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Adrian Scarborough

Adrian Scarborough

Actor · Born May 10, 1968 (58) · Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK

Adrian Philip Scarborough (born 10 May 1968) is an English actor.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 10, 1968 (58)
From
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
55 on MovieCove · 85 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 11% in 30 days

What are Adrian Scarborough's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Family2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Family movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Morality
18%
Self
16%
Society
14%
Survival
10%
Power
9%
Ideas
4%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 7 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 6

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Mentor
3 of 7
Shadow
1 of 7
Ally
1 of 7
Shapeshifter
1 of 7
Hero
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
13
Tense
9
Melancholic
9
Joyful
9
Contemplative
6
Other
21

How their films linger

Feel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3

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 Adrian Scarborough's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 35 of their 55 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Adrian Scarborough'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

85 credits, 55 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Falling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · as Francis

  • Mr. Bigstuff(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · as Ian

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • The Chelsea Detective(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as DI Max Arnold

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Murder, They Hope(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Jacob

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Bloods(2021)

    Show 16 episodes · as Gary

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Artemis Fowl(2020)

    as The Goblin Chief

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • 1917(2019)

    as Major Hepburn

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Pete Sutcliffe

  • The Accident(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · as Philip Walters

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • The Last Vermeer(2019)

    as Dirk Hannema

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III(2018)

    as Dr Willis

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Christopher Robin(2018)

    as Hal Gallsworthy

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Patrick the Pug(2018)

    as Mr. Peters

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • A Very English Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as George Carman QC

  • Killing Eve(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · as Raymond

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • On Chesil Beach(2017)

    as Lionel Mayhew

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Little Women(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr Davis

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Urban Myths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Chief Inspector Danders

  • Crashing(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Colin

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Professor Branestawm Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as The Vicar

  • Blunt Talk(2015)

    Show 20 episodes · as Harry Chandler

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • A Little Chaos(2014)

    as Daniel Le Vielle

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm(2014)

    as The Vicar

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Great War: The People's Story(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Winston Churchill

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • National Theatre Live: King Lear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as The Fool

  • Edge of Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as Bald Gary

  • Inside No. 9(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Larry

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Delicious(2013)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Up the Women(2013)

    Show 9 episodes · as Frank

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Plebs(2013)

    Show 6 episodes · as Claudius

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Father Brown(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Clive Trueman

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Restless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · as Morris Devereux

  • Les Misérables(2012)

    as Toothman

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Get Lucky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as St John Ponsoby Hunt

  • The Paradise(2012)

    Show 8 episodes · as Fenton

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who: The Making of The Gunslinger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Kahler Jek

  • Mrs Biggs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Bernard Powell

  • Mrs Biggs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · as Bernard Powell

  • Death in Paradise(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Leo Pascal

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • The Adventures of Abney & Teal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 52 episodes · as Abney (voice)

  • Upstairs Downstairs(2010)

    Show 9 episodes · as Mr Warwick Pritchard

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • The King's Speech(2010)

    as BBC Radio Announcer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Donald / Humphrey Carpenter

  • Magpie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Ray

  • Miranda(2009)

    Show 12 episodes · as Dreamboat Charlie

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Psychoville (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 7 episodes · as Mr Jolly

  • Into the Storm(2009)

    as Sawyers

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Pete Sutcliffe

  • Poppy Shakespeare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Middle Class Michael

  • Cranford(2007)

    Show 7 episodes · as Mr. Johnson

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007)

    as Calley

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Gavin & Stacey(2007)

    Show 19 episodes · as Pete Sutcliffe

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The History of Mr Polly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • Maxwell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Bob Cole

  • Kingdom(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Jeff

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Trial of Tony Blair(2007)

    as Simon

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Notes on a Scandal(2006)

    as Martin

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The History Boys(2006)

    as Wilkes

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Saxondale(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Chairman

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Benjamin Bunny

  • Doctor Who(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Kahler-Jex

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Vera Drake(2004)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • New Tricks(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Promoted to Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Arnold

  • Bright Young Things(2003)

    as Customs Officer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • To Kill a King(2003)

    as Sergeant Joyce

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • tlc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as The Phlebotomist

  • Dirty Pretty Things(2002)

    as The Doctor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Gosford Park(2001)

    as Barnes

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Last Resort(2000)

    as Council Official

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Let Them Eat Cake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • The Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Martin

  • The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Benjamin Bunny (voice)

  • Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon(1998)

    as Daniel Farson

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Revengers' Comedies(1998)

    as Percy Cutting

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • St. Ives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Le Bon

  • A Dance to the Music of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 4 episodes · as JG Quiggin

  • Midsomer Murders(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Eddie Carfax · as Peter Fogden · as Tony Pitt

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Benjamin Bunny (voice)

  • The Willows in Winter(1996)

    as Nephew Vole

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • A Midwinter's Tale(1995)

    as Young actor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Madness of King George(1994)

    as Fortnum

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Benjamin Bunny (voice)

  • Heartbeat(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Martin Padmore

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Upstairs, Downstairs(1971)

    Show Actor

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 85 titles from 1971 to 2026; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office

1917 (2019)

$446M worldwide

Highest rated

1917 (2019)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Chelsea Detective (2022)

Film career

19712026

Peak 2019 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting85 of 85: 85 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score80th

By decade

1970s1 · acting1990s14 · acting2000s26 · acting2010s38 · acting2020s6 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 21 roles
940414

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; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Adrian Scarborough's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 28; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 55 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up31
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 55 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved15
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser28
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)

74th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

1917 (2019)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 49. 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.

Is Adrian Scarborough's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles16–69 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles6–57 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles23–72 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles12–53 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles5–73 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Adrian Scarborough work with?

People who share at least 2 of Adrian Scarborough's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Daniel Mays shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers