David MacCreedy is an English film, television and theatre actor, as well as being a director and film producer. He is best known for his role as Cpl Pete Polson in the television series All Quiet on the Preston Front and for playing Tony in the rugby film Up 'n' Under.

Career

Television

Whilst at drama school, MacCreedy was in the Territorial Army (now the

Army Reserve A military reserve force is a military organization whose members have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve ...

) which helped with his audition for Cpl Polson in All Quiet on the Preston Front. He initially auditioned with

Stephen Tompkinson Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in '' Chancer '' (1990), Damien Day in ''Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in ''Ballykissangel'' (1996–9 ...

whom he already knew and they worked well together in securing the roles in the programme.

Director

David filmed, produced and directed a film about the South Atlantic Medal Association (SAMA) visit to the

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in November 2002 The event was filmed almost 20 years after the

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Personal life

MacCreedy was born and raised in

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

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. His parents still live in the town. MacCreedy has a daughter, Ellie MacCreedy and a son Charlie MacCreedy. He was at drama college with Phillip Glenister, Rufus Sewell and

James Nesbitt William James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965) is an actor from Northern Ireland. From 1987, Nesbitt spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical '' Up on the Roof'' (1987, 1989) to the political drama ''Paddywack'' (1994) ...

. He appeared alongside Nesbitt in an episode of Murphy's Law.

Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:MacCreedy, David 1969 births Living people English male stage actors English male television actors 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors People from Workington