
In 2014, Caves also featured in the television documentary The Crime Thriller Club. Other notable roles in theatre include Deflores in The Changeling, Southwark Playhouse Macheath in The Beggar’s Opera at Regent's Park Open Theatre and Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi, Northampton. He has also starred in Ironclad: Battle for Blood. His training focused on theatre and, prior to his addition to the Silent Witness cast, he was known as a stage actor, having impressed as Petruchio in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2012 touring production of The Taming of the Shrew. Career Ĭaves was offered places at both LAMDA and Bristol Old Vic, opting for the former because of the lure of London. I thought I was probably not good enough but something inside me told me I should have a go, so I did. I was naive and did not know how tough it was. So I did some research and decided to have a go, not really expecting anything to happen. I found I loved this medium and wanted to look into it more, to see what was out there and what drama school was about. He worked as a teacher in France as part of his university course but when he returned to the UK he found he had "lost the drive for the academic side of things" and found himself getting heavily involved in plays and musicals at the university. He originally planned to become a teacher before training at LAMDA. Caves studied modern languages, including French and German, at the University of St Andrews from 1997 to 2002. His parents and his uncle were all teachers. After graduating from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 2005, Caves has appeared in a variety of stage productions, including The Beggar’s Opera at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and The Changeling at the Southwark Playhouse.Ĭaves was educated at Campbell College, Belfast.


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David Caves (born 7 August 1979) is a Northern Irish actor who is best known for his role as Jack Hodgson in the BBC drama series Silent Witness.
