Nicholas Burns: movies and TV shows
Nicholas Burns has 65 credits in the archive: 26 films and 39 TV series, from 1971 to 2026. Highest rated: HARDtalk (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1971 – 2026 · busiest year: 2015 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Flavia | Film | 6.2 | 49 | |
| 2026 | Flavia | Frank Pemberton | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 2025 | The Girlfriend | Elliot | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 2024 | Paddington in Peru | Mr. Wilson | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 2024 | Daddy Issues | Kenny | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 2024 | A Very Royal Scandal | Mark Gwynne | TV | 6.6 | 47 |
| 2023 | A Small Light | Victor Kugler | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 2023 | Allelujah | Minister | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 2022 | SAS Rogue Heroes | Pilot | TV | 7.8 | 45 |
| 2022 | The Serpent Queen | Antoine de Bourbon | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 2021 | Censor | Sanderson | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 2020 | Emma. | Mr. Coles | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 2020 | Small Axe | Mr. Purling | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 2019 | Manhunt | Richard Ambrose | TV | 7.1 | 42 |
| 2019 | Hope Gap | Gary | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 2018 | Ghost Stories | Mark van Rhys | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 2018 | Wannabe | Neil Clarke | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 2018 | The Little Stranger | Peter Baker-Hyde | Film | 5.7 | 41 |
| 2018 | The Orgy | Geoff | Film | 4.2 | 41 |
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Young Marx | Film | 8.2 | 40 | |
| 2016 | The Crown | Anthony Nutting | TV | 8.2 | 39 |
| 2016 | Houdini & Doyle | Frederick Batch | TV | 6.5 | 39 |
| 2016 | CBeebies Presents: A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 2015 | Marley's Ghosts | Michael | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Giles Perry | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 2015 | Beyond the Mask | Film | 5.5 | 38 | |
| 2015 | War Book | James | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 2015 | The Vote | Kenneth Robson | Film | 8.4 | 38 |
| 2015 | Coalition | Ed Balls | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 2014 | The Crimson Field | Major Gerard Yelland | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 2014 | Uncle | Ben | TV | 7.7 | 37 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Frank Derbyshire | TV | 7.6 | 36 |
| 2013 | The Tunnel | Richard Carver | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 2013 | The World's End | Collaborator | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 2013 | The Tractate Middoth | George Earle | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: The Magistrate | Captain Horace Vale | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Rory Lyons | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Keith Holligan | TV | 8.3 | 34 |
| 2011 | The Sinking of the Laconia | Benjamin Coutts | TV | 6.4 | 34 |
| 2009 | Misfits | PC Wilson | TV | 7.6 | 32 |
| 2009 | Monday Monday | TV | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 2008 | No Heroics | The Hotness | TV | 6.2 | 31 |
| 2008 | Albert's Speech | Albert | Film | — | 31 |
| 2007 | Benidorm | Martin Weedon | TV | 7.5 | 30 |
| 2007 | Benidorm | Martin | TV | 7.5 | 30 |
| 2007 | Roman's Empire | TV | 7.7 | 30 | |
| 2007 | Hard to Swallow | Steve | Film | — | 30 |
| 2006 | The IT Crowd | Jerome | TV | 8.2 | 29 |
| 2006 | Born Equal | Michael | Film | 5.0 | 29 |
| 2006 | Fear of Fanny | Christopher | Film | 7.1 | 29 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Sutcliffe | TV | 7.6 | 28 |
| 2005 | Nathan Barley | Nathan Barley | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 2005 | Man Stroke Woman | TV | 7.8 | 28 | |
| 2004 | The Mighty Boosh | The King | TV | 7.6 | 27 |
| 2003 | Absolute Power | TV | 7.6 | 26 | |
| 2003 | Cambridge Spies | Rightwing Student | TV | 6.4 | 26 |
| 2003 | Sex, Lies & Michael Aspel | Nick Drake | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 2002 | Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali | Young Artist | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Barrett Lounds | TV | 7.5 | 20 |
| 1997 | HARDtalk | TV | 8.7 | 20 | |
| 1995 | Soccer AM | Self | TV | 6.3 | 18 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | DC Tranter | TV | 7.5 | 15 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Inspector Meadows | TV | 8.2 | 12 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 7 | |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | George Earle | TV | 7.4 | 5 |