---
name: "Chris Coghill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-coghill"
fi1m_id: "chris-coghill"
imdb_id: "nm1104892"
tmdb_id: 194863
wikidata_id: "Q5106208"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 April 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T18:15:49.799580+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."
---

# Chris Coghill

## Identity

Chris Coghill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-coghill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-coghill
- **IMDb ID:** nm1104892
- **TMDB ID:** 194863
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5106208
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Coghill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5106208, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1104892/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/194863

Actor. Born 11 April 1975 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 April 1975, Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Christopher Coghill
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (1), 2010s 81 (1), 2020s 81 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Coghill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5106208, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1104892/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/194863

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Murdered for Being Different*](https://film.one/film/murdered-for-being-different.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Chris Coghill is an English actor and screenwriter. Born in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, on 11 April 1975, he has appeared in films including *24 Hour Party People* (2002) as Bez and *Nowhere Boy* (2009), and on television in *EastEnders* (2008–2009) as Tony King, *Line of Duty* (2017) as FI Kevin Gill, *Slow Horses* (2022–2023) as Hobbs, and *Emmerdale* as Kev Townsend.

Coghill wrote the screenplays for the films *Weekender* (2011) and *Spike Island* (2012). He played Dave Maltby in the 2017 BBC drama *Murdered for Being Different*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Gold* (2023), Fi1m 80, as Neil Murphy — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-gold.md)
- *Slow Horses* (2022), Fi1m 82, as Hobbs — [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Murdered for Being Different* (2017), Fi1m 81, as Dave Maltby — [page](https://film.one/film/murdered-for-being-different.md)
- *Nowhere Boy* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Cunard Yank — [page](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Synthesized* (2026), as Odin Cartwright
- *Young Sherlock* (2026), series, as O'Shea
- *The Gold* (2023), series, as Neil Murphy — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-gold.md)
- *The Walk-In* (2022), series, as Chris
- *Slow Horses* (2022), series, as Hobbs — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Anne* (2022), series, as Farmer
- *Bull* (2021), as Driver
- *Surge* (2020), as Hamish
- *Murdered for Being Different* (2017), as Dave Maltby — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/murdered-for-being-different.md)
- *The Frankenstein Chronicles* (2015), series, as Blackwood
- *Bone in the Throat* (2015), as Doyle
- *The Driver* (2014), series, as Woodsy
- *Lawless* (2013), as Clay Reilly
- *Endeavour* (2013), series, as Seth Chattox — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Spike Island* (2012), as Uncle Hairy · Screenplay
- *Ashes* (2012), as Security Guard
- *Heroes and Demons* (2012), as (segment "The Banker")
- *Line of Duty* (2012), series, as FI Kevin Gill — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Junkhearts* (2011), as Banker
- *Weekender* (2011), Screenplay
- *Honeymooner* (2010), as Ben
- *Nowhere Boy* (2009), as Cunard Yank — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md)
- *Secret Diary of a Call Girl* (2007), series, as Kai Felton
- *Holby Blue* (2007), series, Actor
- *Magnolia* (2006), as Terry
- *Magnolia* (2006), series, Actor
- *Someone Else* (2006), as Matt
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Shaun
- *Hotel Babylon* (2006), series, as Dan Edwards
- *The Banker* (2004), as Smiling Man
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Craig — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, Writer
- *Blue Murder* (2003), series, as Liam Whittick
- *Early Doors* (2003), series, as Chris (as Christopher Coghill)
- *Burn It* (2003), series, as Carl Redmond
- *The Royal* (2003), series, as Bobby Sheridan
- *24 Hour Party People* (2002), as Bez
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Casimir Callahan
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Des
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Tony King — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, as Kev Townsend, Kev Barton

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