---
name: "Mark Stanley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-stanley"
fi1m_id: "mark-stanley"
imdb_id: "nm4440305"
tmdb_id: 1345950
wikidata_id: "Q20724699"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 April 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-23T14:13:14.729814+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."
---

# Mark Stanley

## Identity

Mark Stanley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-stanley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-stanley
- **IMDb ID:** nm4440305
- **TMDB ID:** 1345950
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20724699
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Stanley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20724699, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4440305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1345950

Actor. Born 29 April 1988 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 April 1988, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Mark Robert Speight
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (3), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 78 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Mystery 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,068m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Stanley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20724699, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4440305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1345950

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Trigger Point*](https://film.one/tv/trigger-point.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Mark Stanley, born Mark Robert Speight, is an English actor. He was born in Leeds and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2010.

He is known for playing Grenn in the HBO series *Game of Thrones* (2011–2014), Bill Sikes in *Dickensian* (2015–2016) and Rob Hepworth in the third series of *Happy Valley* (2023). Other television roles include DI Thom Youngblood in *Trigger Point* (2022–2024) and Henry VIII in the miniseries *Anne Boleyn* (2021).

His film credits include *Kajaki* (2014), *Mr. Turner* (2014), *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), *Our Kind of Traitor* (2016) and *Hellboy* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, standard.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Adolescence* (2025), Fi1m 84, as Paulie Barlow — [page](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md)
- *Trigger Point* (2022), Fi1m 60, as DI Thom Youngblood — [page](https://film.one/tv/trigger-point.md)
- *The Little Drummer Girl* (2018), Fi1m 76, as Arthur A Halloran — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-little-drummer-girl.md)
- *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Knight of Ren — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md)
- *Happy Valley* (2014), Fi1m 88, as Rob Hepworth — [page](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *The Witness* (2026), series, as DS Ivan Agnew
- *Secret Service* (2026), series, as Ryan Walker
- *The Lady* (2026), series, as Charles
- *Under Salt Marsh* (2026), series, as Danny Hill
- *Craggy Confidant* (2025), as Jim
- *My Mother's Wedding* (2025), as Charlie
- *Adolescence* (2025), series, as Paulie Barlow — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md)
- *A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story* (2025), series, as Desmond Cussen
- *The Settlers* (2023), as MacLennan
- *The Reckoning* (2023), series, as Dan Davies
- *Spinning* (2022), as Nasty Man in Car
- *The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe* (2022), series, as Mark Darwin
- *Trigger Point* (2022), series, as DI Thom Youngblood — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/trigger-point.md)
- *The Girl Before* (2021), series, as Saul Cosway
- *Anne Boleyn* (2021), series, as Henry VIII
- *Small Axe* (2020), series, as Ed Harrigan — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)
- *Run* (2020), as Finnie
- *Sulphur & White* (2020), as David Tait
- *White House Farm* (2020), series, as Colin Caffell
- *Elizabeth Is Missing* (2019), as Frank Jefford
- *Criminal: UK* (2019), series, as Hugo Duffy
- *Promenade* (2019), Actor
- *Hellboy* (2019), as Arthur
- *The Little Drummer Girl* (2018), series, as Arthur A Halloran — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-little-drummer-girl.md)
- *Hero* (2018), as Conrad's Father
- *Ready Player One* (2018), as Old Zombie Woman
- *Euphoria* (2018), as Brian
- *Little Women* (2017), series, as Professor Bhaer
- *Love, Lies & Records* (2017), series, as James / Jamie
- *Dark River* (2017), as Joe Bell
- *Broken* (2017), series, as P.C Andrew Powell
- *Our Kind of Traitor* (2016), as Ollie
- *Dickensian* (2015), series, as Bill Sikes
- *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), as Knight of Ren — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md)
- *Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience* (2015), as Grenn
- *Kajaki* (2014), as Tug
- *Mr. Turner* (2014), as Clarkson Stanfield
- *Happy Valley* (2014), series, as Rob Hepworth — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Coriolanus* (2014), as Second Citizen / Volscian Lieutenant
- *How I Live Now* (2013), as Chasing Man 1
- *In T'Vic* (2013), as Bobbie
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Grenn — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)

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