Bobby Schofield
Robert Andrew Schofield is an English actor. His films include Black Sea and Guy Ritchie's The Covenant. On television, he is known for his roles in the History Channel series Knightfall and the BBC One series SAS: Rogue Heroes.
Early life and education
Schofield was born in Kirkby, near Liverpool, the son of actor Andrew Schofield. Schofield attended Overdale Primary School and Ruffwood School, from where he was expelled. He is dyslexic. He completed his secondary education at All Saints Catholic High School. He studied performing arts and musical theatre at the City of Liverpool College, completing a Higher National Certificate.Career
He gained his first experiences as an actor on various stages. He took part in plays by the Everyman Youth Theatre. Even as a child he appeared in a short film and as an episode actor in a television series.Schofield had his first notable feature film role as Tobin in the 2014 submarine thriller Black Sea. He also appeared in episodes of the BBC One medical soap opera Doctors and the BBC Three miniseries Our World War. From 2017 to 2018, he had his first main role as Parsifal in the first two seasons of the History Channel series Knightfall. He played Bill Dalton in the 2018 film The Catcher Was a Spy and Princey in the 2019 film How to Build a Girl.
In 2021, Schofield appeared in the films Locked Down as Noah, Cherry as Clover and Don't Breathe 2 as Jared and the BBC One anthology Time as Baz. In 2022, he began starring as Dave Kershaw in SAS: Rogue Heroes, also on BBC One; he returned for series two in 2025. He also featured in the ITV miniseries Anne as Michael Williams, The Walk-In as Matt Hankinson, and The Suspect as Bobby Moran.
Schofield starred as Steve Kersher in Guy Ritchie's The Covenant in 2023, and appeared in the Netflix series Eric as Kennedy. As of 2025, Schofield plays Bonehead in This City Is Ours on BBC One.
He had a central role in the 2025 British television drama Unforgivable from Jimmy McGovern, alongside Anna Friel and Anna Maxwell Martin. McGovern, who had worked with Schofield on two previous project, had written the character of Joe Mitchell specifically for him; "We did write for Bobby Schofield, which is dangerous to do because often they'll say 'no' and you've written with them in mind.".