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David Schaal is a Actor born on 27 may 1963 at London (United-kingdom)
David Schaal (born 27 May 1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American English actor best known for playing the roles of "Taffy" in The Office and "Terry Cartwright" in The Inbetweeners.
Schaal studied Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama (1985–1988) and has worked in television, film and theatre. His television credits include Missing, Casualty, The Wrong Door, Beautiful People, Hancock and Joan, Ashes To Ashes, The IT Crowd, Deceit, Doc Martin, Peak Practice, Silent Witness, Hustle, Lead Balloon and Dangerfield. His film credits include Kidulthood, Mr. Nobody, Clubbed and Dirty Weekend. In 2008, Schaal provided the voice for Mad-dog 'The Strangler' McGraw in the action role-playing open world video game Fable II, developed by Lionhead Studios.
Schaal also appeared as "Norm", Shirley Carter's seedy landlord, in EastEnders and played troubled father "Tom Hargreaves" in Grange Hill. Other notable credits include playing "DS Bevan" in Paul Greengrass' The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, playing opposite William Baldwin in the film Relative Values, and appearing in Philip Davis' English football hooligan film I.D. Schaal also played "Eric" in Ben Wheatley's domestic British gangster film Down Terrace.
Schaal wrote the short films Poppy's Present (directed by Chris Jury) and Half Time (directed by Duncan Roe). He also co-wrote the play Reality Chokes and appeared in it as "Rob" in London and directed a production of the play at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010. Other writing credits include the plays Shame, No Hiding Place, The Legacy of Colonel Ash and Baby Blue’’.
In 2012 Schaal wrote and directed “Brotherly Love” for The Real London Ensemble starring Eva Gray, Edward Law, and Math Sams
Schaal appears in British soap Hollyoaks in September 2013, playing the role of Ken who is falsely accused of sexually interfering with Robbie Roscoe (Charlie Wernham).
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Schaal studied Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama (1985–1988) and has worked in television, film and theatre. His television credits include Missing, Casualty, The Wrong Door, Beautiful People, Hancock and Joan, Ashes To Ashes, The IT Crowd, Deceit, Doc Martin, Peak Practice, Silent Witness, Hustle, Lead Balloon and Dangerfield. His film credits include Kidulthood, Mr. Nobody, Clubbed and Dirty Weekend. In 2008, Schaal provided the voice for Mad-dog 'The Strangler' McGraw in the action role-playing open world video game Fable II, developed by Lionhead Studios.
Schaal also appeared as "Norm", Shirley Carter's seedy landlord, in EastEnders and played troubled father "Tom Hargreaves" in Grange Hill. Other notable credits include playing "DS Bevan" in Paul Greengrass' The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, playing opposite William Baldwin in the film Relative Values, and appearing in Philip Davis' English football hooligan film I.D. Schaal also played "Eric" in Ben Wheatley's domestic British gangster film Down Terrace.
Schaal wrote the short films Poppy's Present (directed by Chris Jury) and Half Time (directed by Duncan Roe). He also co-wrote the play Reality Chokes and appeared in it as "Rob" in London and directed a production of the play at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010. Other writing credits include the plays Shame, No Hiding Place, The Legacy of Colonel Ash and Baby Blue’’.
In 2012 Schaal wrote and directed “Brotherly Love” for The Real London Ensemble starring Eva Gray, Edward Law, and Math Sams
Schaal appears in British soap Hollyoaks in September 2013, playing the role of Ken who is falsely accused of sexually interfering with Robbie Roscoe (Charlie Wernham).
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Fallen (2016)
, 1h32Directed by Scott Hicks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Jeremy Irvine, Scout Taylor-Compton, Addison Timlin, Harrison Gilbertson, Juliet Aubrey, Daisy Head
Roles Randy
Rating53%
Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to both of whom she feels drawn. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, and things begin to take a darker turn when she finds out his true identity.
, 1h48Directed by Felix Herngren
Origin Suede
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Iwar Wiklander, Shima Niavarani, Jens Hultén, Colin McFarlane, Eleanor Matsuura, Jay Simpson
Roles CIA-chef
Rating63%
Un an après le premier épisode, Alan Karlsson et ses amis ont dilapidé à Bali les 50 millions de couronnes qu'ils avaient subtilisées. Dans l'espoir de devenir riches, ils partent à Berlin en quête d'une recette de soda extrêmement addictif (le Folksoda, russe : народная содовая, Narodnaja sodovaja) élaborée en pleine guerre froide à la demande du pouvoir soviétique et qui, en passant d'un espion à l'autre, a fini entre les mains de Karlsson alors qu'il œuvrait en tant qu'agent double. Sans le savoir, ils se retrouvent poursuivis par le FBI, le gangster qui avait égaré les 50 millions de couronnes et la fille du créateur de la recette du soda.
The Inbetweeners 2 (2014)
, 1h36Directed by Iain Kevan Morris
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Road movies
Actors James Buckley, Simon Bird, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas, Freddie Stroma, Emily Berrington
Roles Terry
Rating63%
Will, Neil and Jay's girlfriends have all broken up with them since the events of the last film, and Simon is unhappy with his girlfriend Lucy, who has become obsessive and abusive. Simon and Will are depressed and ostracised at university; Neil is working in a bank; and Jay is taking a gap year in Australia. He emails Neil, claiming that he is now a top DJ at a popular night club, lives in a luxury mansion, and has daily sex with multiple partners. This convinces them to visit him in Australia for their Easter holidays. Once they arrive at the club they find that Jay in fact only works as a toilet attendant, while Will meets Katie, an old friend from his private school days, who is backpacking, and she persuades him to join her.
, 1h28Directed by Peter Lord
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven
Roles Additional Voices (voice)
Rating66%
In 1837, the Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant), inexpert in the ways of pirates, leads a close-knit, rag-tag group of amateur pirates who are trying to make a name for themselves on the high seas. To prove himself and his crew, the Pirate Captain enters the Pirate of the Year competition, with the winner being whoever can plunder the most. After several failed attempts to plunder mundane ships, the Pirate Captain talks with his best friend and first mate, the Pirate with a Scarf (Martin Freeman), about giving up and selling baby clothes as a living, but is convinced to try boarding the next ship they find, which happens to be the Beagle. They find no treasure but succeed in capturing Charles Darwin (David Tennant). Darwin recognizes the crew's pet Polly as the last living dodo, and implores the Pirate Captain to enter it into the Scientist of the Year competition at the Royal Society in London for a valuable prize. The Pirate Captain directs his ship to London. The Pirates disguise themselves as Girl Scouts, so that they don't get caught and executed, as Queen Victoria has a strong hatred of Pirates.
The Inbetweeners Movie (2011)
, 1h37Directed by Ben Palmer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Films about virginity
Actors Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas, Emily Head, Laura Haddock
Roles Jay's Dad
Rating66%
Teenage friends Will McKenzie, Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright, and Neil Sutherland have finished their A-levels and are about to leave Rudge Park Comprehensive, much to the relief of Mr. Gilbert, their sardonic sixth form tutor. Within their final week of school, Jay's grandfather dies, Simon is dumped by his girlfriend Carli D'Amato, and Will's divorced father tells him he has married his much younger mistress. The boys decide to go on holiday together and Neil books them a trip to Malia, Crete.
Hysteria (2011)
, 1h35Directed by Tanya Wexler
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality
Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Rupert Everett, Felicity Jones, Jonathan Pryce, Ashley Jensen
Roles Tough Guy
Rating66%
Set at the end of 1880, the film depicts the invention of the vibrator. Dr. Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) is a young physician who has difficulty with his occupation due to constant arguments over modern medicine. He gets a job assisting Dr. Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce), whose practice specializes in the treatment of "hysteria", a popular diagnosis for women of that time. Medical practitioners like Dr. Dalrymple tried to manage hysteria by massaging the genital area, decently covered under a curtain, to elicit "paroxysmal convulsions", without recognizing that they were inducing orgasms. Granville meets Dr. Dalrymple's daughters, Emily (Felicity Jones), and her older sister Charlotte (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a premodern feminist who runs a settlement house in a poor section of London.
Down Terrace (2010)
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Julia Deakin, David Schaal, Tony Way, Michael Smiley
Roles Eric
Rating63%
Upon release from prison, Bill (Robert Hill) and his son Karl (Robin Hill) arrive home at Down Terrace in Brighton. With the help of his wife Maggie (Julia Deakin), Bill decides to find the rat in his criminal operation and a tale of recrimination, betrayal and murder ensues. Meanwhile, Karl grows increasingly edgy and uncomfortable with his dysfunctional family. When Karl's girlfriend Valda shows up pregnant, Karl announces that they plan to get married, but his parents disapprove and demand that he get a paternity test. Bill's employee Garvey tells Karl that Valda dated Garvey's brother for a while recently, which enrages Karl; Karl murders Garvey and enlists his uncle Eric's help in secretly burying the body. Worried about Garvey's unexplained disappearance and that a hitman, Pringle, might talk about a previous attempt on Garvey's life, Bill orders Eric to murder Pringle and his mother, leaving his three-year-old son fatherless. Eric himself is poisoned by his sister Maggie because she doubts his loyalty. The carnage attracts Johnny, a London gangster, who tells Bill that the lack of subtlety and stability has put Karl and his family at risk; Maggie promises to rein in Bill. Karl, who suspects that his parents have murdered Eric, accuses them of making deals with the police after he hears a death-bed confession from Berman, their lawyer. Eventually, Valda talks Karl into murdering his parents: Karl shoots his father to death, and Valda stabs his mother.
Mr. Nobody (2009)
, 2h21Directed by Jaco Van Dormael
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about altered memories, Space adventure films, Medical-themed films, Time travel films, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Alternate history films, Space opera
Actors Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little
Roles Thug 1
Rating77%
In the year 2092, Nemo Nobody is a 117-year-old man, the last mortal on Earth. Humanity has conquered mortality through the endless renewal of cells, living in a shining future accompanied by their stem cell compatible pigs. The world watches in fascination as Mr. Nobody edges towards death, curious to know of life before quasi-immortality. Nemo says that he remembers nothing about his past and a psychiatrist, Dr. Feldheim, tries to make him recall memories through hypnosis while other memories are told to a journalist. Nemo spits out contradictory pieces as he is prodded, and no one is sure what happened and what did not. He is an enigma, often thinking that he is only 34 years old with no traceable record of his life. He recounts his life at three primary points: at age nine when his parents divorce, at age fifteen when he fell in love, and at age thirty-four as an adult. All three unfold into their many possible outcomes.
Hancock & Joan (2008)
Directed by Richard Laxton
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors Ken Stott, Maxine Peake, Alex Jennings, Olivia Colman, George Costigan, David Schaal
Roles Reporter Two
Rating69%
Kidulthood (2006)
, 1h31Directed by Menhaj Huda
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Aml Ameen, Red Madrell, Adam Deacon, Jaime Winstone, Madeleine Fairley, Femi Oyeniran
Roles Taxi Driver
Rating66%
Set in 2002, the film follows two days in the lives of a group of 15-year olds from a mixed-income area of West London. The story focuses mainly upon the antihero Trevor, known as "Trife" (Aml Ameen), and Alisa (Red Madrell), his sometime partner. One of the themes of the movie is Alisa's pregnancy. She states that Trife is the father. Trife is most displeased with these developments and he makes it known through absconding from typical fatherly duties to his young flame.
Keeping Mum (2005)
, 1h42Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Politic
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Rowan Atkinson, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tamsin Egerton, Patrick Swayze, Terry Alderton
Roles TV Chat Show Pundit #1
Rating67%
In the opening scene, as pregnant young Rosie Jones (Emilia Fox) rides on a train, her very large trunk starts leaking blood. When questioned by the police, she calmly reveals that the two dismembered bodies inside are of her unfaithful husband and his mistress. She is then sentenced by the judge (Roger Hammond) to a secure unit for the criminally insane for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Relative Values (2000)
, 1h27Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Julie Andrews, Colin Firth, William Baldwin, Edward Atterton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Stephen Fry
Roles The Baddie
Rating63%
There is unrest in the upper class Marshwood house as Nigel (Edward Atterton), the Earl of Marshwood, is engaged to a film actress, Miranda Frayle. However, many disapprove because this would mean Nigel would be marrying below his class.
Boston Kickout (1996)
, 1h41Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors John Simm, Andrew Lincoln, Marc Warren, David Schaal
Roles Mick the Manager
Rating60%
Schoolleaver Phil (Simm) - who moved with his father from an inner-city slum to what he was told would be a brighter future in Stevenage - finds himself caught up in a world of unemployment, violence, alcoholism and drug abuse in Nineties Britain.
I.D. (1995)
, 1h47Directed by Phil Davis
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Reece Dinsdale, Warren Clarke, Richard Graham, Perry Fenwick, Claire Skinner, Sean Pertwee
Roles Paul Funnell
Rating72%
John (Reece Dinsdale) an ambitious young police officer, is sent undercover into the hardcore football gangs to track down the 'generals' - the shadowy figures who orchestrate the violence. His team of four gradually ingratiates itself into the lives of The Dogs, the nickname that Shadwell's fans give themselves. The main site for this is The Rock, a public house around which The Dogs' lives revolve. Gradually, the hard drinking, hard fighting macho world - where Saturday's match and Saturday's rumble are all that matters - proves irresistible and John slowly finds himself turning into one of the thugs he has been sent to entrap.
Dirty Weekend (1993)
, 1h42Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Lia Williams, Rufus Sewell, Ian William Richardson, David McCallum, Sylvia Syms, Christopher Ryan
Roles Stan
Rating52%
Set in the coastal town of Brighton, England, Dirty Weekend follows the story of Bella (Lia Williams), a mild-mannered secretary who works from home in a basement flat. Soon, she finds herself the victim of Tim (Rufus Sewell), a voyeur who watches her through her windows and plagues her with obscene phone calls in which he threatens to assault and rape her. After the police refuse to offer any assistance, Bella visits Nimrod (Ian Richardson), an Iranian clairvoyant who suggests that she take matters into her own hands.