Matthew Marsh: movies and TV shows
Matthew Marsh has 115 credits in the archive: 58 films and 57 TV series, from 1972 to 2024. Highest rated: Murder in Mind (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1972 – 2024 · busiest year: 1988 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hounds of War | President Lane | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 2023 | Tetris | Mikhail Gorbachev | Film | 7.7 | 68 |
| 2023 | Django | Col. William Fourier | TV | 5.5 | 68 |
| 2023 | National Theatre Live: The Crucible | Film | 4.5 | 68 | |
| 2022 | The Contractor | Gray (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 2021 | The Nevers | Major | TV | 7.9 | 66 |
| 2021 | The Mauritanian | General Miller | Film | 7.4 | 66 |
| 2019 | Whiskey Cavalier | Director Casey | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 2019 | The Informer | Warden Leinart | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2019 | Mr. Jones | William Randolph Hearst | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 2019 | West of Liberty | Clive 'GT' Barner | TV | 6.6 | 64 |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | General Kuznetsov | TV | 7.7 | 63 |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose | Ballentine Morgan | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Rear Admiral | Film | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2017 | Taboo | Exorcist | TV | 7.9 | 62 |
| 2017 | Unlocked | Frank Sutter | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 2017 | The Little Vampire 3D | Gernot (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2016 | The Crown | President Eisenhower | TV | 8.2 | 61 |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret | Lord Beaverbrook | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2015 | Humans | Lord Dryden | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 2015 | The Coroner | Sidney Sutton | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2015 | Capital | Lothar | TV | 7.1 | 60 |
| 2015 | Arthur & George | Chief Constable Anson | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Lord Arthur Hawthorne | TV | 7.6 | 58 |
| 2013 | Jo | TV | 6.3 | 58 | |
| 2013 | Hafen der Düfte | Kommissar Braddock | Film | 4.3 | 58 |
| 2013 | The Other Child | Stephen Cramer | TV | 3.0 | 58 |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Brigadier General Hauser | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 2012 | National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans | Peter | Film | 1.0 | 57 |
| 2012 | Epithet | Richard | Film | 0.5 | 57 |
| 2011 | Vera | Phil Kingston | TV | 7.4 | 56 |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Alexander Haig | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2011 | Hidden | James Morpeth | TV | 6.0 | 56 |
| 2011 | Shirley | Jack Hylton | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2010 | Luther | Russell Cornish | TV | 7.9 | 55 |
| 2010 | The Special Relationship | Foreign Policy Advisor | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2009 | Endgame | F.W. de Klerk | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2009 | The Turning Point | Winston Churchill | Film | — | 54 |
| 2008 | How Not to Live Your Life | Glen Menford | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Henry McEwan | TV | 7.6 | 52 |
| 2007 | Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall | Alec Hurley | Film | 5.1 | 52 |
| 2006 | Lead Balloon | TV | 7.6 | 51 | |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind | Papa Max | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 2006 | Century City | Film | — | 51 | |
| 2006 | O Jerusalem | Sir Gordon | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 2005 | The Thick of It | Simon Hewitt | TV | 8.1 | 50 |
| 2005 | An American Haunting | James Johnston | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 2005 | .357 | Campbell | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Harry Gallo | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 2004 | Hawking | Dr. John Holloway | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2004 | The Return of the Dancing Master | Giuseppe Larsson | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 2004 | Belonging | Peter Fox | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 2004 | Wall of Silence | Goldberg | Film | 8.3 | 49 |
| 2003 | The Commander | TV | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 2003 | Real Men | DCI Norton | Film | 8.5 | 48 |
| 2003 | Quicksand | Michel Cote | Film | 4.9 | 48 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Bob Hogan | TV | 7.7 | 47 |
| 2002 | Bad Company | Dragan Adjanic | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 2002 | Miranda | Charles | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind | Brian Balfour | TV | 8.3 | 46 |
| 2001 | Murphy's Law | Bishop Noonan | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2001 | Spy Game | Dr. Byars | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2001 | The Cazalets | Otto Rose | TV | 8.5 | 46 |
| 2000 | Monarch of the Glen | TV | 7.3 | 45 | |
| 2000 | Lock, Stock... | Attila | TV | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1998 | A Respectable Trade | Stephen Waring | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1998 | A Certain Justice | Drysdale Laud | TV | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1998 | Getting Hurt | Steven Gore | Film | 4.5 | 43 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Tony Carter | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Jack Braxton | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Detective | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1997 | Into the Blue | Alan Dysart | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1996 | Madson | DI Rourke | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1996 | Death of a Salesman | Howard | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1996 | Famous Fred | Dad (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1995 | Bugs | Hurry | TV | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1995 | Game On | Brian Kennedy | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1995 | Sharman | Tony Hogan | TV | — | 40 |
| 1995 | Piccadilly Circus by Night | Greg | Film | — | 40 |
| 1995 | The Turnaround | Tony Hogan | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1994 | Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups | Captain Hercule Platini | Film | 7.7 | 39 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Mr. Lockwood | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend | Bascombe | Film | 5.0 | 38 |
| 1993 | Genghis Cohn | Herr Kruger | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Keith Hibbert | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Edgar Faussett | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | DCI Hawkes | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By | Alex Duncan | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1991 | Barbed Wire | Wilson | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | William | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1990 | Diamond Skulls | Raul | Film | 3.4 | 35 |
| 1989 | Anything More Would Be Greedy | Mark Golan | TV | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1989 | Flying in the Branches | Michael | Film | — | 34 |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | Captain Hercule Platini | TV | 8.1 | 33 |
| 1988 | A Taste for Death | Dominic Swayne | TV | 5.4 | 33 |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Warder | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1988 | An Affair in Mind | Detective Inspector Brodd | Film | 5.0 | 33 |
| 1988 | Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' | Warder | Film | — | 33 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Angus Norris | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | Barry Banks | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Geoff Marks | TV | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Russell Miller | TV | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Brian Carroll | TV | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1986 | The Marlowe Inquest | Thomas Walshingham | Film | 1.0 | 31 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | James Quitman | TV | 7.1 | 30 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Herr Kruger | TV | 7.1 | 30 |
| 1985 | John and Yoko: A Love Story | Elton John | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1985 | In the Secret State | James Quitman | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1983 | Dalgliesh | Dominic Swayne | TV | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Naples Street Kid | TV | 7.4 | 27 |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Sydney | TV | 7.7 | 27 |
| 1979 | Sweet Wine of Youth | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1978 | Strangers | Prisoner | TV | 7.3 | 23 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Willem Maas | TV | 6.2 | 17 |
| Albatross | Father | Film | — | — |