David Bradley (actor)
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David Bradley at the 2015 Comic-Con International
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David John Bradley 17 April 1942 York, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1971–present |
David John Bradley (born 17 April 1942) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Argus Filch in the Harry Potter film series, Walder Frey in the HBO series Game of Thrones and Abraham Setrakian in The Strain, although he is also an established stage actor with a career that includes a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in a production of King Lear.
Other acting credits include the BBC series Our Friends in the North, the ITV series Broadchurch (for which he won the best supporting actor award at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards), and the films Hot Fuzz, The World's End and Captain America: The First Avenger. In 2012 he played Solomon in the episode of Doctor Who called "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" and in 2013, Bradley portrayed William Hartnell in the Doctor Who drama An Adventure in Space and Time.
Bradley was born in York, where he attended the Catholic St George's Secondary Modern School, at which he was a member of the choir. He first performed on stage in musical productions as a member of a youth club and with the Rowntree Youth Theatre. Upon leaving school he completed a five-year apprenticeship with the optical instruments maker Cooke, Troughton & Simms and he remained with the firm until 1966 when he moved to London to train as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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