Adrian Lester

Adrian Lester

1968-08-14 Birmingham, England, UK 40 Credits

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Mutiny

2026

Acting

After his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, Cole Reed is set up to take the fall for the crime — leaving him on the run as h...

Angel Pavement

Angel Pavement

2024

as Narrator

Acting

A tale from Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures. Corky and Loopy are two ordinary girls who happen to also be secret angels! With the aid of a magic pen...

The Penitent - A Rational Man

The Penitent - A Rational Man

2023

6.0
Acting

A psychiatrist, Charles, has his career and life become derailed after he refuses to testify on behalf of a former patient who had become clinically v...

David Harewood on Blackface

David Harewood on Blackface

2023

as Himself

Acting

At its peak, The Black and White Minstrel Show was watched by a Saturday night audience of more than 20 million people. David Harewood goes on a missi...

Elizabeth: Her Passions and Pastimes

Elizabeth: Her Passions and Pastimes

2022

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

Throughout her life, The Queen had her passions and pastimes that she enjoyed. From her dogs and horses, through theatre, film, music and TV, to her l...

Keeping Company with Sondheim

Keeping Company with Sondheim

2022

as Self / Bobby (archive footage)

9.0
Acting

Filmed over two years, this new documentary takes an exclusive inside look at Tony-winning director Marianne Elliott’s creative process of bringing a ...

Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

2021

as Prince

5.8
Acting

An adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy set in modern-day Italy where two young lovers strive to transcend a violent world where Catholic and secular v...

Hymn

2021

as Gil

Acting

Two men meet at a funeral. Benny is a loner anchored by his wife and children. Gil longs to fulfil his potential. They form a deep bond but as cracks ...

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

2019

as Self

9.0
Acting

Ten big name actors, including Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, David Tennant and Olivia Colman, come together to record an album for Children In Need

Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Queen of Scots

2018

as Lord Randolph

6.6
Acting

In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ru...

Euphoria

Euphoria

2018

as Aron

6.3
Acting

The story of two sisters on a journey, where they try to get close to each other and approach the tough questions in life. Euphoria is a contemporary ...

Grey Lady

Grey Lady

2017

as Johnson

4.8
Acting

A Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he bargained for.

Breakable You

Breakable You

2017

as Ken Yates

5.1
Acting

A divorced playwright and his therapist ex deal with new relationships and their daughter.

Britain's Racist Election

2015

as Narrator (Voice Only)

Acting

Channel 4 documentary Britain's Racist Election follows the controversial 1964 Smethwick election battle between Peter Griffiths and Gordon Walker, fo...

Respect: A Felix Dexter Special

Respect: A Felix Dexter Special

2013

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Acting

A special programme celebrating the life in comedy of the much-loved and respected actor, Felix Dexter. Charting his influence as a pioneer of black c...

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

2013

as Othello

6.2
Acting

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best Brit...

National Theatre Live: Othello

National Theatre Live: Othello

2013

as Othello

9.0
Acting

The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio...

Jimi: All Is by My Side

Jimi: All Is by My Side

2013

as Michael X

5.6
Acting

A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

Sleep With Me

Sleep With Me

2009

as Richard

3.7
Acting

A couple are torn apart when a French woman enters their loves and pulls them into personal a game of lust and obsession.

Case 39

Case 39

2009

as Wayne

6.3
Acting

In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emi...

Ballet Shoes

Ballet Shoes

2008

as Mr. Sholsky

6.4
Acting

An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But ...

Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday'

Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday'

2008

as Self

7.0
Acting

The Making of 'Doomsday'

Doomsday

Doomsday

2008

as Sergeant Norton

6.0
Acting

The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarant...

Starting Out in the Evening

Starting Out in the Evening

2007

as Casey Davis

6.8
Acting

Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the poi...

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

2006

as Pete

5.3
Acting

Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath in ...

As You Like It

As You Like It

2006

as Oliver De Boys

5.7
Acting

Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out ag...

The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

as Simon

6.5
Acting

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age,...

The Final Curtain

The Final Curtain

2002

as Jonathan Stitch

4.5
Acting

The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. It tells the story of J. J. Curtis, ageing games...

The Tragedy of Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet

2002

as Hamlet

8.7
Acting

Peter Brook presents a new interpretation of the classic in a setting is vaguely eastern rather than Scandinavian, with a multi-ethnic cast .

Dust

Dust

2001

as Edge

5.4
Acting

Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows clo...

Born Romantic

Born Romantic

2000

as Jimmy

6.1
Acting

In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCorm...

Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

2000

as George

5.4
Acting

Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. T...

Best

Best

2000

as Rocky

6.1
Acting
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

2000

as Dumaine

5.6
Acting

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and h...

Storm Damage

Storm Damage

2000

as Danny

6.0
Acting

A young teacher returns to the children’s care home where he grew up, and becomes involved with the lives of the troubled teenage children.

Primary Colors

Primary Colors

1998

as Henry Burton

6.3
Acting

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to ...

Up on the Roof

Up on the Roof

1997

as Scott

Acting

Five friends who meet at Hull University in the late 1970's and form a barbershop-style quartet. They blow their chance to sing at a graduation gig an...

Les Sœurs Soleil

Les Sœurs Soleil

1997

as Isaac Nelson

3.4
Acting

This gently satirical French comedy centers on the resulting brouhaha that erupts when the preadolescent daughter of a very conservative bourgeoisie c...

Company

Company

1996

as Bobby

6.4
Acting

Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his s...

The Affair

The Affair

1995

as Ray

3.8
Acting

A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of h...