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Acting

Paul Barber

Career: Active from 1974 to 2025, busiest in 2023 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 12
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: The Full Monty
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Paul Barber Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wonder
2.3, average 3.4
Warfare
0.2, average 1.2
Biographical
0.1, average 1.0
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Social Commentary 3
Character Study 3
Psychological Thriller 2
Contemporary Realism 2
British Sitcom 2
Social Realism 2
Gritty Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 52

The Baby in the Basket

39

as Amos

The Full Monty

64

TV show · as Barrington 'Horse' Mitchell

The One Note Man

63

as Florist

Love Without Walls

as Spiceman

Elicit

as Adam

Renegades

44

as Harris

2010s

15 titles · average score 58

Denmark

62

as Kirk's Dad

Susan Hill's Ghost Story

47

as Thierry

A Very British Christmas

50

as Paul

One Night in Istanbul

42

as Gerry

The Pugilist's Son

as Jimmy Gotts

The Magnificent Eleven

29

as Trainer

The Dumping Ground

72

TV show · as George

The Turtle & the Nightingale

as Liam's Dad

Sinbad

59

TV show · as Captain

Death in Paradise

59

TV show · as Captain Jack

White Van Man

67

TV show · as Hooky Pete

Going Postal

74

TV show · as Dave Pins

2000s

18 titles · average score 50

Moving On

73

TV show · as Geoff

The Invisibles

47

TV show · as Young Nick

Caught in a Trap

as Donald

Dead Man's Cards

58

as Paul

The Street

52

TV show · as 1st Patient

The Slammer

37

TV show · as The Balloonatic

The Green Green Grass

45

TV show · as Denzil

The Crust

TV show · as Grandad Fred

The Virgin of Liverpool

as Winston Churchill

Mad Dogs

44

as Jimmy Joyce

The 51st State

43

as Frederick

Doctors

46

TV show · as Gary Alan / Ned Heath

1990s

18 titles · average score 68

Riot

as Narrator

Holby City

64

TV show · as Sean Meacher

The Full Monty

79

as Barrington "Horse" Mitchell

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

76

TV show · as Adderley

Dalziel and Pascoe

69

TV show · as Clive Griffin

The Drew Carey Show

69

TV show · as Paul Barber

Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One

77

as Security guard

Priest

69

as Charlie

Cracker

82

TV show · as Ian McVerry

Alive and Kicking

as Earl Preston

Needle

as Drugs Counsellor

Chancer

45

TV show · as Gerald

1980s

18 titles · average score 71

TV show · as Driver

Casualty

62

TV show · as William Paynter / Carl Meyers

Boon

61

TV show · as Angus

ScreenPlay

TV show · as Drugs Counsellor

The Brothers McGregor

TV show · as Wesley McGregor

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Charlie

The Bill

77

TV show · as Abe Fellowes / Ted

The Front Line

TV show · as Malcolm

Taggart

70

TV show · as Jimmy McEnvoy

Brookside

43

TV show · as Greg Salter

Only Fools and Horses

85

TV show · as Denzil Tulser / Denzil

The Long Good Friday

84

as Erroll

1970s

9 titles · average score 72

Minder

75

TV show · as Willie Reynolds

Porridge

74

as Morgan

Mixed Blessings

TV show · as Man in Robe

Gangsters

TV show · as Malleson

Gangsters

as Malleson

I Didn't Know You Cared

75

TV show · as Louis St John

Lucky

as Sam ‘Lucky’ Ubootu

Crown Court

65

TV show · as Lennie Jackson

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Malleson

1960s

3 titles · average score 63

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Sam 'Lucky' Ubootu

Z-Cars

72

TV show · as Gambler

Coronation Street

54

TV show · as Nelson