David Harewood Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

David Harewood, MBE (born 8 December 1965), is a British actor. Harewood was born and grew up in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, England, where he attended St. Benedict's Junior School and Washwood Heath Comprehensive School. As a schoolboy, he excelled at all sports—from sprinting to basketball to rugby and especially football. He was the goal-keeper for the Washwood Heath side that won the Under-16 All-England Championship. If it were not for acting, it is likely he would have followed a career as a professional goal-keeper. In his youth, he worked in a wine bar, Albert's in Dale... MORE

David Harewood, MBE (born 8 December 1965), is a British actor. Harewood was born and grew up in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, England, where he attended St. Benedict's Junior School and Washwood Heath Comprehensive School. As a schoolboy, he excelled at all sports—from sprinting to basketball to rugby and especially football. He was the goal-keeper for the Washwood Heath side that won the Under-16 All-England Championship. If it were not for acting, it is likely he would have followed a career as a professional goal-keeper. In his youth, he worked in a wine bar, Albert's in Dale End, in Birmingham City Centre. At 18, Harewood gained a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Harewood began a career in 1990 and appeared in The Hawk, Great Moments in Aviation, Harnessing Peacocks, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Macbeth on the Estate, Strings and Ballykissangel. He is very well known for his television appearances on The Vice and Fat Friends and his movie roles in Blood Diamond and The Merchant of Venice Played Don Coleman In Hustle series 7 The Fall of Railton FC (2011). In 2007, David visited Harewood House in Yorkshire and spoke with Viscount Lascelles (cousin of The Queen). LESS