David Fynn

David Fynn
David Fynn
Nationality	British-Irish
Occupations	Actor; producer; screenwriter;
Years active	2006–present
Known for	Undateable

David Fynn is a British-Irish^[1] actor, producer and screenwriter, best known for playing Brett in the NBC TV sitcom Undateable (2014–2016).^[2]

He began playing Dewey Finn in the West End cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical School of Rock (based on the 2003 film with Jack Black) in October 2016 at the New London Theatre, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical in 2017.^[3]^[4]

Theatre

His theatre credits include She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre (Evening Standard Nomination), Romeo and Juliet at the National Theatre, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Donmar Warehouse, Mojo at the Royal Shakespeare Company, After the Party in the West End and Starving at Theatre503. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Television

His other television appearances include Game of Thrones, Sherlock, Doctor Who, The Inbetweeners, The Job Lot, Banana, Big Bad World, Mayday, Black Mirror, Life’s Too Short, Pete versus Life, Peep Show, and Spooks.^[5]^[6] In January 2021, he appeared as one of the lead characters, journalist Jonathan Hill, in the ITV miniseries The Pembrokeshire Murders.^[7] In 2022, he played the part of a journalist in ITV's The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, and Alex in the BBC's Am I Being Unreasonable?

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Leap Year	Agent
2010	Trackdown	Fat Mike
2011	The Somnambulists	Man 2
2011	Showreel	Ben
2012	Deviation	Justin
2012	National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer	Tony Lumpkin
2013	The Look of Love	Interviewer
2019	I'd Like to Be Alone Now	Sam
2019	Married Young	David
2021	The Mauritanian	Kent
2022	National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing	Dogberry
2023	Coffee Wars	George
2023	Trolls Band Together	Biggie	Voice role
2024	Here	Leo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Spooks	Policeman	Episode: "The Message"
2009	The Inbetweeners	Wolfie	Episode: "Work Experience"
2010	Doctor Who	Marcellus	Episode: "The Pandorica Opens"
2010	Peep Show	Games Shop Assistant	Episode: "Man Jam"
2011	Doctors	Barry Towers	Episode: "The Nun's Tale"
	Life's Too Short	Groom	Episode: "Episode 2"
	Pete versus Life	Manfred	Series regular; 6 episodes
	Black Mirror	Oliver	Episode: "Fifteen Million Merits"
2012	Game of Thrones	Rennick	Episode: "Garden of Bones"
	Parents	Ed	Episode: "Episode 2"
	Doubt on Loan	Eddie	Television film
2013	Mayday	James Spicer	Miniseries; 5 episodes
2013	Big Bad World	Oakley	Series regular; 8 episodes
2014	Sherlock	Howard Shilcott	Episode: "The Empty Hearse"
2014	The Job Lot	Tyler Kerrigan	Episode: "Workshop"
2014–2016	Undateable	Brett	Series regular; 36 episodes
2015	Banana	Bruce Bevis	Episode: "Episode 2"
2015	The Sixth Lead	Bartender	Episode: "The Perfect Joke"
2017	Porn Again	Terry	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2018	Vanity Fair	Jos Sedley	Miniseries; 5 episodes
2018–2019	Trolls: The Beat Goes On!	Biggie	Recurring role; 43 episodes; Voice only
2019	Whiskey Cavalier	Todd	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2019	Best Intentions	Andy Banks	Television film
2020	Influential	David	Episode: "The IG Model - SexyKatie_Official"
2020	Madagascar: A Little Wild	Sir Braxton	Episode: "A Tale of Two Kitties"; Voice only
2020–2022	Trolls: TrollsTopia	Biggie	Recurring role; 14 episodes; Voice only
2021	The Pembrokeshire Murders	Jonathan Hill	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2021	Short Circuit		Episode: "No. 2 to Kettering"; Voice only
2022	The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe	David Leigh	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Am I Being Unreasonable?	Alex	Series regular; 6 episodes
	Avenue 5	Judd	Series regular; 6 episodes
2023–2024	Not Quite Narwhal	Cedric	Recurring role; 4 episodes; Voice only
2024	Belgravia: The Next Chapter	Ross	Series regular; 7 episodes
2024	Daddy Issues	Derek	Recurring role; 5 episodes