Acting
Alan Bates
- Titles
- 82movies15TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19602025
- Leading roles
- 65top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Zorba the Greek75/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.8average 2.6
- Politics4.7average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Melancholy6.3average 4.7
- Spiritual3.3average 2.0
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Romance5.0average 3.8
- Psychological6.8average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.4, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.9, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.5
- Adrenaline4.2, average 5.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 8
- Character Study 8
- Political Intrigue 7
- Literary Adaptation 6
- Historical Drama 5
- Class Conflict 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Psychological Tension 5
- Classic Literature Adaptation 3
- Family Drama 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- British Period Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Harold PinterActorThe Go-Between, The Collection, The Caretaker, Butley, One for the Road
Laurence OlivierActorThe Entertainer, The Collection, A Voyage Round My Father, Three Sisters
Julie ChristieActorThe Go-Between, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Soldier, Separate Tables
Simon GrayWriterUnnatural Pursuits, Butley, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Two Sundays
John SchlesingerDirectorFar from the Madding Crowd, Separate Tables, A Kind of Loving, An Englishman Abroad
Simon CadellActorThe Dog It Was That Died, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Two Sundays
Glenda JacksonActorWomen in Love, The Return of the Soldier, Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Ian HolmActorHamlet, The Return of the Soldier, The Fixer
Vernon DobtcheffActorNijinsky, Mel Gibson Goes Back to School, An Englishman Abroad
Christien AnholtActorHard Times, Mel Gibson Goes Back to School, Hard Times
James FrainActorArabian Nights, Spartacus, Spartacus
Malcolm McDowellActorThe Collection, Royal Flash, St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Movies and TV shows
171990s
17 titles · average score 59
53
The Cherry Orchard (1999)
as Gayev
Nicholas’ Gift (1998)
as Reg Green
71
Oliver's Travels (1995)
TV show · as Oliver
54
The Grotesque (1995)
as Sir Hugo Coal
64
Hard Times (1994)
TV show · as Josiah Bounderby
67
Hard Times (1994)
as Josiah Bounderby
49
Silent Tongue (1993)
as Eamon McCree
Shuttlecock (1993)
as Major James Prentis VC
Unnatural Pursuits (1992)
TV show · as Hamish Partt
Unnatural Pursuits (1992)
as Hamish Partt
Losing Track (1992)
as Henry Sitchell
Secret Friends (1991)
as John
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School (1991)
as Claudius (archive footage)
66
Hamlet (1990)
as Claudius
60
Mister Frost (1990)
as Felix Detweiler
48
Dr. M (1990)
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990)
as Marcel Proust