David Sterne
Acting • Born 1946-11-01
Biography
David Sterne (born 1946) is an English actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1973. After leaving the British Army, Sterne trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has worked in television, film and radio for over 40 years. He is most recognised for his portrayal of Larry Bishop in the BBC's 'Detectorists', and more recently as Tom Thomas in three seasons of Britbox's 'The Sister Boniface Mysteries'. His mentor was Lindsay Anderson (Director of "If..." & "O Lucky Man!"). His daughter is Rachel Stone, an Associate Producer with Hartswood Films UK.
Filmography
95 credits
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie • 2005
Ministry Wizard
The Wolfman
Movie • 2010
Kirk
Love or Money
Movie • 2001
Willy
Gulliver's Travels
Movie • 2010
Foreman
Slaughter
Movie • 2009
Jorgen
Legacy
Movie • 2015
Homeless Guy
Superstition
Movie • 2001
Vassi
The Protégé
Movie • 2021
Doctor
Truth or Dare
Movie • 2012
Woodbridge
Sabotage!!
Movie • 2000
General 3 - Nicamore
N.F.A. (No Fixed Abode)
Movie • 2013
John
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 2022
Egeus
The Cathar
Movie • 2021
Landowner
Cat Got Your Tongue
Movie
Brian
Arthur & Merlin
Movie • 2015
King Vortigern
The Fool
Movie • 1990
The Boat That Rocked
Movie • 2009
Marianne's Captain
300: Rise of an Empire
Movie • 2014
Old Statesman
Not Only But Always
Movie • 2004
Teabag
Never Let Me Go
Movie • 2010
Keffers
Blood Moon
Movie • 2014
Charlie Packham
Venom
Movie • 1981
Driver
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Movie • 2007
Cellarman
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Movie • 2014
Billy Mayo
Royal Flash
Movie • 1975
Policeman
National Theatre Live: Nation
Movie • 2010
Captain Roberts
Round Ireland with a Fridge
Movie • 2010
Mac
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Movie • 2017
English Noble
Dorian Gray
Movie • 2009
Theatre Manager
Photographing Fairies
Movie • 1997
Prison Warder
National Theatre Live: Treasure Island
Movie • 2015
Blind Pew
Jinnah
Movie • 1998
Birwhistle
The Last Witness
Movie • 2018
Kings Arms Landlord
A Very Open Prison
Movie • 1995
Ricky Dorrell
Surviving Picasso
Movie • 1996
Waiting Man
Is That All There Is?
Movie • 1992
Self
Granbad
Movie • 2019
Granddad
Mr In-Between
Movie • 2001
Detective Inspector Marlowe
A Knight's Tale
Movie • 2001
Retired Knight
O Lucky Man!
Movie • 1973
RocknRolla
Movie • 2008
Barman
Ruth
Movie • 2021
Kenneth
Let's Get Laid
Movie • 1978
Sgt. Millicent
Shadows in the Sun
Movie • 2009
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Movie • 2006
Edinburgh Cook
Tale of the Mummy
Movie • 1998
Morris
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Movie • 1992
Friday is Mushroom Soup
Movie • 2025
Doug
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Movie • 1979
Aubrey
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Movie • 2026
George
Vanity Fair
Movie • 2004
Queen's Crawley Mail Coach Driver
The Bill
TV • 1984
Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Guard
The Gentle Touch
TV • 1980
The Sweeney
TV • 1975
Ted Parkin
The Vicar of Dibley
TV • 1994
Holby Blue
TV • 2007
Desk Sergeant Edward 'Mac' McFadden
Robin Hood
TV • 2006
Anna Karenina
TV • 1977
The Mysti Show
TV • 2004
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Van Driver
Midwinter of the Spirit
TV • 2015
Cannon Dobbs
Atlantis
TV • 2013
Dymas
Hustle
TV • 2004
Bob
An Independent Man
TV • 1995
Da Vinci's Demons
TV • 2013
Justice
TV • 1971
Lorimer
Bridgerton
TV • 2020
Farmer Robert
Sister Boniface Mysteries
TV • 2022
Tom Thomas
The Choir
TV • 1995
Jim Woodcote
The Living and the Dead
TV • 2016
Abel North
The Nativity
TV • 2010
Abimael
Wycliffe
TV • 1994
Pub Landlord
The Man Who Fell to Earth
TV • 2022
Gent #1
Lady Chatterley
TV • 1993
Field
Border Cafe
TV • 2000
Danny Hannah
Red Dwarf
TV • 1988
Einstein Bob
1066: A Year to Conquer England
TV • 2017
English Noble
The Coroner
TV • 2015
John 'Blackbeard' Fraser
Gentleman Jack
TV • 2019
Bishop
Casualty
TV • 1986
Geoff Cole
Vikings
TV • 2013
Gudmund
Detectorists
TV • 2014
Larry Bishop
Merlin
TV • 2008
The Apothecary
Detectorists
TV • 2014
Bishop
Birds of a Feather
TV • 1989
Policeman
Ellis
TV • 2024
Foster Lang
Grace
TV • 2021
Senior Clive Ellis
Queen's Nose
TV • 1995
Chief
Flowers
TV • 2016
Bolero
The Change
TV • 2023
Forester
The Change
TV • 2023
Policeman
The Afternoon Play
TV • 2003
Gordon
Down to Earth
TV • 2000
Bill Thompson
Patience
TV • 2025
Brother Swavek