Richard McCabe: movies and TV shows
Richard McCabe has 59 credits in the archive: 30 films and 29 TV series, from 1991 to 2026. Highest rated: Peaky Blinders (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1991 – 2026 · busiest year: 2007 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Savage House | Mr. Bennett | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 2024 | Gladiator II | Quaestor | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 2023 | Napoleon | Lord Whitworth | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 2022 | Anatomy of a Scandal | Brian Taylor | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2022 | The Pentaverate | Exalted Pikeman Higgins | TV | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2022 | The Yeomen of the Guard - English National Opera | Jack Point | Film | — | 61 |
| 2021 | A Very British Scandal | George Whigham | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 2021 | SAS: Red Notice | Callum | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 2021 | The Duke | Rab Butler | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 2021 | Cyrano | Priest | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2019 | 1917 | Colonel Collins | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2018 | The Little Stranger | Dr. Seeley | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Dr. Thaddeus Cutter | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2017 | Harlots | Justice Cunliffe | TV | 7.4 | 56 |
| 2017 | Goodbye Christopher Robin | Rupert | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2017 | Rangoon | Major General Harding | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2016 | Doctor Thorne | Frank Gresham Sr. | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2016 | Mindhorn | Jeffrey Moncrief | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 2015 | Poldark | Mr Trencrom | TV | 7.7 | 54 |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Baron | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2015 | Indian Summers | Stafford Armitage | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 2015 | Eye in the Sky | George Matherson | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2015 | The Scandalous Lady W | Lord North | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2014 | The Game | Prime Minister | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 2014 | The Great Fire | Lord Hyde | TV | 6.9 | 53 |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Winston Churchill | TV | 8.5 | 52 |
| 2013 | The Invisible Woman | Mark Lemon | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: The Audience | Harold Wilson | Film | 8.3 | 52 |
| 2013 | Legacy | Gerry | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Tim Szabo | TV | 6.0 | 51 |
| 2012 | The Best of Men | Dr. Cowan | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 2012 | Epithet | Alan | Film | 0.5 | 51 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Professor Roger Harkness | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2011 | Borgia | TV | 7.3 | 50 | |
| 2008 | Wallander | Nyberg | TV | 7.4 | 47 |
| 2008 | The Duchess | Sir James Hare | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2008 | Einstein and Eddington | Frank Dyson | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Gavin Matthews | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2007 | Heroes and Villains | TV | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 2007 | Nightwatching | Bloefeldt | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 2007 | The History of the World Backwards | TV | — | 46 | |
| 2007 | Heroes & Villains: Napoleon | Barras | Film | — | 46 |
| 2006 | Jane Eyre | Mr. Brocklehurst | TV | 7.7 | 45 |
| 2005 | The Constant Gardener | Arthur Hammond | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2005 | To the Ends of the Earth | Mr. Brocklebank | TV | 6.1 | 44 |
| 2004 | Doc Martin | Trevor Dodds | TV | 8.3 | 43 |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | The King | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 2004 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea | Horace (uncredited) | Film | 4.9 | 43 |
| 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Mr. Higgins, Surgeon's Mate | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Matthew Plowden | TV | 7.7 | 41 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Karl Meerman | TV | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1999 | Notting Hill | Tony | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1999 | The Vice | Michael Walden | TV | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1998 | Killer Net | DI Colby | TV | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Rev. Anthony Gant | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | Roger Barker | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1995 | Bramwell | Osborne | TV | 4.2 | 34 |
| 1995 | Persuasion | Captain Benwick | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1991 | For the Greater Good | Trusty | TV | 9.0 | 30 |