---
name: "Geoff Bell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/geoff-bell"
fi1m_id: "geoff-bell"
imdb_id: "nm1052141"
tmdb_id: 6969
wikidata_id: "Q5534044"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 February 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 14
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 14
updated: "2026-10-07T16:03:49.621233+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."
---

# Geoff Bell

## Identity

Geoff Bell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/geoff-bell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** geoff-bell
- **IMDb ID:** nm1052141
- **TMDB ID:** 6969
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5534044
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Bell_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5534044, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1052141/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6969

Actor. Born 24 February 1963 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 February 1963, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ronan Bennett](https://film.one/person/ronan-bennett.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 14 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (4), 2010s 72 (6), 2020s 60 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 65 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 10 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Crime 6, Comedy 5, Action 3, Adventure 2, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,791m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Bell_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5534044, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1052141/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6969

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Top Boy*](https://film.one/tv/top-boy.md) (81), [*The End of the F***ing World*](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md) (80), [*The Thursday Murder Club*](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md) (57)
- **Apple TV:** [*MobLand*](https://film.one/tv/mobland.md) (63), [*The Rhythm Section*](https://film.one/film/the-rhythm-section.md) (48)

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

## Fi1m on Geoff Bell

> Geoff Bell makes hard men threatening without making them loud. We value the quiet intensity, though his familiar casting needs stronger scripts than some of the films and programmes that employ him.

Geoff Bell’s hard men often keep their voices down and hold the other person’s gaze. Someone is being watched closely, and it does not feel friendly. We rate that restraint: he can make a confrontation uncomfortable without announcing how dangerous it might become. The risk is that another gangster part merely repeats what we already know he can do.

Supporting parts in *Mike Bassett: England Manager* (2001) and *Mean Machine* (2001) preceded the mid-2000s hard-man roles. In *The Business* (2005), he was Sammy; in *Green Street Hooligans* (2005), football-firm leader Tommy Hatcher. The detail of Sammy drew on his observations of south London criminals, giving the threat a basis in behaviour he had actually seen. Guy Ritchie’s *RocknRolla* (2008) put his Fred the Head into an ensemble, before their television work together on *MobLand* (2025).

As Richie Stevenson in *MobLand*, Bell has one of his more prominent gangster roles, but the series is only a qualified recommendation for crime-drama regulars. Its broad performances can entertain, while the slow opening asks the cast to keep us occupied between developments. Cinematographers David Katznelson, Si Bell, Baz Irvine and Stephan Pehrsson sometimes leave faces too dark to study, an especially frustrating choice around an actor who works through eye contact. The editing team, which includes James Barham and Danny Salas, could have cut some of that waiting.

Chris Columbus’s *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025) gives him Tony Curran, the business partner of David Tennant’s Ian. We stopped caring who had done it because the club’s succession of interviews, with tea between, never made anyone seem in danger. The leading cast is pleasant company, but the screenplay by Suzanne Heathcote and Katy Brand gives that company too little urgency. Bell’s reputation for menace cannot do the writers’ work for them. For Bell, start with *The Business*; approach *MobLand* with patience for its familiar gangster plotting.

## Biography

Geoff Bell is an English actor born in London in 1963. He began acting in his late twenties after working in a cleaning business and trained at Morley College in Westminster.

Bell is known for supporting roles in films including *Green Street Hooligans* (2005), *Stardust* (2007), *RocknRolla* (2008), *War Horse* (2011), *Kingsman: The Secret Service* (2015), *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016) and *King Arthur: Legend of the Sword* (2017). His television credits include *The End of the F***ing World* (2017) and *His Dark Materials* (2019).

In 2025 he appeared as Tony Curran in the film *The Thursday Murder Club* and as Richie Stevenson in the series *MobLand*.

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

## On Fi1m (14)

- *MobLand* (2025), Fi1m 63, as Richie Stevenson — [page](https://film.one/tv/mobland.md)
- *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025), Fi1m 57, as Tony Curran — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md)
- *The Great* (2020), Fi1m 74, as General Ekberg — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *The Rhythm Section* (2020), Fi1m 48, as Green — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rhythm-section.md)
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), Fi1m 80, as Martin — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md)
- *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), Fi1m 70, as 2nd Lieutenant Frobb — [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *Kingsman: The Secret Service* (2015), Fi1m 66, as Dean — [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-secret-service.md)
- *Ripper Street* (2012), Fi1m 74, as Joseph Smeaton — [page](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md)
- *Top Boy* (2011), Fi1m 81, as Bobby Raikes — [page](https://film.one/tv/top-boy.md)
- *War Horse* (2011), Fi1m 62, as Sgt. Sam Perkins — [page](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md)
- *Stardust* (2007), Fi1m 75, as Receptionist — [page](https://film.one/film/stardust.md)
- *Saxondale* (2006), Fi1m 75, as Crusty — [page](https://film.one/tv/saxondale.md)
- *The Virgin Queen* (2006), Fi1m 78, as Dentist — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md)
- *The Long Firm* (2004), Fi1m 72, as Jock McClusky — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-long-firm.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

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

- *Bruised Sky* (2026), as Executive Producer
- *King & Conqueror* (2025), series, as Godwin
- *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025), as Tony Curran — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md)
- *MobLand* (2025), series, as Richie Stevenson — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/mobland.md)
- *Marching Powder* (2025), as Ron
- *Devil's Play* (2025), as Luka
- *Mr Bigstuff* (2024), series, as Steve
- *Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance* (2023), as Jonny Knight
- *Kindling* (2023), as Sid's dad
- *Poison Arrows* (2022), as Rocky Goldfingers
- *The Curse* (2022), series, as Saunders
- *Arrows* (2021), Actor
- *Whitstable Pearl* (2021), series, as Bill Tate
- *The Great* (2020), series, as General Ekberg — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *The Rhythm Section* (2020), as Green — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rhythm-section.md)
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, as Jack Verhoeven
- *Hatton Garden* (2019), series, as Carl Wood
- *Once Upon a Time in London* (2019), as Darky Mulley
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), series, as Martin — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md)
- *Absentia* (2017), series, as Colin Dawkins
- *The Man with the Iron Heart* (2017), as Muller
- *King Arthur: Legend of the Sword* (2017), as Mischief John
- *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), as 2nd Lieutenant Frobb — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *Mine* (2016), as Mike's Father
- *The Level* (2016), series, as Duncan Elliot
- *Suffragette* (2015), as Norman Taylor
- *North v South* (2015), as Bill Vincent
- *Kingsman: The Secret Service* (2015), as Dean — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-secret-service.md)
- *The Great Fire* (2014), series, as Wilson
- *Keeping Up with the Joneses* (2013), as Mick
- *Dementamania* (2013), as David Snodgrass
- *Power to the People* (2013), series, as Terry
- *Ripper Street* (2012), series, as Joseph Smeaton — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md)
- *Comedown* (2012), as The Tenant
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), series, as Murderer I — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *Storage 24* (2012), as Bob
- *Boys on Film 8: Cruel Britannia* (2012), as Frank (segment "Man and Boy")
- *Comes a Bright Day* (2012), as Mr Morgan
- *Treasure Island* (2012), series, as Israel Hands
- *Treasure Island* (2012), as Israel Hands
- *War Horse* (2011), as Sgt. Sam Perkins — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md)
- *Top Boy* (2011), series, as Bobby Raikes — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/top-boy.md)
- *Big Fat Gypsy Gangster* (2011), as Geoff
- *Mercenaries* (2011), as Vladko
- *Route Irish* (2011), as Walker
- *Brighton Rock* (2010), as Kite
- *Wild Target* (2010), as Fabian
- *Five Daughters* (2010), series, as DS Roy Lambert
- *The Heavy* (2010), as Frank Marshall
- *Man and Boy* (2010), as Frank
- *The Reeds* (2010), as Croker
- *Solomon Kane* (2009), as Beard
- *Tormented* (2009), as Gordon Ramsey
- *Night Train* (2009), as Detective
- *Above Suspicion* (2009), series, as Harry James
- *RocknRolla* (2008), as Fred the Head
- *Daylight Robbery* (2008), as Alex
- *Freebird* (2008), as Tyg
- *Love Me Still* (2008), as Bobby
- *The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising* (2007), as Security Guard #1
- *Botched* (2007), as Boris
- *Stardust* (2007), as Receptionist — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/stardust.md)
- *Scoop* (2006), as Strombel's Co-Worker
- *Saxondale* (2006), series, as Crusty — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/saxondale.md)
- *The Virgin Queen* (2006), series, as Dentist — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md)
- *Green Street Hooligans* (2005), as Tommy Hatcher
- *The Business* (2005), as Sammy
- *The Long Firm* (2004), series, as Jock McClusky — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-long-firm.md)
- *Making Waves* (2004), series, as Buffer
- *Girl with a Pearl Earring* (2003), as Paul The Butcher
- *I'll Sleep When I'm Dead* (2003), as Arnie Ryan
- *Oh Marbella!* (2003), as o. A.
- *AKA* (2002), as Brian Page
- *Mean Machine* (2001), as Ratchett
- *Mike Bassett: England Manager* (2001), as Gary Wackett
- *I Bring You Frankincense* (1996), as police officer
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Bedlam*, as Urbane
- *A Mother For An Hour*, as Yuri

## Gallery

- ![Geoff Bell](https://film.one/media/person/8075/gallery-140b89dfa7bf.jpg) Geoff Bell — Simon Spracklng of funnyman films, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Geoff_Bell_-_Poison_Arrows_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Geoff Bell](https://film.one/media/person/8075/gallery-0b601fbb3179.jpg) Geoff Bell — Image via TMDB

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