Russell Tovey: movies and TV shows
Russell Tovey has 118 credits in the archive: 54 films and 64 TV series, from 1984 to 2026. Highest rated: Sherlock (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1984 – 2026 · busiest year: 2017 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Deep Dive | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 2026 | I Am the Prize | Film | — | 44 | |
| 2025 | The War Between the Land and the Sea | Barclay Pierre-Dupont | TV | 7.6 | 43 |
| 2025 | Plainclothes | Andrew | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 2025 | Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes | Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick | TV | 6.9 | 43 |
| 2025 | The Cult of Americana | Film | — | 43 | |
| 2024 | The Fortress | Charlie Oldman | TV | 5.8 | 42 |
| 2024 | Rob Beckett's Smart TV | Self - Guest | TV | 5.4 | 42 |
| 2024 | Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia | Film | 9.0 | 42 | |
| 2024 | Life is Excellent | Film | — | 42 | |
| 2023 | Love Again | Billy Brooks | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 2023 | Juice | Guy | TV | 6.4 | 41 |
| 2023 | Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry | Russell Tovey | TV | — | 41 |
| 2023 | Allelujah | Colin Colman | Film | 5.2 | 41 |
| 2023 | White Widow | Charlie | Film | 5.2 | 41 |
| 2022 | AIDS: The Unheard Tapes | Narrator | TV | 4.2 | 40 |
| 2022 | Wayfinder | Russell | Film | — | 40 |
| 2021 | Starstruck | Dave | TV | 6.6 | 39 |
| 2021 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Basil Hallward | Film | 3.0 | 39 |
| 2021 | National Theatre Live: Constellations | Roland | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 2020 | The Sister | Nathan | TV | 6.1 | 38 |
| 2020 | Flesh and Blood | Jake | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 2020 | No Masks | Film | — | 38 | |
| 2020 | Baby Lies Truthfully | Film | — | 38 | |
| 2020 | It's Me | Joe | Film | — | 38 |
| 2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 7.1 | 37 |
| 2019 | Years and Years | Daniel Lyons | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 2019 | The Good Liar | Steven | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 2019 | The Sea | David | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 2018 | The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer | Self - Guest | TV | 7.1 | 36 |
| 2018 | Shane the Chef | TV | — | 36 | |
| 2018 | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 2018 | Hymn of Hate | Sergeant George May | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 2017 | FEUD | John O'Shea | TV | 7.6 | 35 |
| 2017 | The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice | Self | TV | 5.3 | 35 |
| 2017 | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice) | TV | 5.6 | 35 |
| 2017 | Queers. | Phil | TV | 5.6 | 35 |
| 2017 | Queers. | TV | 5.6 | 35 | |
| 2017 | The Hippopotamus | Rupert Keynes | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches | Joseph Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo | Film | 8.1 | 35 |
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika | Joseph Pitt/Mormon Centre Father/The Angel Europa | Film | 8.1 | 35 |
| 2017 | We Have Been Watching | Self | TV | — | 35 |
| 2016 | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Ray Terrill / The Ray | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 2016 | The Night Manager | Simon Ogilvey | TV | — | 34 |
| 2016 | Red Top | Andy Coulson | Film | 5.3 | 34 |
| 2016 | Looking: The Movie | Kevin Matheson | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 2016 | Mindhorn | Paul Melly | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 2016 | The Pass | Jason | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 2015 | Supergirl | Ray Terrill / The Ray (uncredited) | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 2015 | Quantico | Harry Doyle | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Young Man with Earring | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 2015 | Banished | James Freeman | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 2015 | Stick Man | Dog (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 2014 | The Flash | Ray Terrill / The Ray | TV | 7.8 | 32 |
| 2014 | Pride | Tim | Film | 7.7 | 32 |
| 2014 | Looking | Kevin Matheson | TV | 7.4 | 32 |
| 2014 | Effie Gray | George | Film | 5.9 | 32 |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Delivery Man | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 2014 | Blackwood | Jack | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 2014 | Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 32 |
| 2014 | Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain | Squirt (Voice) | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 2013 | What Remains | Michael | TV | 7.3 | 31 |
| 2013 | Talking to the Dead | DS Huw Brydon | TV | 6.0 | 31 |
| 2013 | The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies | Narrator | TV | — | 31 |
| 2013 | The Job Lot | Karl Lyndhurst | TV | 7.3 | 31 |
| 2013 | Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 31 |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 31 |
| 2013 | The King is Dead | Nicky | Film | — | 31 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Footman | TV | 6.0 | 30 |
| 2012 | BBC Comedy Feeds | TV | — | 30 | |
| 2012 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | The Albino Pirate (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 2012 | Grabbers | Dr. Adam Smith | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 2012 | Tower Block | Paul | Film | 5.9 | 30 |
| 2012 | Just a Minute | Self | TV | 9.5 | 30 |
| 2012 | Walking the Dogs | Footman | Film | — | 30 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Patrick Read | TV | 8.1 | 29 |
| 2011 | Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.3 | 29 |
| 2011 | Is This a Joke? | Tim | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 2011 | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Midshipman Frame (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 2010 | Sherlock | Henry Knight | TV | 8.5 | 28 |
| 2010 | Mongrels | TV | 7.8 | 28 | |
| 2010 | Him & Her | Steve | TV | 7.1 | 28 |
| 2010 | Huge | Carl | Film | 5.6 | 28 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 27 |
| 2009 | Being Human | George Sands | TV | 7.1 | 27 |
| 2009 | Roar | Tom | Film | 7.5 | 27 |
| 2009 | In Passing | Henry Travers | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 2008 | Celebrity Juice | Self | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | Marcus Johnstone | TV | 7.7 | 26 |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | John Chivery | TV | 7.8 | 26 |
| 2008 | Mutual Friends | Estate Agent | TV | 7.0 | 26 |
| 2007 | Gavin & Stacey | Budgie | TV | 7.4 | 25 |
| 2007 | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | Midshipman Alonso Frame | Film | 7.6 | 25 |
| 2006 | The History Boys | Rudge | Film | 6.6 | 24 |
| 2006 | Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive | TV | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential | Narrator | TV | 8.1 | 23 |
| 2005 | My Family and Other Animals | Leslie Durrell | Film | 6.4 | 23 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | PC Terence Reed | TV | 7.8 | 22 |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show | TV | 5.1 | 22 | |
| 2003 | Servants | TV | 8.1 | 21 | |
| 2002 | Ultimate Force | TV | 6.5 | 20 | |
| 2001 | Messiah | Robbie McManus | TV | 7.4 | 19 |
| 2001 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Recruit | Film | 6.8 | 19 |
| 2001 | The Red Peppers | Alf | Film | — | 19 |
| 1999 | Holby City | Jerome Hibbert | TV | 5.8 | 17 |
| 1999 | Holby City | Adam Spengler | TV | 5.8 | 17 |
| 1998 | The Mrs Bradley Mysteries | Stable boy | TV | 7.3 | 16 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | TV | 7.6 | 14 | |
| 1996 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Panellist | TV | 7.0 | 14 |
| 1996 | Spywatch | Dennis Sealey | TV | — | 14 |
| 1994 | Mud | Bill | TV | 7.5 | 12 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Lionel Marshall | TV | 8.2 | 7 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 2 | |
| Wild Bird | Alexander McQueen | Film | — | — | |
| Wild Bird | Film | — | — | ||
| Wild Bird | Film | — | — | ||
| When the Wolves Came | Sebastian | Film | — | — | |
| Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!) | Mick | Film | — | — |