Acting
Alan Bates
- Titles
- 82movies17TV shows
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2025, with a break from 2005 to 2019, busiest in 2002 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 65top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Whistle Down the Wind85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.8average 2.6
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.0average 3.3
- Melancholy6.3average 4.7
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Spiritual3.2average 2.0
- Romance5.0average 3.8
- Pathos6.4average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.6, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.9, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.5
- Adrenaline4.1, 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
- Psychological Tension 5
- Historical Drama 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Class Conflict 5
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Family Drama 3
- Classic Literature Adaptation 3
- Psychological Depth 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
Julie ChristieActorThe Go-Between, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Soldier, Separate Tables
Laurence OlivierActorThe Entertainer, The Collection, A Voyage Round My Father, Three Sisters
Simon GrayWriterUnnatural Pursuits, Butley, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Two Sundays
John SchlesingerDirectorFar from the Madding Crowd, Separate Tables, A Kind of Loving, An Englishman Abroad
Ian McNeiceActorSpartacus, Spartacus, Secret Friends
Frances BarberActorLove in a Cold Climate, We Think the World of You, Secret Friends
Malcolm McDowellActorThe Collection, Royal Flash, St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Ian HolmActorHamlet, The Return of the Soldier, The Fixer
Bill PatersonActorOliver's Travels, Hard Times, Hard Times
Georgina HaleActorButley, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Two Sundays
Simon CadellActorThe Dog It Was That Died, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Two Sundays
Movies and TV shows
612020s
1 title
2010s
1 title
as Claudius (archive footage)
2000s
11 titles · average score 71
68
TV show · as Antonius Agrippa
66
as Antonius Agrippa
74
as Armand Bertier
75
as Dressler
77
as Alexander Leek
70
as Thomas Connolly
74
TV show · as Uncle Matthew
80
as Jennings
70
TV show · as Storyteller
64
as Re Enrico VIII
62
TV show · as Jethro
1990s
9 titles · average score 67
72
as Gayev
63
as Reg Green
71
TV show · as Oliver
64
TV show · as Josiah Bounderby
67
as Josiah Bounderby
TV show · as Hamish Partt
as Hamish Partt
67
as Claudius
as Marcel Proust
1980s
14 titles · average score 68
as Blair
62
as Malcolm Forrest
65
as Frank Meadows
65
as Stewart
75
as David Cornwallis
as Nicholas
71
TV show · as John Fabian
74
as John Mortimer
63
as Dr. Alfred Jones
68
as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
66
as Guy Burgess
as Siegmund
1970s
12 titles · average score 69
71
as Rudge Campbell
74
as Saul Kaplan
74
as Charles Crossley
67
TV show · as Michael Henchard
65
as James
62
as Andrew Shaw
as Peter
64
as Ben Butley
69
as Ted Burgess
70
TV show · as James
81
as Col. Vershinin
1960s
12 titles · average score 73
76
as Rupert Birkin
73
as Gabriel Oak
73
as Charles Plumpick
74
as Jos Jones
78
as Basil
60
as Jimmy Brewster
72
as Mick
TV show · as Grigor Pecharin
65
as Stephen
71
as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
85
as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
78
as Frank Rice
1950s
1 title · average score 85
85
TV show · as Stewart