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David Bradley

David Bradley

7 films · 624 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19892022

Born 17 April 1942 · York, North Yorkshire, England, UK

David Bradley is an English actor. He is most widely known for portraying Argus Filch in the Harry Potter film series, Walder Frey in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, and Abraham Setrakian in the FX horror series The Strain. He was awarded a Olivier Award in 1991 for his supporting role in King Lear at the Royal National Theatre.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 624 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19892022

  • Clarence Derwent Awards1993
  • Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1991

How their films are shot

Measured across 624 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work David takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 46% natural — the look of the work David takes.

Time of day

Day47%
Night42%
Interior6%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Natural46%
Low key36%
High key11%
Chiaroscuro4%

Shot size

Medium52%
Wide24%
Closeup13%
Fullbody9%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
High angle9%
Low angle7%

Mood

Neutral50%
Tense24%
Ominous10%
Lonely6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 624 frames from David Bradley's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.