---
name: "Michael Wardle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-wardle"
fi1m_id: "michael-wardle"
imdb_id: "nm0912046"
tmdb_id: 1248746
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T06:59:25.032779+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 Wardle

## Identity

Michael Wardle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-wardle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-wardle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0912046
- **TMDB ID:** 1248746
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1248746

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1987–1997
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1248746

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Withnail & I*](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Michael Wardle is a British actor. He played Isaac Parkin in the film *Withnail & I* (1987).

His other television credits include the role of Gordon in *I'm Alan Partridge* (2002) and appearances in series such as *Seaforth* (1994), *A Dinner of Herbs* (2000) and *Heartbeat*. He has worked extensively in television since the 1980s and has a background in stage performance, including West End productions.

*Sources: imdb.com, mandy.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997), Fi1m 88, as Gordon — [page](https://film.one/tv/im-alan-partridge.md)
- *Withnail & I* (1987), Fi1m 88, as Isaac Parkin — [page](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *The Jealous God* (2005), as Uncle Peter
- *55 Degrees North* (2004), series, as Sacristan
- *Harold Shipman: Doctor Death* (2002), as John Green
- *A Dinner of Herbs* (2000), series, as Mr Baker
- *Badger* (1999), series, Actor
- *Always and Everyone* (1999), series, as Clive
- *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997), series, as Gordon — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/im-alan-partridge.md)
- *The Final Cut* (1995), series, as Hugh Pugh
- *Chiller* (1995), series, as Police Sergeant
- *Fair Game* (1994), as Lorry Driver
- *Cardiac Arrest* (1994), series, as Mr. O'Neill
- *The Cinder Path* (1994), series, as Fred
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Jim Stockdale, Reg Perkins, Fred Snape, Norman Taylor
- *In Suspicious Circumstances* (1991), series, as Swales, Cecil Johnstone
- *'Itch* (1991), as 1st Sierra Driver
- *Withnail & I* (1987), as Isaac Parkin — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md)
- *The Brothers McGregor* (1985), series, as Drunk
- *Travelling Man* (1984), series, as Detective
- *The Black Stuff* (1980), as Lorry Driver
- *Strangers* (1978), series, as Knocker, Fifth Detective, Phil
- *Kizzy* (1976), series, as Mr Blount
- *Bank Holiday* (1972), as Policeman

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