just come up to you all the time and tell you how good it was and how much it meant to them, which was a really nice rewarding thing. Or you'd go to places and someone would want to buy you a drink. It was a great thing, I'm really proud of that show, I just think it was a really good show". I was very excited about it and I had quite a bit of time before they started so I was able to do quite a bit of research as well," he explained. "My research was both personal testimonies, from people who had been there, and then research via historical books and YouTube really." a b Morrissey, David. Television interview with Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley. The One Show. BBC One. 25 February 2010. As a director Morrissey has helmed short films, and the dramas Sweet Revenge (2001) and Passer By (2004) for the BBC. His feature debut, Don't Worry About Me, premiered at the 2009 London Film Festival and was broadcast on BBC television in March 2010. He is married to the novelist Esther Freud, has three children and is a patron of numerous charities.