Portrait of Michael Elwyn

Acting

Michael Elwyn

Career

Active from 1968 to 2021, with a break from 1975 to 1989, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for National Theatre Live: The Audience
National Theatre Live: The Audience
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael Elwyn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    1.6, average 2.5
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.1, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Dialogue-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 69
Talamasca: The Secret Order
Talamasca: The Secret Order (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Dr. Jameson

Out There
Out There (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Owen Thomas

House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Lord Simon Staunton

Anne
Anne (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Lord Chief Justice Lord Igor Judge

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood (2021)

as Mr Edwards / Mr Ogmore / Lord Cutglass

Rare Beasts
Rare Beasts (2021)
GoodWatch score 50

as Bertie

Quiz
Quiz (2020)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Judge Rivlin

2010s

4 titles · average score 58
Will
Will (2017)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Lord Hunsdon

National Theatre Live: The Audience
National Theatre Live: The Audience (2013)
GoodWatch score 84

as Anthony Eden

7lives
7lives (2011)
GoodWatch score 29

as Brian

The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady (2011)
GoodWatch score 55

as Cabinet Minister

2000s

16 titles · average score 62
U Be Dead
U Be Dead (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

as Prof. Wojciech Falkowski

10 Days to War
10 Days to War (2008)

TV show · as Michael Jay

The Tudors
The Tudors (2007)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Lord Latimer

Surveillance 24/7
Surveillance 24/7 (2007)
GoodWatch score 38

as Dad

Shadow Man
Shadow Man (2006)
GoodWatch score 41

as George

Robin Hood
Robin Hood (2006)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Sharpe's Challenge
Sharpe's Challenge (2006)
GoodWatch score 68

as Rawlinson

Dot the I
Dot the I (2003)
GoodWatch score 48

as Hotel manager

Byron
Byron (2003)
GoodWatch score 59

as John Murray

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

TV show · as Police Officer

Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Mr Arrowpoint

Dirty Work
Dirty Work (2000)

TV show · as Archie Cunliffe

1990s

14 titles · average score 76
Bad Girls
Bad Girls (1999)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Rev. Henry Mills

Jinnah
Jinnah (1998)
GoodWatch score 76

as Sir Cyril Radcliffe

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Giles Cato

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Peter Lake

No Bananas
No Bananas (1996)

TV show · as Arthur Hamilton

This Life
This Life (1996)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Montgomery

A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James (1995)

as M.R. James

Sharpe
Sharpe (1993)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Sir Samuel Rawlinson

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Tony Bryce / Giles Ealham

Between the Lines
Between the Lines (1992)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

Sam Saturday
Sam Saturday (1992)

TV show · as CDI Simpson

Framed
Framed (1992)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Commander Havergill

1980s

15 titles · average score 67
War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance (1988)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Lord Duncan Berne-Wilke

After Henry
After Henry (1988)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as James

Piece of Cake
Piece of Cake (1988)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Air Commodore Bletchley

Half Moon Street
Half Moon Street (1986)
GoodWatch score 49

as Tom Haldane

C.A.T.S. Eyes
C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Ch. Supt. Graves

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Peter Norton

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Schneider

Dramarama
Dramarama (1983)

TV show · as Count Von Blessynges

The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
GoodWatch score 71

as Montague

Triangle
Triangle (1981)

TV show · as Roger Powell

Love in a Cold Climate
Love in a Cold Climate (1980)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Rolly / Roly

1970s

14 titles · average score 72
The Mallens
The Mallens (1979)

TV show · as Patrick Ferrier

Nobody's House
Nobody's House (1976)

TV show · as Moody

Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Mr. Medway

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
GoodWatch score 61

as Haycock

The Carnforth Practice
The Carnforth Practice (1974)

TV show · as The Honourable Greville Carnforth

A Touch of Class
A Touch of Class (1973)
GoodWatch score 75

as Cecil

Land of Green Ginger
Land of Green Ginger (1973)

as Reynolds

Colditz
Colditz (1972)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Palmer

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Greatorex

Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure (1971)

TV show · as Undergraduate

Play for Today
Play for Today (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Reynolds

Doomwatch
Doomwatch (1970)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Richard Duncan

1960s

9 titles · average score 83
The Main Chance
The Main Chance (1969)

TV show · as Lord Radchester

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher (1968)

as Alastair Vane-Trumpington

The Expert
The Expert (1968)

TV show · as Colin Wayman

The Tycoon
The Tycoon (1968)

as Jeremy

Doctor Who: The Highlanders
Doctor Who: The Highlanders (1967)

as Lt. Algernon Ffinch

Softly, Softly
Softly, Softly (1966)

TV show

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

TV show · as Captain Swire

The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play (1964)

TV show · as Gareth Pownall

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Lt. Edwards

1950s

1 title · average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Anthony Eden