Portrait of Paul Thornley

Acting

Paul Thornley

Career

Active from 2003 to 2026, busiest in 2012 and 2015 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Superworm
Superworm
GoodWatch score63/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Paul Thornley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Showbiz
    0.3, average 1.2
  • Uncanny
    1.7, average 2.5
  • Violence
    3.4, average 4.1
  • Melancholy
    4.1, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    38
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    8 titles · average score 70
    National Theatre at Home: London Road
    National Theatre at Home: London Road (2026)

    as Dodge

    Hostage
    Hostage (2025)
    GoodWatch score 62

    TV show · as Michael Hall

    Tiddler
    Tiddler (2024)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Lobster (voice)

    National Theatre Live: Dear England
    National Theatre Live: Dear England (2024)

    as Mike Webster

    The Gold
    The Gold (2023)
    GoodWatch score 80

    TV show · as Max Goodman

    Lockwood & Co.
    Lockwood & Co. (2023)
    GoodWatch score 84

    TV show · as Cutter

    Sister Boniface Mysteries
    Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022)
    GoodWatch score 68

    TV show · as Clifford Winner

    Superworm
    Superworm (2021)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Papa Toad / Beetle (voice)

    2010s

    22 titles · average score 66
    Treadstone
    Treadstone (2019)
    GoodWatch score 56

    TV show · as Leo Biller

    Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
    Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators (2018)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as Rex Olson

    The Crown
    The Crown (2016)
    GoodWatch score 82

    TV show · as Bill Mattheson

    Grimsby
    Grimsby (2016)
    GoodWatch score 48

    as Clive Graves

    Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
    Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow (2015)

    TV show · as Narrator (voice)

    Minions
    Minions (2015)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as News Reporter (voice)

    Camera Trap
    Camera Trap (2015)

    as Nicholas

    Father Brown
    Father Brown (2013)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Joseph Sinclair

    The Girl Who Became Three Boys
    The Girl Who Became Three Boys (2012)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Les Misérables
    Les Misérables (2012)
    GoodWatch score 70

    as Constable 1

    Vera
    Vera (2011)
    GoodWatch score 60

    TV show · as Steve Wilson

    Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder
    Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder (2011)

    as Narrator (voice)

    2000s

    6 titles · average score 73
    Above Suspicion
    Above Suspicion (2009)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show · as Mike Reynolds

    Ashes to Ashes
    Ashes to Ashes (2008)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Ian Kay

    Fairy Tales
    Fairy Tales (2008)

    TV show · as Goran Pepic

    Alibi
    Alibi (2003)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as PC Blake

    The Afternoon Play
    The Afternoon Play (2003)

    TV show · as Howard Harris

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

    TV show · as Edward Hylton

    1990s

    1 title · average score 80
    Midsomer Murders
    Midsomer Murders (1997)
    GoodWatch score 80

    TV show · as Sergeant Gill

    1980s

    1 title · average score 84
    Agatha Christie's Poirot
    Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
    GoodWatch score 84

    TV show · as Inspector Raglan