Bob is the son of writer and comedian, Barry Cryer and singer, Terry Donovan. He studied English & Theatre at Warwick and trained as an actor at LAMDA. He writes regularly and having completed the fictional diaries of Sherlock Holmes's landlady, Mrs Hudson with his father in 2013, turned the book into a play at Wilton's Music Hall in East London in 2014. A radio version, Mrs Hudson's Radio Show, was broadcast in late 2018 featuring Bob & Barry alongside Miriam Margolyes, Patricia Hodge, Stephen Critchlow, Orlando Wells, Ruth Bratt and Jeremy Limb. He lives in West Sussex with his wife, Suzannah and their three children. Bob is a keen sportsman and plays football, rugby, cricket, golf and tennis.
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Biography from IMDb.
- November 24, 1973 (52)
- Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Actor, also producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Bob Cryer's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Shadowas The Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Maid Marian (2022)
Moods and endings
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 Bob Cryer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Bob Cryer'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
14 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Joke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Fortunes of War(2024)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
The Undertaker(2023)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Gold(2023)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Urban Myths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Brothers Grimsby(2016)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Legend(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Interceptor(2015)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
The Sick Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Mid Life Christmas(2009)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all filmsOur Hidden Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Jake 2.0 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Highlander(1992)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 45th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles from 1992 to 2026.
Film career
- 2015Screen debut· Legend
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.
How do Bob Cryer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 7th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 45/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 11. 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.
Who does Bob Cryer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bob Cryer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill Thomas shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Bill ThomasShared titles: Fortunes of War (2024), The Adventures of Maid Marian (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Thomas
Actors
- Sophie CraigShared titles: Fortunes of War (2024), The Adventures of Maid Marian (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Sophie Craig
Editors
- Phillip PerryShared titles: Fortunes of War (2024), The Adventures of Maid Marian (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Phillip Perry
Producers
- David UnderwoodShared titles: Fortunes of War (2024), The Adventures of Maid Marian (2022)See all 2 shared titles with David Underwood
- Jeet ThakrarShared titles: Fortunes of War (2024), The Adventures of Maid Marian (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jeet Thakrar
- Lucinda Rhodes ThakrarShared titles: Fortunes of War (2024), The Adventures of Maid Marian (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar
