David Rintoul

David Rintoul (born David Wilson; 29 November 1948) is a Scottish stage and television actor. Rintoul was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He studied at the University of Edinburgh, and won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Theatre career Rintoul has worked extensively in theatre with companies including the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. His appearances have included Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV, As You Like It, and the title role in Macbeth. Other stage appearances include George Bernard Shaw's Candida and Funny Girl. In 2010 he played Charles Dickens in Andersen's English, the new play by Sebastian Barry. Selected theatre roles Epsom Downs, Joint Stock Theatre Company, 1977 The Speculator by David Greig – 1999 Traverse Theatre production at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, played John Law, and other roles Remembrance of Things Past, Cottesloe and Olivier theatres, November 2000 – April 2001, as Charlus Dirty Dancing (Aldwych Theatre, London) as Dr Jake Houseman Gaslight (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh) Andersen's English by Sebastian Barry (Out of Joint and Hampstead Theatre), as Charles Dickens, 2010 Nell Gwynn (Shakespeare's Globe) as Arlington, 2015 Television and film career Rintoul's film credits include the title role in Legend of the Werewolf (1975), A.D. (1985), Unrelated (2007) and Is Anybody There? (2008). In 2010, he starred in the film The Ghost Writer with Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor.