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Acting

Iain Glen

Career: Active from 1986 to 2026, busiest in 2009 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 61
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: The Windermere Children
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 74 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Iain Glen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Situational Comedy
1.2, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
1.0, average 2.4
Contemporary Realism
4.1, average 5.4
Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Social Commentary 7
Coming-of-Age 6
Psychological Thriller 5
Historical Drama 4
Complex Characters 4
Political Intrigue 3
Character Study 3
Bleak Realism 3
Contemporary Setting 3
Slow Burn 3
Historical Adventure 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

110

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

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1 title

Vagabond Shoes

as Alec Murray

2020s

19 titles · average score 59

Quezon

75

as Governor-General Leonard Wood

The Last Front

51

as Leonard

Last Days of the Space Age

43

TV show · as Bob Foden

The Rig

64

TV show · as Magnus MacMillan

Operation Napoleon

32

as William Carr

Silo

80

TV show · as Dr. Pete Nichols

The Lost Girls

30

as Hook

Reyka

60

TV show · as Angus Speelman

The Colony

50

as Gibson

Black Beauty

56

as John Manly

The Windermere Children

90

as Jock Lawrence

The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words

as Narrator

2010s

27 titles · average score 68

The Flood

51

as Philip

Mrs Wilson

79

TV show · as Alec Wilson

My Cousin Rachel

62

as Kendall

Cleverman

71

TV show · as Jarrod Slade

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

48

as Dr. Isaacs

The Red Tent

70

TV show · as Jacob

Breathless

75

TV show · as Ronald Mulligan

Kick-Ass 2

49

as Uncle Ralph

Prisoners' Wives

75

TV show · as Paul

Game of Thrones

86

TV show · as Ser Jorah Mormont

Jack Taylor

76

TV show · as Jack Taylor

Downton Abbey

86

TV show · as Sir Richard Carlisle

2000s

36 titles · average score 57

Harry Brown

64

as SI Childs

The Diary of Anne Frank

74

TV show · as Otto Frank

Into the Storm

65

as King George VI

The Case of Unfaithful Klara

44

as Denis

City of Vice

33

TV show · as John Fielding

Resident Evil: Extinction

45

as Dr. Isaacs

The Last Legion

36

as Orestes

Man to Man

64

as Alexander Auchinleck

Song for a Raggy Boy

73

as Brother John

Darkness

28

as Mark

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

41

as Manfred Powell

Beautiful Creatures

37

as Tony

1990s

16 titles · average score 63

Mararía

53

as Bertrand

Painted Lady

73

TV show · as Sebastian Stafford

TV show · as Father Pietro Salviati, Missus

as Father Pietro Salviati, Missus

The Young Americans

42

as Edward Foster

Frankie's House

TV show · as Tim Page

Adam Bede

58

as Adam Bede

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

68

as Hamlet

30 Door Key

58

as Józio

Mountains of the Moon

69

as John Hanning Speke

Fools of Fortune

59

as Willie Quinton

Silent Scream

as Larry Winters

1980s

11 titles · average score 72

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Doctor Willoughby

The Picnic

as Ray

Paris by Night

54

as Wallace Sharp

Screen One

TV show · as Adam Bede / Commander Powell

The Fear

TV show · as Carl Galton

Gorillas in the Mist

77

as Brendan

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

as Sailor

Blood Hunt

as Allan Innes

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Ray / Sailor

Natural World

80

TV show · as Narrator

Taggart

70

TV show