Darrell D'Silva

Darrell Fitzgerald D'Silva is a British actor, best known for his role as Hendrik Davie in ITV series Van der Valk and notable for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Early life and education

Darrell Fitzgerald D'Silva was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.[1][2]

D'Silva was part of the 1980s Sheffield music scene, playing with The Anti-Group and Hula before becoming an actor.[3] He graduated from the Drama Centre London.

Career

Stage

D'Silva first joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1996 to play Kilroy in Steven Pimlott's production of Tennessee Williams's Camino Real. He has appeared in plays with the company for over 20 years, touring the world, and was made associate artist in 2011.

His work at the Royal National Theatre includes The Rose Tattoo, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, and Closer.

Film and television

From 1995 to 1996, he was a regular on the BBC crime drama Out of the Blue.

In 2006, he played Johann Lindeman, captain of the Gouverneur Generaal Loudon, a ship that survived the 1883 explosion of Krakatoa in the BBC docu-drama Krakatoa: The Last Days.

In 2014, he played Gunnar in Northmen: A Viking Saga.

In 2015, he played Max Scullion in Father Brown episode 3.5 "The Last Man" and in 2016 he played Geoff Craven in Endeavour episode 3.3 "Prey", and an Ironborn in the HBO series Game of Thrones in season 6. In 2018, he appeared in three episodes of the six-episode BBC drama miniseries Informer.

In 2020, D'Silva starred as hard drinking, saxophone playing pathologist Hendrik Davie in Company Pictures' relaunch of Van der Valk

In 2021, he played the part of Mike in Guy Ritchie's action thriller Wrath of Man, starring Jason Statham. In the same year, he acted as Piso in the TV series Domina.

In 2026, he is set to star in Toxic, an Indian movie. He plays the character of Salvador as confirmed on a poster shared by the makers of the film on 24th February 2026.

He also starred in a series of short films. Show Pieces was written by Alan Moore and directed by Mitch Jenkins; Jimmy's End and His Heavy Heart were written by Moore as introduction sections to a much larger project planned by Moore and Jenkins called The Show.

Awards

D'Silva was nominated in 2016 for The Washington Post Helen Hayes Award for most Outstanding Performance for his role as Siward in Dunsinane by David Greig.[4]

Acting credits

Theatre

Year(s) Production Role Theatre Notes Ref.
1995 Chasing the Moment Joe Rutherford/saxophone Battersea Arts Centre The One Tree Company [5]
1996-1997 Henry VIII Cardinal Campeius/Lord Sands Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Company [6]
1997 Camino Real Kilroy Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Company, press night [7]
1997 The Spanish Tragedy Balthazar Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Company [8]
1997 Doctor Faustus Dr Faustus The Other Place Royal Shakespeare Company [9]
1997 The Spanish Tragedy Balthazar Barbican Pit Royal Shakespeare Company, press night [10]
1998 Henry VIII Cardinal Campeius/Lord Sands Young Vic Royal Shakespeare Company, press night [11]
1998 Camino Real Kilroy Young Vic Royal Shakespeare Company, press night [12]
1999 Closer Larry Theatre Royal, Bath and National Theatre National Theatre [13]
2000 Further than the Furthest Thing Mr Hansen Cottesloe Theatre and Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh National Theatre-Tron Theatre co-production [14]
2001 Six Characters in Search of an Author The Director Young Vic [15]
2001 Antartica Abbott Savoy Theatre [16]
2002 A Midsummer Night's Dream Nick Bottom Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Barbican Theatre, tour Royal Shakespeare Company [17]
2003 Tales from the Vienna Woods Oskar Olivier Theatre National Theatre [18]
2005 Hecuba Odysseus/Polymestor Albany Theatre Royal Shakespeare Company [19]
2008 The White Devil Menier Chocolate Factory [20]
2010 Antony and Cleopatra Mark Antony Roundhouse Royal Shakespeare Company [21]
2010 The Winter's Tale Polixenes Roundhouse Royal Shakespeare Company [22]
2010-2011 King Lear Earl of Kent/Caius Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon and Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Company [23]
2011 King Lear Earl of Kent/Caius Roundhouse Royal Shakespeare Company [24]
2011 Julius Caesar Mark Antony Roundhouse Royal Shakespeare Company [25]
2011 Little Eagles Sergei Korolyov Hampstead Theatre Royal Shakespeare Company [26]
2012 Children's Children Michael Almeida Theatre [27]
2018 Ulster American Jay Conway Traverse Theatre [28]
2018 Don Carlos Phillip Northcott Theatre, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton and Rose Theatre Kingston [29]

References

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