Biography - David studied drama at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin. For the Abbey and Peacock Theatres his appearances include The Hunt For Red Willie, At Swim Two Birds, Lolita , Henry IV (Part One) and, most recently, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme for the Dublin Theatre Festival 2004. Other theatre work includes;Trad for Galway Arts Festival and Dublin Theatre Festival 2004. Midsummer Nights Dream (Barabbas), Playboy of the Western World (Druid Theatre Company), Mud (Corn Exchange) Eccentricities of a Nightingale (Gate),The Misanthrope (Gate), Hamlet (Second Age), Fileacin Fin and A Midsummer's Night Dream (Iomha Ildonach), Julius Caeser, The Revenger's Tragedy, Measure For Measure, The Spanish Tragedy, Coriolanus and The White Devil (Loose Canon Theatre Company), Five, Carshow, The Seagull (The Corn Exchange), Borrowed Robes, Carolan's Farewell, Pigtown (Island Theatre Company), Alone It Stands (Yew Theatre Company),Conversation With a Cupboard Man (Semper Fi) and Diarmuid and Grainne and Studs (Passion Machine) and Jack and the Beanstalk (Gaiety). David was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the 2000 Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards for his performance in The Hunt For Red Willie (Peacock) and was awarded Best Actor in the 2001 Fringe Festival for his performance in Scenes From A Watercooler (Guna Nua Theatre Company). Film and television work includes Hide and Seek (RTE), Six Shooter(which won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short in 2006), Laws of Attraction, The Account, Bachelor's Walk, Stew (RTE), Spin the Bottle, Rebel Heart (BBC), An Everlasting Piece (Dreamworks) and Bloody Sunday. David appeared as Little Monk in Galileo for Rough Magic Theatre Company, in Trad for the Galway Arts Festival which transferred to the Dublin Theatre Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival, the Adelaide Arts Festival Australia and the Bush Theatre, London and as Harvey Duff in The Shaughran at the Albery Theatre, London. David appeared in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Abbey Theatre and most recently appeared there as Sir Benjamin Backbite in The School for Scandal, directed by Jimmy Fay. David recently appeared in Calypso Theatre Company's production Talking To Terrorists and in the title role of Corcadorca's production of Woyzeck in Cork for the Midsummer's Festival 2007. David recently completed filming the co-leading role of Bonad in John Carney's latest feature film Zonad for Element Films due for release in 2008, appeared in a featured role in Kiri Skogland's feature film Man On The Run and has just completed filming the role of Malcolm in Element Films production of No Laughing Matter written by Stuart Carolan and Barry Murphy for RTE both due for release in 2008.