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Acting

Tom Riley

Career

Active from 1989 to 2023, with a break from 1990 to 2005, busiest in 2018 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tom Riley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    2.1, average 3.0
  • Violence
    3.3, average 4.1
  • Nostalgia
    3.1, average 3.8
  • Wholesome
    2.7, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • British Comedy 3
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Agatha Christie Adaptation 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Lighthearted Humor 2
  • Quirky Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 61
Down Cemetery Road
Down Cemetery Road (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Mark Trafford

Murder Is Easy
Murder Is Easy (2023)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show · as Lord Whitfield

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

as Lt. Willis Keith

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (2022)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Neil

The Nevers
The Nevers (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Augustus 'Augie' Bidlow

2010s

21 titles · average score 63
The Toll Road
The Toll Road (2019)

Director

Dark Heart
Dark Heart (2018)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Will Wagstaffe

Modern Life Is Rubbish
Modern Life Is Rubbish (2018)
GoodWatch score 40

as Adrian

Ill Behaviour
Ill Behaviour (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Charlie

The Collection
The Collection (2016)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Claude Sabine

Starfish
Starfish (2016)
GoodWatch score 70

as Tom Ray

Kill Your Friends
Kill Your Friends (2015)
GoodWatch score 43

as Parker Hall

Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 (2014)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show · as Adam

Da Vinci's Demons
Da Vinci's Demons (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Leonardo Da Vinci

Chemistry
Chemistry (2012)

as Eric

Monroe
Monroe (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Bouquet of Barbed Wire
Bouquet of Barbed Wire (2010)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Gavin Sorenson

2000s

9 titles · average score 52
Happy Ever Afters
Happy Ever Afters (2009)
GoodWatch score 44

as Freddie

Curiosity
Curiosity (2009)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mike

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
GoodWatch score 33

as Romeo

Lost in Austen
Lost in Austen (2008)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Mr Wickham

I Want Candy
I Want Candy (2007)
GoodWatch score 48

as Joe

Lewis
Lewis (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Philip Horton

Return to House on Haunted Hill
Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007)
GoodWatch score 41

as Paul

A Few Days in September
A Few Days in September (2006)
GoodWatch score 46

as David

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Robin Hood

1980s

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

TV show · as Raymond Boynton