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name: "Charles Edwards"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-edwards"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 October 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-18T07:21:56.416208+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."
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# Charles Edwards

Actor. Born 1 October 1969 in Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 October 1969, Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $504m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edwards_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5077317, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/281527

## Coming up

- *Elsinore* (2026-11-20), as Michael Whitehall

## Biography

Charles Edwards is an English actor born on 1 October 1969 in Haslemere, Surrey. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has worked extensively in theatre, television and film since the early 1990s.

His screen credits include Michael Gregson in *Downton Abbey* (2012–2013), Sir Martin Charteris in *The Crown* (2019–2020), Lord Celebrimbor in *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022–2024) and Mr Jenkins in *Roald Dahl's The Witches* (2020). Other film roles encompass *Batman Begins* (2005), *Philomena* (2013) and *The Duke* (2020). He has received ensemble awards for his work on *The Crown*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Roald Dahl's The Witches* (2020), Fi1m 54, as Mr. Jenkins — [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-the-witches.md)
- *Philomena* (2013), Fi1m 82, as David — [page](https://film.one/film/philomena.md)
- *Sherlock* (2010), Fi1m 78, as David Welsborough — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Batman Begins* (2005), Fi1m 81, as Wayne Enterprises Executive — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Elsinore* (2026), as Michael Whitehall
- *The Gentlemen* (2024), series, as Simon McDougall
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022), series, as Lord Celebrimbor
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening* (2022), as Celebrimbor
- *Young Vic: Best of Enemies* (2021), as Gore Vidal
- *Under the Vines* (2021), series, as Louis Oakley
- *The Duke* (2021), as Sir Joseph Simpson
- *Dreaming Whilst Black* (2021), series, as Simon — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dreaming-whilst-black.md)
- *Roald Dahl's The Witches* (2020), as Mr. Jenkins — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-the-witches.md)
- *Henry IX* (2017), series, as King Henry IX
- *The Halcyon* (2017), series, as Lucian D'Abberville
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Martin Charteris — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *The Girlfriend Experience* (2016), series, as Mr. Stanton
- *Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2015), as Richard II
- *Arthur & George* (2015), series, as Alfred ‘Woodie’ Wood
- *Arthur & George* (2015), as Woodie
- *Trying Again* (2014), series, as Iain
- *Winds of Change* (2014), as (voice)
- *Philomena* (2013), as David — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/philomena.md)
- *Diana* (2013), as Patrick Jephson
- *National Theatre Live: This House* (2013), as Jack Weatherill
- *Ripper Street* (2012), series, as Lord Montacute
- *A Young Doctor's Notebook* (2012), series, as The Colonel
- *Much Ado About Nothing - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2012), as Benedick
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, as James Nelson
- *Holy Flying Circus* (2011), as Michael Palin
- *Downton Abbey* (2010), series, as Michael Gregson — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/downton-abbey.md)
- *Sherlock* (2010), series, as David Welsborough — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Mistresses* (2008), series, as Paul Malloy
- *The Shell Seekers* (2007), as Noel Keeling
- *The All Together* (2007), as Marcus Craigie-Halkett
- *Batman Begins* (2005), as Wayne Enterprises Executive — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md)
- *Colditz* (2005), series, as MI9 Officer Ellways
- *Bertie and Elizabeth* (2002), as David
- *Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem* (2001), as Arthur Conan Doyle
- *Murder Rooms: The Photographer's Chair* (2001), Acting
- *Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes* (2001), series, as Arthur Conan Doyle
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Donald Rees
- *Relative Values* (2000), as Phillip Bateman-Tobias
- *Monarch of the Glen* (2000), series, as David Fraser
- *Longitude* (2000), as Lt. Seward
- *Longitude* (2000), series, as Lt. Seward
- *Mansfield Park* (1999), as Yates
- *An Ideal Husband* (1999), as Jack
- *Coming Home* (1998), series, as Rupert
- *Coming Home* (1998), as Rupert
- *In Your Dreams* (1997), as Waiter
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Ned Fitzroy
- *Loved Up* (1995), as Nigel Bennet
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, as Police Officer

## Gallery

- ![Charles Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/435974/gallery-d957b6512aa4.png) Charles Edwards — Margaret Gardiner, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Charles_Edwards_2022.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Charles Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/435974/gallery-fecd3f0a5a9d.jpg) Charles Edwards — Image via TMDB
- ![Charles Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/435974/gallery-c6bac10ce38b.jpg) Charles Edwards — Image via TMDB

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