Biography
Linus William Roache (born 1 February 1964) is an English actor.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Homing Instinct
2023
as President
'Homing Instinct' evokes a world of shifting layers, juxtaposing neorealism with the vast metaphysical sweep of nature. The audience is invited into a...
The Apology
2022
as Jack Kingsley
Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estrange...
My Policeman
2022
as Tom
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous...
Being Dead
2021
as Joseph Adkins
Being Dead The film adaptation of Jim Crace's award-winning novel that follows a mid-life couple's effort to rekindle their marriage by traveling bac...
A Call to Spy
2020
as Maurice Buckmaster
The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring Americ...
The Last Full Measure
2020
as Whit Peters
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirt...
Mandy
2018
as Jeremiah Sand
The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapu...
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
2017
as Col. Philip Thomas
Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search for his ancestors following a tragic terrain slump in the Percival Molson Stadium.
Division 19
2017
as Charles Lynden
In 2039, jails have been turned into online portals where the public gets to choose what prisoners eat, wear, watch and who they fight. So successful ...
ID2: Shadwell Army
2016
as Vinnie
Long-awaited sequel to the 1995 film. A young British Asian, Mo is a fast-rising police officer who goes under cover infiltrating Shadwell's resurgent...
Barry
2016
as Bill Baughman
A young Barack Obama forges his identity while dealing with race, divergent cultures and ordinary life as a New York City college student.
Non-Stop
2014
as David McMillan
Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone...
Innocence
2013
as Miles Warner
After losing her mother in a tragic accident, Beckett Warner realizes that her troubles may be far worse—her school is run by a coven of beautiful wom...
The Making of a Lady
2012
as Lord James Walderhurst
Poor but intelligent Emily Fox Seton accepts a marriage proposal from the older Lord James Walderhurst, a widower pushed into providing an heir by his...
Supercapitalist
2012
as Mark Patterson
A maverick New York hedge fund trader with uncanny analytic abilities moves to Hong Kong and orchestrates a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond hi...
The Miraculous Year
2010
as Scott Vance
A chronicle of a New York family as seen through the eyes of a charming yet self-destructive Broadway composer.
Yonkers Joe
2008
as Teddy
Yonkers Joe tells the story of a dice hustler whose determination to make one last grab for a big score in Vegas is complicated by the reappearance of...
Before the Rains
2007
as Henry Moores
Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and d...
Broken Thread
2007
as Ram
Ram, a London-based businessman of Indian and English descent, has been experiencing mind-shattering nightmares of a mysterious masked woman who torme...
The Namesake
2006
as Mr. Lawson
After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their nativ...
12 and Holding
2006
as Jim Carges
Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire...
Find Me Guilty
2006
as Sean Kierney
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Batman Begins
2005
as Thomas Wayne
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable t...
The Forgotten
2004
as A Friendly Man
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has c...
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Purifier
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the fu...
Blind Flight
2004
as John McCarthy
The true story of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy's extraordinary relationship as hostages of militias in Lebanon during the 1979-9...
Beyond Borders
2003
as Henry Bauford
Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade...
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003
as James Joyce
'Hemingway vs. Callaghan' is based on the true story of the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and Morley Callaghan in Toronto and Paris between 1923...
RFK
2002
as Robert F. Kennedy
Following the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leading his country and carrying on his brother's vision...
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Ralph Wigram
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, mo...
Hart's War
2002
as Capt. Peter A. Ross
When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlistin...
Pandaemonium
2001
as Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an unstable but brilliant poet, becomes friends with the unknown William Wordsworth, and together they set out to recreate En...
Best
2000
as Dennis Law
Siam Sunset
1999
as Perry Roberts
A British design executive, who seemingly has everything going for him has his life totally changed when a refrigerator falls from an aircraft and lan...
The Venice Project
1999
as Count Jacko / Count Giaccomo
Roland is an avant-garde artist in Venice, California whose sister lives on their family's estate in Venice, Italy. Their father is near death and ann...
Shot Through the Heart
1998
as Vlado
The horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends (Linus Roache, Vincent Perez), who end up on opposing sides in the civil war ...
The Wings of the Dove
1997
as Merton Densher
Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's dece...
Priest
1995
as Father Greg Pilkington
The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.
Black and Blue
1992
as DS Brian Tait
When a local black politician is murdered an undercover police officer unveils a web of police corruption which puts lives at risk and threatens the w...
Keeping Tom Nice
1990
as Tom
Doug and Winnie have tried hard to keep their disabled son Tom 'nice', but when Stephen, a young social worker, takes a professional interest it has t...
Van Gogh
1990
as Vincent Van Gogh
Golden Globe nominee Linus Roache stars as troubled painter Vincent van Gogh in this drama from the BBC's "Omnibus" series. Struggling to make ends me...
Link
1986
as Student (uncredited)
Young graduate student Jane Chase becomes the new assistant to an eccentric zoology professor at the remote home he shares with two brilliant chimpanz...
No Surrender
1985
as Ulster Boy
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish...
The Dresden Sun
N/A
as Malik
A brilliant, principled mercenary with a traumatic past works with an insider to steal a valued asset from Peredor Corporation called “the sphere”. Th...
The Skin of the Water
N/A
as Patrick
A short film by Britt Berke.