Bertie Carvel

Actor

September 6, 1977 (48 years)

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Biography

Bertie Carvel is a British actor who has twice won a Laurence Olivier Award: for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical, and for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Rupert Murdoch in Ink. For the latter role, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play. Carvel was born in Marylebone, London, England, on September 6, 1977. He studied English at the University of Sussex and then trained at the Royal…

Filmography

7.5

Midsomer Murders

Justin Hooper

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

7.6

Doctor Who

Mysterious Man

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

8.2

The Crown

Tony Blair

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

8.4

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Prince Baelor 'Breakspear' Targaryen

A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros: a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits await these improbable and incomparable friends.

5.8

Holby City

Martin Phillips

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.

8.5

Sherlock

Seb Wilkes

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

7.2

Waking the Dead

Dr Dench

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

7.4

Primeval

Ryan Mason

When strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.

6.8

Dalgliesh

Adam Dalgliesh

A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.

7.7

John Adams

Lord Carmarthen

Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.

7.3

Les Misérables

Bamatabois

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

6.9

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Banquo

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

7.1

Restless

Mason Harding

A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.

7.0

Doctor Foster

Simon Foster

A woman suspects her husband of having an affair. After following several lines of enquiries far more unravels including a streak of violence below the surface.

6.6

Babylon

Finn Kirkwood

London's police force is in need of a public image revamp. And Chief Constable Richard Miller has found just the woman to do it...American visionary from the world of new media Liz Garvey, sets out to revolutionise the force's PR department just as an outbreak of violence erupts.

7.4

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Jonathan Strange

With magic long since lost to England, two men are destined to bring it back; the reclusive Mr. Norrell and daring novice Jonathan Strange. So begins a dangerous battle between two great minds.

7.0

The Crimson Petal and the White

Ashwell

Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.

5.8

The Pale Horse

Zachariah Osborne

After a list of names is found in the shoe of a dead woman, one of the named people begins investigating and is drawn to the The Pale Horse, the home of a trio of rumored witches living in a small village. Word has it that the witches can do away with wealthy relatives using dark arts.

7.3

The Wrong Mans

Nathan Cross

Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime, conspiracy and corruption.

6.0

Hidden

Alexander Wentworth

When lawyer Gina Hawkes hires Harry to find a witness, he unexpectedly revisits his brother's decades-old death, embroiling him in a political conspiracy at the highest levels of British government.