    david haig collum ward', mbe (born 20 september 1955) is an olivier award-winning english actor and fipa award-winning writer. he is known for his versatility, having played dramatic, serio-comic and comedic roles, playing characters of varied social classes. he has appeared in top roles in stage productions all over the west end and has done numerous tv and film roles over the past 25 years. ==career== ===film and television=== he appeared in the 1994 film four weddings and a funeral and had a secondary lead in the bbc television sitcom the thin blue line playing inspector grim, the inept foil to rowan atkinson's inspector fowler. in 2002 he played the brother of four weddings co-star hugh grant in the romantic comedy two weeks notice, alongside sandra bullock. in 2007, he appeared in a comic relief sketch called "mr. bean's wedding" as the bride's father, reuniting with his thin blue line co-star rowan atkinson. other tv work includes doctor who story the leisure hive (1980); blake's 7 episode "rumours of death" (1980); campion story sweet danger (1990); inspector morse episode "dead on time" (1992); and cracker. in the 1990s he appeared in the successful tv series soldier soldier. he appears in the richard fell adaptation of the 1960s science fiction series a for andromeda, on the uk digital television station bbc four. haig wrote the play my boy jack and later appeared in the television adaptation also title my boy jack which was shown on itv on 11 november 2007. he played rudyard kipling and daniel radcliffe played his son, john. in 2008, he appeared in the bbc film dustbin baby and the 39 steps. he 
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