---
name: "Max Bennett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-bennett"
fi1m_id: "max-bennett"
imdb_id: "nm2976920"
tmdb_id: 1428460
wikidata_id: "Q16239159"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 November 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T18:25:52.068247+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."
---

# Max Bennett

## Identity

Max Bennett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/max-bennett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** max-bennett
- **IMDb ID:** nm2976920
- **TMDB ID:** 1428460
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16239159
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Bennett_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16239159, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2976920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1428460

Actor. Born 24 November 1984 in Leytonstone, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 November 1984, Leytonstone, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2008–2018
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (1), 2010s 68 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, History 3, Romance 2, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,023m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Bennett_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16239159, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2976920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1428460

## Biography

Max Bennett (born 24 November 1984) is an English actor. He was born in Leytonstone, London, attended The Latymer School, studied French and Italian at Queens' College, Cambridge, and trained at the National Youth Theatre and the École Jacques Lecoq in Paris.

Bennett has worked extensively in London theatre, with leading roles in the West End and for companies including the Donmar Warehouse, Royal Court, Young Vic, Shakespeare's Globe and the National Theatre; he has won an Ian Charleson Award. On screen he is known for playing Monk Adderley in the BBC series *Poldark* (2015–2018), Robert Southwell in the TNT series *Will* (2017), David in the film *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), Brown in *The Gentlemen* (2020), and Coottsey in the BBC film *King Charles III* (2017). He has also appeared in *Slow Horses* (2022–) and other television series.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), Fi1m 55, as David — [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md)
- *King Charles III* (2017), Fi1m 73, as Coottsey — [page](https://film.one/film/king-charles-iii.md)
- *Anna Karenina* (2012), Fi1m 64, as Petritsky — [page](https://film.one/film/anna-karenina.md)
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), Fi1m 82, as John Talbot — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *The Duchess* (2008), Fi1m 66, as Lord Walter — [page](https://film.one/film/the-duchess.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror* (2025), as FBI Agent & Interrogator
- *The Offer* (2022), series, as Mob Butcher
- *Slow Horses* (2022), series, as Fenwick — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Leonardo* (2021), series, as Cesare Borgia
- *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), series, as Martin Silver
- *The Gentlemen* (2020), as Brown
- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), as David — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md)
- *Will* (2017), series, as Robert Southwell
- *King Charles III* (2017), as Coottsey — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/king-charles-iii.md)
- *The Rain Collector* (2016), as Captain Fitzwilliam Wilmington
- *Set the Thames on Fire* (2015), as Sal
- *Poldark* (2015), series, as Monk Adderley — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/poldark.md)
- *The Family* (2015), Actor
- *Big Bad World* (2013), series, as Sandy
- *The Numbers Station* (2013), as Intern at Hospital
- *The Sweeney* (2012), as Symes
- *Anna Karenina* (2012), as Petritsky — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/anna-karenina.md)
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), series, as John Talbot — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *The Duchess* (2008), as Lord Walter — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-duchess.md)
- *99 Francs* (2007), as Jerk #1
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Kevin Paynton — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)

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