Portrait of Mark Benton

Acting

Mark Benton

Career

Active from 1996 to 2026, busiest in 2006 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
30
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Outnumbered - Christmas Special 2016
Outnumbered - Christmas Special 2016
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mark Benton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Ensemble Cast 3
  • Comfort Watch 3
  • Suspenseful 3
  • Dark Humor 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Bleak Atmosphere 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • British Comedy 2
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Social Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

130
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

20 titles ยท average score 70
Charlie Shaw's Revenge
Charlie Shaw's Revenge (2026)

as Len

Patience
Patience (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as DCI Calvin Baxter

Bookish
Bookish (2025)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Eddie Gash

Down Cemetery Road
Down Cemetery Road (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Tony McGrath

Smoggie Queens
Smoggie Queens (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Mam

The Canal Map of Britain
The Canal Map of Britain (2024)

as Narrator

Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy (2023)

as Roland

Big Tree City
Big Tree City (2022)

TV show ยท as Major Prickles (voice)

Dead Canny
Dead Canny (2022)

TV show ยท as Karl

The Nevers
The Nevers (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as The Colonel

Cyrano
Cyrano (2021)
GoodWatch score 70

as Montfleury

The Fruit Fix
The Fruit Fix (2020)

as Doug

2010s

24 titles ยท average score 67
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Frank Hathaway

Anna and the Apocalypse
Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

as Tony Shepherd

The Halcyon
The Halcyon (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Dennis Feldman

Ratburger
Ratburger (2017)
GoodWatch score 50

as Gary

Eddie the Eagle
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
GoodWatch score 70

as Richmond the BOA Official

Danny & the Human Zoo
Danny & the Human Zoo (2015)
GoodWatch score 68

as Syd Noble

Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 (2014)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Les

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as PC Walt Everett

Boys on Film 8: Cruel Britannia
Boys on Film 8: Cruel Britannia (2012)

as Phil (segment "I Don't Care")

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

TV show ยท as Les Doyle

Vera
Vera (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Stanley Booth

I Don't Care
I Don't Care (2010)

as Phil

2000s

62 titles ยท average score 62
Scoop
Scoop (2009)

TV show ยท as Max de Lacey

Land Girls
Land Girls (2009)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Frederick Finch

Britannia High
Britannia High (2008)
GoodWatch score 36

TV show

Clash of the Santas
Clash of the Santas (2008)
GoodWatch score 44

as Howie

Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel (2007)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show ยท as Eddie

City Lights
City Lights (2007)

TV show ยท as Howard (Howie)

Northern Lights
Northern Lights (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Howard

I'm with Stupid
I'm with Stupid (2006)

TV show ยท as Sheldon

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Clive

Planespotting
Planespotting (2005)

as Paul Coppin

The Second Coming
The Second Coming (2003)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Johnny Tyler

Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party (2001)

as Euros

1990s

23 titles ยท average score 69
Eureka Street
Eureka Street (1999)

TV show ยท as Chuckie Lurgan

Barbara
Barbara (1999)

TV show ยท as Martin Pond

Last Christmas
Last Christmas (1999)

as Father Christmas

Gimme Gimme Gimme
Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Bob Hobbs

Career Girls
Career Girls (1997)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ricky Burton

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Eddie Rowbotham

See You Friday
See You Friday (1997)

TV show ยท as Bernie

The Girl
The Girl (1996)
GoodWatch score 71

as Fred Loam

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Patrick Cain

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Jonathan Etherege

Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Sergeant Redbridge

As Time Goes By
As Time Goes By (1992)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Paul Partridge

1980s

1 title ยท average score 61
Boon
Boon (1986)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Charlie Hardiman