---
name: "Anthony Howell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anthony-howell"
fi1m_id: "anthony-howell"
imdb_id: "nm0397928"
tmdb_id: 165427
wikidata_id: "Q2656149"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 June 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:03:51.933166+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."
---

# Anthony Howell

## Identity

Anthony Howell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anthony-howell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anthony-howell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0397928
- **TMDB ID:** 165427
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2656149
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Howell_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2656149, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397928/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165427

Actor. Born 27 June 1971 in Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 June 1971, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK
- **Active:** 1999–2013
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 67 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Mystery 3, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Howell_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2656149, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397928/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165427

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Foyle's War*](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md) (81)

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## Biography

Anthony Howell is an English actor. Born on 27 June 1971 in the Lake District, he trained at the Drama Centre in North London. His early career included a world tour with Robert Lepage's stage play *The Geometry of Miracles* and a leading role as Roger Hamley in the BBC series *Wives and Daughters* (1999).

Howell joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for its 2000 season in Stratford-upon-Avon, playing Orlando in *As You Like It*, Benvolio in *Romeo and Juliet* and Antipholus of Ephesus in *The Comedy of Errors*. He is best known for portraying Sergeant (later Detective Inspector) Paul Milner in the ITV series *Foyle's War* across its first six series from 2002 to 2010.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, as Peter Latimer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Luther* (2010), Fi1m 72, as Palmer — [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *Foyle's War* (2002), Fi1m 81, as Paul Milner — [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Diamond Sky* (2025), as John C. Venning
- *This Town* (2024), series, as Horace Bird
- *Fool Me Once* (2024), series, as Christopher Swain
- *This England* (2022), series, as Neil Ferguson
- *Grace* (2021), series, as Man on Phone, Fergus Doyle
- *Widow's Walk* (2019), as Cliff
- *Onyx: Kings of the Grail* (2019), as José Miguel Ortega
- *Alien: Isolation - The Digital Series* (2019), series, as Christopher Samuels (voice)
- *National Theatre Live: King Lear* (2018), as Albany
- *Ransom* (2017), series, as Lucas
- *You, Me and the Apocalypse* (2015), series, as Father Christophe
- *Woman in Gold* (2015), as Austrian Official
- *Julius Caesar - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2014), as Cassius
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Colonel Watson Smith — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Dracula* (2013), series, as Lord Laurent
- *Crossing Lines* (2013), series, as Nigel St. Clair
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Peter Latimer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness* (2012), as Ranfin
- *Barenboim on Beethoven: Nine Symphonies that Changed the World* (2012), as Narrator
- *Henry VIII - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2010), as Duke of Buckingham
- *Luther* (2010), series, as Palmer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *Hawking* (2004), as Hamlet
- *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2003), as William Carey
- *Chile: The Other 9/11* (2003), as Narrator (voice)
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Paul Milner, DI Paul Milner — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *Swallow* (2001), series, as Dr. Stokes
- *Wives and Daughters* (1999), series, as Roger Hamley

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