David Schofield is an English actor. He has been credited with roles in television series like Band of Gold, Footballers’ Wives, and Holby City. On the big screen, he is known for his role as Ian Mercer in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, where he does most of the dirty work for the nobility. His last appearance as an actor was in the series, The Adventures of Paddington and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators.