David Wilmot

David Wilmot

Dublin, Ireland
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Biography

David Wilmot is an award-winning Irish stage, screen, and television actor. Wilmot's theatre credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, As You Like It with the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, and Juno and the Paycock in London's West End. He originated the role of Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001, played it at the Barbican Center in 2002, then joined the 2006 off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company production, which later transferred to Broadway. He was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and the Theatre World Award for his performance.

Wilmot portrayed Dr. Ed Costello in sixteen episopdes of The Clinic on RTÉ. He was nominated for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama. Wilmot's screen credits include Michael Collins (1996), I Went Down (1997), The Devil's Own (1997), The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998), Intermission (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), King Arthur (2004), and Six Shooter (2006). He was named Best Supporting Actor in Film and nominated Best New Talent for Intermission at the 2003 Irish Film and Television Awards.

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Known For

Hokum Screened
Hokum

2026

as Jerry

Hamnet
Hamnet

2025

as John

King Arthur
King Arthur

2004

as Woad Killed by Lancelot

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina

2012

as Nikolai

Laws of Attraction
Laws of Attraction

2004

as Brendan

'71
'71

2014

as Boyle

Michael Collins
Michael Collins

1996

as Squad Youth #2

Calvary
Calvary

2014

as Father Leary

The Wonder
The Wonder

2022

as Sean Ryan

Breathe
Breathe

2017

as Paddy

The General
The General

1998

as Assassin

The Field
The Field

1990

as Boy at Dance

The Guard
The Guard

2011

as Liam O'Leary

War on Everyone
War on Everyone

2016

as Pádraic Power

Intermission
Intermission

2003

as Oscar

Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer

2012

as Kevin Mulville

Calm with Horses
Calm with Horses

2020

as Hector

Ordinary Love
Ordinary Love

2019

as Peter