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Linus Roache

Linus Roache

Actor · Born February 1, 1964 (62) · Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Golden Globe nominee

Linus William Roache (born 1 February 1964) is an English actor.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 1, 1964 (62)
From
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 67 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 26Down 5% in 30 days

What are Linus Roache's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography 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
27%
Self
20%
Survival
19%
Bonds
17%
Power
13%
Society
4%
Ideas
1%
Identity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 18

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 6

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 9 · Intense 11

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 6

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 3 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 15

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 12 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

19 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 6 of 19 analyzed roles.

Shadow
6 of 19
Mentor
4 of 19
Hero
3 of 19
Shapeshifter
3 of 19
Threshold guardian
1 of 19
Ally
1 of 19
Herald
1 of 19
Show the 19 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Melancholic
15
Dread
6
Contemplative
6
Bittersweet
4
Other
16

How their films linger

Bittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet17
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous4

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 Linus Roache's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Linus Roache'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

67 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Dresden Sun(2026)

    as Malik

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Reginald Pye

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Fellow Travelers(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Senator Wesley Smith

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Homing Instinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as President

  • The Apology(2022)

    as Jack Kingsley

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Recruit(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Senator Sebastian Smoot

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • My Policeman(2022)

    as Tom

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Billy the Kid(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · as John Tunstall

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Being Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Joseph Adkins

  • A Call to Spy(2019)

    as Maurice Buckmaster

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Last Full Measure(2019)

    as Whit Peters

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Capture(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as Colonel Figgis

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Summer of Rockets(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · as Richard Shaw

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Mandy(2018)

    as Jeremiah Sand

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Bancroft(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · as Tim Fraser

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Hochelaga, Land of Souls(2017)

    as Col. Philip Thomas

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Division 19(2017)

    as Charles Lynden

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • ID2: Shadwell Army(2016)

    as Vinnie

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Barry(2016)

    as Bill Baughman

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Vikings: Athelstan's Journal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as King Ecbert · as King Ecbert (archive footage)

  • Non-Stop(2014)

    as David McMillan

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Blacklist(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as The Kingmaker

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Innocence(2013)

    as Miles Warner

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Vikings(2013)

    Show 41 episodes · as King Ecbert

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Making of a Lady(2012)

    as Lord James Walderhurst

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

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

    as Mark Patterson

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

    Show 4 episodes · as Hugh, Earl of Manton

  • Homeland(2011)

    Show 25 episodes · as David Wellington

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Yonkers Joe(2008)

    as Teddy

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Before the Rains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Henry Moores

  • Broken Thread (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Ram

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

    Show 13 episodes · as Andy Archer

  • The Namesake(2006)

    as Mr. Lawson

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Ten Commandments(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · as Aaron

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • 12 and Holding(2005)

    as Jim Carges

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Find Me Guilty(2006)

    as Sean Kierney

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Batman Begins(2005)

    as Thomas Wayne

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Forgotten(2004)

    as A Friendly Man

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Chronicles of Riddick(2004)

    as Purifier

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Blind Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as John McCarthy

  • Beyond Borders(2003)

    as Henry Bauford

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Hemingway vs. Callaghan(2003)

    as James Joyce

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

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

    as Robert F. Kennedy

  • The Gathering Storm(2002)

    as Ralph Wigram

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Hart's War(2002)

    as Capt. Peter A. Ross

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Pandaemonium(2000)

    as Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

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

    as Dennis Law

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 4 episodes · as Michael Cutter

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Siam Sunset (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Perry Roberts

  • The Venice Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Count Jacko / Count Giaccomo

  • Shot Through the Heart(1998)

    as Vlado

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Animated World Faiths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Jesus (voice)

  • The Wings of the Dove(1997)

    as Merton Densher

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Priest(1994)

    as Father Greg Pilkington

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Seaforth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 9 episodes · as Bob Longman

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Romeo (voice)

  • Black and Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as DS Brian Tait

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 63 episodes · as Michael Cutter

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Keeping Tom Nice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Tom

  • Van Gogh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Vincent Van Gogh

  • ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Tom

  • Link(1986)

    as Student (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • No Surrender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Ulster Boy

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Father Greg Pilkington

  • Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Vincent Van Gogh

  • Color Your Hurt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as The Pastor

  • The Skin of the Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Patrick

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 67 titles, 65 of them dated from 1967 to 2026; peak year 2005.

Biggest box office

The Forgotten (2004)

$118M worldwide

Highest rated

Fellow Travelers (2023)

Midcredits 93rd

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19672026

Peak 2005 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 11 MovieCove titles. 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
Acting67 of 67: 67 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score70th

By decade

1960s1 · acting1980s4 · acting1990s13 · acting2000s19 · acting2010s17 · acting2020s11 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 5% of 22 roles
860616

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 Golden Globe in 2003, Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television.

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 Linus Roache's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 23 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 23

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

The Dresden Sun (2026)

68th percentile spread · 79% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Batman Begins (2005)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 41. 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 Linus Roache's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles32–87 · median 50 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles17–72 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles25–82 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles31–75 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles29–72 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most 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 Linus Roache work with?

People who share at least 2 of Linus Roache's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David M. Thompson shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers

Producers