---
name: "Darren Tighe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/darren-tighe"
fi1m_id: "darren-tighe"
imdb_id: "nm0863059"
tmdb_id: 1558686
wikidata_id: "Q5225196"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T13:20:13.932294+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."
---

# Darren Tighe

## Identity

Darren Tighe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/darren-tighe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** darren-tighe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0863059
- **TMDB ID:** 1558686
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5225196
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5225196, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1558686

Actor. Born 1 January 1973 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1973, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1995–1999
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5225196, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1558686

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Go Now*](https://film.one/film/go-now.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Darren Tighe is an English actor and director. Born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1973, he trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

His screen credits include the role of Dell in the film *Go Now* (1995), Mike Pickering in *24 Hour Party People* (2002), Dean Saunders in *Cracker* (1993), Trent Terry in *Midsomer Murders* (1997), and DS John Rye in *Grace* (2021). He has also appeared in *Jude* (1996), *Foyle's War* (2002), *Casualty* and *A Touch of Frost*.

Tighe has performed in theatre at the National Theatre, Royal Court, Donmar Warehouse and in the West End.

*Sources: imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk, city-academy.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Gimme Gimme Gimme* (1999), Fi1m 52, as Trevor — [page](https://film.one/tv/gimme-gimme-gimme.md)
- *Band of Gold* (1995), Fi1m 72, as Smiley — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-gold.md)
- *Go Now* (1995), Fi1m 77, as Dell — [page](https://film.one/film/go-now.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Domino Day* (2024), series, as Cal
- *Mrs Sidhu Investigates* (2023), series, as Damien Sterling
- *Grace* (2021), series, as DS John Rye
- *40 Years* (2011), as (voice)
- *The Visit* (2007), series, as Mark Bamford
- *Goldplated* (2006), series, as Darren White
- *New Street Law* (2006), series, as Keith Telford
- *Vital Signs* (2006), series, as Paul
- *Ideal* (2005), series, as Davey — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/ideal.md)
- *Whose Baby?* (2004), as Pete
- *The Virgin of Liverpool* (2003), as Convent Dosser
- *Trust* (2003), series, as Siman
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Clarke — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *Rescue Me* (2002), series, as Martin
- *24 Hour Party People* (2002), as Mike Pickering
- *All the King's Men* (1999), as Corporal Lloyd
- *Gimme Gimme Gimme* (1999), series, as Trevor — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/gimme-gimme-gimme.md)
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Trent Terry — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *No Child of Mine* (1997), as Mick
- *Coming Down* (1997), as Jason
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Stanley Curtis
- *Jude* (1996), as Punter
- *Hetty Wainthropp Investigates* (1996), series, as Lenny Thornber
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, as Martin Frost
- *Go Now* (1995), as Dell — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/go-now.md)
- *Band of Gold* (1995), series, as Smiley — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-gold.md)
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Gary Tregenna
- *Cracker* (1993), series, as Dean Saunders — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Tony Jarvis — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Jed Peterson, Vince — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

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