--- name: "Trevor Eve" canonical: "https://film.one/person/trevor-eve" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 July 1951" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T15:20:01.052126+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." --- # Trevor Eve Actor. Born 1 July 1951 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 July 1951, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, UK - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Eve, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q345950, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263368/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29407 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Unforgotten*](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) (64) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Trevor Eve is an English actor. Born on 1 July 1951 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, he studied architecture at Kingston Polytechnic before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he received the Bancroft Gold Medal. He first gained prominence playing the title role in the BBC detective series *Shoestring* (1979–1980). Eve is also known for his long-running performance as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in the BBC drama *Waking the Dead* (2000–2011). His stage work includes Olivier Award-winning roles in *Children of a Lesser God* (1982) and *Uncle Vanya* (1997). Eve has appeared in films including *Dracula* (1979) and *Troy* (2004), and in series such as *Unforgotten* (2015) as Sir Phillip Cross, *A Discovery of Witches* (2018–2022) and *Death Comes to Pemberley* (2013). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, walesonline.co.uk.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Unforgotten* (2015), Fi1m 64, as Sir Phillip Cross — [page](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) ## Complete filmography (60) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Red Sonja* (2025), as Maester Crudelis - *I, Jack Wright* (2025), series, as Jack Wright - *My Best Friend's Christmas* (2019), as Winston Seever - *A Discovery of Witches* (2018), series, as Gerbert D'Aurillac - *Bees Make Honey* (2018), as Commissioner - *Unforgotten* (2015), series, as Sir Phillip Cross — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) - *The Interceptor* (2015), series, as Roach - *Death of a Farmer* (2014), as Gordon - *Death Comes to Pemberley* (2013), series, as Sir Selwyn Hardcastle - *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, as Robert - *The Body Farm* (2011), series, Executive Producer - *Kidnap and Ransom* (2011), series, as Dominic King - *Bouquet of Barbed Wire* (2010), series, as Peter Manson - *She's Out of My League* (2010), as Gerald McCleish - *Framed* (2009), as Quentin Lester - *Hughie Green, Most Sincerely* (2008), as Hughie Green - *Lawless* (2004), series, as DI John Paxton - *Troy* (2004), as Velior - *Possession* (2002), as Cropper - *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as DCI Peter Boyd - *Cinderella* (2000), Producer - *David Copperfield* (1999), series, as Murdstone - *Doomwatch: Winter Angel* (1999), as Neil Tannahill - *An Evil Streak* (1999), series, as Alex Kyle - *Appetite* (1998), as Jay - *The Tribe* (1998), as Kanahan - *Heat of the Sun* (1998), series, Acting - *For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story* (1996), as Mark - *Black Easter* (1995), as Fischer - *The Politician's Wife* (1995), series, as Duncan Matlock - *Murder in Mind* (1994), as Malcolm Iverson - *Aspen Extreme* (1993), as Karl Stall - *A Doll's House* (1992), as Torvald Helmer - *The President's Child* (1992), as Paul LaFlore - *Jack's Place* (1992), series, Acting - *Love at First Sight* (1992), series, as Alphonse Mallard - *Performance* (1991), series, as Torvald Helmer - *Parnell & the Englishwoman* (1991), series, as Charles Stewart Parnell - *A Sense of Guilt* (1990), series, as Felix Cramer - *Screen One* (1989), series, as Malcolm Iverson - *Scandal* (1989), as Matinée Idol - *Dear John* (1988), series, as Ricky Fortune - *A Wreath of Roses* (1987), as Richard - *Shadow Chasers* (1985), series, as Dr. Jonathan MacKensie - *The Corsican Brothers* (1985), as Louis de Franchi - *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Fischer - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Julian Fontaine - *Lace* (1984), series, as Tom Schwartz - *The Terence Davies Trilogy* (1983), Acting - *A Brother's Tale* (1983), series, as Gordon Taylor - *Jamaica Inn* (1983), as Jeremiah 'Jem' Merlyn - *Jamaica Inn* (1983), series, as Jeremiah 'Jem' Merlyn - *Shoestring* (1979), series, as Eddie Shoestring - *Dracula* (1979), as Jonathan Harker - *The Sunday Drama* (1977), series, as Jim - *Hindle Wakes* (1976), as Alan Jeffcote - *Laurence Olivier Presents* (1976), series, as Alan Jeffcote - *Children* (1976), as Man in Shower - *Doomwatch* (1970), series, as Neil Tannahill - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Lucien and Louis de Franchi ## Gallery - ![Trevor Eve](https://film.one/media/person/747766/gallery-d3a4e0d072ab.jpg) Trevor Eve — Martinra1966, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Trevor_Eve.jpg/1280px-Trevor_Eve.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Taken just before the BAFTA awards, London. Originally this was on the Flickr website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/richard_martin/ of which I am a member. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/747766/gallery-1994590a082b.jpg) Taken just before the BAFTA awards, London. Originally this was on the Flickr website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/richard_martin/ of which I am a member. (2008) — Martinra1966, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Trevor_Eve_%28cropped-J1%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1997: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © 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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