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Alexander Armstrong

Alexander Armstrong

Actor · Born March 2, 1970 (56) · Rothbury, Northumberland, England, UK

Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong is a British comedian, actor and television presenter.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 2, 1970 (56)
From
Rothbury, Northumberland, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 81 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 22% in 30 days

What are Alexander Armstrong's films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Animation movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
41%
Society
19%
Self
12%
Ideas
11%
Morality
10%
Power
5%
Survival
1%
Family bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTradition vs change3 titles, browse their movies with this themeNature2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 8 · Serious 3 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 6 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.

Mentor
2 of 5
Shapeshifter
1 of 5
Hero
1 of 5
Shadow
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
13
Joyful
11
Absurd
6
Tense
5
Thrilling
4
Other
12

How their films linger

Feel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Alexander Armstrong's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Alexander Armstrong's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

81 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 36 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Hey Duggee Is 10! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Peppa's Cinema Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Captain Dog (voice)

  • Hey Duggee's Cinema Outing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Buckingham Palace with Alexander Armstrong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · as Host

  • Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Presenter

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • History: The Interesting Bits(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Hey Duggee at The Movies 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Narrator (Voice)

  • The Queen And Her Cousins With Alexander Armstrong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Presenter

  • Hey Duggee at the Cinema! - Autumn Collection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Narrator

  • Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans(2019)

    as Catus Decianus

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Years and Years(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Alexander Armstrong

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Hey Duggee at the Cinema! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Narrator (Voice)

  • Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 41 episodes · as Narrator

  • Best Christmas Ever with Alexander Armstrong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Saluting Dad's Army (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 4 episodes · as Presenter

  • Celebrity Catchphrase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience(2017)

    as Captain Dog (voice)

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Hey Duggee: The Super Squirrel Badge & Other Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Narrator

  • The Sound of Music Live(2015)

    as Max Detweiler

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Alexander Armstrong in the Land of the Midnight Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • Danger Mouse(2015)

    Show 100 episodes · as Danger Mouse (voice)

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Horrible Science(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · as Tannoy

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Captain Dog (voice)

  • Cockroaches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Drunk History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Arthur Harris

  • Hey Duggee(2014)

    Show 216 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain(2014)

    as King Glendragon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Tooned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 23 episodes · as Professor M

  • Love Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 3 episodes · as Dominic

  • Hacks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as David Bullingdon

  • Hunderby(2012)

    Show as Brother Joseph

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Reg Arwell

  • Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 11 episodes · Actor

  • Sarah Jane's Alien Files (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 6 episodes · as Mr. Smith

  • Jackboots on Whitehall(2010)

    as Red Leader (voice)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Micro Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Clive Sinclair

  • Skellig: The Owl Man(2009)

    as Mr. Hunt

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Reggie Perrin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 5 episodes · as David

  • Mutual Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 6 episodes · as Patrick Turner

  • Christmas at the Riviera(2007)

    as Miles

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Armstrong and Miller Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 19 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer · as Various Characters

  • Comedy Showcase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Murdo

  • The Sarah Jane Adventures(2007)

    Show 46 episodes · as Mr Smith (voice)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • The Trial of Tony Blair(2007)

    as David Cameron

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • After You've Gone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr Howard Banks

  • The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Mr Smith

  • Not Going Out(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Alexander Armstrong

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Best of the Worst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Scoop(2006)

    as Cop

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Saxondale(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Jerome Wilson

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Hotel Babylon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • My Family and Other Animals(2005)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Open Wide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as David Wivvelsfield

  • Match Point(2005)

    as Mr. Townsend

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mr Smith (voice)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as D.I. Dermot Craddock

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Life Begins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 20 episodes · as Phil Mee

  • tlc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 6 episodes · as Dr Stephen Noble

  • The House Across The Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Ray

  • Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Michael Masters

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Birthday Girl(2001)

    as Robert Mosley

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Turnavine

  • The Sight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Charles Dodgson

  • Time Gentlemen Please (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 37 episodes · as Dean

  • Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 12 episodes · as Nick

  • Cinderella(2000)

    as Prince Charming

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Plunkett & Macleane(1999)

    as Winterburn

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Stressed Eric (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 13 episodes · Actor

  • Mojo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as BBC Announcer

  • Armstrong and Miller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 46 episodes · as Various Characters

  • Brass Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as American Vox Pop

  • Never Mind the Horrocks(1996)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Saturday Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 8 episodes · as Strikja

  • Sharpe's Regiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Lord John Rossendale

  • The Thin Blue Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Arrested Man

  • Sardines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Alastair Simpson

  • A Breed of Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Capt. Henry Sandy

  • There's No Business... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Tim

  • Sharpe(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Rossendale

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Screen One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Capt. Henry Sandy

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 80 titles from 1989 to 2024; peak year 2010.

Biggest box office

Birthday Girl (2001)

$16M worldwide

Highest rated

Hey Duggee (2014)

Midcredits 93rd

Film career

19892024

Peak 2010 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1996Screen debut· Sharpe's Regiment
  • 2007Career best· The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • 2009First top-billed film· Micro Men
  • 2009Career best· Micro Men

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting80 of 80: 79 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thWriting1 of 80: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 80: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s13 · acting2000s31 · 31 acting · 1 crew2010s27 · acting2020s8 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 9% of 11 roles
9606

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Alexander Armstrong's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th9

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 29 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain (2014)

97th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Match Point (2005)

Midcredits 93rd · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Alexander Armstrong's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Alexander Armstrong work with?

People who share at least 2 of Alexander Armstrong's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ben Miller shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers