Portrait of Anthony Calf

Acting

Anthony Calf

Career

Active from 1985 to 2025, busiest in 2002 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Anthony Calf Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.9, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • British Humor 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

81
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

12 titles · average score 71
De Gaulle: Liberté
De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)
GoodWatch score 78

as Spears

De Gaulle: Résistance
De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)
GoodWatch score 76

as Spears

A Teacher's Gift
A Teacher's Gift (2025)

as Charles

One Day
One Day (2024)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Sid

The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers (2023)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Lord Brightlingsea

The Gold
The Gold (2023)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Michael Corkery QC

Sisi & I
Sisi & I (2023)
GoodWatch score 51

as Earl Spencer

Partygate
Partygate (2023)
GoodWatch score 80

as Sir Mark Sidwell

SAS Rogue Heroes
SAS Rogue Heroes (2022)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Stirling's Father

Suspicion
Suspicion (2022)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Professor Dean

I Came By
I Came By (2022)
GoodWatch score 59

as Superintendent William Roy

Anne
Anne (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Bishop James Jones KBE

2010s

13 titles · average score 72
The Children Act
The Children Act (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mark Berner

King Lear
King Lear (2018)
GoodWatch score 76

as Duke of Albany

The Crown
The Crown (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Royal Photographer

The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

as Howard

Poldark
Poldark (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as William Wickham

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem (2015)

as Jerry

Dracula
Dracula (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Dr William Murray

Private Lives
Private Lives (2013)

as Victor Prynne

Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Aubrey Tracey

Restless
Restless (2012)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Gerald Laird

Upstairs Downstairs
Upstairs Downstairs (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Anthony Eden

Identity
Identity (2010)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

2000s

25 titles · average score 66
Straightheads
Straightheads (2007)
GoodWatch score 45

as Heffer

Lewis
Lewis (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Malcolm Finniston

Perfect Day: The Millennium
Perfect Day: The Millennium (2006)

as Michael

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Godsacre

Amnesia
Amnesia (2004)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as John Dean

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Robert Strickland

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

as Tim Bowden

The Cry
The Cry (2002)

TV show · as Simon Bartlett

The Falklands Play
The Falklands Play (2002)
GoodWatch score 71

as Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)

Foyle's War
Foyle's War (2002)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Martin Keller

Sirens
Sirens (2002)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Anthony Soames

Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone (2000)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Tom Faggus

1990s

16 titles · average score 65
A Woman of the North
A Woman of the North (1999)

as Hugo Aylva

My Night with Reg
My Night with Reg (1997)
GoodWatch score 57

as John

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Julian Lennard / Stephen Cavendish

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1997)
GoodWatch score 44

as Serpuliovskoy

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Joe Furst

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Colonel Fitzwilliam

Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Miles Beddoes

Bramwell
Bramwell (1995)
GoodWatch score 40

TV show · as Andrew Armstrong

The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George (1994)
GoodWatch score 82

as Fitzroy

Riders
Riders (1993)
GoodWatch score 53

as Billy Lloyd-Foxe

A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost (1992)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as James Barr

I Misteri Della Giungla Nera
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera (1991)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Richard

1980s

14 titles · average score 65
Great Expectations
Great Expectations (1989)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Pip

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Lawrence Cavendish

4 Play
4 Play (1989)

TV show · as Jonathan Knight

My Family and Other Animals
My Family and Other Animals (1987)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Larry Durrell

Fortunes of War
Fortunes of War (1987)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Corporal Arnold

The Fools on the Hill
The Fools on the Hill (1986)

as Leslie Mitchell

Drummonds
Drummonds (1985)

TV show · as Charles Drummond

Oxford Blues
Oxford Blues (1984)
GoodWatch score 28

as Gareth Rycroft

To Catch a King
To Catch a King (1984)

as Butterfly Man

Love and Marriage
Love and Marriage (1984)

TV show · as Richard

Chessgame
Chessgame (1983)

TV show · as Dan Maclachlan

Beau Geste
Beau Geste (1982)

TV show · as Bugler / Digby Geste

1960s

1 title · average score 76
Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Charles