---
name: "Spencer Leigh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/spencer-leigh"
fi1m_id: "spencer-leigh"
imdb_id: "nm0500293"
tmdb_id: 1050726
wikidata_id: "Q7576118"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:22:24.249611+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."
---

# Spencer Leigh

## Identity

Spencer Leigh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/spencer-leigh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** spencer-leigh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0500293
- **TMDB ID:** 1050726
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7576118
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Leigh_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7576118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1050726

Actor. Born 1 January 1963 in Liverpool, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1963, Liverpool, England
- **Also known as:** Spencer Lee
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Leigh_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7576118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1050726

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Caravaggio*](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md) (79)

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

## Biography

Spencer Leigh (also credited as Spencer Lee) is an English actor born circa 1963 in Liverpool. He attended King David High School and joined the Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre, where he trained before entering professional work.

Leigh first gained attention as Icky Higson in the 1983 miniseries *One Summer*. In the 1980s he appeared in several films by Derek Jarman, including *Caravaggio* (1986) as Jerusaleme, *The Last of England* (1987) and *Aria* (1987). Other credits include *Prick Up Your Ears* (1987) and the first episode of *Inspector Morse*. He was noted as part of the Brit Pack of young British actors.

Leigh moved to the United States in the early 1990s and worked in television commercials and documentaries. He returned to acting with the role of Nunzio in the 2012 film *Hitchcock*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Caravaggio* (1986), Fi1m 79, as Jerusaleme — [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Hitchcock* (2012), as Nunzio
- *Jubilee: A Time Less Golden* (2003), Director
- *The Garden* (1990), as Mary Magdalene / Adam
- *Strapless* (1989), as Hus
- *War Requiem* (1989), as Soldier 1
- *Young Toscanini* (1988), as Comparsa (uncredited)
- *L'ispirazione* (1988), Actor
- *The Last of England* (1987), as Soldier / Various roles
- *Aria* (1987), as Young Man
- *Depuis le Jour* (1987), Actor
- *Prick Up Your Ears* (1987), as Constable
- *Smart Money* (1986), as Leon
- *Caravaggio* (1986), as Jerusaleme — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md)
- *One Summer* (1983), series, as Icky Higson

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