David Gant
Actor
Biography
David Gant (born 1943) is a Scottish actor and model.
Formerly a banker, Gant changed careers at age 30 to study dramatic art at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. Graduating in 1974, he has found roles in theatre, film and television.
His credits include Coriolanus at Chichester Festival Theatre, and the films Victor/Victoria (1982), The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), Gandhi (1982), Brazil (1985), Chaplin (1992), Restoration (1995), Braveheart (1995), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Lagaan (2001) and Jonathan Creek: The Sinner and the Sandman (2014). He also voiced Oswald of Carim in the 2011 video game Dark Souls and Lord Aldia in the sequel, Dark Souls II, more specifically its special edition rerelease Scholar of the First Sin. Gant is an Associate and Licentiate of the London College of Music. Gant was the voice actor of Emperor Iedolas Aldercapt in Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. For the Christmas 2016 period he plays the sheriff in the Theatre Royal Norwich production of Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Filmography
Brazil
as Interview Official 1985
Gandhi
as Daniels 1982
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as The Duke of Bedford 1999
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Casino Croupier 2023
Chaplin
as London Maitre d' 1992
Two Brothers
as Auctioneer 2004
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
as Maj. Warren 2001
Firefox
as KGB Official 1982
The Red Violin
as Conductor (Oxford) 1998
Victor/Victoria
as Restaurant Manager 1982
Dangerous Beauty
as Bolognetti 1998
The Draughtsman's Contract
as Seymour 1982
Mary
as Simeon 2024
The Bad Education Movie
as Mick 2015
Restoration
as Chaffinch 1995
Outpost: Black Sun
as Klausener 2012