Samuel West: movies and TV shows
Samuel West has 135 credits in the archive: 77 films and 58 TV series, from 1974 to 2026. Highest rated: All Creatures Great & Small (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1974 – 2026 · busiest year: 2014 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sam & Ade Go Birding | TV | — | 60 | |
| 2025 | Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius | Self | TV | 4.0 | 59 |
| 2025 | Return to Narnia | Self | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2024 | Merchant Ivory | Self | Film | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2022 | Slow Horses | Peter Judd | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | TV | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 2022 | The Midwich Cuckoos | Bernard Westcott | TV | 6.6 | 56 |
| 2022 | The Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour | Master of Ceremonies | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 2020 | All Creatures Great & Small | Siegfried Farnon | TV | 8.2 | 54 |
| 2020 | The Gentlemen | Lord Pressfield | Film | 7.7 | 54 |
| 2020 | Small Axe | Mr. Hill | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2020 | Gatecrash | Policeman | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2018 | Trust | Professor Talbot | TV | 6.9 | 52 |
| 2018 | On Chesil Beach | Geoffrey Ponting | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour | Sir Anthony Eden | Film | 7.4 | 51 |
| 2017 | Spying on the Royals | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 2017 | Edouard VIII, espionnage et liaisons dangereuses | Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 2016 | Westworld | Security Guard | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 2016 | The Crown | Anthony Blunt | TV | 8.2 | 50 |
| 2016 | All the world's a stage | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 50 |
| 2015 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Sir William Chester | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2015 | Suffragette | Benedict Haughton | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 2015 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Sir Walter Pole | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 2015 | The Eichmann Show | Narrator | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 2015 | Inside the Court of Henry VIII | Narrator | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 2014 | W1A | Richard Cartwright | TV | 7.7 | 48 |
| 2014 | The Crimson Field | Elliot Vincent | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 2014 | The Riot Club | Tutor | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 2014 | Fleming | Rear Admiral John Godfrey | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 2014 | Great Canal Journeys | Self | TV | 8.8 | 48 |
| 2014 | Secrets of Underground London | Narrator | Film | — | 48 |
| 2014 | Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath | Host | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 2014 | Secrets of Britain | Himself - Narrator | TV | 5.0 | 48 |
| 2014 | Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2014 | If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day | Norman Skinner | Film | — | 48 |
| 2014 | Faberge: A Life of Its Own | Narrator | Film | 7.7 | 48 |
| 2013 | Mr Selfridge | Frank Edwards | TV | 6.9 | 47 |
| 2013 | Winterwatch | Self | TV | 8.2 | 47 |
| 2013 | Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace: Hampton Court | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 2013 | Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 2013 | Secrets of the Tower of London | Narrator | Film | — | 47 |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Bishop of Winchester | TV | 7.4 | 46 |
| 2012 | Secrets of the Manor House | Self - Narrator | TV | — | 46 |
| 2012 | Hyde Park on Hudson | Bertie | Film | 5.3 | 46 |
| 2012 | Eternal Law | Zak Gist | TV | 7.1 | 46 |
| 2012 | Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 2012 | Secrets of the Manor House | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 2012 | First Man on the Moon | Narrator (Voice UK) | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 2012 | King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy | Narrator (Voice) | TV | — | 46 |
| 2012 | Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Donald McCormack | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 2011 | Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters | Narrator | Film | — | 45 |
| 2011 | Hitler's Children | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 2011 | Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 45 |
| 2010 | Dark Relic | Friar George | Film | 3.5 | 44 |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart | Peter Scabius (Older) | TV | 6.4 | 44 |
| 2010 | Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 2010 | BBC Horizon: Is Everything We Know About The Universe Wrong? | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 44 |
| 2009 | Garrow's Law | Thomas Erskine | TV | 7.4 | 43 |
| 2009 | Desperate Romantics | TV | 7.4 | 43 | |
| 2009 | Albert Schweitzer | Phil Figgis | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 2009 | English Heritage | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 43 |
| 2009 | The Blood of the Rose | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 2009 | The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India | Narrator - (Voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 2008 | World War Two: Behind Closed Doors | narrator | TV | 5.7 | 42 |
| 2008 | Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley | Ted Heath | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV | 4.5 | 41 |
| 2006 | Random Quest | Colin | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 2006 | The First Emperor | Himself - Narrator | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 2005 | Einstein's Big Idea | Humphry Davy | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 2005 | Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution | Narrator | TV | 7.6 | 39 |
| 2005 | Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 39 |
| 2005 | After the War: Conquering Germany | Narrator | Film | — | 39 |
| 2004 | Van Helsing | Dr. Victor Frankenstein | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 2004 | Ring of the Nibelungs | Gunther | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 2004 | Ring of the Nibelungs | Gunther | TV | 7.8 | 38 |
| 2003 | 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure | Pongo (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 2003 | Cambridge Spies | Anthony Blunt | TV | 6.4 | 37 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Lt. Col. James Wintringham | TV | 7.9 | 36 |
| 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Tony Wainwright | TV | 7.3 | 36 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Thomas Rice | TV | 7.2 | 35 |
| 2001 | Iris | Young Maurice | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 2001 | The Private Life of a Masterpiece | Narrator | TV | 5.8 | 35 |
| 2001 | Pandaemonium | Robert Southey | Film | 5.0 | 35 |
| 2001 | Nero's Golden House | Narrator | Film | — | 35 |
| 2000 | Bread and Roses | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Nevil Maskelyne | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Nevil Maskelyne | Film | 7.4 | 34 |
| 2000 | Complicity | Neil | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1999 | Notting Hill | Anna's Co-Star | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1999 | The Planets | Himself - Narrator | TV | 8.1 | 33 |
| 1999 | War of the Century | Self - Narrator | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1999 | Runt | Pork | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1999 | Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters | Major Edrington | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1999 | Battle of the Sexes - In the Animal World | Narrator | TV | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1999 | In Excess: The Death of Michael Hutchence | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1999 | War of the Century - When Hitler Fought Stalin | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1998 | Hornblower | Major Edrington | TV | 7.8 | 32 |
| 1998 | Stiff Upper Lips | Edward | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1998 | The Dance of Shiva | Lieutenant Davies | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1998 | Rupert's Land | Rupert McKay | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Jeremy Thacker | TV | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | James Oswood | TV | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1997 | The Nazis: A Warning from History | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.6 | 31 |
| 1997 | Danielle Steel's Zoya | Nicolai | Film | 4.9 | 31 |
| 1997 | I Hate Christmas Too | Soldier | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1997 | The Ripper | Prince Albert Victor Edward | Film | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | St John Rivers | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1996 | Strangers | Simon | TV | 4.3 | 30 |
| 1996 | Over Here | Archie Bunting | TV | 7.7 | 30 |
| 1995 | Persuasion | Mr. Elliot | Film | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1995 | Heavy Weather | 'Monty' Bodkin | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1995 | Carrington | Gerald Brenan | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1995 | The Vacillations of Poppy Carew | Victor | Film | 5.0 | 29 |
| 1994 | A Feast at Midnight | Chef | Film | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1994 | Open Fire | Stephen Waldorf | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1994 | A Breed of Heroes | Lt. Charles Thoroughgood | Film | 3.7 | 28 |
| 1993 | The Maitlands | Jack Maitland | Film | — | 27 |
| 1993 | Archipel | Alan Stewart | Film | 4.0 | 27 |
| 1993 | Voices in the Garden | Mark | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1993 | Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time | Cyrian | Film | 4.8 | 27 |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By | Terry | TV | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1992 | Howards End | Leonard Bast | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1991 | Performance | Jack Maitland | TV | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1991 | Stanley and the Women | Stephen Duke | TV | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Dr Constantine | TV | 8.2 | 23 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Lt. Charles Thoroughgood | TV | 7.2 | 23 |
| 1989 | Reunion | Count Konradin von Lohenburg | Film | 6.7 | 23 |
| 1989 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | King Caspian | Film | 6.1 | 23 |
| 1988 | The Chronicles of Narnia | King Caspian | TV | 7.5 | 22 |
| 1986 | Frankie and Johnnie | Johnnie Mallett | Film | 9.0 | 20 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Mark | TV | 7.1 | 19 |
| 1974 | NOVA | Humphry Davy | TV | 7.0 | 8 |
| Time & Tide - A Trilogy | Film | — | — | ||
| The Book of Water | Narrator/Geiser | Film | — | — |