David Cann

David Cann adalah aktor dengan karier yang beragam dan sukses baik di teater maupun televisi. Setelah pelatihan di RADA, ia menjalani masa magangnya dalam sistem perbendaharaan, tampil di banyak teater besar tua di Inggris dalam berbagai peran. Dalam drama kuno dan modern, drama Shakespeare, musikal dan pantomim, David berkembang menjadi aktor terkemuka dan karakter dengan teknik vokal yang kuat dan pemahaman yang kuat tentang banyak gaya artistik; dari naturalisme ekstrim 'A Collier's Friday Night' karya Lawrence melalui komedi tinggi 'A School for Scandal' karya Sheridan hingga syair klasik (belum lagi pertarungan pedang atletik) dalam 'Romeo and Juliet'. Pindah ke televisi David muncul di banyak acara termasuk 'Sapphire and Steel' dan 'Grange Hill'. Di sela-sela ini, ia bekerja di teater-teater kecil, seperti Gerbang di Notting Hill dan Croydon Warehouse, di mana karya-karya yang menghangatkan hati seperti 'My Girl' karya Barrie Keeffe menunjukkan kehalusannya di ruang yang lebih intim di studio teater. Pada pertengahan tahun 90an, David mengikuti audisi untuk peran kecil dalam jenis komedi baru yang dipelopori oleh Chris Morris. Serial yang dihasilkan, 'Brass Eye', dipuji sebagai terobosan besar dalam gaya TV; menyindir TV itu sendiri. Morris kemudian meminta David untuk bergabung dengan tim kecil untuk mengembangkan serial radio BBC pemenang penghargaan 'Blue Jam' dan, pada tahun 1999, beberapa materi ini difilmkan untuk televisi sebagai 'Jam'. Karena karyanya dalam serial surealis dan ikonik inilah David paling dikenal. Selama bertahun-tahun David telah mengembangkan reputasi yang kuat dalam bekerja dengan bakat-bakat baru dan baru, membantu para penulis mengembangkan naskah mereka melalui lokakarya dan latihan pembacaan. Hal ini menyebabkan David bekerja dengan sutradara muda Tamara Harvey yang kemudian meminta David untuk mengambil peran utama dalam drama menawan Laura Wade tentang penyair Welsh WH Davies dalam produksi 'Emma Muda' yang sangat dipuji di Teater Finborough di London pada tahun 2003. Untuk BBC David menjadi bagian dari alur cerita penting sebagai spesialis kanker Dot Cotton di 'EastEnders' dan sekali lagi sebagai Dokter Casper dalam film dokumenter drama futuristik yang mengganggu 'Jika...kita bisa menghentikan kekerasan Karya film David meliputi penampilan di 'Run, Fat Boy, Run', 'Attack The Block', 'The Iron Lady', 'Greed' dan 'Rebecca'. Di televisi David telah muncul di 'Spooks' dan 'Psychoville', 'Silent Witness' dan 'The Javon Prince Show', namun baru-baru ini 'Sex Education', 'It's Kevin', 'Sally4Ever', 'Sick Note', 'Killing Eve' dan 'The Baby'.

David Cann is an actor with a diverse and successful career in both theatre and television. After training at RADA he served his apprenticeship in the repertory system, appearing at many of Britain's grand old theatres in a wide range of roles. In plays ancient and modern, Shakespearean drama, musicals and pantomime, David developed into a leading man and character actor with a strong vocal technique and a firm grasp of many artistic styles; from the extreme naturalism of Lawrence's 'A Collier's Friday Night' through the high comedy of Sheridan's 'A School for Scandal' to the classical verse (not to mention the athletic sword-fighting) in 'Romeo and Juliet'. Moving into television David appeared in many shows including 'Sapphire and Steel' and 'Grange Hill'. In between these, he worked in small fringe theatres, such as the Gate in Notting Hill and the Croydon Warehouse, where such heart-warming pieces as Barrie Keeffe's 'My Girl' showed his subtlety in the more intimate space of studio theatre. In the mid-90’s David auditioned for a small part in a new type of comedy pioneered by Chris Morris. The resulting series, 'Brass Eye', was hailed as a major breakthrough in TV style; satirising TV itself. Morris subsequently asked David to join a small team to develop the award-winning BBC radio series 'Blue Jam' and, in 1999, some of this material was filmed for television as 'Jam'. It is for his work in this surreal and iconic series that David is best known. Over many years David has developed a strong reputation working with new and emerging talent, helping writers to develop their scripts through workshops and rehearsed readings. This led to David working with young director Tamara Harvey who later asked David to take the leading role in Laura Wade's charming play about the Welsh poet WH Davies in the highly-praised production of 'Young Emma' at the Finborough Theatre in London in 2003. For the BBC David became part of a notable storyline as Dot Cotton's cancer specialist in 'EastEnders' and again as Doctor Casper in the disturbing, futuristic drama-documentary 'If...we could stop the violence David’s film work includes appearances in 'Run, Fat Boy, Run', 'Attack The Block', 'The Iron Lady', 'Greed' and 'Rebecca'. On television David has appeared in 'Spooks' and 'Psychoville', 'Silent Witness' and 'The Javon Prince Show', but more recently 'Sex Education', 'It’s Kevin', 'Sally4Ever', 'Sick Note', 'Killing Eve' and 'The Baby'.