Adrian Lester: movies and TV shows
Adrian Lester has 77 credits in the archive: 42 films and 35 TV series, from 1964 to 2026. Highest rated: The Sandman (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1964 – 2026 · busiest year: 2000 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PONIES | Dane | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2026 | PONIES | TV | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 2026 | Mutiny | Film | — | 57 | |
| 2025 | The Hack | Mr. Apollo | TV | 6.6 | 56 |
| 2025 | Adrian Lester Remembers... Company | Film | — | 56 | |
| 2024 | Renegade Nell | Earl of Poynton | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2024 | Angel Pavement | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2023 | Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2023 | Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures | Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2023 | David Harewood on Blackface | Himself | Film | 1.0 | 54 |
| 2023 | The Penitent: A Rational Man | Procuratore | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Destiny | TV | 7.9 | 53 |
| 2022 | The Undeclared War | PM Andrew Makinde | TV | 6.2 | 53 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | TV | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 2022 | Trigger Point | Joel Nutkins | TV | 6.9 | 53 |
| 2022 | Keeping Company with Sondheim | Self / Bobby (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 2022 | Elizabeth: Her Passions and Pastimes | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2021 | National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet | Prince | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 2021 | Hymn | Gil | Film | — | 52 |
| 2020 | Staged | Adrian | TV | 7.9 | 51 |
| 2020 | Life | David Aston | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 2019 | The Rook | Conrad Grantchester | TV | 6.4 | 50 |
| 2019 | Curfew | Simon Donahue | TV | 5.6 | 50 |
| 2019 | Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered | Self | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 2018 | Mary Queen of Scots | Lord Randolph | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 2018 | Trauma | Jon Allerton | TV | 6.9 | 49 |
| 2018 | Euphoria | Aron | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2017 | Riviera | Robert Carver | TV | 6.1 | 48 |
| 2017 | Grey Lady | Johnson | Film | 4.8 | 48 |
| 2017 | Breakable You | Ken Yates | Film | 5.4 | 48 |
| 2016 | Undercover | Nick Johnson | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 2015 | London Spy | Professor Marcus Shaw | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 2015 | Britain's Racist Election | Narrator (Voice Only) | Film | — | 46 |
| 2014 | Red Band Society | Dr. Naday | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 2014 | The Kumars | Self | TV | 5.0 | 45 |
| 2013 | Jimi: All Is by My Side | Michael X | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Othello | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: Othello | Othello | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 2013 | Respect: A Felix Dexter Special | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 44 |
| 2009 | Case 39 | Wayne | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 2009 | Sleep with Me | Richard | Film | 3.0 | 40 |
| 2008 | Merlin | Myror | TV | 7.8 | 39 |
| 2008 | Bonekickers | Ben Ergha | TV | 5.6 | 39 |
| 2008 | Doomsday | Sergeant Norton | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 2008 | Ballet Shoes | Mr. Sholsky | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 2008 | Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 38 |
| 2007 | Starting Out in the Evening | Casey Davis | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 2006 | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Pete | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2006 | As You Like It | Oliver De Boys | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 2005 | Afterlife | TV | 7.2 | 36 | |
| 2005 | The Ghost Squad | TV | 5.8 | 36 | |
| 2004 | Hustle | Michael Stone | TV | 7.7 | 35 |
| 2004 | Hustle | TV | 7.7 | 35 | |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Simon | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | Jonathan Stitch | Film | 4.9 | 33 |
| 2002 | The Tragedy of Hamlet | Hamlet | Film | 8.5 | 33 |
| 2001 | Dust | Edge | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 2000 | Girlfriends | Ellis Carter | TV | 7.3 | 31 |
| 2000 | Jason and the Argonauts | Orpheus | TV | 6.4 | 31 |
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | Dumaine | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 2000 | Storm Damage | Danny | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 2000 | Born Romantic | Jimmy | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | George | Film | 5.4 | 31 |
| 2000 | Best | Rocky | Film | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Henry Burton | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1997 | Les Sœurs Soleil | Isaac Nelson | Film | 3.6 | 28 |
| 1997 | Up on the Roof | Scott | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | Danny | TV | 7.6 | 27 |
| 1996 | Company | Bobby | Film | 7.1 | 27 |
| 1995 | The Affair | Ray | Film | 4.2 | 26 |
| 1991 | Performance | Bobby | TV | 6.3 | 22 |
| 1991 | For the Greater Good | Young Gay Man | TV | 9.0 | 22 |
| 1991 | Touch and Die | Lute | Film | 5.0 | 22 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 14 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 2 |
| 1964 | Horizon | Himself - Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 4 |