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Acting

James Laurenson

Career: Active from 1968 to 2015, with a break from 2003 to 2013, busiest in 1996 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 13
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Sharpe's Siege
75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Laurenson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4
Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0
Situational Comedy
1.8, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 3
Political Intrigue 3
Character Study 3
Social Commentary 2
Historical Drama 2
Melancholy 2
Napoleonic War Drama 2
Sean Bean Performance 2
Period Piece 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Bleak 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

101

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 75

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

75

as Ancient / Sleeping Teacher

2010s

13 titles · average score 69

The Crown

82

TV show · as Doctor Weir

Wolf Hall

85

TV show · as Earl of Shrewsbury

The Comedy of Errors - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

as Egeon

The Widower

48

TV show · as Brian Drumm

The Riot Club

57

as College President

Father Brown

77

TV show · as Professor Hilary Ambrose

Endeavour

85

TV show · as Professor George Amory

The Hollow Crown

84

TV show · as Westmoreland

Private Peaceful

58

as Major Fitzpatrick

One Day

53

as Mr. Cope

Holy Flying Circus

60

as Archbishop of York

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

as Ghost / Player King

2000s

9 titles · average score 65

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

67

as Leslie Thomas

Hustle

73

TV show · as Peter Williams

Three Blind Mice

34

as William Storbest

Spooks

80

TV show · as Sholto / Lord Young

The Cry

TV show · as Richard Crossdyke

Born and Bred

55

TV show · as Brigadier Arbuthnot

The Cat's Meow

64

as Dr. Daniel Goodman

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

75

TV show · as Chief Const. Ronald Gregory

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

73

as Chief Constable Ronald Gregory

1990s

21 titles · average score 70

Dead Bolt Dead

as The Boss

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as James Tate

Sharpe's Regiment

74

as Major General Hector Ross

Sharpe's Mission

72

as Major General Hector Ross

Silent Witness

75

TV show · as Professor Peter Sachs

The Cold Light of Day

45

as Pavel Novak

Dalziel and Pascoe

69

TV show · as Richard Mattis

Sharpe's Siege

75

as Major General Hector Ross

A House in the Hills

46

as Mr. Rankin

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Det. Ch. Supt. Tatton

Prime Suspect

89

TV show · as Paul Endicott

Rainbow Drive

51

as Hans Roerhrig

1980s

19 titles · average score 66

The Man Who Fell to Earth

46

as Felix Hawthorne

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Tony Richards

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Greg Veitch

Paint Me a Murder

as Luke Lorenz

Heartbreakers

67

as Terry Ray

Taggart

70

TV show · as Maurice Bain / Tony Sabina

Pink Floyd: The Wall

71

as Pink's Father

Remington Steele

79

TV show · as Raymond Merleau

Cagney & Lacey

69

TV show

A Spy at Evening

TV show · as Tom Hart

Jude

as Dick

Hammer House of Horror

72

TV show · as Mr. Rayburn

1970s

28 titles · average score 69

The Professionals

78

TV show · as Meredith

The Winter Warrior

as Theodric

The Witches of Pendle

as Abraham Law

Space: 1999

73

TV show · as Patrick Osgood

The Girls of Slender Means

TV show · as Nicholas Farringdon

The Prison

as Alain Poitaud

The Turn of the Screw

63

as Peter Quint

The Shadow of the Tower

67

TV show

Boney

75

TV show

Crown Court

65

TV show

Assault

55

as Greg Lomax

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Dick

1960s

9 titles · average score 65

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Rosencrantz

Women in Love

77

as Minister

The Magic Christian

48

as Oxford Crew

Treasure Island

TV show · as Dick Johnson

The Expert

TV show · as Norry

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Alan Black

Public Eye

83

TV show · as Ken

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Michael

Coronation Street

54

TV show · as Rev. Peter Hope

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Rosencrantz