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Acting

Adrian Lester

Career: Active from 1996 to 2026, busiest in 2000 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 21
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: National Theatre Live: Othello
85/100

What stands out

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

Adrian Lester Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Nostalgia
2.7, average 3.8
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0
Spiritual
1.4, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Shakespearean Adaptation 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Social Commentary 2
Witty Dialogue 2
Fast-Paced 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Romantic Comedy 2
Relationship Dynamics 2
Dialogue-Driven 2
Historical Drama 2
Psychological Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 69

PONIES

78

TV show · as Dane

Mutiny

56

as Captain Adam Spencer

The Hack

71

TV show · as Mr. Apollo

Renegade Nell

76

TV show · as Earl of Poynton

Angel Pavement

as Narrator

The Penitent: A Rational Man

as Procuratore

The Undeclared War

61

TV show · as PM Andrew Makinde

The Sandman

72

TV show · as Destiny

Trigger Point

65

TV show · as Joel Nutkins

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

70

as Prince

Life

57

TV show · as David Aston

Staged

80

TV show · as Adrian

2010s

15 titles · average score 61

The Rook

60

TV show · as Conrad Grantchester

Curfew

79

TV show · as Simon Donahue

Trauma

72

TV show · as Jon Allerton

Euphoria

45

as Aron

Mary Queen of Scots

59

as Lord Randolph

Riviera

50

TV show · as Robert Carver

Grey Lady

35

as Johnson

Undercover

58

TV show · as Nick Johnson

London Spy

76

TV show · as Professor Marcus Shaw

Red Band Society

67

TV show · as Dr. Naday

National Theatre Live: Othello

85

as Othello

Jimi: All Is by My Side

57

as Michael X

2000s

23 titles · average score 54

Case 39

40

as Wayne

Sleep with Me

41

as Richard

Doomsday

52

as Sergeant Norton

Bonekickers

35

TV show · as Ben Ergha

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

51

as Pete

Hustle

73

TV show · as Michael Stone

The Final Curtain

48

as Jonathan Stitch

Dust

43

as Edge

Maybe Baby

51

as George

Storm Damage

as Danny

Born Romantic

53

as Jimmy

Girlfriends

49

TV show · as Ellis Carter

1990s

9 titles · average score 59

Primary Colors

71

as Henry Burton

Up on the Roof

as Scott

Les Sœurs Soleil

36

as Isaac Nelson

Company

as Bobby

Silent Witness

75

TV show · as Danny

The Affair

52

as Ray

Performance

TV show · as Bobby

For the Greater Good

TV show · as Young Gay Man

Touch and Die

as Lute

1980s

2 titles · average score 70

Boon

61

TV show · as Fast Eddie's Staff Member (uncredited)

Natural World

80

TV show · as Narrator