David Oakes

Known for

Acting

Born

October 14, 1983 (age 42)

Birthplace

Hampshire, England

Biography

David Oakes is a British actor who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and graduated in 2007. He is represented by Jeremy Conway at Conway Van Gelder Grant Inc. Before training professionally as an actor he studied at Manchester University where he received a first class degree in English and Drama. David was also on the board of governors for the Conservatoire of Dance and Drama. He went to school in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where he eventually became the head boy at Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School.

Best known work

Vikings: Valhalla

2022

Power Rangers

1993

Cold Skin

2017

The Borgias

2011

Truth or Dare

2012

The Pillars of the Earth

2010

The White Queen

2013

Endeavour

2013

Victoria

2016

Ripper Street

2012

Filmography

2022
Vikings: ValhallaTV
as Earl Godwin (24 episodes)
2020
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
as Martin Prentis
2019
The Garden of Evening Mists
as 1950s Frederik Gemmell
2017
Cold Skin
as Friend
2016
VictoriaTV
as Prince Ernest (8 episodes), as Duke of Coburg (4 episodes)
2016
The Living and the DeadTV
as William Payne (6 episodes)
2016
Murder Games: The Life and Death of Breck Bednar
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as Lionel
2015
Night Feed
as Young Dad
2014
Love by Design
as Adrian
2014
Goblin?
as Harry
2014
Kim Philby: His Most Intimate Betrayal
as Kim Philby
2013
The White QueenTV
as George Plantagenet (10 episodes)
2013
EndeavourTV
as Joss Bixby (1 episode)
2012
Ripper StreetTV
as Victor Silver (1 episode)
2012
Truth or Dare
as Justin
2011
The BorgiasTV
as Juan Borgia (16 episodes)
2010
The Pillars of the EarthTV
as William Hamleigh (8 episodes)
2010
Wigger
2009
TrinityTV
as Ross Bonham (2 episodes)
2008
Walter's War
as Oswald Hennessey
2001
Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here
Producer
2000
You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece
as Brandon Miller
1993
Power RangersTV
as Comic #2 (1 episode)