---
name: "Karl Collins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karl-collins"
fi1m_id: "karl-collins"
imdb_id: "nm0172428"
tmdb_id: 193356
wikidata_id: "Q2495388"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T16:14:00.507924+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."
---

# Karl Collins

## Identity

Karl Collins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karl-collins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karl-collins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0172428
- **TMDB ID:** 193356
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2495388
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Collins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2495388, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172428/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/193356

Actor. Born 1 January 1971 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1971, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 78 (4), 2020s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Action 2, Crime 2, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $278m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Collins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2495388, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172428/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/193356

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Unloved*](https://film.one/film/the-unloved.md) (74)

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## Biography

Karl Collins is a British actor born in Nottingham. He trained at the Central Junior Television Workshop as a child and began appearing in television programmes including Dramarama.

He is known for television roles including DC Danny Glaze in The Bill (1999–2003), Louis Loveday in Hollyoaks (2015–2019) and Shaun Temple in Doctor Who (2009–2023). Other credits include Noah in Trying (2020–2024), Robbie in Black Mirror (2011), Dennis' Dad in Attack the Block (2011) and Henry's Lawyer in The Flash (2023).

Collins has also appeared in Midsomer Murders, Shetland, Vera, Death in Paradise and The End of the F***ing World, and has worked extensively in theatre, including productions at the National Theatre.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Flash* (2023), Fi1m 50, as Henry's Lawyer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md)
- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Carsten Hughes — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), Fi1m 80, as Bonnie's Dad — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md)
- *Attack the Block* (2011), Fi1m 84, as Dennis' Dad — [page](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md)
- *The Fades* (2011), Fi1m 72, as Higgy — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fades.md)
- *Twenty Twelve* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Bus Driver — [page](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md)
- *The Unloved* (2009), Fi1m 74, as Karl — [page](https://film.one/film/the-unloved.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *Rain Catcher* (2026), as Julian
- *Mother's Pride* (2026), as Wilf
- *The Last Dance* (2025), Actor
- *National Theatre Live: Alterations* (2025), as Horace
- *Has Fallen* (2024), series, as Rowan Alexander
- *Spent* (2024), series, as Teddy
- *Bathsheba* (2024), as Errol (voice)
- *Culprits* (2023), series, as Fixer
- *Locked In* (2023), as Neurosurgeon
- *Champion* (2023), series, Actor
- *The Flash* (2023), as Henry's Lawyer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md)
- *Magpie Murders* (2022), series, as Jack White / Jack Whiteley
- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), series, as Carsten Hughes — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)
- *The Responder* (2022), series, as Colin Westfield, Colin — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-responder.md)
- *Hollow* (2021), as Father Hill
- *The Larkins* (2021), series, as Mr. Rance
- *National Theatre Live: Rockets and Blue Lights* (2021), as Thomas / Trever
- *Trying* (2020), series, as Noah
- *Second Spring* (2020), as Graham
- *Be-Longing* (2018), as Mr. Miller
- *Batty Boy* (2018), Actor
- *shortFLIX* (2018), series, as Uncle George
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), series, as Bonnie's Dad — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md)
- *The Driver* (2014), series, as Greg Tyler
- *By Any Means* (2013), series, as DCI Whale
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as DCI Thomas Coombes — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Robbie — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Lawrence
- *The Fades* (2011), series, as Higgy — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fades.md)
- *Attack the Block* (2011), as Dennis' Dad — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md)
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Ciaran Duggan — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Twenty Twelve* (2011), series, as Bus Driver — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md)
- *Excluded* (2010), as Mike
- *Shelfstackers* (2010), series, as Keith
- *The Unloved* (2009), as Karl — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-unloved.md)
- *The Visit* (2007), series, as Lee
- *New Street Law* (2006), series, as Bobby Keen
- *A Thing Called Love* (2004), series, as Floyd Staple
- *55 Degrees North* (2004), series, as Adam Cole
- *Grease Monkeys* (2003), series, as Trevor Baptiste
- *Metrosexuality* (2001), series, as Jordan
- *G:MT Greenwich Mean Time* (1999), as Clinton
- *Acts of Passion* (1999), series, as Jordan
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Treve Harding
- *Heterosexuality* (1999), as Jordan
- *TwentyFourSeven* (1998), as Stuart
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Samuel Wokoma — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Robert Rylands' Last Journey* (1996), as Abraham
- *As Time Goes By* (1992), series, as Protester
- *London Kills Me* (1991), as Barman
- *Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale* (1989), as Edison
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Roy — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Your Mother Wouldn't Like It* (1985), series, Actor
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, as Billy

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