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Paul Ritter

Paul Ritter

Actor · Died April 5, 2021, aged 54 · Gravesend, Kent, England, UK

BAFTA Award nominee

Paul Ritter (20 December 1966 - 5 April 2021) was an English stage and screen actor. He is best known for his roles in films including Quantum of Solace, Son of Rambow, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and The Eagle, as well as television programmes including Friday Night Dinner, Vera, The Hollow Crown, The Last Kingdom and Chernobyl. Wikipedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 20, 1966
Died
April 5, 2021 (aged 54)
From
Gravesend, Kent, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
46 on MovieCove · 61 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 155 days to Oct 26Up 17% in 30 days

What are Paul Ritter's films like?

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

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile
: browse their Action 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
Morality
31%
Bonds
20%
Self
17%
Society
13%
Power
7%
Survival
7%
Ideas
6%
Community6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 8 · Intense 4

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

9 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 5 of 9 analyzed roles.

Shadow
5 of 9
Trickster
1 of 9
Ally
1 of 9
Hero
1 of 9
Shapeshifter
1 of 9
Show the 9 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Melancholic
10
Warm
6
Hopeful
5
Absurd
4
Other
17

How their films linger

Bittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet15
  • Ambiguous2

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 Paul Ritter's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 37 of their 46 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Paul Ritter'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

61 credits, 46 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Operation Mincemeat(2021)

    as Bentley Purchase

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Belgravia(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Turton

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Trial of Christine Keeler(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jeremy Hutchinson

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Catherine the Great(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · as Alexander Suvorov

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Greed(2019)

    as Lewis

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Capture(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Marcus Levy

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Chernobyl(2019)

    Show 5 episodes · as Anatoly Dyatlov

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Resistance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 5 episodes · as General Ormonde Winter

  • Hang Ups (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Werner Lienhard

  • Electric Dreams(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Franklyn

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Their Finest(2016)

    as Raymond Parfitt

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Urban Myths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Dave

  • NW(2016)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Limehouse Golem(2016)

    as Augustus Rowley

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Inferno(2016)

    as CRC Tech Arbogast

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr Jeremy Benham · as Martyn · as Mr Allman · as TV Presenter

  • Houdini and Doyle(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Bram Stoker

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story(2015)

    as Jimmy Perry

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Last Kingdom(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as King Peredur

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • No Offence(2015)

    Show 21 episodes · as Randolph Miller

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Suite Française(2014)

    as Monsieur Dubois

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Wolf Hall(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sir John Seymour

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Mapp & Lucia(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · as Rev. Kenneth 'Padre' Bartlett

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • The Game(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as Bobby Waterhouse

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Lovesick(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Peter

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Eric Sykes

  • National Theatre Live: The Audience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as John Major

  • Plebs(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Angelo

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Wodehouse in Exile(2013)

    as Mackintosh

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Complicit(2013)

    as Thomas

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Ed

  • The Bletchley Circle(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · as Masters

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Hollow Crown(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · as Pistol

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Dirk Gently(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Oliver Reynolds

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Great Expectations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Wemmick

  • Without You(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Inspector Ramsay

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Hidden(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows

  • Vera(2011)

    Show 12 episodes · as Dr Billy Cartwright

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Night Watch(2011)

    as Mr Pearce

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Eliminate: Archie Cookson(2012)

    as Ennis Miller

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Friday Night Dinner(2011)

    Show 36 episodes · as Martin Goodman

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Eagle(2011)

    as Galba

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • No Pressure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Manager

  • Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · as Terry Linex

  • Nowhere Boy(2009)

    as Pobjoy, headmaster

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Land Girls(2009)

    Show 5 episodes · as Frank Tucker

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009)

    as Eldred Worple

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Quantum of Solace(2008)

    as Guy Haines

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Love You More (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Record Shop Owner

  • Instinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · as D.C. Daniel Yelland

  • Son of Rambow(2007)

    as Geography Teacher

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Nostradamus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Cosimo Ruggieri

  • On a Clear Day(2005)

    as Mad Bob

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Girl in the Café(2005)

    as Robert

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Libertine(2004)

    as Chiffinch

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Fields of Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Chris Oatier

  • Waking the Dead(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Alan Pierce

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Esther Kahn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Alman, the photographer

  • The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz(2000)

    as Dave

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • G:MT Greenwich Mean Time(1999)

    as Drug Buyer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Midsomer Murders(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Harry Fleetwood

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 61 titles from 1997 to 2022; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

The Eagle (2011)

$38M worldwide

Highest rated

Chernobyl (2019)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Vera (2011)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutNomination
19972022

Peak 2016 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting61 of 61: 61 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score75th

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s15 · acting2010s42 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
0010

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.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2021, Male Performance in a Comedy Programme.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Paul Ritter's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 22; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 46 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up25
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

27 of their 46 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser27
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Eliminate: Archie Cookson (2012)

70th percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Chernobyl (2019)

Midcredits 99th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 59. 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 Paul Ritter's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles23–81 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles25–47 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles39–83 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles18–49 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles20–68 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Paul Ritter work with?

People who share at least 2 of Paul Ritter's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Heap shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers