David Shaughnessy

David James Shaughnessy (born 3 March 1957) is an English actor, voice actor, director and producer, known for his voice-work in Big Hero 6, Big Hero 6: The Series, Fallout 4, Labyrinth, Mass Effect, Peter Pan and the Pirates, Star Wars Rebels, The Darkness II, The Elder Scrolls and Warcraft.

David Shaughnessy
David Shaughnessy in 2014
Born	David James Shaughnessy 3 March 1957 London, England, U.K.
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, director, producer
Years active	1979–present
Spouse(s)	Anne Schoettle
Children	3
Family	Alfred Shaughnessy (father) Charles Shaughnessy (brother)
Website	davidshaughnessy.net

Career

Shaughnessy was educated at Eton College and the Central School of Speech and Drama. As an actor, he started in repertory theatres in the UK and went on to become a principal actor with The Old Vic in London and touring around the world. He went on to perform in national tours, including 18 months in Godspell for producer Cameron Mackintosh and has acted in a number of American and British films and television series.

Shaughnessy later turned to television and theatre directing. He directed the world premiere of Steve Brown's critically acclaimed musical, Elmer Gantry at the Chichester Festival Theatre. In 1985, he made his voice-over debut in Jim Henson's cult classic Labyrinth. He voiced Didymus, the Hat and various goblin characters. After appearing in several American films and television series, he became an executive producer of the daytime drama The Young and the Restless and has directed episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of Our Lives. He continues to provide voice-work for animation, commercials, films and video games. He also teaches at Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles and served as an instructor in directing at the Columbia College Hollywood Film School.

His father was Alfred Shaughnessy, a script supervisor best known for his work as lead writer and producer of Upstairs, Downstairs. His older brother, Charles Shaughnessy, is also an actor best known as Maxwell Sheffield on The Nanny and Shane Donovan in Days of Our Lives. His wife is former Days of Our Lives head writer Anne Schoettle. The two live in Los Angeles and have three daughters; Amy, Katie and Josie.

Director

• Santa Barbara (1987)
• The Bold and the Beautiful (1988–2016)
• The Young and the Restless (1990–2004)
• Days of Our Lives (2019–20)

Filmography

Live-action

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Danger UXB	Lieutenant Carter Brown	5 episodes
1982	The Haunting of Cassie Palmer	Phillip Craven	1 episode
1982	Q.E.D.	Official	Episode: "The Great Motor Race"
1984	The Brief	Adjutant	Episode: "Nickels and Dimes"
1985	Three Up Two Down	Man with Wardrobe	Episode: "Widower's Mite"
1985	Minder	Doctor	Episode: "The Return of the Invincible Man"
1986	The Clairvoyant	Motorist	1 episode
1986	The Whistle Blower	Medical Officer
1988	War and Remembrance	RAF Officer (Singapore)	Episode: "Part 1"
1989	Newhart	Charles	Episode: "Home and Jojo"
1989	Death Spa	Freddie
2012	Guys with Kids	Ian	Episode: "Thanksgiving"

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Labyrinth	Didymus, The Hat, The Four Guards, Left Door Knocker, Firey #3
2012	Adventures in Zambezia	Morton
2014	Big Hero 6	Heathcliff
2015	Top Cat Begins	Maitre D, Suspicious Guy
2019	Birds of a Feather	Percival

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990–91	Peter Pan and the Pirates	Gentleman Starkey	17 episodes
2007	Random! Cartoons	Blimey	Episode: "Super John Doe Junior"
2013–14	Robot Chicken	Hans Gruber, Zordon, Dallas, Farmer Smurf	2 episodes
2014–17	Star Wars Rebels	Commandant Aresko, Taskmaster Grint, Mich Matt, Additional Voices	7 episodes
2016–17	Avengers Assemble	Klaue, Secret Service #3	3 episodes
2017, 2019	The Tom and Jerry Show	Cates, Duke	2 episodes
2017–20	Big Hero 6: The Series	Heathcliff, Additional Voices	10 episodes
2018–20	Star Wars Resistance	Drell, Narvin, Stormtrooper	6 episodes
2020	Cleopatra in Space	Msamaki, Chostipher, Nuvillo	2 episodes
2020	Blood of Zeus	Chiron the Wise, Dionysis	4 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Destroy All Humans! 2	Dr. Orlov, Russian Scientists, Additional Voices
2006	Resistance: Fall of Man	Additional Voices
2006	Flushed Away
2007	Mass Effect	Vigil, Colonist
2009	The Lord of the Rings: Conquest	Orc Officer #2
2010	Alice in Wonderland	Absolem the Caterpillar, The Dodo
2010	Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands	Ahihud
2010	Final Fantasy XIV	Additional Voices	English version
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Knight Paladin Gelebor	Dawnguard DLC
2012	The Darkness II	Jimmy Wilson
2012	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	Additional Voices
2012	World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria	Master Shang Xi
2013	The Bureau: XCOM Declassified	Quartermaster Webb, Additional Voices
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	The Local Population
2014	Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft	Khadgar
2014	Smite	Jade Rabbit Chang'e
2014	The Elder Scrolls Online	Hermaeus Mora, Altmer Male, Dunmer Male, Daedric Male, Additional Voices	Also Morrowind
2014	World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor	Velen
2014	Lichdom: Battlemage	Cavassa, Zealot
2015	The Order: 1886	Lord Hastings
2015	Fallout 4	General Gage, Mayor
2015	Rise of the Tomb Raider	Additional Voices
2016	World of Warcraft: Legion	Various
2016	Last Life	Tiny
2018	World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth	Majo
2018	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4	Disciple
2019	Crackdown 3	Kuli Ngata
2019	World War Z	Wolfe
2019	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Ulysses Klaue / Klaw, Additional Voices
2019	Asgard's Wrath	Valdorf
2020	World of Warcraft: Shadowlands	Mikanikos

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award

• Win, 1993, 2004, Drama series, The Young and the Restless and 2013, 2015 Directing Team, The Bold & the Beautiful
• Nomination, 1999–2003, Drama series, The Young and the Restless, 2013 Directing team, The Bold & the Beautiful

Executive producing tenure

References

External links

• David Shaughnessy at IMDb