---
name: "Tom Riley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-riley"
fi1m_id: "tom-riley"
imdb_id: "nm2068559"
tmdb_id: 47702
wikidata_id: "Q6148197"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 April 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T11:25:37.164519+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."
---

# Tom Riley

## Identity

Tom Riley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-riley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-riley
- **IMDb ID:** nm2068559
- **TMDB ID:** 47702
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6148197
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Riley_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6148197, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2068559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47702

Actor. Born 5 April 1981 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 April 1981, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Mystery 3, Comedy 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Riley_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6148197, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2068559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47702

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

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

## Biography

Tom Riley is an English actor, producer and director. He was born on 5 April 1981 in Maidstone, Kent. He studied English literature and drama at the University of Birmingham, graduating in 2002 with first-class honours, and formed the theatre company Article 19. He completed the professional acting course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2005.

Riley is known for his leading role as Leonardo da Vinci in the series *Da Vinci's Demons* (2013–2015). Other television credits include Robin Hood in *Doctor Who* (2014), Augustus 'Augie' Bidlow in *The Nevers* (2021), and Raymond Boynton in *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (2008). He made his Broadway debut in a 2011 revival of Tom Stoppard's *Arcadia*, for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination. He is married to actress Lizzy Caplan.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tom-riley.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), Fi1m 82, as Mark Trafford — [page](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md)
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Adam — [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, as Raymond Boynton — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), series, as Mark Trafford — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md)
- *Murder Is Easy* (2023), series, as Lord Whitfield
- *The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial* (2023), as Lt. Willis Keith
- *The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window* (2022), series, as Neil
- *The Nevers* (2021), series, as Augustus 'Augie' Bidlow
- *The Toll Road* (2019), Director
- *Dark Heart* (2018), series, as Will Wagstaffe
- *Ghost Light* (2018), as Thomas Ingram
- *Extinction* (2018), as Wellness Center Patient Chris
- *Modern Life Is Rubbish* (2018), as Adrian
- *The Shadow Hours* (2018), as Eric / Dylan
- *Ill Behaviour* (2017), series, as Charlie
- *Starfish* (2016), as Tom Ray
- *Pushing Dead* (2016), as Mike
- *The Collection* (2016), series, as Claude Sabine
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), series, as Dr. Frederick Wurst
- *Kill Your Friends* (2015), as Parker Hall
- *The 12 Days of Christine* (2015), as Adam
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Adam — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Da Vinci's Demons* (2013), series, as Leonardo Da Vinci
- *Chemistry* (2012), as Eric
- *Twenty Twelve* (2011), series, as Christian Jebb — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md)
- *Monroe* (2011), series, Actor
- *Bedlam* (2011), series, Actor
- *Bouquet of Barbed Wire* (2010), series, as Gavin Sorenson
- *Magpie* (2010), as Batman
- *St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold* (2009), as Romeo
- *Happy Ever Afters* (2009), as Freddie
- *Curiosity* (2009), as Mike
- *Lost in Austen* (2008), series, as Mr Wickham
- *Return to House on Haunted Hill* (2007), as Paul
- *I Want Candy* (2007), as Joe
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Philip Horton
- *A Few Days in September* (2006), as David
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Robin Hood — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Raymond Boynton — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Gallery

- ![Tom Riley](https://film.one/media/person/375966/gallery-8387941582b7.jpg) Tom Riley — S Pakhrin from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Tom_Riley_%282007%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tom Riley and companion at the I want Candy London Movie Premiere (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/375966/gallery-5daac2724b75.jpg) Tom Riley and companion at the I want Candy London Movie Premiere (2007) — S Pakhrin from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/I_want_Candy_London_Movie_Premiere_%2848%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tom Riley and guest at the I want Candy London Movie Premiere (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/375966/gallery-6da700b075fd.jpg) Tom Riley and guest at the I want Candy London Movie Premiere (2007) — S Pakhrin from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/I_want_Candy_London_Movie_Premiere_%2849%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tom Riley](https://film.one/media/person/375966/gallery-a4ff6de37088.jpg) Tom Riley — Image via TMDB
- ![Tom Riley](https://film.one/media/person/375966/gallery-304704b4e9da.jpg) Tom Riley — Image via TMDB

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