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Acting

Robert Lindsay

Career: Active from 1973 to 2026, busiest in 2000 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 51
top three billing

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: Hornblower: Mutiny
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Robert Lindsay Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.0, average 2.5
Spiritual
0.8, average 2.0
Scare
1.4, average 2.6
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Social Commentary 3
Gritty Realism 3
Naval Historical Drama 3
Character Study 3
Nature Documentary 2
Educational & Informative 2
Relaxing & Calming 2
British Sitcom 2
Political Intrigue 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Classic British Sitcom 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

95

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch

as Narrator

2020s

10 titles · average score 68

Missed Call

41

TV show

Generation Z

65

TV show · as Morgan

Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

76

as Narrator

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Oberon

Sherwood

80

TV show · as Franklin Warner

Dodger Special: Christmas

as William Lamb

Anything Goes

77

as Moonface Martin

The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes

TV show · as Narrator

Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes

TV show · as Narrator

McDonald & Dodds

71

TV show · as Max Crockett

2010s

8 titles · average score 63

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

56

as King John

Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

as Narrator

Genius

68

TV show · as Hermann Einstein

Galavant

78

TV show · as Chester Wormwood

Grace of Monaco

27

as Aristotle Onassis

Atlantis

60

TV show · as Daedalus

Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army

as (archive footage)

Spy

88

TV show · as The Examiner

2000s

24 titles · average score 71

The Trial of Tony Blair

62

as Tony Blair

Jericho

49

TV show · as D.I. Michael Jericho

A Very Social Secretary

as Tony Blair

Friends & Crocodiles

64

as William Sneath

Gideon's Daughter

70

as Sneath

Hornblower: Loyalty

76

as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew

Hornblower: Duty

79

as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew

Hornblower: Mutiny

82

as Sir Edward Pellew

Hornblower: Retribution

82

as Sir Edward Pellew

Don't Eat the Neighbours

62

TV show · as Rabbit

My Family

73

TV show · as Ben Harper

Castaway 2000

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

1990s

24 titles · average score 70

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

81

as Sir Edward Pellew

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

78

as Captain Pellew

Oliver Twist

69

TV show · as Fagin

Hornblower: The Even Chance

78

as Captain Sir Edward Pellew

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

77

as Sir Edward Pellew

Remember Me?

as Jamie

Fierce Creatures

59

as Sydney Lotterby

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Brazen Hussies

as Billy Bowman

Jake's Progress

61

TV show · as Jamie Diadoni

G.B.H.

74

TV show · as Michael Murray

Nightingales

75

TV show · as Carter

1980s

15 titles · average score 68

Confessional

TV show · as Thomas Kelly

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

47

as Bert Rigby

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Glynn Fennell

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Otto Schatz

Much Ado About Nothing

76

as Benedick

Give us a Break

TV show · as Mickey Noades

Natural World

80

TV show

King Lear

68

as Edmund

A Midsummer Night's Dream

61

as Lysander

Seconds Out

TV show · as Pete Dodds

All's Well That Ends Well

as First French Lord

Twelfth Night

72

as Fabian

1970s

11 titles · average score 63

The BBC Television Shakespeare

TV show · as Fabian

Citizen Smith

68

TV show · as Wolfie Smith

The Val Doonican Music Show

TV show

Adventures of a Taxi Driver

42

as Tom

Get Some In!

68

TV show · as Jakey Smith

Three for All

as Tom

The Good Life

78

TV show · as Reform School Youth

The Crazy Kill

as Policeman at Roadblock

That'll Be The Day

62

as Terry Sutcliffe

Centre Play

TV show · as Ken / Toby

The Roses of Eyam

as Francis Thornley

1960s

2 titles · average score 72

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Sam

Omnibus

72

TV show