David Schaal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   David Schaal (born 27 May 1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an English actor best known for playing the roles of "Taffy" in The Office and "Terry Cartwright" in The Inbetweeners. Schaal studied Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama (1985–1988) and has worked in television, film and theatre. His television credits include Missing, Casualty, The Wrong Door, Beautiful People, Hancock and Joan, Ashes To Ashes, The IT Crowd, Deceit, Doc Martin, Peak Practice, Silent Witness and Dangerfield. His film credits include Kidulthood, Mr. Nobody, Clubbed and Dirty Weekend. Schaal also appeared as "Norm", Shirley Carter's seedy landlord, in EastEnders and played troubled father "Tom Hargreaves" in Grange Hill. Other notable credits include playing "DS Bevan" in Paul Greengrass' The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, playing opposite William Baldwin in the film Relative Values, and appearing in Philip Davis' English football hooligan film I.D. Schaal also played "Eric" in Ben Wheatley's domestic British gangster film Down Terrace. Schaal wrote the short films Poppy's Present (directed by Chris Jury) and Half Time (directed by Duncan Roe). He also co-wrote the play Reality Chokes and appeared in it as "Rob" in London and directed a production of the play at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010.  Other writing credits include the plays Shame, No Hiding Place, The Legacy of Colonel Ash and Baby Blue. Description above from the ...

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I.D. (1995)

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Davis
CAST:  Reece Dinsdale  •  Richard Graham  •  Perry Fenwick  •  Sean Pertwee

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Davis
CAST:  Reece Dinsdale  •  Richard Graham  •  Perry Fenwick  •  Sean Pertwee

Keeping Mum (2005)

A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niall Johnson
CAST:  Rowan Atkinson  •  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Maggie Smith  •  Patrick Swayze

A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niall Johnson
CAST:  Rowan Atkinson  •  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Maggie Smith  •  Patrick Swayze

Kidulthood (2006)

A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menhaj Huda
CAST:  Aml Ameen  •  Red Madrell  •  Noel Clarke  •  Adam Deacon

A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menhaj Huda
CAST:  Aml Ameen  •  Red Madrell  •  Noel Clarke  •  Adam Deacon

Relative Values (2000)

A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets, the story is set in 1952 England, where Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda Frayle, upsetting both his mother, Countess Felicity of Marshwood, and her former love, fellow Hollywood ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Styles
CAST:  Julie Andrews  •  William Baldwin  •  Edward Atterton  •  Stephen Fry

A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets, the story is set in 1952 England, where Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda Frayle, upsetting both his mother, Countess Felicity of Marshwood, and her former love, fellow Hollywood ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Styles
CAST:  Julie Andrews  •  William Baldwin  •  Edward Atterton  •  Stephen Fry

Dirty Weekend (1993)

Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Finally driven to solving the problem with a hammer, she realises she is then ready for a crusade against other such ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Lia Williams  •  Rufus Sewell  •  Michael Cule  •  David McCallum

Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Finally driven to solving the problem with a hammer, she realises she is then ready for a crusade against other such ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Lia Williams  •  Rufus Sewell  •  Michael Cule  •  David McCallum

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)

The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Lord
CAST:  Hugh Grant  •  Brendan Gleeson  •  Jeremy Piven  •  Brian Blessed

The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Lord
CAST:  Hugh Grant  •  Brendan Gleeson  •  Jeremy Piven  •  Brian Blessed

The Great Ghost Rescue (2011)

Young Humphrey is a ghost with a big problem. He and his family, the Craggyfords, have been ousted from their home and left without a place to haunt. As they search for new haunting grounds they soon discover that they are not alone. Ghosts from all over the world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yann Samuell
CAST:  Jason Isaacs  •  Georgia Groome  •  Toby Hall  •  Otto Farrant

Young Humphrey is a ghost with a big problem. He and his family, the Craggyfords, have been ousted from their home and left without a place to haunt. As they search for new haunting grounds they soon discover that they are not alone. Ghosts from all over the world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yann Samuell
CAST:  Jason Isaacs  •  Georgia Groome  •  Toby Hall  •  Otto Farrant

Hysteria (2011)

Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tanya Wexler
CAST:  Maggie Gyllenhaal  •  Hugh Dancy  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Felicity Jones

Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tanya Wexler
CAST:  Maggie Gyllenhaal  •  Hugh Dancy  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Felicity Jones

Down Terrace (2010)

After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Wheatley
CAST:  Robert Hill  •  Robin Hill  •  Julia Deakin  •  David Schaal

After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Wheatley
CAST:  Robert Hill  •  Robin Hill  •  Julia Deakin  •  David Schaal

The Inbetweeners Movie (2011)

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High school graduation just wouldn’t be complete without an un-chaperoned, uninhibited and unforgettable final holiday. At least that’s what Will, Jay, Simon and Neil think when they book a two-week stay on an exotic Greek island. As their dreams of sun-drenched ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Palmer
CAST:  Simon Bird  •  James Buckley  •  Blake Harrison  •  Joe Thomas

High school graduation just wouldn’t be complete without an un-chaperoned, uninhibited and unforgettable final holiday. At least that’s what Will, Jay, Simon and Neil think when they book a two-week stay on an exotic Greek island. As their dreams of sun-drenched ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Palmer
CAST:  Simon Bird  •  James Buckley  •  Blake Harrison  •  Joe Thomas

Hancock & Joan (2008)

Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Laxton
CAST:  Ken Stott  •  Maxine Peake  •  Alex Jennings  •  Olivia Colman

Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Laxton
CAST:  Ken Stott  •  Maxine Peake  •  Alex Jennings  •  Olivia Colman

Boston Kickout (1996)

School leaver Phil moves with his father from inner-city London to the satellite Hertfordshire New Town of Stevenage, where they are promised a brighter future...but all Phil finds there is a bleak, cultural wilderness; a world of unemployment, violence, alcoholism ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Hills
CAST:  John Simm  •  Marc Warren  •  Andrew Lincoln  •  Emer McCourt

School leaver Phil moves with his father from inner-city London to the satellite Hertfordshire New Town of Stevenage, where they are promised a brighter future...but all Phil finds there is a bleak, cultural wilderness; a world of unemployment, violence, alcoholism ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Hills
CAST:  John Simm  •  Marc Warren  •  Andrew Lincoln  •  Emer McCourt

Fallen (2016)

Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Hicks
CAST:  Addison Timlin  •  Jeremy Irvine  •  Harrison Gilbertson  •  Daisy Head

Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Hicks
CAST:  Addison Timlin  •  Jeremy Irvine  •  Harrison Gilbertson  •  Daisy Head

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999)

Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminating in a judicial enquiry into the event itself and also the inadequacies of the ensuing investigation by the London ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Greengrass
CAST:  Marianne Jean-Baptiste  •  Hugh Quarshie  •  Leon Black  •  Ashley Walters

Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminating in a judicial enquiry into the event itself and also the inadequacies of the ensuing investigation by the London ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Greengrass
CAST:  Marianne Jean-Baptiste  •  Hugh Quarshie  •  Leon Black  •  Ashley Walters

The Inbetweeners 2 (2014)

Neil, Will and Simon receive an invite from Jay to join him in Australia whilst on his gap year, who promises them it’s ”the sex capital of the world”. With their lives now rather dull compared to their hedonistic school days and legendary lads holiday, it’s an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damon Beesley  •  Iain Morris
CAST:  Simon Bird  •  James Buckley  •  Blake Harrison  •  Joe Thomas

Neil, Will and Simon receive an invite from Jay to join him in Australia whilst on his gap year, who promises them it’s ”the sex capital of the world”. With their lives now rather dull compared to their hedonistic school days and legendary lads holiday, it’s an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damon Beesley  •  Iain Morris
CAST:  Simon Bird  •  James Buckley  •  Blake Harrison  •  Joe Thomas

Tied (2012)

After the kidnapping of his wife, Delroso learns that there's only one chance of getting her back. He must trade the lives of his closest friends in order to save the one he loves most.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darren Doherty
CAST:  Peter Basham  •  Jack de Carle  •  David Schaal

After the kidnapping of his wife, Delroso learns that there's only one chance of getting her back. He must trade the lives of his closest friends in order to save the one he loves most.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darren Doherty
CAST:  Peter Basham  •  Jack de Carle  •  David Schaal

Mr. Nobody (2009)

Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaco Van Dormael
CAST:  Jared Leto  •  Sarah Polley  •  Diane Kruger  •  Linh-Dan Pham

Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaco Van Dormael
CAST:  Jared Leto  •  Sarah Polley  •  Diane Kruger  •  Linh-Dan Pham

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003)

Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional footage and interviews with the character's family, friends and associates, the film documents Fletcher's chequered career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Flitcroft
CAST:  Ronnie Barker  •  Patricia Brake  •  Bill Nighy  •  Peter Vaughan

Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional footage and interviews with the character's family, friends and associates, the film documents Fletcher's chequered career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Flitcroft
CAST:  Ronnie Barker  •  Patricia Brake  •  Bill Nighy  •  Peter Vaughan

Dead Gorgeous (2002)

Rose and Antonia are two old friends who meet up again after the second world war. Unhappy in their relationships, they plan to 'accidentally' murder each others husbands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sarah Harding
CAST:  Fay Ripley  •  Helen McCrory  •  Ron Cook  •  Lloyd Owen

Rose and Antonia are two old friends who meet up again after the second world war. Unhappy in their relationships, they plan to 'accidentally' murder each others husbands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sarah Harding
CAST:  Fay Ripley  •  Helen McCrory  •  Ron Cook  •  Lloyd Owen

The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared (2016)

Drinking the tasty Folk Soda puts a spring in the 101 Year Old Man’s step and his next adventure takes him around the World and back to Sweden, during which time he is chased by the CIA, a Balinese debt collector and becomes an executive at a soft drink company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felix Herngren  •  Måns Herngren
CAST:  Robert Gustafsson  •  Iwar Wiklander  •  David Wiberg  •  Shima Niavarani

Drinking the tasty Folk Soda puts a spring in the 101 Year Old Man’s step and his next adventure takes him around the World and back to Sweden, during which time he is chased by the CIA, a Balinese debt collector and becomes an executive at a soft drink company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felix Herngren  •  Måns Herngren
CAST:  Robert Gustafsson  •  Iwar Wiklander  •  David Wiberg  •  Shima Niavarani
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