
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.
- September 22, 1986 (40)
- Camden, London, England, UK
- Actor, director, writer, producer and editor
- 17 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
What are Will Sharpe's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
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
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Zac Pratt in The Darkest Universe (2016)
- Shapeshifteras Shun in Flowers (2016)
- Shapeshifteras Felix Remen in Too Much (2025)
- Heroas Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus (2025)
Moods and endings
- 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).
- BritBox
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)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Too Much(2025)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
A Real Pain(2024)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Emmanuelle(2024)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
The House(2022)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Landscapers(2021)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The White Lotus(2021)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Giri/Haji(2019)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Defending the Guilty(2018)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
The Darkest Universe(2016)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Flowers(2016)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Babylon(2014)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
W1A(2014)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Brian Pern: A Life in Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Dirk Gently(2010)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Black Pond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Sherlock(2010)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Cockroach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Casualty(1986)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Absolute Surrender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Prodigies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
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
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.
- 1986Screen debut· Casualty
- 2011First film· Black Pond
- 2016BAFTA Award nomination· Flowers
- 2019BAFTA Award win· Giri/Haji
- 2021Screen Actors Guild Award win· The White Lotus
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.
- 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
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Director, Fiction
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Mini-Series
- BAFTA Award, won · Supporting Actor
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Scripted Comedy
- 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.
- 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.
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
- Prasanna PuwanarajahShared titles: Too Much (2025), Defending the Guilty (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Prasanna Puwanarajah

- Daniel RigbyShared titles: Landscapers (2021), Flowers (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Rigby

- Olivia ColmanShared titles: Landscapers (2021), Flowers (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Olivia Colman

- Sophia Di MartinoShared titles: Flowers (2016), The Darkest Universe (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Sophia Di Martino

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Arthur SharpeShared titles: Landscapers (2021), The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021), Flowers (2016), The Darkest Universe (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Arthur Sharpe
- Elen Pierce LewisShared titles: Amadeus (2025), Landscapers (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Elen Pierce Lewis
- Erik WilsonShared titles: Landscapers (2021), The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Erik Wilson
- Selina MacarthurShared titles: The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021), Flowers (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Selina Macarthur
Producers
- Jane FeatherstoneShared titles: Landscapers (2021), Flowers (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jane Featherstone

- Katie CarpenterShared titles: Landscapers (2021), Flowers (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Katie Carpenter
