---
name: "Adam Best"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-best"
fi1m_id: "adam-best"
imdb_id: "nm1721126"
tmdb_id: 1072601
wikidata_id: "Q4678710"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-30T23:57:38.566152+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adam Best

## Identity

Adam Best

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-best
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adam-best
- **IMDb ID:** nm1721126
- **TMDB ID:** 1072601
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4678710
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Best_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4678710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1721126/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1072601

Actor. Born 1 January 1983 in Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1983, Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 81 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Best_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4678710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1721126/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1072601

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Kneecap*](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adam Best is a Northern Irish actor. He trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and graduated in 2004.

Best played Matt Parker in the BBC drama *Holby City* (2005–2007). He has appeared in episodes of *Silent Witness*, *The Bill* and *Waking the Dead*. His film credits include *Kneecap* (2024) as Doyle. Recent television roles include Joe Lynskey in *Say Nothing* (2024), Keith Wylie in *Blue Lights* (2024), Agent Perryman in *Black Doves* (2024) and Sam Ryan in *Peaky Blinders* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Kneecap* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Doyle — [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md)
- *Blue Lights* (2023), Fi1m 82, as Keith Wylie — [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-lights.md)
- *Giri/Haji* (2019), Fi1m 84, as Terry — [page](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Chasing Millions* (2026), Actor
- *Murder Most Puzzling* (2025), series, as DCI Derek Hooper
- *Black Doves* (2024), series, as Agent Perryman
- *Kneecap* (2024), as Doyle — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md)
- *Blue Lights* (2023), series, as Keith Wylie, Wylie — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-lights.md)
- *The Lazarus Project* (2022), series, as DS Cooper — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lazarus-project.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac* (2020), as Le Bret
- *Giri/Haji* (2019), series, as Terry — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night* (2017), as Antonio
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Journalist Nick — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), series, as Sam Ryan — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *Blooded* (2011), as Ben Fitzpatrick
- *Cup Cake* (2010), as PJ Johnson
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Young Father Quinn
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Matt Parker, Max Parker
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Actor
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor

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