David Haig Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the London Academy of Dramatic Arts
• Her first job was as a plumber in Denmark, where he ended up after meeting a Danish girl and moving to live with her for two years
• Quote: "I started writing because I didn't want only to be a component part of a much bigger thing but to have more intellectual control․ It did at least feel as if I was contributing to the whole picture․"
• Best known for his role as Howard Wade in "Two Weeks Notice" and as Rudyard Kipling in "My Boy Jack․"
• Has appeared in stage productions of "Tom and Viv," "Our Country's Good," "Volpone," and many others
• His favorite playwrights are Terry Johnson, Arthur Miller, Yasmina Reza, Anton Chekov, and William Shakespeare
• Wrote the play "My Boy Jack" about Rudyard Kipling, whom he greatly resembles, and starred in the film adaptation alongside Daniel Radcliffe