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Will Sharpe

Will Sharpe

Actor, director, writer, producer and editor · Born September 22, 1986 (40) · Camden, London, England, UK

BAFTA Award winner · Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Primetime Emmy nominee

William Tomomori Fukuda Sharpe (born 22 September 1986) is an English actor, writer, and director. After writing for comedy shows and appearing in the medical drama Casualty (2009–2010), he made his feature directorial debut with Black Pond (2011). He gained further acclaim for his Channel 4 comedy-drama Flowers (2016). He then starred in the BBC Two series Defending the Guilty (2018–2019) and Giri/Haji (2019), the latter of which earned him a British Academy Television Award. Sharpe went on to direct the film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain and the Sky Atlantic miniseries Landscapers (both 2021). He also starred in the second season of The White Lotus (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Sharpe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 22, 1986 (40)
From
Camden, London, England, UK
Works as
Actor, director, writer, producer and editor
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 24% in 30 days

What are Will Sharpe's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 4
Shapeshifter
2 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
8
Tense
6
Contemplative
3
Absurd
3
Bittersweet
2
Other
7

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet8
  • Ambiguous2

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 Will Sharpe's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Will Sharpe'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

22 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Amadeus(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer · as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
  • Too Much(2025)

    Show 10 episodes · as Felix Remen

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
  • A Real Pain(2024)

    as James

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Emmanuelle(2024)

    as Kei

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • The House(2022)

    as Elias (voice)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Landscapers(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
  • The Electrical Life of Louis Wain(2021)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The White Lotus(2021)

    Show 7 episodes · as Ethan Spiller

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
  • Giri/Haji(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · as Rodney

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
  • Defending the Guilty(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Will

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
  • The Darkest Universe(2016)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · as Zac Pratt

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Flowers(2016)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Associate Producer · Creator · Writer · as Shun

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
  • Babylon(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Rick

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
  • W1A(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Michael Chung

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
  • Brian Pern: A Life in Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Young Pat Quid

  • Dirk Gently(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as David Cho

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
  • Black Pond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Tim Tanaka

  • Sherlock(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Corporal Lyons

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
  • Cockroach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Editor · Writer · as Kiyoshi

  • Casualty(1986)

    Show 95 episodes · as Yuki Reid

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
  • Absolute Surrender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

  • Prodigies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator · Executive Producer · as Ren

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 22 titles, 20 of them dated from 1986 to 2025; peak year 2024.

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19862025

Peak 2024 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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
Acting19 of 22: 13 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score75thDirecting7 of 22: 0 only directing, 7 with another roleWriting7 of 22: 0 only writing, 7 with another roleProducing6 of 22: 0 only producing, 6 with another roleEditing2 of 22: 0 only editing, 2 with another roleOther crew2 of 22: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

22 titles, 9 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting2000s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew2010s10 · 10 acting · 3 crew2020s8 · 6 acting · 3 crew

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.

Awards

a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award from 8 major nominations, 2012–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Supporting Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  2. 2022
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Director, Fiction
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Mini-Series
  3. 2020
    • BAFTA Award, won · Supporting Actor
  4. 2017
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Scripted Comedy
  5. 2012
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Will Sharpe's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 55. 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 Will Sharpe's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles10–73 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles13–63 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles31–74 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 34 · mildMedian 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 Will Sharpe work with?

People who share at least 2 of Will Sharpe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Arthur Sharpe shares the most, 4.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers