Robert Andrew Schofield (born 2 April 1993) is an English actor. His films include Black Sea (2014) and Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023). On television, he is known for his roles in the History Channel series Knightfall (2017–2018) and the BBC One series SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022–) and This City Is Ours (2025–).

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 projects, had written the character of Joe Mitchell specifically for him; "We did write [the role in Unforgivable] for Bobby Schofield, which is dangerous to do because often they'll say 'no' and you've written with them in mind." He won in the Leading Actor category at the 2026 Royal Television Society Programme Awards.

In December 2025, it was revealed that he had been cast as Neil Aspinall, "road manager and trusted confidant" of The Beatles in Sam Mendes's The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Theatre 2002 The Complaint Ice cream kid Short film 2010 Reds & Blues: The Ballad of Dixie & Kenny Jester 2014 A Complicated Way to Live Sergeant Glasses Short film 2014 Black Sea Tobin 2016 Holes in Their Souls Peter Short film 2016 Spilt Milk Freddy Short film 2016 Motherland Daniel Short film 2018 The Catcher Was a Spy Bill Dalton 2019 The Devils harmony Doug Short film 2019 How to Build a Girl Pricey 2021 Locked Down Noah 2021 Cherry Clover 2021 Don't Breathe 2 Jared 2023 Guy Ritchie's The Covenant Steve Kersher 2024 The Death of the House Party Cosmic Bob Short film 2025 The Search for John Hulley John Hulley Short film 2026 Heysel 85 Alan West 2028 The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic EventNeil AspinallFilming

Television Year Title Role Theatre 2004 Grange Hill Carl 1 episode 2014 Doctors Ed Walker 2 episodes 2014 Our World War Tom Andrews 1 episode 2016 The Watchman Fleece Cap Television film 2016 Harley and the Davidsons Young Veteran 1 episode 2017–2018 Knightfall Parsifal 10 episodes 2019 Comedy Blaps Mitchell 1 episode 2020 Inside No. 9 Patrick Anthology 2020 Anthony Mick Woodfield Television film 2021 Time Barry Schofield 2 episodes 2022 Anne Michael Williams Miniseries, 4 episodes 2022 The Suspect Bobby Moran 5 episodes 2022 The Walk-In Matt Hankinson 4 episodes 2022–present SAS: Rogue Heroes Dave Kershaw 11 episodes 2024 Eric Kennedy 2 episodes 2025–present This City Is Ours Peter “Bonehead” Murphy 7 episodes 2025 Unforgivable Joe Mitchell TV film 2026 Dear England Wayne Rooney 1 episode

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