Brian Bovell: movies and TV shows
Brian Bovell has 87 credits in the archive: 50 films and 37 TV series, from 1978 to 2026. Highest rated: Andor (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1978 – 2026 · busiest year: 2021 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Breach | Interrogator (segment "How to be Human") | Film | — | 66 |
| 2026 | Benidorm Is Murder | Archie | TV | 9.5 | 66 |
| 2026 | Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint | Clarence | Film | — | 66 |
| 2025 | The Man in My Basement | Brent Blakey | Film | 5.4 | 65 |
| 2025 | Time Travel Is Dangerous! | Ralph Sheldrake | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 2025 | Tiny Little Voices | Film | 10.0 | 65 | |
| 2024 | The Book of Clarence | Joseph | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 2023 | Silo | Barney | TV | 8.2 | 63 |
| 2023 | Malpractice | Sir Anthony Owusu | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2023 | The Licensed Fool | The Narrator | Film | 5.0 | 63 |
| 2022 | Andor | Jemboc | TV | 8.3 | 62 |
| 2022 | The Chelsea Detective | Billy Ford | TV | 6.3 | 62 |
| 2021 | Foundation | Trantorian Seer Priest | TV | 7.7 | 61 |
| 2021 | Shadow and Bone | Innkeeper | TV | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2021 | Tom & Jerry | Annoyed Vendor | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2021 | Crime | George Marsden | TV | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2021 | Dark Corners | Grant | Film | 3.8 | 61 |
| 2021 | The Football Monologues | Frank | Film | — | 61 |
| 2021 | Ecstasy | Ian | Film | — | 61 |
| 2020 | Bridgerton | John's Uncle | TV | 8.1 | 60 |
| 2020 | Miss Scarlet | Solomon | TV | 7.3 | 60 |
| 2020 | Roald Dahl's The Witches | Reginald | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2020 | Solitary | Harry | Film | 5.1 | 60 |
| 2020 | Listen | Social Services Officer | Film | 7.1 | 60 |
| 2019 | Ghosts | Antiques Expert | TV | 7.9 | 59 |
| 2018 | Down a Dark Hall | Dr. MacMillan | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 2017 | Never Land | Fisherman Jeremiah | Film | — | 57 |
| 2017 | Cla'am | Biccle | Film | — | 57 |
| 2017 | How to be Human | Interrogator | Film | — | 57 |
| 2016 | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Jez (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Ray Wilton | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2015 | Pan | Long John Standing | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2015 | The Service | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2015 | Sealed with a Kiss | St Claire Du Bois | Film | — | 55 |
| 2014 | Get Santa | Policeman | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 2012 | 13 Steps Down | Tom Akwaa | Film | 4.9 | 52 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Erol Dumas | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 2007 | Deadmeat | Bones | Film | — | 47 |
| 2006 | Shoot the Messenger | Councillor Watts | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Radio Watford DJ | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 2003 | The Terry and Gaby Show | TV | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 2003 | My Dad's the Prime Minister | Detective Andy Sharp | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 2003 | Shoreditch | Chad | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Garage Owner | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 2002 | Mama Africa | Olu (segment "Hang Time") | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed | TV | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 2001 | In Deep | Brigstock | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 2001 | Hotel | Cardinal | Film | 3.4 | 41 |
| 2001 | Digitopia | Film | 5.0 | 41 | |
| 2000 | Sorted | Customs Officer | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1999 | Gimme Gimme Gimme | Jez Littlewood | TV | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1999 | The Murder of Stephen Lawrence | Uncle | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1998 | Maisie Raine | D.C. Stephen Holmes | TV | — | 38 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Eric Gladberry | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1997 | Hitler's Forgotten Victims | Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | TV | 7.6 | 36 | |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Hortense's Brother | Film | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1996 | Lord of Misrule | Tim | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1996 | The Final Passage | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1995 | The Smiths | Policeman | Film | — | 35 |
| 1995 | Welcome II the Terrordome | Officer Bovell / Slave Hand | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1993 | Wall of Silence | DS Ibbotsen | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Terry Bamtema | TV | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | TV | 5.5 | 32 | |
| 1992 | Running Late | Driver 3 | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1991 | The Body Beautiful | Young Man | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1990 | Drop the Dead Donkey | Barry | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1990 | The Chief | PC Charlie Webb | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1990 | Blood Rights | Sammy Dean | TV | — | 30 |
| 1990 | When Love Dies | Richard | Film | — | 30 |
| 1989 | Screen One | DS Ibbotsen | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1989 | 4 Play | Richard | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1989 | Teams from Hell | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1988 | South of the Border | Fitz | TV | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1988 | Thin Air | Joe Jeffries | TV | — | 28 |
| 1988 | Thin Air | Joe Jeffries | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Pierre | TV | 7.9 | 27 |
| 1987 | Playing Away | Stuart | Film | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Jed | TV | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Gaz Jones | TV | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1986 | Prospects | TV | 7.0 | 26 | |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 24 | |
| 1984 | Driving Ambition | Bill | TV | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1984 | Driving Ambition | Bill | Film | — | 24 |
| 1981 | Burning an Illusion | Nat West | Film | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1980 | Babylon | Spark | Film | 6.9 | 20 |
| 1978 | Strangers | Youth | TV | 7.3 | 18 |