---
name: "Stephen Garlick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-garlick"
fi1m_id: "stephen-garlick"
imdb_id: "nm0307589"
tmdb_id: 202729
wikidata_id: "Q16193115"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 July 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T17:58:27.016436+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."
---

# Stephen Garlick

## Identity

Stephen Garlick

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-garlick
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-garlick
- **IMDb ID:** nm0307589
- **TMDB ID:** 202729
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16193115
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Garlick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16193115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307589/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/202729

Actor. Born 7 July 1959 in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 July 1959, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- **Active:** 1982–1988
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Garlick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16193115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307589/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/202729

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Dark Crystal*](https://film.one/film/the-dark-crystal.md) (78)

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## Biography

Stephen Garlick (born 7 July 1959) is a British actor and radio presenter. As a child he attended the Corona Academy stage school and appeared in small roles in films including *Carry On Doctor* (1967) and *Scrooge* (1970).

He is best known for voicing the Gelfling Jen in the 1982 fantasy film *The Dark Crystal*. Other credits include the television series *The Tomorrow People* (as Kwaan), *Doctor Who* (as Ibbotson in "Mawdryn Undead"), *Look and Read*, *Lovejoy* and *The Bill*. Garlick also worked in radio, providing voices for commercials and presenting on stations including Big L 1395.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Storyteller* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Young Grovelhog — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)
- *The Dark Crystal* (1982), Fi1m 78, as Jen (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-crystal.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *The World of Jim Henson* (1994), as Jen (voice) (archive footage)
- *30 Door Key* (1991), Actor
- *The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog* (1988), as Young Grovelhog (Voice)
- *The Storyteller* (1988), series, as Young Grovelhog — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Shop Assistant
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Heather Ann* (1983), as Diver
- *Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead* (1983), as Ibbotson
- *The Dark Crystal* (1982), as Jen (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-crystal.md)
- *The Houseboy* (1982), as John
- *Two People* (1979), series, as Tim Moffat
- *Minder* (1979), series, as John Standen
- *The Hostages* (1975), as Peter
- *The Sea Children* (1973), Actor
- *The Adventures of Black Beauty* (1972), series, as Ned Lewis
- *The Boy from Space* (1971), series, as Dan
- *Scrooge* (1970), as Child
- *Crossplot* (1969), as Small Boy In Coach
- *Headline Hunters* (1968), Actor
- *Carry On Doctor* (1967), as Boy (uncredited)
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as John
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Ibbotson — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/stephen-garlick