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Acting

Sam Troughton

Career

Active from 2003 to 2027, with a break from 2007 to 2016, busiest in 2017 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Chernobyl
Chernobyl
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sam Troughton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.5, average 2.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    2.0, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Institutional Corruption 2
  • Somber Tone 2
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Supernatural Horror 2
  • Intense 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

14 titles · average score 71
Prisoner
Prisoner (2026)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Will O'Neill

Star City
Star City (2026)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Andrei Stepanov

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (2025)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Murray Guthrie

Black Doves
Black Doves (2024)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Stephen Yarrick

A Very Royal Scandal
A Very Royal Scandal (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Donal McCabe

Napoleon
Napoleon (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

as Robespierre

High Tide
High Tide (2023)

as The Stone (voice)

The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project (2022)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Dr. Henry Samson

Litvinenko
Litvinenko (2022)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as DI Brian Tarpey

The Outlaws
The Outlaws (2021)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Wilder

Ragdoll
Ragdoll (2021)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Thomas Massey

Mank
Mank (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

as John Houseman

2010s

12 titles · average score 66
Chernobyl
Chernobyl (2019)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show · as Alexandr Akimov

The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl (2018)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Captain Meadows

Peterloo
Peterloo (2018)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mr Hobhouse

shortFLIX
shortFLIX (2018)

TV show · as The Stone

The Ritual
The Ritual (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

as Dom

Slumber
Slumber (2017)
GoodWatch score 20

as Charlie Morgan

National Theatre Live: King Lear
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014)
GoodWatch score 73

as Edmund

Dancing on the Edge
Dancing on the Edge (2013)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Prince of Wales

The Hollow Crown
The Hollow Crown (2012)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as George

The Town
The Town (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Jeff

Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise (2011)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Malcom Simmons

Vera
Vera (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Noel

2000s

12 titles · average score 65
Robin Hood
Robin Hood (2006)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Much

Spirit Trap
Spirit Trap (2005)
GoodWatch score 29

as Nick

AVP: Alien vs. Predator
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
GoodWatch score 39

as Thomas Parks

Hex
Hex (2004)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Jez Heriot / Remiel / Jez Heriot

Vera Drake
Vera Drake (2004)
GoodWatch score 81

as David

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Thomas Winter

Sylvia
Sylvia (2003)
GoodWatch score 60

as Tom Hadley-Clarke

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as H. Percy Boulnois

Foyle's War
Foyle's War (2002)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Policeman 2

Ultimate Force
Ultimate Force (2002)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Messiah
Messiah (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Thomas Stone

1990s

1 title · average score 80
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Henry Marsh