--- name: "Patrick Robinson" canonical: "https://film.one/person/patrick-robinson" fi1m_id: "patrick-robinson" imdb_id: "nm0732959" tmdb_id: 1244475 wikidata_id: "Q7147549" roles: ["Actor"] born: "6 November 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 69 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-07T19:08:48.239188+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 Robinson ## Identity Patrick Robinson - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patrick-robinson - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** patrick-robinson - **IMDb ID:** nm0732959 - **TMDB ID:** 1244475 - **Wikidata ID:** Q7147549 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Robinson_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7147549, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732959/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244475 Actor. Born 6 November 1963 in London. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 6 November 1963, London - **Active:** 2020–present - **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1 - **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Robinson_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7147549, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732959/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244475 ## Fi1m on Patrick Robinson > Patrick Robinson makes composure look like hard work, and his restraint can be deeply moving. *Sitting in Limbo* gives the familiar television authority figure room to show fear and anger together, without asking us to admire him for either. In *Sitting in Limbo* (2020), Patrick Robinson makes staying composed look exhausting. Anthony has to deal with bureaucracy while trying to contain both fear and anger. We found his effort to stay reasonable distressing, because Robinson lets us register what he must suppress before he can carry on. The weariness is especially persuasive: keeping calm costs him, and Robinson does not let us forget it. Before that leading role, television had repeatedly cast Robinson as someone expected to know what to do. He began playing nurse Martin ‘Ash’ Ashford in *Casualty* in 1990, returning as a consultant in 2013–14. DC Jacob Banks in *The Bill*, a role he took in 2008, continued the pattern of professional authority. These parts make useful context for Anthony, who must keep dealing with official decisions he cannot control. Director Stella Corradi and writer Stephen S. Thompson trust Robinson to make Anthony’s anger understood without explaining it away. Rina Yang’s cinematography and Stephen Campbell’s production design keep attention on the actors, though the film can look too discreet for the feelings Robinson brings to it. Editors Kristina Hetherington and Lee Mckarkiel keep the account clear even when Anthony’s situation is bewildering. Neil Davidge’s music leaves less of an impression than Robinson’s performance, which is the right emphasis here. The film gives its supporting characters too little space, and its concentration on Anthony can feel limiting. There is also a risk in making so much of a man’s dignity that his treatment seems wrong chiefly because he has behaved well. Robinson’s anger resists that simplification. It gives Anthony feelings that are inconvenient, and keeps the performance from settling into admirable suffering. His later work includes Father Benedict in *The Last Kingdom* (2022), another part in a career regularly drawn towards professional or spiritual authority. That casting makes sense, but we would welcome more leading roles willing to put his composure under pressure. Start with *Sitting in Limbo* for an actor who makes staying reasonable look exhausting. ## Biography Patrick Robinson is a British actor born on 6 November 1963 in London. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and began his career in theatre, including two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Robinson is best known for playing Martin "Ash" Ashford in the BBC medical drama *Casualty*, appearing from 1990 to 1996 and returning in later years as a consultant. He has also appeared in *The Bill* as DC Jacob Banks, the 2003 film *Belly of the Beast*, and series including *The Last Kingdom*, *Death in Paradise*, *Shetland*, *Vera* and *The Outlaws*. In 2020 he played Anthony Bryan in the BBC factual drama *Sitting in Limbo*. He is the cousin of footballer and broadcaster Ian Wright. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bbc.co.uk, telegraph.co.uk, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *The Marlow Murder Club* (2024), Fi1m 60, as Phil Wingrove — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marlow-murder-club.md) - *The Outlaws* (2021), Fi1m 67, as Sean — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md) - *Sitting in Limbo* (2020), Fi1m 80, as Anthony — [page](https://film.one/film/sitting-in-limbo.md) ## Complete filmography (31) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Art Detectives* (2025), series, as Sir Clifford Renwick - *The Marlow Murder Club* (2024), series, as Phil Wingrove — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marlow-murder-club.md) - *Platform 7* (2023), series, as Trevor Evans - *Granite Harbour* (2022), series, as Grantley Lindo - *Sister Boniface Mysteries* (2022), series, as Jacob Livingstone - *The Outlaws* (2021), series, as Sean — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md) - *Sitting in Limbo* (2020), as Anthony — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/sitting-in-limbo.md) - *The Trouble with Maggie Cole* (2020), series, as Marcus Ormansby - *CBeebies Presents: The Tempest* (2018), as Prospero - *HIM* (2016), series, as Victor - *The Last Kingdom* (2015), series, as Father Benedict — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md) - *Shetland* (2013), series, as Lloyd Anderson — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) - *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Garfield Tourné - *Vera* (2011), series, as Royce Hobson — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) - *Belly of the Beast* (2003), as Leon Washington - *The Story of Tracy Beaker* (2002), series, as Theo - *A Many Splintered Thing* (2000), series, Actor - *Pig Heart Boy* (1999), series, as Tyler Kelsey - *Pig Heart Boy* (1999), as Tyler Kelsey - *Daylight Robbery* (1999), series, as Fisherman, Chris Bannister - *The Man* (1999), as Kenneth - *Written in Blood* (1998), as Tony Torrance - *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Gregory Brantner — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) - *Harpur and Iles: Protection* (1997), as DCI Francis Garland - *Noel's House Party* (1991), series, Actor - *Dodgem* (1991), series, as Chris - *Troublemakers* (1990), series, as Sam - *Eggs 'n' Baker* (1988), series, Actor - *Casualty* (1986), series, as Martin 'Ash' Ashford — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) - *The Bill* (1984), series, as Jacob Banks - *National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona*, as Aegisthus (Husband) ## Gallery - ![Patrick Robinson](https://film.one/media/person/1391882/gallery-cf7b53059703.jpg) Patrick Robinson — Robert Clarke, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Patrick_Robinson_%2810005132673%29.jpg/1280px-Patrick_Robinson_%2810005132673%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Patrick Robinson](https://film.one/media/person/1391882/gallery-2485bf20e356.jpg) Patrick Robinson — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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