David Bradley ( actor ) - wikipedia David Bradley ( actor ) For the actor who starred in Kes, see Dai Bradley. David Bradley David Bradley at the 2015 San Diego Comic - Con David John Bradley ( 1942 - 04 - 17 ) 17 April 1942 ( age 75 ) 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 ''. In 2013, Bradley portrayed William Hartnell in the Doctor Who docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time. He returned to Doctor Who in `` The Doctor Falls '', portraying the First Doctor, the character originally played by Hartnell. He will reprise this role in the 2017 Christmas Special, `` Twice Upon a Time ''. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links Early life 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. Career Bradley at the Harry Brown premiere in 2009 Bradley joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and performed at Laurence Olivier 's National Theatre Company in the early 1970s. He first appeared on television in 1971, as a police officer in the successful comedy Nearest and Dearest. He was awarded a Laurence Olivier Award in 1991 for his supporting role as the Fool in King Lear at the Royal National Theatre. He appeared in the Royal National Theatre 's 1997 production of The Homecoming, as well as productions of The Caretaker at Sheffield Theatres and the Tricycle Theatre from 2006 to 2007. Bradley played fictional Labour Member of Parliament Eddie Wells in the 1996 award - winning BBC Two serial Our Friends in the North. In 1996, he appeared as gangster Alf Black in Band of Gold. In 1998, he appeared in the BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair as the miserly Sir Pitt Crawley, and Our Mutual Friend as the villainous Rogue Riderhood. Other television appearances include the 2001 series The Way We Live Now, directed by David Yates, who would work with Bradley five years later on the Harry Potter films. From 2002 -- 04, Bradley starred as Jake in the BBC comedy series Wild West. Bradley acted in the 2004 musical drama serial Blackpool on BBC One. He appeared in the 2005 BBC drama Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle, playing the role of a morose coach driver who takes an unruly party of pupils on a trip to Salisbury Cathedral, and the 2006 BBC drama Sweeney Todd. He had a small role in a 2006 episode of the series Taggart. In 2003, he played Tom in the Midsomer Murders episode `` The Green Man ''. He appeared as the electrolarynx - using gangster Stemroach in the BBC comedy series Ideal and as Electric in the BBC 's Thieves Like Us, as well as the BBC One series True Dare Kiss in 2007 -- 08. Bradley appeared in the 2002 film Nicholas Nickleby, and had a small role in the 2007 comedy film Hot Fuzz as a farmer who illegally hoards weapons. He played Cohen the Barbarian in a Sky One adaptation of The Colour of Magic in 2008. That same year he appeared as Spooner in a production of No Man 's Land at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, which later transferred to London 's West End. In 2009, Bradley appeared as an animal rights activist in the popular BBC drama Ashes to Ashes, and appeared in BBC 's The Street later that year. Bradley portrayed Will Somers, Henry VIII 's court fool, in an episode of the Showtime series The Tudors in 2009. In 2010, he appeared in the film Another Year, which earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor from the London Film Critics Circle Awards. In 2011, 2013 and 2016, Bradley appeared as Lord Walder Frey in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In January 2017, it was confirmed that Bradley would appear in the seventh season of the show later that year. Bradley played Solomon, a ruthless buccaneer, in the 2012 Doctor Who episode `` Dinosaurs on a Spaceship ''. He previously provided voice work for The Sarah Jane Adventures serial Death of the Doctor. It was announced in January 2013 that Bradley had been cast as actor William Hartnell in An Adventure in Space and Time, a BBC docudrama about the creation of Doctor Who in 1963. The special aired in November 2013, adding to the buildup to the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who later that month. From 2014, Bradley plays Professor Abraham Setrakian, a Holocaust survivor turned vampire hunter in Guillermo del Toro 's TV series The Strain. He will voice the Lord High Admiral Suvarov in the PC RPG The Mandate. In 2015, Bradley was announced a public supporter of Chapel Lane Theatre Company based in Stratford - Upon - Avon, UK. In 2017, in the final episode of the tenth series of Doctor Who, `` The Doctor Falls '', Bradley returned to portray the First Doctor, having previously portrayed Hartnell, who originally played the character. He will reprise this role in the 2017 Christmas Special, `` Twice Upon a Time ''. This makes him the third actor to play the role in the television programme, after William Hartnell and Richard Hurndall since the premiere of Doctor Who in 1963, and at the age of 75, he is the also the oldest actor to play the role of the Doctor. Personal life Bradley serves as the President of Second Thoughts Drama Group, which performs in and around Stratford - upon - Avon. On 17 July 2012, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Warwick. On 19 November 2015, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from York St John University. He is an avid fan of football clubs Aston Villa and York City. On 22 November 2014, he took part in a video paying tribute to Aston Villa on the club 's 140th birthday. Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1971 A Family at War Colin Woodcock Television 1978 The Professionals German terrorist Television Prick Up Your Ears Undertaker Between the Lines Sgt. Harry Ross Television -- episode `` Lies and Damned Lies '' Screenplay Mr Preach Television -- episode `` Bad Girl '' Martin Chuzzlewit David Crimple Television mini-series Performance Barnadine Television -- episode `` Measure for Measure '' Screen Two Headmaster Television -- episode `` Criminal '' 1995 Casualty Stanmore Television -- episode `` Hit & Run '' The Vet Dick Sims Television -- episode `` Relative Vaules '' In Your Dreams Tutor Television Wycliffe Joe Mawnan Television -- episode `` Total Loss '' Band of Gold Alf Black Television -- episode `` Hustling '' Our Friends in the North Eddie Wells Television A Touch of Frost Les James Television -- episode `` Unknown Soldiers '' Reckless Arnold Springer Television mini-series The Moth Dave Waters Television film adaptation of Catherine Cookson novel 1998 Our Mutual Friend Rogue Riderhood Television mini-series Tom 's Midnight Garden Abel Left Luggage Concierge Vanity Fair Sir Pitt Crawley Television mini-series 2000 The King Is Alive Henry The Way We Live Now Mr. Broune Television mini-series Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone Argus Filch Gabriel and Me Granddad Blow Dry Noah Thwaite 2002 This Is Not a Love Song Mr Bellamy Nicholas Nickleby Nigel Bray Wild West Jake Television Series Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Argus Filch 2003 Midsomer Murders The Green Man Television Series Season VII ep. 1 The Green Man Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Argus Filch Exorcist : The Beginning Father Gionetti 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Argus Filch 2006 Lycanthropy Club owner Ideal Stemroach Television series 2007 Hot Fuzz Arthur Webley Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Argus Filch 2008 I Know You Know Mr. Fisher The Daisy Chain Sean Cryan The Colour of Magic Cohen the Barbarian 2009 Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince Argus Filch Harry Brown Leonard Attwell The Tudors Will Somers Television series Another Year Ronnie The Holding Cooper The Sarah Jane Adventures Shansheeth Voice New Tricks Simon Beswick / John Plummer 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 Argus Filch 2011, 2013, 2016 -- 2017 Game of Thrones Walder Frey Television series Guest role ; 6 episodes Nominated for Best TV Villain at the 2013 IGN Awards 2011 Waking the Dead George Barlow Television series Captain America : The First Avenger Tower Keeper 2012 World Without End Brother Joseph TV miniseries Bad Education Ennis Television series 2012 -- 2013 Prisoners ' Wives Francesca 's Father Television series 2012 Benidorm Stan Garvey Television series The Hollow Crown Gardener Television series Episode : `` Richard II '' Doctor Who Solomon Television series Episode 7.2 -- `` Dinosaurs on a Spaceship '' 2012 -- 2014 Mount Pleasant Charlie Television series 2013 Broadchurch Jack Marshall Television series Won Best Supporting Actor award at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards An Adventure in Space and Time William Hartnell Television docudrama Nominated in Best Single Drama category at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards The World 's End Basil 2014 -- 2017 The Strain Professor Abraham Setrakian Television series 2014 Silk Judge Reynolds Television series 2016 The Young Messiah Old Rabbi Post-production Beowulf Gorrik Television series 2016 Medici : Masters of Florence Count Bardi Television series 2017 Doctor Who First Doctor Television series -- episode `` The Doctor Falls '' References Jump up ^ `` Birth details at freebmd.org.uk ''. freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012. Jump up ^ David Bradley Interview : From a York childhood to Doctor Who. Retrieved 22 November 2013 Jump up ^ NATIONAL THEATRE : 1970s ROB WILTON THEATRICALIA. accessed 25 July 2011. Jump up ^ Roz Laws ( 15 June 2007 ). `` Harry Potter and the Magical Midlanders ''. Sunday Mercury. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 25 February 2009. Jump up ^ George R.R. Martin ( 24 November 2010 ). `` wedding guest ''. Retrieved 24 November 2010. Jump up ^ `` ' Game of Thrones ' actor ' loved ' doing Red Wedding scene ''. nydailynews.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` David Bradley United Agents ''. www.unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Game of Thrones season 7 : release date, cast, trailers, spoilers & more ''. NME. 2017 - 01 - 18. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012. Jump up ^ Ng, Philiana ( November 21, 2013 ). `` FX 's ' The Strain ' Casts ' Harry Potter 's ' David Bradley to Replace John Hurt ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 22, 2013. Jump up ^ `` The Mandate by Perihelion Interactive LLC -- Kickstarter ''. Kickstarter.com. Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 19. Jump up ^ Harvey - Ball, Thom ( 23 March 2015 ). `` New Supporter -- David Bradley ! ''. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` First look pictures of the First and Twelfth Doctors together in the Doctor Who Christmas special ''. The Telegraph. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017. Jump up ^ Gill, James ( 1 July 2017 ). `` New Doctor Who Christmas special pictures tease history - making reunion for Peter Capaldi 's Doctor ''. The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 July 2017. Jump up ^ Martin, Dan ( 1 July 2017 ). `` Doctor Who recap : series 36 finale -- The Doctor Falls ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2017. Jump up ^ Second Thoughts Our President for several years now has been David Bradley. Jump up ^ `` Honorary Graduates 2012 ''. warwick.ac.uk. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012. Jump up ^ `` Harry Potter star Bradley : Villa Park is truly magical ''. Avfc.co.uk. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` Potter star is potty over York City ''. Jump up ^ `` BAFTA - winner David Bradley on Villa 's 140 years ''. Aston Villa. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014. External links Doctor Who portal David Bradley on IMDb Podcast interview with David Bradley on his career Interview with David Bradley on the occasion of receiving his Honorary Degree from the University of Warwick Awards for David Bradley BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor Matthew Macfadyen ( 2010 ) Martin Freeman ( 2011 ) Andrew Scott ( 2012 ) Simon Russell Beale ( 2013 ) David Bradley ( 2014 ) Stephen Rea ( 2015 ) Tom Courtenay ( 2016 ) Tom Hollander ( 2017 ) Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role 1977 -- 1984 Actor Nigel Hawthorne ( 1977 ) Robert Eddison ( 1978 ) Patrick Stewart ( 1979 ) David Threlfall ( 1980 ) Joe Melia ( 1981 ) David Healy ( 1982 ) Alan Devlin ( 1983 ) Edward Petherbridge ( 1984 ) Actress Mona Washbourne ( 1977 ) Elizabeth Spriggs ( 1978 ) Doreen Mantle ( 1979 ) Suzanne Bertish ( 1980 ) Gwen Watford ( 1981 ) Anna Massey ( 1982 ) Abigail McKern ( 1983 ) Marcia Warren ( 1984 ) 1985 -- 1990 Merged Imelda Staunton ( 1985 ) Paul Jesson ( 1986 ) Michael Bryant ( 1987 ) Eileen Atkins ( 1988 ) Michael Bryant ( 1989 / 1990 ) 1991 -- 1995 Actor David Bradley ( 1991 ) Oleg Menshikov ( 1992 ) Julian Glover ( 1993 ) Joseph Mydell ( 1994 ) Ken Stott ( 1995 ) Actress Sara Crowe ( 1991 ) Frances de la Tour ( 1992 ) Barbara Leigh - Hunt ( 1993 ) Helen Burns ( 1994 ) Dora Bryan ( 1995 ) 1996 -- 2002 Actor Trevor Eve ( 1997 ) Roger Allam ( 2000 ) Ben Daniels ( 2001 ) Toby Jones ( 2002 ) Actress Deborah Findlay ( 1997 ) Patricia Hodge ( 2000 ) Essie Davis ( 2001 ) Marcia Warren ( 2002 ) Merged Simon Russell Beale ( 1996 ) Sarah Woodward ( 1998 ) Brendan Coyle ( 1999 ) 2003 -- 2009 Merged Essie Davis ( 2003 ) Warren Mitchell ( 2004 ) Amanda Harris ( 2005 ) Noma Dumezweni ( 2006 ) Jim Norton ( 2007 ) Rory Kinnear ( 2008 ) Patrick Stewart ( 2009 ) 2010 -- present Actor Eddie Redmayne ( 2010 ) Adrian Scarborough ( 2011 ) Richard McCabe ( 2013 ) Jack Lowden ( 2014 ) Nathaniel Parker ( 2015 ) Mark Gatiss ( 2016 ) Anthony Boyle ( 2017 ) Actress Ruth Wilson ( 2010 ) Michelle Terry ( 2011 ) Nicola Walker ( 2013 ) Sharon D. Clarke ( 2014 ) Angela Lansbury ( 2015 ) Judi Dench ( 2016 ) Noma Dumezweni ( 2017 ) Merged Sheridan Smith ( 2012 ) Doctor Who -- Incarnations of the Doctor On TV Series leads First William Hartnell Second Patrick Troughton Third Jon Pertwee Fourth Tom Baker Fifth Peter Davison Sixth Colin Baker Seventh Sylvester McCoy Eighth Paul McGann Ninth Christopher Eccleston Tenth David Tennant Eleventh Matt Smith Twelfth Peter Capaldi Thirteenth Jodie Whittaker Other First Doctor ( Richard Hurndall, David Bradley ) Valeyard Michael Jayston War Doctor John Hurt In spin - offs Dr. Who Peter Cushing Shalka Doctor Richard E. Grant The Other Grandfather Paradox See also List of actors who have played the Doctor List of actors considered for the part of the Doctor Doctor Who portal Harry Potter portal Yorkshire portal VIAF : 101576719 LCCN : no2009173656 GND : 141500387 BNF : cb16980211d ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Bradley_(actor)&oldid=801286388 '' Categories : 1942 births English male film actors English male television actors Living people People from York Laurence Olivier Award winners Male actors from Yorkshire 20th - century English male actors 21st - century English male actors English male voice actors English male stage actors Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English male Shakespearean actors Hidden categories : Use British English from October 2013 Use dmy dates from October 2013 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano עברית Magyar Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Plattdüütsch Polski Português Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska Türkçe 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 18 September 2017, at 20 : 04. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who plays filch in the harry potter movies
Answer: David John Bradley