
David Bradley
Department: Acting
Biography
David Bradley (born 17 April 1942) is an English actor. He is most widely known for portraying Argus Filch in the Harry Potter film series, Walder Frey in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, and Abraham Setrakian in the FX horror series The Strain. He was awarded a Olivier Award in 1991 for his supporting role in King Lear at the Royal National Theatre.
Known For

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009

The King Is Alive
2000

I Know You Know
2009

Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2016

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011

Harry Brown
2009

Allelujah
2023

The Daisy Chain
2008

Another Year
2010

Sweeney Todd
2006

Bad Girl
1992

Roy
2021

Blow Dry
2001

Kiss and Tell
1996

A Master of the Marionettes
1989

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023

The Frisco Kid
1979

Left Luggage
1998

The Holding
2011

Reckless: The Sequel
1998

The World's End
2013

An Adventure in Space and Time
2013

Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023

Measure for Measure
1994

This Is Not a Love Song
2002

Gabriel & Me
2001

Altered Species
2001

Criminal
1994

My Sister's Bones
2026

Type
2022

Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
1972

Frankenstein
2025

Your Christmas or Mine?
2022

Catherine Called Birdy
2022

Good Grief
2023

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001

When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004

Fair Game
1994

Kangaroo Palace
1997

King of the Ghetto
1986

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022

Hot Fuzz
2007

The Moth
1997

Exorcist: The Beginning
2004

Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
2005

Bad Sugar
2012

Captain America: The First Avenger
2011

Prick Up Your Ears
1987

Station Jim
2001

In Your Dreams
1997

The Young Messiah
2016

The Lodgers
2017

Nicholas Nickleby
2002

The Intended
2002

Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010

Tom's Midnight Garden
1999

Red Mercury
2005

Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983

Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising
1970

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017

Await Further Instructions
2018

Edmund the Magnificent
2017

Kisses at Fifty
1973

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022

Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012

The Union
1981

Lycanthropy
2006

Jolt
2021

Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999

Cracker: White Ghost
1996

Clapperclaw
1981

Findings on a Late Afternoon
1981

The Star
1996

Beneath
—

A Night Like This
2025

Brothers
—

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
2022

Life Goes On
2026

Midsomer Murders
1997

Wycliffe
1994

Blackpool
2004

Ashes to Ashes
2008

A Touch of Frost
1992

Between the Lines
1992

Wild West
2002

True Dare Kiss
2007

The Way We Live Now
2001

Our Friends in the North
1996

Reckless
1997

The Wilsons
2000

Doctor Who
2005

World Without End
2012

The Strain
2014

Prisoners' Wives
2012

Performance
1991

The Colour of Magic
2008

Play for Today
1970

New Tricks
2004

Bad Education
2012

Bramwell
1995

The Tudors
2007

Benidorm
2007

Game of Thrones
2011

Waking the Dead
2001

Eternal Law
2012

The Moth
1997

Full Stretch
1993

The Responder
2022

The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007

Casualty
1986

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016

The Buddha of Suburbia
1993

The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003

Ideal
2005

Great British Menu
2006

Bill Brand
1976

Playhouse
1974

Five Daughters
2010

After Life
2019

Coma
2024

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011

Les Misérables
2018

Broadchurch
2013

The Hollow Crown
2012

Play for Today
1970

Gangs of London
2020

Criminal Minds
2005

After Life
2019

Hang Ups
2018

The Professionals
1977

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
2020

Shades
2001

VE Day 80
2025

Playhouse
1974

Mandy
2020

Nearest and Dearest
1968

Our Mutual Friend
1998

Band of Gold
1995

Charles II: The Power and The Passion
2003

Adventure Time: Distant Lands
2020

Black Cab
2000

Silk
2011

Martin Chuzzlewit
1994

Shadow of the Noose
1989

Vanity Fair
1998

Murphy's Law
2001

King of the Ghetto
1986