
Age: 61
male
David Mark Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and director. Morrissey grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool. He learned to act at the Everyman Youth Theatre, alongside Ian Hart, Mark and Stephen McGann, and Cathy Tyson. At the age of 18, he and Hart were cast in the television series One Summer (1983), which won them recognition throughout the country. After making One Summer, Morrissey attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Throughout the 1990s, he often portrayed policemen and soldiers, though took other defining roles such as Bradley Headstone in Our Mutual Friend (1998) and Christopher Finzi in Hilary and Jackie (1998). More film parts followed, including roles in Some Voices (2000) and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), before he played the critically acclaimed roles of Stephen Collins in State of Play (2003) and Gordon Brown in The Deal (2003). The former won him a nomination at the British Academy Television Awards and the latter a Best Actor award at the Royal Television Society Awards. His film roles have not always been acclaimed; his appearance as the male lead in Basic Instinct 2 (2006) was widely criticised, and The Reaping (2007) bombed at the box office. Since then, he has had leading roles in Sense and Sensibility (2008), Red Riding (2009) and Five Days (2010), acted in the films Nowhere Boy (2009) and Centurion (2010), and produced and starred in the crime drama Thorne (2010). He returned to the stage in 2008 for a run of Neil LaBute's In a Dark Dark House and will take the title role in the Liverpool Everyman's production of Macbeth in 2011. As a director Morrissey has helmed short films, and the dramas Sweet Revenge (2001) and Passer By (2004) for the BBC. His feature debut, Don't Worry About Me, premiered at the 2009 London Film Festival and was broadcast on BBC television in March 2010. He is married to the novelist Esther Freud, has three children and is a patron of numerous charities. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Morrissey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

David Morrissey

Brian Blake
for Brian Blake in Primeval Predation
Suggested by thebaronofmann

In "Primeval Predation," a visionary billionaire brings to life a revolutionary dinosaur theme park, genetically resurrecting these ancient creatures with cutting-edge technology. As a team of scientists and experts from outside the park is brought in to evaluate its safety measures, a catastrophic security breach unleashes the prehistoric predators upon the unsuspecting visitors. The creatures, initially perceived as fascinating remnants of the past, reveal a primal and terrifying intelligence, turning the once awe-inspiring park into a nightmarish labyrinth. With chaos reigning, the characters must navigate the perilous landscape, facing not only the relentless pursuit of the primeval predators but also the ethical and moral dilemmas surrounding the creation of such a facility. As the survivors grapple with their own fears and the rapidly escalating threat, they must find a way to contain the ancient horrors and escape the park before becoming extinct in the jaws of these resurrected monsters.