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Richard Webber

Richard Webber

Actor and director

2 BAFTA Awards

Rich Webber is a Multi Bafta Award winning freelance animation creative and Director. Working in animation for over 25 years. He is the Creator/Director of Aardman Animations DC Nation shorts for Warner Brothers and Cartoon Network and Creator/Director of Purple and Brown for Nickelodeon, director of Shaun the Sheep episodes Series 1 & 2 for Aardman Animations as well as commercials and various other animation projects including Creature Comforts for David Attenborough's 90th birthday. He is also a voice actor voicing such characters as Shirley in Shaun the Sheep as well as Ubo, in Farmageddon, Purple in Purple and Brown and Grub up in Nick Parks Early Man animated feature.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Actor and director
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 36% in 30 days

What are Richard Webber's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
52%
Society
40%
Self
8%
Community6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 5

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

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · 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 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
7
Warm
5
Absurd
2
Thrilling
2
Romantic
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • 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 Richard Webber's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Richard Webber'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

28 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom(2026)

    as Shirley

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep: Fleece Navidad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Shirley (voice)

  • Cardboard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Dad (voice)

  • Shaun the Sheep: Shirleyverse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Shirley (voice)

  • Dastardly and Muttley in "Press the Red Button!" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Sleepy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Button (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Animation · Actor

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas(2021)

    as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Bench (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Producer

  • Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom(2020)

    Show as Shirley

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon(2019)

    as Shirley / Vb-00 (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Early Man(2018)

    as Grubup (voice)

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Shaun The Sheep: Happy Farmer's Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Shirley, Sheep, Bull, Robot Dog

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas(2015)

    as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep Movie(2015)

    as Shirley (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep: Shear Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · as Shirley (Voice)

  • Mossy Bottom Shorts(2012)

    Show 15 episodes · as Shirley (voice)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • World's Funnest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Creator

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Big Chase‎ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Shirley

  • Shaun the Sheep: Party Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · as Shirley (Voice)

  • Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · as Shirley (Voice)

  • Shaun The Sheep: Spring Lamb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Shirley, Sheep, Bull, Robot Dog

  • Shaun the Sheep(2007)

    Show 170 episodes · Director · as Shirley (voice)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Britain's Best Sitcom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Len's Lens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Chicken Run(2000)

    Modeling

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Angry Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Punter

  • Taz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 26 titles, 25 of them dated from 2000 to 2025; peak year 2015.

Biggest box office

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

$111M worldwide

Highest rated

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

Shaun the Sheep (2007)

Film career

MilestoneAward win
20002025

Peak 2015 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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
Acting18 of 26: 13 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thDirecting11 of 26: 3 only directing, 8 with another roleWriting2 of 26: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing2 of 26: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew3 of 26: 1 only other crew, 2 with another role

26 titles, 8 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s5 · 2 acting · 4 crew2010s12 · 11 acting · 4 crew2020s8 · 5 acting · 4 crew

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

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.

Awards

2 BAFTA Awards from 2 major nominations, 2006–2010.

  1. 2010
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Animation
  2. 2006
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Short Form

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 Richard Webber's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · actor

Mossy Bottom Shorts (2012)

58th percentile spread · 13% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

Midcredits 91st · 79% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 60. 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 Richard Webber's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 18 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 14 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 7 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 6 · minimalMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 24 · mildMedian of all films: 39

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

Who does Richard Webber work with?

People who share at least 2 of Richard Webber's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nick Park shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Andy Nyman7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Andy Nyman
  • Emma Tate7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Emma Tate
  • John Sparkes7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with John Sparkes
  • Justin Fletcher7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Justin Fletcher

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles