---
name: "Robert Portal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-portal"
fi1m_id: "robert-portal"
imdb_id: "nm0691928"
tmdb_id: 121606
wikidata_id: "Q89499877"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 October 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-01T23:06:57.329820+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."
---

# Robert Portal

## Identity

Robert Portal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-portal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-portal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0691928
- **TMDB ID:** 121606
- **Wikidata ID:** Q89499877
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Portal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89499877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691928/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121606

Actor. Born 29 October 1967 in England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 October 1967, England
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 94 (1), 2010s 70 (4), 2020s 69 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 6, History 4, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $608m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Portal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89499877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691928/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121606

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The King's Speech*](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md) (82)
- **Peacock:** [*Pressure*](https://film.one/film/pressure.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Robert Portal is an English actor born on 29 October 1967. He has appeared in numerous film and television productions since the late 1990s.

Portal's credits include the role of Equerry in *The King's Speech* (2010), Sir Charles Eastlake in *Mr. Turner* (2014), and Admiral Bertram Ramsay in *Pressure* (2026). He has also appeared in *The Huntsman: Winter's War* (2016), *The Iron Lady* (2011), *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), *Goodbye Christopher Robin* (2017) and episodes of *The Crown*. Portal has performed in stage productions, including a Chichester Festival Theatre production of Christopher Fry's *Venus Observed*.

*Sources: imdb.com, thefilmaholic.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Pressure* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Admiral Bertram Ramsay — [page](https://film.one/film/pressure.md)
- *The Marlow Murder Club* (2024), Fi1m 60, as Andrew Husselbee — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marlow-murder-club.md)
- *Mr. Turner* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Sir Charles Eastlake — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-turner.md)
- *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), Fi1m 62, as David Orton — [page](https://film.one/film/my-week-with-marilyn.md)
- *The Iron Lady* (2011), Fi1m 52, as Grey Suited Guest 1949 — [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-lady.md)
- *The King's Speech* (2010), Fi1m 82, as Equerry — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md)
- *The Thick of It* (2005), Fi1m 94, as Mark Davies — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Pressure* (2026), as Admiral Bertram Ramsay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/pressure.md)
- *The Marlow Murder Club* (2024), series, as Andrew Husselbee — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marlow-murder-club.md)
- *An American in Austen* (2024), as Mr. Bennet
- *Tell Me a Creepy Story* (2023), as Dr. Lawrence ("Hungry Joe")
- *The Dreamer: Becoming Karen Blixen* (2022), series, as Constantin Huntington
- *The Ghost Writer* (2022), as Irwin
- *Paintball Massacre* (2020), as Marshall Eddie
- *Hungry Joe* (2020), as Doctor Lawrence
- *Tales from the Lodge* (2019), as Doctor
- *Hurricane* (2018), as Keith Park
- *Collateral* (2018), series, as MAJ Tim Dyson
- *Goodbye Christopher Robin* (2017), as Headmaster
- *6 Days* (2017), as Lt. Col. Mike Rose
- *Eat Locals* (2017), as Bingham
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Dr Nigel Southward — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Kids in Love* (2016), as Mr. Walker
- *The Huntsman: Winter's War* (2016), as King
- *Seahorse* (2015), as Stuart
- *Mr. Turner* (2014), as Sir Charles Eastlake — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-turner.md)
- *United We Fall* (2014), as Rt Hon David Anthony
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Bertie Quinton QC
- *The Iron Lady* (2011), as Grey Suited Guest 1949 — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-lady.md)
- *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), as David Orton — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/my-week-with-marilyn.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Benedict Dacre
- *The King's Speech* (2010), as Equerry — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md)
- *You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger* (2010), as Jewelry Shop Salesman
- *Psychoville* (2009), series, as Prosecutor
- *In Love with Barbara* (2008), as Ian McCorquodale
- *Heroes and Villains* (2006), as Charlie Bolton-Rosser
- *The Amazing Mrs Pritchard* (2006), series, as Paul Critchley
- *The Thick of It* (2005), series, as Mark Davies — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)
- *Stiff Upper Lips* (1998), as Cedric
- *Mrs. Dalloway* (1997), as Young Richard
- *Bye Bye Baby* (1992), as 'Hyphenated'
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Giles MacLean
- *The Rectory*, as Glanville

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