David Fynn

Acting

David Fynn

David Fynn is a British-Irish actor, producer and screenwriter, best known for playing Brett in the NBC TV sitcom Undateable. 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.

Known For

Trolls Band TogetherTrolls Band Together · 2023
Trolls Band Together
7.22023
MovieAnimationFamily
When Branch's brother, Floyd, is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of nefarious pop-star villains, Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than pop-culture obscurity.
The MauritanianThe Mauritanian · 2021
The Mauritanian
7.42021
MovieDramaThriller
The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.
HereHere · 2024
Here
6.52024
MovieDrama
An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
Leap YearLeap Year · 2010
Leap Year
6.92010
MovieRomanceComedy
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
Kiloran BayKiloran Bay · 2026
Kiloran Bay
2026
Movie
Kiloran Bay is written and directed by Michael Bruce: A musical short film starring Alan Cumming and Jack Wolfe. After decades away, a gay man returns home to Scotland to attend a traditional wedding and faces a past he spent a lifetime avoiding.
Watch the SkiesWatch the Skies · 2025
Watch the Skies
2025
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
When a small starship crashes to earth, it is not a monster or alien overlord that emerges, but a teenage boy who has run away from home - a home on the far side of the galaxy. He is rescued from capture by the children of the same military leaders who are trying to catch him. Together, the kids must help their new alien friend repair his space ship from parts left behind by other alien explorers and escape before he is caught by the soldiers and studied by the scientists for the rest of his life.
Married YoungMarried Young · 2019
Married Young
2019
MovieComedy
The story of a man, his pregnant wife and his animated alter ego, MARRIED YOUNG is a poignant comedy about what it takes for a husband not to be a selfish douche bag.
Near MissNear Miss · 2024
Near Miss
2024
Movie
Jim marries his first interested partner but after her departure, his friends push him into dating apps where he unexpectedly falls for the second person who showed interest.

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National Theatre Live: She Stoops to ConquerNational Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer · 2012
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
2012
MovieDrama
Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward yo acquainting his daughter with his old pal's son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he's a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle's indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle's appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues. One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.

Tony Lumpkin