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Acting

Michael Kitchen

Career: Active from 1970 to 2025, busiest in 1994 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 46
top three billing

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: A History of Britain
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Michael Kitchen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.1, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7
Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
1.6, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 7
Political Intrigue 6
Character Study 5
Historical Drama 4
Character-Driven 4
Coming-of-Age 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Psychological Tension 3
British Period Piece 3
Dialogue-Driven 3
Melancholy Tone 3
Mystery & Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

127

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

as Carlos Esquerdo

2020s

3 titles · average score 74

Mrs. Weekley's Lover

as D.H. Lawrence

The Kemps: All Gold

as John Farrow

The Kemps: All True

74

as Harvey Stickles

2010s

4 titles · average score 67

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

82

TV show · as John Farrow

White Heat

47

TV show · as Jack (present day)

Hacks

as Stanhope Feast

My Week with Marilyn

71

as Hugh Perceval

2000s

16 titles · average score 67

Mobile

56

TV show · as David West

Falling

75

as Henry Kent

Alibi

62

as Greg Brentwood

Foyle's War

83

TV show · as DCS Foyle

as Narrator (voice)

New Year's Day

58

as Robin

A History of Britain

83

TV show · as Reader

The Railway Children

71

as Father

The Holocaust on Trial

as Prof. Richard Evans

Proof of Life

49

as Ian Havery

The Secret World of Michael Fry

as Herbie

Second Sight

64

TV show

1990s

41 titles · average score 64

Reckless: The Sequel

72

as Richard Crane

The Last Contract

60

as John Gales alias Ray Lambert

Reckless

71

TV show · as Richard Crane

Mrs. Dalloway

65

as Peter Walsh

TV show

Wilderness

61

TV show · as Luther Adams

Kidnapped

67

as William Reid

Fatherland

55

as SS-Untersturmführer Max Jäger

To Play the King

80

TV show · as The King

Hostage

33

as Fredericks

The Guilty

49

as Steven Vey

The Russia House

65

as Clive

1980s

23 titles · average score 68

The Dive

63

as Bricks

The Justice Game

TV show · as Tim Forsythe

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Russell Clark

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as David Herbert

Out of Africa

69

as Berkeley Cole

The Browning Version

as Frank Hunter

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Block

The Comedy of Errors

64

as Antipholus of Ephesus / Antipholus of Syracuse

King Lear

70

as Edmund

The Bunker

65

as Rochus Misch

A Room for the Winter

as Stephen

Caught on a Train

73

as Peter

1970s

35 titles · average score 68

Minder

75

TV show · as Maltese Tony

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Arthur

No Man's Land

as Foster

The Professionals

78

TV show · as Duffy

Brimstone and Treacle

67

as Martin Taylor

Beasts: What Big Eyes

as Bob Curry

A Divorce

TV show · as Laurence

Sleepwalker

as Ian

Once the Killing Starts

73

as George Newton

The Four Beauties

as Henry Batley

The Brontës of Haworth

TV show · as Branwell Brontë

The Reporters

as Alan

1960s

4 titles · average score 61

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Tommy

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Acaste

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Waller