--- name: "Greg Wise" canonical: "https://film.one/person/greg-wise" fi1m_id: "greg-wise" imdb_id: "nm0936353" tmdb_id: 16700 wikidata_id: "Q387434" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 May 1966" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-07T11:49:18.839907+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." --- # Greg Wise ## Identity Greg Wise - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/greg-wise - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** greg-wise - **IMDb ID:** nm0936353 - **TMDB ID:** 16700 - **Wikidata ID:** Q387434 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Wise, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16700 Actor. Born 15 May 1966 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 May 1966, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK - **Active:** 1994–2019 - **Also known as:** Matthew Gregory Wise, 葛瑞格·懷斯, گرگ وایز - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 72 (2) - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Romance 1 - **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $295m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Wise, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16700 ## Fi1m on Greg Wise > Greg Wise can make a charming man difficult to trust without signalling every doubtful thought. We rate his restraint under Ang Lee; the trouble is how often subsequent roles have asked him to repeat himself. As John Willoughby in *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), Greg Wise is charming without making the man easy to read. He leaves room for doubt, and does not labour to make sure we have noticed it. Ang Lee gets good work from that restraint, within an ensemble whose feelings stay awkward and recognisable. We were moved by Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet's performances because they make those feelings seem so difficult to manage. Wise fits into their film without competing for our attention. Willoughby was his breakthrough, and the charming rogue became a recurring assignment across a career largely spent in supporting parts in British film and television. That familiarity can work against him: we start to expect a catch before the character has done much. *Johnny English* (2003) takes him into comedy as Agent One, under Peter Howitt. Our qualified affection for the film rests on Rowan Atkinson's physical comedy; the writing supplies too few fresh mistakes for him to make. Wise's presence is no reason to overlook that limitation. The later historical roles give his reserve a different use. He plays John Ruskin in *Effie Gray* (2014), written by Thompson, and Lord Mountbatten in *The Crown* (2016–2017). Ruskin's austerity can become one-note, a reminder that doing little is not always enough to suggest something happening underneath. Mountbatten makes better use of the authority he can suggest, though both parts keep him close to familiar self-control. Wise has said that Lee repeatedly told him to do less on screen, advice that fits the strongest qualities of his acting. We do not need a performer to announce every thought, and his charm is more persuasive when we cannot settle what lies behind it. The caveat is that casting him as another enigmatic man can ask him to repeat an effect rather than find anything new. Start with *Sense and Sensibility*; the thinner comedy of *Johnny English* can wait. ## Biography Greg Wise is an English actor. Born Matthew Gregory Wise on 15 May 1966 in Newcastle upon Tyne, he studied architecture at Heriot-Watt University before training in drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. His early professional work was on stage, including the musical *Good Rockin' Tonight*. Wise's film debut came in 1995 with roles in *Feast of July* and *Sense and Sensibility*, in which he played John Willoughby. He has appeared in supporting roles in films including *Johnny English* (2003) and *Effie Gray* (2014), and on television in series such as *The Crown* (2016) as Lord Mountbatten and *Galavant* (2015). Wise married actress Emma Thompson in 2003; the couple met while working on *Sense and Sensibility*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Cranford* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Sir Charles Maulver — [page](https://film.one/tv/cranford.md) - *Johnny English* (2003), Fi1m 60, as Agent One — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english.md) - *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), Fi1m 85, as John Willoughby — [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md) ## Complete filmography (58) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Early Works* (2020), as Edward Hughes - *Carmilla* (2020), as Mr. Bauer - *Military Wives* (2020), as Richard - *After Louise* (2019), as Bob - *Last Christmas* (2019), Story - *A Private War* (2018), as Professor David Irens - *Strange Angel* (2018), series, as Alfred Miller - *Beautiful Devils* (2017), as James Lacey MP - *Love of My Life* (2017), as Ben - *The Crown* (2016), series, as Lord Mountbatten — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md) - *Modus* (2015), series, as Warren Schifford - *The Outcast* (2015), series, as Gilbert Aldridge - *Galavant* (2015), series, as Sir Arnold Galavant - *Blackwood* (2014), as Dominic - *Walking on Sunshine* (2014), as Doug - *Unknown Heart* (2014), as Duncan - *Three Days in Havana* (2014), as Harry Smith - *Effie Gray* (2014), as John Ruskin - *Honeymoon for One* (2011), as Sean Hughes - *Zen* (2011), series, as Renato Favelloni - *The Song of Lunch* (2010), Producer - *Morris: A Life with Bells On* (2009), as Villandry - *Place of Execution* (2008), series, as Philip Hawkin - *The Disappeared* (2008), as Jake Ryan - *Cranford* (2007), series, as Sir Charles Maulver — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/cranford.md) - *Number 13* (2006), as Professor Anderson - *Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes* (2006), as Peter Higgins - *The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby* (2005), as Minister Lee - *A Cock and Bull Story* (2005), as Greg - *According to Bex* (2005), series, Actor - *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as Nevile Strange - *Five Moons Plaza* (2003), as Francesco Doni - *Johnny English* (2003), as Agent One — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english.md) - *Hornblower: Loyalty* (2003), as Major Côtard - *Sirens* (2002), series, as Oliver Rice - *Hills Like White Elephants* (2002), as The American - *The Discovery of Heaven* (2001), as Max Delius - *Madame Bovary* (2000), series, as Rodolphe - *Mad Cows* (1999), as Alex - *Wonderful You* (1999), series, as Marshall · chartered accountant - *Africa* (1999), as Josh Sinclair - *Alice Through the Looking Glass* (1998), as Red Knight - *Hornblower* (1998), series, as Major Côtard - *Judas Kiss* (1998), as Ben Dyson - *House of Frankenstein* (1997), series, as Crispian Grimes - *Hospital!* (1997), as Dr. Jim Nightingale - *The Place of the Dead* (1997), as Corporal Hugh Brittan - *The Moonstone* (1996), as Franklin Blake - *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), as John Willoughby — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md) - *Feast of July* (1995), as Arch Wilson - *The Buccaneers* (1995), series, as Guy Twaite - *The Riff Raff Element* (1994), series, as Alister Tundish - *Typhon's People* (1993), as Cato Macgill / Adam Prime - *Covington Cross* (1992), series, Actor - *A Masculine Ending* (1992), as Jamie Baird - *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Justin Amberson - *Taggart* (1983), series, Actor - *A Ghost Story for Christmas* (1971), series, as Professor Anderson ## Gallery - ![Greg Wise](https://film.one/media/person/86168/gallery-731be2528704.jpg) Greg Wise — robbie jim from UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Greg_Wise.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Greg Wise during the premiere of Last Chance Harvey (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/86168/gallery-66e2425d9d33.jpg) Greg Wise during the premiere of Last Chance Harvey (2009) — Garry Knight from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Last_Chance_Harvey-_Greg_Wise.jpg/1280px-Last_Chance_Harvey-_Greg_Wise.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Greg Wise](https://film.one/media/person/86168/gallery-eafa930edaf3.jpg) Greg Wise — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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