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title: "Prime Suspect: cast and crew"
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cast: 60
crew: 31
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# Prime Suspect (1991): cast and crew

60 cast and 31 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Helen Mirren](https://film.one/person/helen-mirren.md) as Jane Tennison (15 episodes)
- [Tom Bell](https://film.one/person/tom-bell.md) as Bill Otley (6 episodes)
- [Zoë Wanamaker](https://film.one/person/zoe-wanamaker.md) as Moyra Henson (2 episodes)
- [Craig Fairbrass](https://film.one/person/craig-fairbrass.md) as DI Frank Burkin (4 episodes)
- [John Bowe](https://film.one/person/john-bowe.md) as George Marlow (2 episodes)
- [Ralph Fiennes](https://film.one/person/ralph-fiennes.md) as Michael (2 episodes)
- [Andrew Tiernan](https://film.one/person/andrew-tiernan.md) as DC Rosper (4 episodes)
- [Ian Fitzgibbon](https://film.one/person/ian-fitzgibbon.md) as DC Jones (4 episodes)
- [Jack Ellis](https://film.one/person/jack-ellis.md) as DI Tony Muddyman (5 episodes)
- [Mossie Smith](https://film.one/person/mossie-smith.md) as WPC Maureen Havers (3 episodes)
- [Philip Wright](https://film.one/person/philip-wright.md) as DC Lillie (6 episodes)
- [John Benfield](https://film.one/person/john-benfield.md) as Michael Kernan (9 episodes)
- Mark Spalding as DC Oakhill (2 episodes)
- [Tom Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/tom-wilkinson.md) as Peter Rawlins (2 episodes)
- Jessica Turner as Pam (2 episodes)
- [Colin Salmon](https://film.one/person/colin-salmon.md) as DS Robert Oswalde (2 episodes)
- George Harris as Vernon Allen (2 episodes)
- Fraser James as Tony Allen (2 episodes)
- Karen Tomlin as WPC Norma Hastings (2 episodes)
- [Peter Capaldi](https://film.one/person/peter-capaldi.md) as Vera Reynolds (2 episodes)
- Andrew Woodall as DI Brian Dalton (2 episodes)
- [Ciarán Hinds](https://film.one/person/ciaran-hinds.md) as Edward Parker-Jones (2 episodes)
- [David Thewlis](https://film.one/person/david-thewlis.md) as James Jackson (2 episodes)
- [Liza Sadovy](https://film.one/person/liza-sadovy.md) as WPC Kathy Bibby (2 episodes)
- [Struan Rodger](https://film.one/person/struan-rodger.md) as Supt. Halliday (2 episodes)
- Mark Drewry as DI Ray Hebdon (2 episodes)
- Terrence Hardiman as Commander Chiswick (2 episodes)
- Andrew Dicks as Billy Matthews (2 episodes)
- Alyson Spiro as Margaret Speel (2 episodes)
- [Terence Harvey](https://film.one/person/terence-harvey.md) as John Kennington (2 episodes)
- Kelly Hunter as Jessica Smithy (2 episodes)
- [Pearce Quigley](https://film.one/person/pearce-quigley.md) as Red (2 episodes)
- John Axon as Jackson's Lawyer (2 episodes)
- Steven Crossley as Mark Lewis (2 episodes)
- Felix Bell as Rutter (2 episodes)
- Robin Polley as Club MC (2 episodes)
- [Lloyd McGuire](https://film.one/person/lloyd-mcguire.md) as Sgt Calder (2 episodes)
- Claire Benedict as Esme Allen (2 episodes)
- Tom Watson as David Harvey (2 episodes)
- Owen Aaronovitch as Tony (2 episodes)
- Noel Dyson as Mrs. Tennison (2 episodes)
- [Junior Laniyan](https://film.one/person/junior-laniyan.md) as David Allen (2 episodes)
- [Nina Sosanya](https://film.one/person/nina-sosanya.md) as Joanne Fagunwa (2 episodes)
- Jenny Jules as Sarah Allen (2 episodes)
- Josephine Melville as Esta (2 episodes)
- June Watson as Eileen Reynolds (2 episodes)
- Cynthia Powell as Silver Haired Lady (2 episodes)
- Matt Bardock as Jason Reynolds (2 episodes)
- Anna Lorimer as Sandra (2 episodes)
- Stefan Kalipha as Jonathan Phelps (2 episodes)
- Bryan Pringle as Felix Norman (2 episodes)
- Gareth Tudor Price as Willy Chang (2 episodes)
- Fionnuala Ellwood as Joyce (2 episodes)
- Maria Mescki as Lab Assistant (2 episodes)
- Martin Reeve as Lab Assistant (2 episodes)
- Michael Fleming as Major Howard (2 episodes)
- Daphne Neville as Mrs. Howard (2 episodes)
- Angela Bruce as Helen Masters (2 episodes)
- Wilfred Harrison as Mr. Tennison (2 episodes)
- James Snell as Arnold Upcher (2 episodes)

## Directing

- [John Strickland](https://film.one/person/john-strickland.md): Director (2 episodes)
- [Philip Martin](https://film.one/person/philip-martin.md): Director (2 episodes)
- [David Drury](https://film.one/person/david-drury.md): Director (2 episodes)
- [Tom Hooper](https://film.one/person/tom-hooper.md): Director (2 episodes)
- [Christopher Menaul](https://film.one/person/christopher-menaul.md): Director (2 episodes)
- [Phil Davis](https://film.one/person/phil-davis.md): Director (2 episodes)
- [Stephen Woolfenden](https://film.one/person/stephen-woolfenden.md): First Assistant Director (2 episodes)
- [Sarah Pia Anderson](https://film.one/person/sarah-pia-anderson.md): Director (1 episodes)
- [John Madden](https://film.one/person/john-madden.md): Director (1 episodes)
- [Paul Marcus](https://film.one/person/paul-marcus.md): Director (1 episodes)

## Writing

- [Lynda La Plante](https://film.one/person/lynda-la-plante.md): Writer (6 episodes)
- [Allan Cubitt](https://film.one/person/allan-cubitt.md): Writer (2 episodes)
- [Guy Andrews](https://film.one/person/guy-andrews.md): Writer (2 episodes)
- [Frank Deasy](https://film.one/person/frank-deasy.md): Writer (2 episodes)
- [Peter Berry](https://film.one/person/peter-berry.md): Writer (2 episodes)
- [Paul Billing](https://film.one/person/paul-billing.md): Writer (1 episodes)
- [Guy Hibbert](https://film.one/person/guy-hibbert.md): Writer (1 episodes)
- Meredith Oakes: Story (1 episodes)
- [Eric Deacon](https://film.one/person/eric-deacon.md): Writer (1 episodes)

## Production

- Sally Head: Executive Producer (9 episodes)
- [Rebecca Eaton](https://film.one/person/rebecca-eaton.md): Executive Producer (9 episodes)
- [Paul Marcus](https://film.one/person/paul-marcus.md): Producer (6 episodes)
- [Andy Harries](https://film.one/person/andy-harries.md): Executive Producer (4 episodes)
- [David Boulter](https://film.one/person/david-boulter.md): Producer (2 episodes)
- [Andrew Benson](https://film.one/person/andrew-benson.md): Producer (2 episodes)
- [Gub Neal](https://film.one/person/gub-neal.md): Executive Producer (2 episodes)
- Lynn Horsford: Producer (2 episodes)
- [Don Leaver](https://film.one/person/don-leaver.md): Producer (2 episodes)
- [Lynda La Plante](https://film.one/person/lynda-la-plante.md): Associate Producer (2 episodes)
- Brian Park: Producer (1 episodes)

## Sound and music

- [Nicholas Hooper](https://film.one/person/nicholas-hooper.md): Original Music Composer (2 episodes)

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