---
name: "Ken Bones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ken-bones"
fi1m_id: "ken-bones"
imdb_id: "nm0094297"
tmdb_id: 91662
wikidata_id: "Q6387351"
roles: []
born: "11 June 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T20:15:29.755868+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."
---

# Ken Bones

## Identity

Ken Bones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ken-bones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ken-bones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0094297
- **TMDB ID:** 91662
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6387351
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Bones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6387351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91662

Actor. Born 11 June 1947 in England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 June 1947, England, UK
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 62 (2), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $268m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Bones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6387351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91662

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Any Human Heart*](https://film.one/tv/any-human-heart.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Ken Bones is an English actor. Born on 11 June 1947 in Dartford, Kent, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art between 1971 and 1973.

He is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in more than twenty of its productions, including *Antony and Cleopatra*, *The Tempest*, *Othello* and *King Lear*. His film and television credits include Hippasus in *Troy* (2004), a role in *The World's End* (2013), and The General in *Doctor Who* (2013 and 2015). He played Mr. Mountstuart in the 2010 series *Any Human Heart*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *I Fought the Law* (2025), Fi1m 74, as Ken Gillance QC — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-fought-the-law.md)
- *Exodus: Gods and Kings* (2014), Fi1m 52, as Ramses' Scribe — [page](https://film.one/film/exodus-gods-and-kings.md)
- *Any Human Heart* (2010), Fi1m 73, as Mr. Mountstuart — [page](https://film.one/tv/any-human-heart.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *I Fought the Law* (2025), series, as Ken Gillance QC — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-fought-the-law.md)
- *Des* (2020), series, as Judge Croom-Johnson
- *Baghdad in My Shadow* (2019), Actor
- *A Discovery of Witches* (2018), series, as Sigismund
- *Medici: Masters of Florence* (2016), series, as Ugo Bencini
- *Exodus: Gods and Kings* (2014), as Ramses' Scribe — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/exodus-gods-and-kings.md)
- *Walking with the Enemy* (2014), as Samuel Stern
- *Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor* (2013), as Voice (voice)
- *Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor* (2013), as The General
- *Atlantis* (2013), series, as Melas
- *The World's End* (2013), as Publican 13
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Eugene Bone
- *Upstairs Downstairs* (2010), series, as Lord Halifax
- *Any Human Heart* (2010), series, as Mr. Mountstuart — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/any-human-heart.md)
- *Lasko - Death Train* (2006), Actor
- *Final Contract: Death on Delivery* (2006), as Hillman
- *Wallis & Edward* (2005), as Maitland
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as The General — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Troy* (2004), as Hippasus
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as DCI Mullens
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Max Hoffman — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Keith Burns — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, as Tyler — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)
- *Macbeth* (2001), as Banquo
- *The Winter's Tale* (1999), as Polixenes, King of Bohemia
- *Wing Commander* (1999), as Admiral Bill Wilson
- *A Life for a Life* (1998), as Ronald Outteridge
- *An Unsuitable Job for a Woman* (1997), series, as Ted Fulton
- *Police 2020* (1997), as Commander Johnson
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Giles Braithwaite — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Cutthroat Island* (1995), as Toussant
- *Wall of Silence* (1993), as John Kavanagh
- *Split Second* (1992), as Forensic Expert
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Mr. Mansell, Trevor Godwin
- *Jack the Ripper* (1988), series, as Robert James Lees
- *Bellman and True* (1987), as Gort
- *Frankie and Johnnie* (1986), as Detective Inspector Mercer
- *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1985), as Carbon de Castel Jaloux
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Paul Roussillon
- *Fox* (1980), as Kemble
- *Spearhead* (1978), series, as Sergeant Parkes
- *An Hour in the Life...* (1977), as Paul Crawford: Sports Sub-Editor
- *Jubilee 1977* (1977), series, as Paul Crawford

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ken-bones