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David Field is no stranger to playing a top cop. Through the Blackjack telemovies with Colin Friels, David has been immersed in the policing world since 2003 and came well prepared for his role as Detective Superintendent Terry Jarvis on City Homicide.

"Playing a top cop is something familiar to me," he says. "But the best thing about City Homicide is the cast and the chemistry between the people. That's when things go well and we've definitely got it here. I really like working with Shane and I'd been looking forward to working with Noni for a while. It's a really strong cast.

“Jarvis has an old school work ethic. He enjoys being with the Homicide team and thinks he’s now in a position to straighten them out to what he thinks they can be – not what Waverley made them. Underneath he has a great faith in them, but he’s not prepared to show it.”

David has been an actor for more than 23 years since training with the prodigious Hayes Gordon at the Ensemble Studios. He began his film career with one of the most powerful debuts seen in Australia in the highly acclaimed Ghosts of the Civil Dead.

Since then he's received an AFI for his portrayal in the telemovie My Husband My Killer in 2001 and a nod from the Film Critics Circle of Australia for Best Actor for his performance as Bob Hawke in The Night We Called It A Day.

David has played standout roles in Two Hands and Chopper and co-produced and starred in Silent Partner, which received standing ovations at the Toronto Festival and defied film constraints by being filmed in one week. He has recently been seen in Gettin' Square (for which he received an AFI nomination in 2003), The Oyster Farmer and Unfinished Sky.

David has worked with most major theatre companies in the country and in 2003 directed a sell-out season of Patrick Marber's Dealer's Choice for The State Theatre Co of South Australia. He returned the following year to direct another sell-out season of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. He received the Helpmann Award for Victory in 2004 and Best Actor Award (Sydney Theatre Awards) for A View from the Bridge in 2005.

David recently directed the feature film The Combination, released in early 2009.

David lives in NSW and is married with two young children, Honey and Daisy.