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Acting

Craig Charles

Career

Active from 1987 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
20
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ghostwatch
Ghostwatch
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Craig Charles Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.0, average 3.0
  • Crime
    1.6, average 3.6
  • Pathos
    3.4, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 4
  • Cult Classic 3
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Robot Combat 2
  • Pop Culture References 2
  • British Sci-Fi Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Tor! Total Football
Tor! Total Football

as Narrator (voice)

2020s

4 titles · average score 66
Zombie Apache
Zombie Apache (2025)
GoodWatch score 57

as Liverpool Joe

Sam and Doug
Sam and Doug (2023)

as Doug

Red Dwarf: The Promised Land
Red Dwarf: The Promised Land (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

as David Lister

Meet the Richardsons
Meet the Richardsons (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Craig Charles

2010s

1 title
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were (2018)

as Narrator (voice)

2000s

16 titles · average score 73
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth (2009)

as Lister

Fated
Fated (2006)
GoodWatch score 67

as Pedro

Red Dwarf: The Starbuggers - Series VI
Red Dwarf: The Starbuggers - Series VI (2005)

Thanks

Red Dwarf: Back from the Dead - Series VII
Red Dwarf: Back from the Dead - Series VII (2005)

Thanks

Red Dwarf: Heavy Science - Series V
Red Dwarf: Heavy Science - Series V (2004)

Thanks

Red Dwarf: Built to Last - Series IV
Red Dwarf: Built to Last - Series IV (2004)

Thanks

Red Dwarf A–Z
Red Dwarf A–Z (2003)

Thanks

Red Dwarf: All Change - Series III
Red Dwarf: All Change - Series III (2003)

Thanks

Takeshi's Castle
Takeshi's Castle (2002)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

Ricky and Bianca
Ricky and Bianca (2002)

TV show · as Vince

Launching Red Dwarf
Launching Red Dwarf (2002)

Thanks

Don't Walk
Don't Walk (2000)

as Narrator

1990s

14 titles · average score 77
Robot Wars
Robot Wars (1998)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

Can't Smeg Won't Smeg
Can't Smeg Won't Smeg (1998)
GoodWatch score 78

as Lister

Space Cadets
Space Cadets (1997)

TV show · as Space Captain

Captain Butler
Captain Butler (1997)

TV show

Lexx
Lexx (1997)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as The Warden

Red Dwarf: Smeg Outs
Red Dwarf: Smeg Outs (1995)
GoodWatch score 84

as Lister

The Governor
The Governor (1995)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Eugene Buffy

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

as Lister

Cyberzone
Cyberzone (1993)

TV show · as Zone Warden

Prince Cinders
Prince Cinders (1993)

as Zipper - Cat (voice)

Ghostwatch
Ghostwatch (1992)
GoodWatch score 87

as Interviewer

The Word
The Word (1990)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

1980s

6 titles · average score 83
Screen One
Screen One (1989)

TV show · as Interviewer

Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf (1988)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Dave Lister

The Marksman
The Marksman (1987)

TV show · as MacFadden

Daytime Live
Daytime Live (1987)

TV show

Business as Usual
Business as Usual (1987)

as Eddie

It's Wicked
It's Wicked (1987)

TV show

1960s

1 title · average score 54
Coronation Street
Coronation Street (1960)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Lloyd Mullaney