---
name: "Steven Waddington"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steven-waddington"
fi1m_id: "steven-waddington"
imdb_id: "nm0905357"
tmdb_id: 27764
wikidata_id: "Q466388"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 December 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T20:00:03.950796+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."
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# Steven Waddington

## Identity

Steven Waddington

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steven-waddington
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steven-waddington
- **IMDb ID:** nm0905357
- **TMDB ID:** 27764
- **Wikidata ID:** Q466388
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Waddington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466388, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27764

Actor. Born 30 December 1967 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 December 1967, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Also known as:** Стивен Уоддингтон
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (2), 2000s 65 (1), 2010s 73 (1), 2020s 69 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 68 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Mystery 3, Crime 2, History 2, Thriller 2, War 2
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $922m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Waddington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466388, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27764

## Coming up

- *Shiver* (2027-08-12)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Imitation Game*](https://film.one/film/the-imitation-game.md) (73)
- **Disney+:** [*Uncharted*](https://film.one/film/uncharted.md) (50)

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

## Biography

Steven Waddington is an English film and television actor. He trained at East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, and subsequently joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing at Stratford-upon-Avon and the Barbican in London.

He made his screen debut in the title role of Derek Jarman's *Edward II* (1991). Waddington is known for his supporting role as Maj. Duncan Heyward in Michael Mann's *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), as well as appearances in *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992), *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), *The Hole* (2001), *The Tudors* (2007) as the Duke of Buckingham, *The Imitation Game* (2014), *A Little Chaos* (2015), *Kursk* (2018), *Slow Horses* (2022) and *Uncharted* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Long Shadow* (2023), Fi1m 74, as Dick Holland — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-long-shadow.md)
- *Slow Horses* (2022), Fi1m 82, as Jed Moody — [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Uncharted* (2022), Fi1m 50, as The Scotsman — [page](https://film.one/film/uncharted.md)
- *The Imitation Game* (2014), Fi1m 73, as Superintendent Smith — [page](https://film.one/film/the-imitation-game.md)
- *The Tudors* (2007), Fi1m 65, as Duke of Buckingham — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-tudors.md)
- *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), Fi1m 78, as Kilian — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepy-hollow.md)
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), Fi1m 84, as Heyward — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

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

- *Shiver* (2027), Actor
- *Robin Hood* (2025), series, as Earl of Huntingdon
- *The Hack* (2025), series, as Mike Sullivan
- *The Radleys* (2024), as Mark Felt
- *The Trap* (2023), Actor
- *The Long Shadow* (2023), series, as Dick Holland — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-long-shadow.md)
- *Slow Horses* (2022), series, as Jed Moody — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Uncharted* (2022), as The Scotsman — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/uncharted.md)
- *The Reckoning* (2021), as Squire Pendleton
- *Nuclear* (2019), as Father (voice)
- *The Trap* (2019), as Tony
- *Kursk* (2018), as Graham Mann (Seaway Eagle)
- *Beautiful Devils* (2017), as Louis
- *Barbarians Rising* (2016), series, as Fritigern
- *A Little Chaos* (2015), as Thierry Duras
- *Bridgend* (2015), as Dave
- *The Imitation Game* (2014), as Superintendent Smith — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-imitation-game.md)
- *One Night in Istanbul* (2014), as Tommy
- *Halo: Nightfall* (2014), as Randall Alken
- *The Sweeney* (2012), as DC Nathan Miller
- *Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter* (2012), as McCullen
- *The Syndicate* (2012), series, as Steve Atkinson
- *Titanic* (2012), series, as Second Officer Lightoller
- *When the Lights Went Out* (2012), as Len
- *The Hunters* (2011), as Ronny
- *Jabberwock Dragon Siege* (2011), as John
- *Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie* (2010), as Verenor (voice)
- *Frost Giant* (2010), as Hasslein
- *Arn: The Knight Templar* (2010), series, as Grandmaster Torroja
- *Garrow's Law* (2009), series, as Forrester
- *The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch* (2008), as Stephan Marcus
- *Heroes and Villains* (2007), series, Actor
- *Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space* (2007), as Carl Ackland
- *Richard the Lionheart* (2007), as Richard the Lionheart
- *The Tudors* (2007), series, as Duke of Buckingham — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-tudors.md)
- *Robin Hood* (2006), series, Actor
- *The Curse of King Tut's Tomb* (2006), series, as Jason McGreevy
- *Vital Signs* (2006), series, as Tony Bradley
- *The Curse of King Tut's Tomb* (2006), as Jason McGreevy
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Adam Fleet
- *Breakfast on Pluto* (2005), as Inspector Routledge
- *Boudica* (2003), as King Prasutagus
- *The Parole Officer* (2001), as Jeff
- *The Hole* (2001), as DCS Tom Howard
- *The Unscarred* (2000), as Travis Moore
- *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), as Kilian — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepy-hollow.md)
- *Tarzan and the Lost City* (1998), as Nigel Ravens
- *Face* (1997), as Stevie
- *Ivanhoe* (1997), series, as Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe
- *The One That Got Away* (1996), as Dinger
- *Resort to Murder* (1995), series, as Neville Ilingworth
- *Carrington* (1995), as Ralph Partridge
- *Prince of Jutland* (1994), as Ribold
- *Seconds Out* (1992), as Ritchie
- *Between the Lines* (1992), series, Actor
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), as Heyward — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)
- *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992), as Bartolome
- *Edward II* (1991), as Edward II
- *Screen One* (1989), series, as Murray Ritchie
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Edward II

## Gallery

- ![Steven Waddington](https://film.one/media/person/81611/gallery-819f1c7d5cce.jpg) Steven Waddington — Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Steven_Waddington_-_IFFR_2015-1.jpg/1280px-Steven_Waddington_-_IFFR_2015-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Steven Waddington](https://film.one/media/person/81611/gallery-78761924be72.jpg) Steven Waddington — Image via TMDB
- ![Steven Waddington](https://film.one/media/person/81611/gallery-cc1803ac5f68.jpg) Steven Waddington — Image via TMDB

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