---
name: "Ed Skrein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-skrein"
fi1m_id: "ed-skrein"
imdb_id: "nm4534098"
tmdb_id: 1047649
wikidata_id: "Q5335413"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 March 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T15:09:21.980503+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."
---

# Ed Skrein

## Identity

Ed Skrein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ed-skrein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ed-skrein
- **IMDb ID:** nm4534098
- **TMDB ID:** 1047649
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5335413
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Skrein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5335413, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4534098/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1047649

Actor. Born 29 March 1983 in Camden, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 March 1983, Camden, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** Edward George Skrein
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 68 (4), 2020s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 61 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 4, Action 3, Science Fiction 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,569m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Skrein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5335413, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4534098/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1047649

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Deadpool*](https://film.one/film/deadpool.md) (74), [*Maleficent: Mistress of Evil*](https://film.one/film/maleficent-mistress-of-evil.md) (46)
- **Netflix:** [*Jurassic World Rebirth*](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world-rebirth.md) (63)

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

## Fi1m on Ed Skrein

> Ed Skrein is a dependable source of menace, and *Deadpool* makes good use of his emotional coldness. We would welcome more parts that test something beyond that threat; action casting has made rather predictable use of him.

As Ajax in *Deadpool* (2016), Ed Skrein commits to being ruthless while Ryan Reynolds keeps the jokes coming. His emotional coldness gives the comedy a credible antagonist, which matters when so much else is being mocked. We were relieved by his severity, because the constant wisecracking had begun to tire us. Reynolds and Morena Baccarin remain the main reasons we recommend the film, and Skrein does not cure its familiar superhero plotting. He does make the casting of its villain feel sound.

The leading parts came early, with Plan B’s *Ill Manors* (2012) followed by *The Transporter Refueled* (2015), his first major studio lead. After the breakthrough of *Deadpool*, the career moved towards supporting work in studio action and science fiction. Atticus Noble in Zack Snyder’s *Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire* (2023) continues the villain casting. We can see the practical appeal of an actor whose physical presence so readily suggests menace. We can also see the risk of giving him another threatening character and considering the acting taken care of.

That supporting work includes Bobby Atwater in *Jurassic World Rebirth* (2025), a film with more convincing dinosaurs than people. Gareth Edwards stages the creatures with patience and scale, and two long sequences are worth seeing. David Koepp’s script leaves us knowing too little about the people sent on its errand. There is limited help an actor can offer when the writing has supplied so little character. We would not take that film as a useful test of everything Skrein might be able to do.

His supporting role as Officer Bell in *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018) is a reason not to mistake the action casting for the whole career. Still, the ruthless antagonist is the clearest strength here, and it needs writing that gives the actor something specific to be ruthless about. We would welcome more of that before another demonstration that he looks the part. Start with *Deadpool*, provided its stream of jokes about superhero films is part of the attraction.

## Biography

Ed Skrein is an English actor, filmmaker and rapper. Born Edward George Skrein on 29 March 1983 in Camden, London, he graduated from the Byam Shaw School of Art with a BA in fine art painting.

He began his career as a rapper before making his acting debut in Plan B's short film *Michelle* (2011) and gaining his first lead role in the feature *Ill Manors* (2012). Skrein portrayed Daario Naharis in the third season of *Game of Thrones* (2013) and rose to prominence as the villain Ajax in *Deadpool* (2016). He has since appeared in films including *The Transporter: Refueled* (2015), *Midway* (2019), *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019), *Maleficent: Mistress of Evil* (2019), *Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire* (2023) and *Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver* (2024) as Atticus Noble, and *Jurassic World Rebirth* (2025) as Bobby Atwater.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Jurassic World Rebirth* (2025), Fi1m 63, as Bobby Atwater — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world-rebirth.md)
- *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019), Fi1m 72, as Zapan — [page](https://film.one/film/alita-battle-angel.md)
- *Maleficent: Mistress of Evil* (2019), Fi1m 46, as Borra — [page](https://film.one/film/maleficent-mistress-of-evil.md)
- *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), Fi1m 81, as Officer Bell — [page](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md)
- *Deadpool* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Ajax — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Ride or Die* (2026), series, as Billy Donovan
- *Jurassic World Rebirth* (2025), as Bobby Atwater — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world-rebirth.md)
- *Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver* (2024), as Atticus Noble
- *Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire* (2023), as Atticus Noble
- *All the Light We Cannot See* (2023), series, as Herr Seidler
- *Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon* (2022), as Fuzz
- *I Used to Be Famous* (2022), as Vince
- *Naked Singularity* (2021), as Craig Bayonne
- *Love Pool* (2019), as Jimmy
- *Midway* (2019), as Lieutenant Richard 'Dick' Best
- *Maleficent: Mistress of Evil* (2019), as Borra — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/maleficent-mistress-of-evil.md)
- *Alita's World: What it Means to be a Cyborg* (2019), as Zapan
- *Born a King* (2019), as Philby
- *Love, Death & Robots* (2019), series, as Hilo (voice)
- *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019), as Zapan — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/alita-battle-angel.md)
- *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), as Officer Bell — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md)
- *Tau* (2018), as Alex Upton
- *Patrick* (2018), as Oliver
- *Little River Run* (2018), Director, Writer
- *In Darkness* (2018), as Marc
- *The Model* (2016), as Shane White
- *Deadpool* (2016), as Ajax — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool.md)
- *Kill Your Friends* (2015), as Rent
- *The Transporter Refueled* (2015), as Frank Martin Jr.
- *Tiger House* (2015), as Callum
- *Sword of Vengeance* (2015), as Treden
- *Northmen: A Viking Saga* (2014), as Hjorr
- *The Sweeney* (2012), as David
- *Ill Manors* (2012), as Ed
- *Piggy* (2012), as Jamie
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Daario Naharis — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Michelle* (2008), Actor
- *God of War*, series, as Baldur
- *The Patience of Vultures*, Actor
- *Fortitude*, as Dudley Clarke

## Gallery

- ![Tim Miller, Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Ed Skrein and Gina Carano speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International, f](https://film.one/media/person/606/gallery-f4f61796fc1f.jpg) Tim Miller, Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Ed Skrein and Gina Carano speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International, f — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Cast_of_Deadpool.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Deadpool.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tim Miller, Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Ed Skrein and Gina Carano speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International, f](https://film.one/media/person/606/gallery-ce7a762a606b.jpg) Tim Miller, Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Ed Skrein and Gina Carano speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International, f — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Cast_of_Deadpool_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Deadpool_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Toronto International Film Festival 2015](https://film.one/media/person/606/gallery-abb94d673025.jpg) Toronto International Film Festival 2015 — Gordon  Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Ed_Skrein_%2821366540989%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Toronto International Film Festival 2015](https://film.one/media/person/606/gallery-e82a28a21a09.jpg) Toronto International Film Festival 2015 — Gordon  Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Ed_Skrein_%2821366540989%29_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ed Skrein](https://film.one/media/person/606/gallery-65b09e3728d0.jpg) Ed Skrein — Image via TMDB
- ![Ed Skrein](https://film.one/media/person/606/gallery-5e8500a48733.jpg) Ed Skrein — Image via TMDB
- ![Ed Skrein](https://film.one/media/person/606/gallery-04e03b2fb6f1.jpg) Ed Skrein — Image via TMDB
- ![Ed Skrein](https://film.one/media/person/606/gallery-c38fafdb4990.jpg) Ed Skrein — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ed_Skrein_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Ed_Skrein_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ed Skrein](https://film.one/media/person/606/gallery-b301f90e0df9.jpg) Ed Skrein — Image via TMDB
- ![Ed Skrein](https://film.one/media/person/606/gallery-8308444fe634.jpg) Ed Skrein — Image via TMDB

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