--- name: "Michael Dobbs" canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-dobbs" fi1m_id: "michael-dobbs" imdb_id: "nm0229645" tmdb_id: 1161480 wikidata_id: "Q1496611" roles: ["Writer"] born: "14 November 1948" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T21:35:40.269553+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." --- # Michael Dobbs ## Identity Michael Dobbs - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-dobbs - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** michael-dobbs - **IMDb ID:** nm0229645 - **TMDB ID:** 1161480 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1496611 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dobbs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1496611, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229645/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1161480 Writer. Born 14 November 1948 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 14 November 1948, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England, UK - **Also known as:** Lord Michael Dobbs, Michael John Dobbs, Michael Dobbs, Baron Dobbs, Michael John Dobbs, Baron Dobbs - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dobbs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1496611, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229645/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1161480 ## Streaming the US now - **BritBox:** [*House of Cards*](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Michael Dobbs, Baron Dobbs, is a British author and Conservative politician. He wrote the political thriller novel *House of Cards*, published in 1989, which introduced the character Francis Urquhart. The novel was adapted into a BBC television miniseries in 1990. Dobbs wrote the sequels *To Play the King* (1992) and *The Final Cut* (1995), both of which were also adapted for BBC television. Born in 1948, Dobbs previously worked in Conservative Party politics, including as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He was created a life peer in 2010. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, michaeldobbs.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *House of Cards* (1990), Fi1m 84, Novel, Writer, Screenstory — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md) ## Complete filmography (6) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *House of Cards* (2013), series, Executive Producer, Novel - *The Turning Point* (2009), Writer - *The Final Cut* (1995), series, Novel, Writer - *To Play the King* (1993), series, Writer, Novel - *House of Cards* (1990), series, Screenstory, Writer, Novel — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md) - *The Lords' Day*, series, Novel ## Gallery - ![Michael Dobbs](https://film.one/media/person/60750/gallery-5e0f816247ec.jpg) Michael Dobbs — ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Dobbs_crop_2%2C_2025.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Dobbs_crop_2%2C_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Michael Dobbs, Author and Executive Producer of House of Cards, at the Nordic Media Festival 2013](https://film.one/media/person/60750/gallery-1787fa55540e.jpg) Michael Dobbs, Author and Executive Producer of House of Cards, at the Nordic Media Festival 2013 — Eirik Helland Urke / Nordic Media Festival, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Michale_Dobbs%2C_skaperen_av_House_of_Cards%2C_i_samtale_med_Anne_Lindmo_under_Nordiske_Mediedager_2013.jpg/1280px-Michale_Dobbs%2C_skaperen_av_House_of_Cards%2C_i_samtale_med_Anne_Lindmo_under_Nordiske_Mediedager_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Official portrait of Lord Dobbs Full sized portrait of Lord Dobbs (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/60750/gallery-6fc97cbb9670.jpg) Official portrait of Lord Dobbs Full sized portrait of Lord Dobbs (2019) — Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Dobbs%2C_2019.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Dobbs%2C_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Official portrait of Lord Dobbs, full size. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/60750/gallery-62242b3dd03c.jpg) Official portrait of Lord Dobbs, full size. (2025) — ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Dobbs%2C_2025.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Dobbs%2C_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Official portrait of Lord Dobbs (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/60750/gallery-2043f1399d5c.jpg) Official portrait of Lord Dobbs (2018) — Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Dobbs.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Dobbs.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Official portrait of Lord Dobbs 3×2 portrait of Lord Dobbs (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/60750/gallery-ef2006618d2f.jpg) Official portrait of Lord Dobbs 3×2 portrait of Lord Dobbs (2019) — Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Dobbs_crop_1%2C_2019.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Dobbs_crop_1%2C_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - George Polk Award 1997: George Polk Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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