Ian Dury
Actor · Died March 27, 2000, aged 57 · Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was a British singer, songwriter and actor who rose to fame in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. He was the lead singer and lyricist of Ian Dury and the Blockheads and previously Kilburn and the High Roads.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 12, 1942
- March 27, 2000 (aged 57)
- Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
- Actor
- 9 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Known for
What are Ian Dury's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Threshold guardianas Rat's Dad in Underground (1998)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ian Dury's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ian Dury's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 16 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Ian Dury: Rare and Unseen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Hold On To Your Structure - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Underground(1998)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Middleton's Changeling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Grand(1997)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Different for Girls(1996)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Crow: City of Angels(1996)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Judge Dredd(1995)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Skallagrigg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
The Rainbow Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Split Second(1992)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
After Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all filmsThe Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Burning Beds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
The Raggedy Rawney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Hearts of Fire(1987)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Ο παράδεισος ανοίγει με αντικλείδι (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Rocinante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
King of the Ghetto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Number One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Ian Dury X. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Ian Dury and The Blockheads: Rock Goes to College (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Career shape
Star power in the 83rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles from 1978 to 2010; peak year 1996.
Biggest box office
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Highest rated
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Film career
Peak 1996 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1989Screen debut· The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Ian Dury's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 8; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.