---
name: "Bruce Alexander"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-alexander"
fi1m_id: "bruce-alexander"
imdb_id: "nm0018297"
tmdb_id: 1184909
wikidata_id: "Q2327550"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 June 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T12:17:07.392317+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."
---

# Bruce Alexander

## Identity

Bruce Alexander

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-alexander
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-alexander
- **IMDb ID:** nm0018297
- **TMDB ID:** 1184909
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2327550
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Alexander_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2327550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1184909

Actor. Born 18 June 1946 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 June 1946, Watford, Hertfordshire, England
- **Active:** 1980–2019
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 70 (2), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $334m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Alexander_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2327550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1184909

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*A Touch of Frost*](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md) (76)

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## Biography

Bruce Alexander is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Superintendent Norman Mullett in the ITV series *A Touch of Frost* (1992–2010), appearing in all 42 episodes alongside David Jason.

He has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in stage productions including *The Duchess of Malfi* (1989). His other screen credits include the films *The Long Good Friday* (1980) and *Tomorrow Never Dies* (1997), and television roles in *Keeping Up Appearances* (1990), *Midsomer Murders* (1997), *Gentleman Jack* (2019–2022) and *Hard Cell* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Gentleman Jack* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Mr Parker — [page](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md)
- *Tomorrow Never Dies* (1997), Fi1m 64, as HMS Chester Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/tomorrow-never-dies.md)
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Fi1m 76, as Superintendent Norman Mullett — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)
- *The Long Good Friday* (1980), Fi1m 88, as Mac — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-good-friday.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *RSC Live: All's Well That Ends Well* (2023), as King of France
- *The Red* (2022), as Dad
- *Audrey and the Rocket* (2019), as Bernard
- *Gentleman Jack* (2019), series, as Mr Parker — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md)
- *The Departure* (2014), as The Policeman
- *Love and Marriage* (2013), series, as Peter Bachman
- *Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here* (2011), as Peter Ross
- *Coming Home* (2009), as Frank
- *McLibel* (2005), as Richard Rampton QC
- *Between Two Women* (2004), as Mr. Butterworth, Headmaster
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Piers Wheeler
- *A Christmas Carol* (1999), as Mr. Bennett
- *Tomorrow Never Dies* (1997), as HMS Chester Captain — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/tomorrow-never-dies.md)
- *Beyond Fear* (1997), as Police Interviewer
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Dominic Jones — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *The Beast* (1996), series, Actor
- *Murder in Mind* (1994), as Mills
- *Nostradamus* (1994), as Paul
- *Chandler & Co* (1994), series, as Frank Driver
- *Close to Home* (1994), as Clive
- *Ladybird Ladybird* (1994), as Lawyer
- *Century* (1993), as Interrogator
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Father Clement
- *Head Over Heels* (1993), series, as Reverend Dunn
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Superintendent Norman Mullett — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Mr. Stevens
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Thompson
- *Thatcher: The Final Days* (1991), as John Gummer
- *The Brittas Empire* (1991), series, as Alan Digby
- *Keeping Up Appearances* (1990), series, as The Doctor
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Albert Chapman — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *South of the Border* (1988), series, as Special Branch Man
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Giro City* (1982), as GNH Lawyer
- *The Long Good Friday* (1980), as Mac — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-good-friday.md)
- *The Network* (1979), as Young man
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Detective

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