Alisdair Simpson

Actor

Works as: Actor
Titles: 16 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 14% in 30 days

What are Alisdair Simpson's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Survival

28%

Self

23%

Ideas

19%

Morality

15%

Power

9%

Bonds

6%

Justice2 Mortality2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

4

Contemplative

4

Melancholic

2

Dread

1

Absurd

1

Other

2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3 Haunting4 Unsettling2

How their films end

Bittersweet2
Ambiguous3
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 Alisdair Simpson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Best of British Television2 titles, show their 2 titles on Best of British Television
A&E Crime Central1 title, show their title on A&E Crime Central
Acorn TV1 title, show their title on Acorn TV
BBC Select1 title, show their title on BBC Select
Get.factual1 title, show their title on Get.factual
HISTORY Vault1 title, show their title on HISTORY Vault
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV

Subscription and free streaming for Alisdair Simpson'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

27 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Whitstable Pearl(2021)
Show 1 episode · as Stanley the Giant
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Ancient Apocalypse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Show 6 episodes · as Narrator (Voice)
Hitmen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 1 episode · as Jim
Egypt's Unexplained Files (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 10 episodes · as Narrator
A Private War(2018)
as Newscaster #2
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Hitler's Circle of Evil(2018)
Show 10 episodes · Actor
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Les commandos de l'histoire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 10 episodes · as Narrateur
Evolution of Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 10 episodes · as Narrator
Hunting the Hammerhead(2016)
as Narrator
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
WWII in the Pacific (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 3 episodes · as Narrator
The Man Who Stopped WW3: Revealed/The Man Who Saved the World(2012)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Black Ops Special Forces: Operation Thunderbolt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Narrator
The Royal Bodyguard(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Tristram Roberts
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Ragged Tooth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Game of Thrones(2011)
Show 2 episodes · as Donnel Waynwood
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Great Crimes and Trials(2011)
Show as Narrator
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Nazi Hunters(2009)
Show 13 episodes · as Alisdair Simpson
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Queen - of the Manta Rays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Narrator
1000 Ways to Die(2008)
Show as Narrator (U.K. broadcast only)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
National Geographic - Lost Tribe of Palau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Narrator
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire(2006)
Show 6 episodes · as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
The Worst Week of My Life(2004)
Show 1 episode · as Bash
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Pompeii: The Last Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Narrator (voice)
MI-5(2002)
Show 1 episode · as MI6 Officer
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story(2001)
Show 2 episodes · as Paramedic
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Waking the Dead(2000)
Show 2 episodes · as Young Raymond Parke
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Natural World(1983)
Show 1 episode · as Narrator
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 86^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 24 titles from 1983 to 2021.

Highest rated

1000 Ways to Die (2008)

Midcredits 48^th

Film career

2003Screen debut· Pompeii: The Last Day
2003First top-billed film· Pompeii: The Last Day

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting24 of 24 · 84^th

By decade

1980s1 · acting2000s8 · acting2010s12 · acting2020s3 · acting

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.

Who does Alisdair Simpson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Alisdair Simpson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matthew Barrett shares the most, 3.