---
name: "Eddie Marsan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eddie-marsan"
fi1m_id: "eddie-marsan"
imdb_id: "nm0550371"
tmdb_id: 1665
wikidata_id: "Q45647"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 June 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 29
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 29
updated: "2026-10-22T02:51:12.782744+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."
---

# Eddie Marsan

## Identity

Eddie Marsan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eddie-marsan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eddie-marsan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0550371
- **TMDB ID:** 1665
- **Wikidata ID:** Q45647
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Marsan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45647, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550371/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1665

Actor. Born 9 June 1968 in Stepney, East London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 June 1968, Stepney, East London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** Eddie Marson, Edward Marsan, Edward Maurice Charles Marsan
- **Frequently works with:** [Charlize Theron](https://film.one/person/charlize-theron.md), [Dan Lin](https://film.one/person/dan-lin.md), [Guy Ritchie](https://film.one/person/guy-ritchie.md), [Hossein Amini](https://film.one/person/hossein-amini.md), [Joel Silver](https://film.one/person/joel-silver.md), [Jude Law](https://film.one/person/jude-law.md), [Mike Leigh](https://film.one/person/mike-leigh.md), [Rachel McAdams](https://film.one/person/rachel-mcadams.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 29 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (15), 2010s 65 (9), 2020s 66 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 63 across 24 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 18 at 60–79, 5 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 23 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 19, Action 9, Adventure 7, Crime 7, Comedy 6, History 6
- **Screen time:** 45 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,773m across 19 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Marsan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45647, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550371/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1665

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Tyrannosaur*](https://film.one/film/tyrannosaur.md) (81), [*Miami Vice*](https://film.one/film/miami-vice-2006.md) (67), [*Vice*](https://film.one/film/vice.md) (61)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe*](https://film.one/tv/the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe.md) (75), [*Gangs of New York*](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-new-york.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*Deadpool 2*](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md) (72), [*Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw*](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-presents-hobbs-and-shaw.md) (65)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Vera Drake*](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md) (84)
- **BritBox:** [*Little Dorrit*](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md) (76)
- **Paramount+:** [*Mission: Impossible III*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md) (70)
- **Netflix:** [*Fair Play*](https://film.one/film/fair-play.md) (68)
- **AMC+:** [*Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman*](https://film.one/film/pierrepoint-the-last-hangman.md) (66)

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

## Fi1m on Eddie Marsan

> Eddie Marsan can make a softly spoken boss frightening without asking us to admire the performance. We value his precision with difficult men, though even he needs a script that lets them be more than a type.

In *Fair Play* (2023), Eddie Marsan’s Campbell barely raises his voice, yet he is the most frightening person in the building. He is the boss, and whose name he remembers tells us something about who matters there. We felt uneasy watching him because he makes that small act of recognition carry the threat of being ignored. Chloe Domont’s film becomes less interesting once it settles on its villain, but Marsan needs no such insistence. His quiet delivery makes us listen for the slight that might otherwise pass unnoticed.

His breakthrough came as Killoran in Martin Scorsese’s *Gangs of New York* (2002), before repeated work with Mike Leigh helped establish him in British character drama. *Vera Drake* (2004) and *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008) belong to that collaboration, with the latter giving him Scott, a volatile driving instructor. Leigh’s extended preparation and collaborative character-building suit an actor interested in what makes an unpleasant man’s behaviour comprehensible. That is the part of Marsan’s work we value most: he can make us understand a man without making him agreeable.

*Back to Black* (2024) gives him less to do with that ability. As Mitch, he beams during the family sing-song, and the warmth is easy to accept. But director Sam Taylor-Johnson and writer Matt Greenhalgh leave him as a worried father and little more, within a film too gentle with its men. The performance fits the affectionate household they have written; it cannot supply the harder questions they have left out. We would not recommend the film for Marsan, whose presence here is a reminder that a dependable actor still needs something specific to play.

Repeated casting as angry or abusive men risks making his arrival a warning before he has spoken. His strength is the care he takes over their motives, rather than any appetite for displaying their ugliness. We are more interested in what he can do with a character’s ordinary behaviour than in another demonstration that he can frighten us. Start with *Happy-Go-Lucky* for the work with Leigh; try *Fair Play* if a strong first hour will do.

## Biography

Eddie Marsan is an English actor. Born in Stepney, London, he trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and began his career in theatre before moving into film and television.

He is known for roles including Etheridge in *V for Vendetta* (2006), Inspector Lestrade in the *Sherlock Holmes* films (2009, 2011), and Red in *Hancock* (2008). He has collaborated several times with director Mike Leigh, winning the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for *Vera Drake* (2004) and again for *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), for which he also received the London Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Marsan appeared as Mitch Winehouse in *Back to Black* (2024) and as Campbell in *Fair Play* (2023). He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to drama.

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

## On Fi1m (29)

- *Clayface* (2026), Fi1m 65, as Frank — [page](https://film.one/film/clayface.md)
- *Back to Black* (2024), Fi1m 48, as Mitch — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-black.md)
- *Supacell* (2024), Fi1m 74, as Ray — [page](https://film.one/tv/supacell.md)
- *Fair Play* (2023), Fi1m 68, as Campbell — [page](https://film.one/film/fair-play.md)
- *The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe* (2022), Fi1m 75, as John Darwin — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe.md)
- *Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw* (2019), Fi1m 65, as Professor Andreiko — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-presents-hobbs-and-shaw.md)
- *Deadpool 2* (2018), Fi1m 72, as Headmaster — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md)
- *Once Upon a Deadpool* (2018), Fi1m 50, as Headmaster — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-deadpool.md)
- *Vice* (2018), Fi1m 61, as Paul Wolfowitz — [page](https://film.one/film/vice.md)
- *Southcliffe* (2013), Fi1m 80, as Andrew Salter — [page](https://film.one/tv/southcliffe.md)
- *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), Fi1m 52, as Duir — [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-huntsman.md)
- *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), Fi1m 58, as Inspector Lestrade — [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows.md)
- *Tyrannosaur* (2011), Fi1m 81, as James — [page](https://film.one/film/tyrannosaur.md)
- *War Horse* (2011), Fi1m 62, as Sgt. Fry — [page](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md)
- *Red Riding* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Jack Whitehead — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Sherlock Holmes* (2009), Fi1m 65, as Inspector Lestrade — [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes.md)
- *Criminal Justice* (2008), Fi1m 85, as Saul — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md)
- *Hancock* (2008), Fi1m 54, as Red — [page](https://film.one/film/hancock.md)
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Fi1m 83, as Scott — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *Little Dorrit* (2008), Fi1m 76, as Pancks — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md)
- *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), Fi1m 72, as John Houseman — [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-orson-welles.md)
- *Miami Vice* (2006), Fi1m 67, as Nicholas — [page](https://film.one/film/miami-vice-2006.md)
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), Fi1m 70, as Brownway — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *V for Vendetta* (2006), Fi1m 73, as Etheridge — [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md)
- *Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman* (2005), Fi1m 66, as James 'Tish' Corbitt — [page](https://film.one/film/pierrepoint-the-last-hangman.md)
- *Vera Drake* (2004), Fi1m 84, as Reg — [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *21 Grams* (2003), Fi1m 72, as Reverend John — [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), Fi1m 77, as Titus Oates — [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md)
- *Gangs of New York* (2002), Fi1m 74, as Killoran — [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-new-york.md)

## Complete filmography (148)

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

- *Clayface* (2026), Actor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/clayface.md)
- *Heartstopper Forever* (2026), as Geoff Young
- *Prisoner* (2026), series, as Alex Tebbit
- *No Ordinary Heist* (2026), as Richard Murray
- *Campeón Gabacho* (2026), Actor
- *All the Devils Are Here* (2025), as Ronnie Blake
- *King & Conqueror* (2025), series, as King Edward
- *The Bombing of Pan Am 103* (2025), series, as Tom Thurman
- *Fran the Man* (2025), as The Ghost
- *Reunion* (2025), series, as Stephen Renworth
- *Midas Man* (2024), as Harry Epstein
- *Supacell* (2024), series, as Ray — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/supacell.md)
- *Back to Black* (2024), as Mitch — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-black.md)
- *Franklin* (2024), series, as John Adams
- *Firebrand* (2024), as Edward Seymour
- *The Winter King* (2023), series, as Uther
- *Fair Play* (2023), as Campbell — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/fair-play.md)
- *The Power* (2023), series, as Bernie Monke
- *Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre* (2023), as Knighton
- *Vesper* (2022), as Jonas
- *Suspect* (2022), series, as Alistair Underwood
- *Heartstopper* (2022), series, as Geoff Young — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/heartstopper.md)
- *Charlotte* (2022), as Albert Salomon (voice)
- *The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe* (2022), series, as John Darwin — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe.md)
- *Choose or Die* (2022), as Hal
- *The Contractor* (2022), as Virgil
- *Ray Donovan: The Movie* (2022), as Terry Donovan
- *Ridley Road* (2021), series, as Soly Malinovsky
- *Flag Day* (2021), as Mr. Emmanuel
- *Deceit* (2021), series, as Paul Britton
- *The Virtuoso* (2021), as The Loner
- *Wrath of Man* (2021), as Terry
- *The Gentlemen* (2020), as Big Dave
- *Pets United* (2019), as Mayor Frank Stone
- *Abigail* (2019), as Jonathan Foster
- *Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw* (2019), as Professor Andreiko — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-presents-hobbs-and-shaw.md)
- *The Professor and the Madman* (2019), as Muncie
- *Feedback* (2019), as Jarvis Dolan
- *Vice* (2018), as Paul Wolfowitz — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/vice.md)
- *Once Upon a Deadpool* (2018), as Headmaster — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-deadpool.md)
- *Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle* (2018), as Vihaan (voice)
- *White Boy Rick* (2018), as Art Derrick
- *Deadpool 2* (2018), as Headmaster — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md)
- *7 Days in Entebbe* (2018), as Shimon Peres
- *Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House* (2017), as Agency Man
- *Atomic Blonde* (2017), as Spyglass
- *The Exception* (2017), as Heinrich Himmler
- *Their Finest* (2017), as Sammy Smith
- *Women Who Kill* (2017), series, as Narrator
- *Urban Myths* (2017), series, as Bob Dylan
- *A Kind of Murder* (2016), as Marty Kimmel
- *The Limehouse Golem* (2016), as Uncle Tommy Farr
- *Concussion* (2015), as Dr. Steven DeKosky
- *River* (2015), series, as Thomas Cream
- *Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell* (2015), series, as Mr Norrell
- *X+Y* (2015), as Richard
- *Galavant* (2015), series, as Death
- *Broadmoor - Inside Britain's Highest Security Psychiatric Hospital* (2014), as Narrator
- *God's Pocket* (2014), as Smilin' Jack Moran
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Nathaniel — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Still Life* (2013), as John May
- *Filth* (2013), as Bladesey
- *Southcliffe* (2013), series, as Andrew Salter — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/southcliffe.md)
- *The World's End* (2013), as Peter Page
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, as Terry Donovan
- *Jack the Giant Slayer* (2013), as Crawe
- *The Best of Men* (2012), as Dr. Ludwig Guttmann
- *A Running Jump* (2012), as Perry
- *Walking the Dogs* (2012), as The Intruder
- *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), as Duir — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-huntsman.md)
- *Boys on Film 8: Cruel Britannia* (2012), as Carson (segment "Man and Boy")
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, as The Intruder
- *I, Anna* (2012), as D.I. Kevin Franks
- *War Horse* (2011), as Sgt. Fry — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md)
- *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), as Inspector Lestrade — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows.md)
- *Junkhearts* (2011), as Frank
- *Tyrannosaur* (2011), as James — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/tyrannosaur.md)
- *Moby Dick* (2011), series, as Stubb
- *London Boulevard* (2010), as DI Bailey
- *Thorne* (2010), series, as Kevin Tughan
- *Dive* (2010), series, as Will
- *Heartless* (2010), as Weapons Man
- *Man and Boy* (2010), as Carson
- *Sherlock Holmes* (2009), as Inspector Lestrade — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes.md)
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974* (2009), as Jack Whitehead
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980* (2009), as Jack Whitehead
- *The Disappearance of Alice Creed* (2009), as Vic
- *Red Riding* (2009), series, as Jack Whitehead — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Faintheart* (2009), as Richard
- *The 39 Steps* (2008), as Scudder
- *Little Dorrit* (2008), series, as Pancks — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md)
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as The Manticore (voice)
- *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), as John Houseman — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-orson-welles.md)
- *God on Trial* (2008), as Lieble
- *Hancock* (2008), as Red — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/hancock.md)
- *Criminal Justice* (2008), series, as Saul — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md)
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), as Scott — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *The Sarah Jane Adventures* (2007), series, as Mr. White
- *Grow Your Own* (2007), as Little John
- *I Want Candy* (2007), as Doug Perry
- *Sixty Six* (2006), as Manny Rubens
- *The Illusionist* (2006), as Josef Fischer
- *Miami Vice* (2006), as Nicholas — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/miami-vice-2006.md)
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), as Brownway — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *V for Vendetta* (2006), as Etheridge — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md)
- *The New World* (2005), as Eddie
- *The Secret Life of Words* (2005), as Victor
- *Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman* (2005), as James 'Tish' Corbitt — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/pierrepoint-the-last-hangman.md)
- *Match Point* (2005), as Office Worker (uncredited)
- *Beowulf & Grendel* (2005), as Father Brendan
- *Friends & Crocodiles* (2005), as Butterworth
- *Shadow of the Sword* (2005), as Fabio
- *Vera Drake* (2004), as Reg — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *Quite Ugly One Morning* (2004), as Stephen Lime
- *The Rocket Post* (2004), as Heinz Dombrowsky
- *Caught in the Act* (2004), as Gary Grissom
- *Post* (2004), as Jack
- *21 Grams* (2003), as Reverend John — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), series, as Titus Oates — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md)
- *Cheeky* (2003), as Reg
- *AfterLife* (2003), as Jaz Walters
- *Gangs of New York* (2002), as Killoran — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-new-york.md)
- *Bodily Harm* (2002), series, as Bernard Chalk
- *The Bunker* (2001), as Pfc Kreuzmann
- *The Emperor's New Clothes* (2001), as Louis Marchand
- *The Lost Empire* (2001), series, as Pigsy
- *Peaches* (2000), as Brian
- *Gangster No. 1* (2000), as Eddie Miller
- *Second Sight* (2000), series, as Liam Morrison
- *Mad Cows* (1999), as Constable
- *Janice Beard 45 WPM* (1999), as Mr Tense
- *B. Monkey* (1999), as Young Thug
- *Plastic Man* (1999), as Liam Cooper
- *This Year's Love* (1999), as Eddie
- *The Vice* (1999), series, as Rhys
- *You Are Here* (1998), as Nigel Pubis
- *Crime and Punishment* (1998), as Dimitri
- *The Man Who Knew Too Little* (1997), as Mugger #1
- *Game On* (1995), series, as Stoat
- *Kavanagh Q.C.* (1995), series, as Ian Vincent
- *Didn't You Kill My Brother?* (1988), as Youth in Cantonese Takeaway (uncredited)
- *The Yob* (1988), as Chip Shop Youth (uncredited)
- *Empire State* (1987), as Clubber
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Rick Grant — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), series, as Chip Shop Youth, Youth in Chinese Restaurant
- *Halftime Hero*, as Harry Redknapp
- *Disinherited*, series, Actor
- *Vows*, as Lawrence Burkheart

## Gallery

- ![Eddie Marsan](https://film.one/media/person/11703/gallery-1496697d5d2a.jpg) Eddie Marsan — gdcgraphics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdcgraphics/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/EddieMarsan09TIFF_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Eddie Marsan at The World's End Premiere Leicester Sq., July 10, 2013. Uploaded to Vimeo by Sassy on July 11, 2013 under CC-BY-3.0 Unported licence.](https://film.one/media/person/11703/gallery-5cc73d747c99.jpg) Eddie Marsan at The World's End Premiere Leicester Sq., July 10, 2013. Uploaded to Vimeo by Sassy on July 11, 2013 under CC-BY-3.0 Unported licence. — Sassy, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Eddie_Marsan_in_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Eddie Marsan - I want Candy London Movie Premiere (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/11703/gallery-a97f2c9d5d11.jpg) Eddie Marsan - I want Candy London Movie Premiere (2007) — S Pakhrin from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/I_want_Candy_London_Movie_Premiere_%289%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Eddie Marsan](https://film.one/media/person/11703/gallery-72f4e40e0d5b.jpg) Eddie Marsan — Image via TMDB
- ![Eddie Marsan](https://film.one/media/person/11703/gallery-bc11e9eeb31d.jpg) Eddie Marsan — Image via TMDB
- ![Eddie Marsan](https://film.one/media/person/11703/gallery-811827d4a57b.jpg) Eddie Marsan — Image via TMDB
- ![Eddie Marsan](https://film.one/media/person/11703/gallery-1fb1423dcb34.jpg) Eddie Marsan — Image via TMDB
- ![Eddie Marsan](https://film.one/media/person/11703/gallery-d6b951daa189.jpg) Eddie Marsan — Image via TMDB
- ![Eddie Marsan](https://film.one/media/person/11703/gallery-8717eed70c85.jpg) Eddie Marsan — Image via TMDB

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