David Essex

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-07-23 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

-

David Essex

Biography

David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook on 23 July 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK (including two numbers ones), and sixteen Top 40 albums. He has also had an extensive career as an actor performing on stage and screen. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Essex, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1980

Silver Dream Racer

as Nick Freeman

1974

Stardust

as Jim MacLaine

1973

That'll Be The Day

as Jim MacLaine

1991

Journey of Honor

as Don Pedro

1976

The Big Bus

as Bus Passenger

1985

Hands Up!

as Self (1981 footage)

2014

The Guvnors

as Mickey Snr

1972

All Coppers Are...

as Ronnie Briggs

2017

The Black Prince

as Colonel Hurbon

1967

Smashing Time

as Beatnik (uncredited)

2013

Traveller

as Blackberry

2005

1971

Assault

as Man in Chemist Shop

2017

Glam Rock at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

2025

Twiggy

as (archival footage)

Production

1980

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