Darrell D'Silva
Darrell Fitzgerald D'Silva is a British actor, best known for his role as Hendrik Davie in ITV series Van der Valk and notable for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Darrell Fitzgerald D'Silva was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.[citation needed]
D'Silva was part of the 1980s Sheffield music scene, playing with The Anti-Group and Hula before becoming an actor. He graduated from the Drama Centre London.[citation needed]
Career
[edit | edit source]Stage
[edit | edit source]D'Silva first joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1996 to play Kilroy in Steven Pimlott's production of Tennessee Williams's Camino Real. He has appeared in plays with the company for over 20 years, touring the world, and was made associate artist in 2011.
His work at the Royal National Theatre includes The Rose Tattoo, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, and Closer.
Film and television
[edit | edit source]From 1995 to 1996, he was a regular on the BBC crime drama Out of the Blue.
In 2006, he played Johann Lindeman, captain of the Gouverneur Generaal Loudon, a ship that survived the 1883 explosion of Krakatoa in the BBC docu-drama Krakatoa: The Last Days.
In 2014, he played Gunnar in Northmen: A Viking Saga.
In 2015, he played Max Scullion in Father Brown episode 3.5 "The Last Man" and in 2016 he played Geoff Craven in Endeavour episode 3.3 "Prey", and an Ironborn in the HBO series Game of Thrones in season 6. In 2018, he appeared in three episodes of the six-episode BBC drama miniseries Informer.
In 2020, D'Silva starred as hard drinking, saxophone playing pathologist Hendrik Davie in Company Pictures' relaunch of Van der Valk
In 2021, he played the part of Mike in Guy Ritchie's action thriller Wrath of Man, starring Jason Statham. In the same year, he acted as Piso in the TV series Domina.
In 2026, he is set to star in Toxic.
He also starred in a series of short films. Show Pieces was written by Alan Moore and directed by Mitch Jenkins; Jimmy's End and His Heavy Heart were written by Moore as introduction sections to a much larger project planned by Moore and Jenkins called The Show.
Awards
[edit | edit source]D'Silva was nominated in 2016 for The Washington Post Helen Hayes Award for most Outstanding Performance for his role as Siward in Dunsinane by David Greig.[1]
References
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External links
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- Living people
- 1964 births
- British male stage actors
- British male film actors
- British male television actors
- Actors from Rotherham
- Male actors from South Yorkshire
- Alumni of the Drama Centre London
- English people of Portuguese descent
- English people of Italian descent
- English people of Dutch descent
- English people of Greek descent
- English people of French descent