Sam Dastor: movies and TV shows

Sam Dastor has 35 credits in the archive: 18 films and 17 TV series, from 1967 to 2025. Highest rated: I, Claudius (7.8/10).

Career timeline

1967 – 2025 · busiest year: 1972 (3 credits)

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2025	Prisoners in Space	Dr. Ed Spencer	Film	—	83
2013	Yes, Prime Minister	Kumranistan Ambassador	TV	5.7	71
2006	Banglatown Banquet	Tariq	Film	—	64
2004	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Hal Ashby	Film	6.6	62
2003	Saint Paul	Self	Film	—	61
2002	Spooks	Riyad Barzali	TV	7.7	60
1999	The Alchemists	Ben Seligman	TV	8.0	57
1998	Jinnah	Gandhi	Film	6.9	56
1998	Such a Long Journey	Dinshawji	Film	6.0	56
1998	Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah	Self	Film	7.0	56
1997	The Heart Surgeon	V. J. Krishna	TV	4.3	55
1997	The Heart Surgeon	V. J. Krishna	Film	6.0	55
1992	A Touch of Frost	Majendie	TV	7.5	50
1992	Bad Girl	Dr Hawkesworth	Film	10.0	50
1991	Merlin of the Crystal Cave	Alun	TV	7.0	49
1989	Teams from Hell		Film	—	47
1987	Fortunes of War	Dr Shafik	TV	6.3	45
1984	Pope John Paul II	Józef Teitelbaum	Film	7.5	42
1983	Storyboard	Inspector Ghote	TV	8.0	41
1983	The Comedy of Errors	Angelo	Film	6.0	41
1983	Inspector Ghote Moves In	Inspector Ghote	Film	—	41
1981	Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective	Dr. Longton	Film	6.2	39
1979	Shoestring	Counsel	TV	7.7	37
1979	Julius Caesar	Casca	Film	8.7	37
1978	Blake's 7	The Caliph	TV	7.3	36
1978	Hazell	Attard	TV	5.2	36
1976	I, Claudius	Cassius Chaerea	TV	7.8	34
1975	Space: 1999	Ed Spencer	TV	7.1	33
1972	Van der Valk	Paul	TV	6.2	30
1972	The Edwardians	George Edalji	TV	6.3	30
1972	Made	Mahdav	Film	7.0	30
1970	The People’s Jack	Lord Boggis	Film	—	28
1970	Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows	O'Brian, Johnny, Bennett, Sean O'Casey	Film	—	28
1967	ITV Playhouse	Lord Boggis	TV	7.0	25
1967	ITV Playhouse	O'Briain	TV	7.0	25