---
name: "Patrick Kennedy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patrick-kennedy"
fi1m_id: "patrick-kennedy"
imdb_id: "nm1171145"
tmdb_id: 14432
wikidata_id: "Q247915"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 August 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-10-07T18:27:02.344247+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."
---

# Patrick Kennedy

## Identity

Patrick Kennedy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patrick-kennedy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patrick-kennedy
- **IMDb ID:** nm1171145
- **TMDB ID:** 14432
- **Wikidata ID:** Q247915
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kennedy_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q247915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1171145/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14432

Actor. Born 26 August 1977 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 August 1977, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Richard Linklater](https://film.one/person/richard-linklater.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as actor, over 12 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (3), 2010s 54 (5), 2020s 72 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 64 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 9, History 4, Action 3, Adventure 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,641m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kennedy_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q247915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1171145/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14432

## Coming up

- *Ink* (2026-12-11), as Bernard Shrimsley — [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Blue Moon*](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md) (78)
- **BritBox:** [*Bleak House*](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Patrick Kennedy is an English actor and director. Born in London on 26 August 1977, he studied English literature and language at St John's College, Oxford, and trained at LAMDA.

His first lead role was as Richard Carstone in the 2005 BBC adaptation of *Bleak House*. Subsequent screen credits include the films *Atonement* (2007), *War Horse* (2011), *Mr. Holmes* (2015) and *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), and television appearances in *Boardwalk Empire*, *Black Mirror* (2011), *The Queen's Gambit* (2020) and *Person of Interest*.

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

## On Fi1m (12)

- *Ink* (2026), Fi1m 64, as Bernard Shrimsley — [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *Blue Moon* (2025), Fi1m 78, as E.B. 'Andy' White — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md)
- *Dept. Q* (2025), Fi1m 74, as Liam Taylor — [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *The Queen's Gambit* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Allston Wheatley — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-queens-gambit.md)
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), Fi1m 50, as First Order Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Mrs Wilson* (2018), Fi1m 76, as Dennis Wilson — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-wilson.md)
- *London Has Fallen* (2016), Fi1m 38, as MI5 Intel John Lancaster — [page](https://film.one/film/london-has-fallen.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* (2011), Fi1m 45, as English Father — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides.md)
- *War Horse* (2011), Fi1m 62, as Lt. Charlie Waverly — [page](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md)
- *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), Fi1m 72, as Grover Burgess — [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-orson-welles.md)
- *Atonement* (2007), Fi1m 83, as Leon Tallis — [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Bleak House* (2005), Fi1m 65, as Richard Carstone — [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

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

- *Ink* (2026), as Bernard Shrimsley — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *Blue Moon* (2025), as E.B. 'Andy' White — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md)
- *Dept. Q* (2025), series, as Liam Taylor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *Senna* (2024), series, as Ron Dennis
- *The Day of the Jackal* (2024), series, as Teddy
- *Franklin* (2024), series, as Strachey
- *Liaison* (2023), series, as Mark Bolton
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (2021), series, as Sir Henry Rowbotham
- *The Queen's Gambit* (2020), series, as Allston Wheatley — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-queens-gambit.md)
- *Miss Marx* (2020), as Edward Aveling
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), as First Order Officer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *8 Days: To the Moon and Back* (2019), as Michael Collins
- *Mrs Wilson* (2018), series, as Dennis Wilson — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-wilson.md)
- *Peterloo* (2018), as Lt. Col Guy L'Estrange
- *The Human Voice* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Atlanta* (2016), series, as Will — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/atlanta.md)
- *Eva Hesse* (2016), as Sol Lewitt (voice)
- *London Has Fallen* (2016), as MI5 Intel John Lancaster — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/london-has-fallen.md)
- *Churchill's Secret* (2016), as Jock Colville
- *So Good to See You* (2016), Actor
- *Mr. Holmes* (2015), as Thomas Kelmot
- *The November Man* (2014), as Edgar Simpson
- *Murder on the Home Front* (2013), as Lennox Collins
- *Murder on the Home Front* (2013), series, as Lennox Collins
- *War Horse* (2011), as Lt. Charlie Waverly — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Section Chief Walker — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as David Cartwright
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Shane Edwards — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* (2011), as English Father — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides.md)
- *Downton Abbey* (2010), series, as Terence Sampson — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/downton-abbey.md)
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), series, as Douglas Mason — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Ourhouse* (2010), as Uncle Tommy
- *Married Single Other* (2010), series, as Dr Dominic
- *Scratch* (2010), as Simon
- *The Last Station* (2009), as Sergeyenko
- *The 39 Steps* (2008), as Hellory Sinclair
- *Einstein and Eddington* (2008), as William Marston
- *Consuming Passion* (2008), as Gerald Mills
- *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), as Grover Burgess — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-orson-welles.md)
- *In Tranzit* (2008), as Peter
- *Atonement* (2007), as Leon Tallis — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *A Good Year* (2006), as Trader #2
- *Munich* (2005), as English Reporter in Munich Underground — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)
- *The Somme* (2005), as Sergeant Richard H. Tawney
- *Bleak House* (2005), series, as Richard Carstone — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Mrs. Henderson Presents* (2005), as Pilot
- *Peep Show* (2003), series, as Neil — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story* (2003), as Joris Salmon
- *Cambridge Spies* (2003), series, as Julian Bell
- *Nine Lives* (2002), as Tim
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Radio Operator — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)

## Gallery

- ![Patrick Kennedy](https://film.one/media/person/101314/gallery-f68a86184e4b.jpg) Patrick Kennedy — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/BlueMoonBFILFF161025-104_-_Patrick_Kennedy_%2854874389572%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Patrick Kennedy](https://film.one/media/person/101314/gallery-b7c565083d8d.jpg) Patrick Kennedy — Image via TMDB
- ![Patrick Kennedy](https://film.one/media/person/101314/gallery-da0e9924ceb7.jpg) Patrick Kennedy — Image via TMDB

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