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name: "Adrian Lester"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adrian-lester"
fi1m_id: "adrian-lester"
imdb_id: "nm0504412"
tmdb_id: 76215
wikidata_id: "Q373395"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 August 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T13:09:46.264099+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."
---

# Adrian Lester

## Identity

Adrian Lester

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adrian-lester
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adrian-lester
- **IMDb ID:** nm0504412
- **TMDB ID:** 76215
- **Wikidata ID:** Q373395
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Lester, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373395, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504412/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76215

Actor. Born 14 August 1968 in Birmingham, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 August 1968, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** 艾德里安·莱斯特
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 57 (1), 2010s 63 (2), 2020s 63 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 62 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $620m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Lester, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373395, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504412/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76215

## Biography

Adrian Lester is a British actor born in Birmingham on 14 August 1968. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his career on the London stage, where he has played title roles in productions including *Henry V*, *Othello* and *As You Like It*.

He is known for his long-running television role as Mickey Stone in the BBC series *Hustle* (2004–2012) and for film appearances including Henry Burton in *Primary Colors* (1998), Simon in *The Day After Tomorrow* (2004) and Lord Randolph in *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018). Lester has also appeared in *The Sandman* (2022) as Destiny and *Mutiny* (2026) as Captain Adam Spencer. He was appointed OBE in 2013 and CBE in 2020 for services to drama.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Mutiny* (2026), Fi1m 66, as Captain Adam Spencer — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny.md)
- *Trigger Point* (2022), Fi1m 60, as Joel Nutkins — [page](https://film.one/tv/trigger-point.md)
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Fi1m 56, as Lord Randolph — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *London Spy* (2015), Fi1m 70, as Professor Marcus Shaw — [page](https://film.one/tv/london-spy.md)
- *The Day After Tomorrow* (2004), Fi1m 57, as Simon — [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-after-tomorrow.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

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

- *Mutiny* (2026), as Captain Adam Spencer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny.md)
- *PONIES* (2026), series, as Dane · Writer
- *The Hack* (2025), series, as Mr. Apollo
- *Adrian Lester Remembers... Company* (2025), Actor
- *Angel Pavement* (2024), as Narrator
- *Renegade Nell* (2024), series, as Earl of Poynton
- *Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures* (2023), series, as Narrator (voice) · Narrator
- *The Penitent: A Rational Man* (2023), as Procuratore
- *The Sandman* (2022), series, as Destiny
- *The Undeclared War* (2022), series, as PM Andrew Makinde
- *Trigger Point* (2022), series, as Joel Nutkins — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/trigger-point.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet* (2021), as Prince
- *Hymn* (2021), as Gil
- *Life* (2020), series, as David Aston
- *Staged* (2020), series, as Adrian
- *The Rook* (2019), series, as Conrad Grantchester
- *Curfew* (2019), series, as Simon Donahue
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), as Lord Randolph — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *Trauma* (2018), series, as Jon Allerton
- *Euphoria* (2018), as Aron
- *Riviera* (2017), series, as Robert Carver
- *Grey Lady* (2017), as Johnson
- *Breakable You* (2017), as Ken Yates
- *Undercover* (2016), series, as Nick Johnson
- *London Spy* (2015), series, as Professor Marcus Shaw — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/london-spy.md)
- *Britain's Racist Election* (2015), as Narrator (Voice Only)
- *Red Band Society* (2014), series, as Dr. Naday
- *National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage* (2013), as Othello
- *National Theatre Live: Othello* (2013), as Othello
- *Jimi: All Is by My Side* (2013), as Michael X
- *Sleep with Me* (2009), as Richard
- *Case 39* (2009), as Wayne
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as Myror
- *Ballet Shoes* (2008), as Mr. Sholsky
- *Bonekickers* (2008), series, as Ben Ergha
- *Doomsday* (2008), as Sergeant Norton
- *Starting Out in the Evening* (2007), as Casey Davis
- *Scenes of a Sexual Nature* (2006), as Pete
- *As You Like It* (2006), as Oliver De Boys
- *The Ghost Squad* (2005), series, Actor
- *Afterlife* (2005), series, Actor
- *The Day After Tomorrow* (2004), as Simon — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-after-tomorrow.md)
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Michael Stone · Director
- *The Final Curtain* (2002), as Jonathan Stitch
- *The Tragedy of Hamlet* (2002), as Hamlet
- *Dust* (2001), as Edge
- *Born Romantic* (2000), as Jimmy
- *Girlfriends* (2000), series, as Ellis Carter
- *Maybe Baby* (2000), as George
- *Best* (2000), as Rocky
- *Jason and the Argonauts* (2000), series, as Orpheus
- *Love's Labour's Lost* (2000), as Dumaine
- *Storm Damage* (2000), as Danny
- *Primary Colors* (1998), as Henry Burton
- *Up on the Roof* (1997), as Scott
- *Les Sœurs Soleil* (1997), as Isaac Nelson
- *Company* (1996), as Bobby
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Danny
- *The Affair* (1995), as Ray
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Bobby
- *For the Greater Good* (1991), series, as Young Gay Man
- *Touch and Die* (1991), as Lute
- *Natural World* (1983), series, as Narrator

## Gallery

- ![Adrian Lester](https://film.one/media/person/92589/gallery-97b2898c3f60.jpg) Adrian Lester — Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Inside_the_Library_of_Birmingham_-_Way_out_-_levels_9_to_7_-_stairs_photo_-_Adrian_Lester_%289985970356%29.jpg/1280px-Inside_the_Library_of_Birmingham_-_Way_out_-_levels_9_to_7_-_stairs_photo_-_Adrian_Lester_%289985970356%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adrian Lester](https://film.one/media/person/92589/gallery-5caec7350045.jpg) Adrian Lester — Image via TMDB

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