Charlie Covell

Actor, writer and producer · Born February 1, 1984 (42) · Blackheath, London, England, UK

Charlie Covell is a British writer and actor, best known for their adaptation of the graphic comic series The End of the F***ing World for Channel 4 and the show Kaos on Netflix. Covell, who uses they/them pronouns, was born in Blackheath and studied English at Oxford University. Covell's acting screen debut was in 2003 in the television series Fortysomething alongside Hugh Laurie, Anna Chancellor, and Benedict Cumberbatch. Covell has appeared in Midsomer Murders (2008), Law & Order: UK (2009),The Inbetweeners (2010) as Sophie, Whitechapel (2011), Peep Show (2012). As a screenwriter, Covell wrote Banana, Burn Burn Burn (2015), and then the Channel 4 series The End of the F***ing World. In 2015, Covell was named as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow. In 2024, Covell created Kaos (2024) for the streaming service Netflix. It was cancelled after one season.

What are Charlie Covell's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

39%

Bonds

28%

Power

12%

Ideas

9%

Survival

8%

Society

6%

Purpose3 Romantic love2 Coming of age2 Friendship2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic

6

Tense

3

Romantic

2

Hopeful

2

Absurd

2

Other

3

How their films linger

Bittersweet4 Hopeful4 Thought-provoking2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Bittersweet4
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 Charlie Covell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Acorn TV2 titles, show their 2 titles on Acorn TV
Cineverse1 title, show their title on Cineverse
Dove Channel1 title, show their title on Dove Channel
The Great Courses Living1 title, show their title on The Great Courses Living
Yippee1 title, show their title on Yippee

Subscription and free streaming for Charlie Covell'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

18 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

Kaos(2024)
Show 8 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Truelove(2024)
Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Bellmouth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Executive Producer
The End of the F***ing World(2017)
Show 9 episodes · Associate Producer · Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Burn Burn Burn(2015)
Writer
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Marcella(2016)
Show 24 episodes · as DC Alex Dier
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Humans(2015)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Critical(2015)
Show 1 episode · as Lola
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Banana(2015)
Show 8 episodes · Writer · as Amy
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Siblings(2014)
Show 1 episode · as Jennny
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
Frog/Robot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Girl
Forget Me Not(2010)
as Carly
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Misfits(2009)
Show 1 episode · as James
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The Inbetweeners(2008)
Show 1 episode · as Sophie Brown
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Angelo's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 2 episodes · as Andrea
Peep Show(2003)
Show 3 episodes · as Trish
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Midsomer Murders(1997)
Show 1 episode · as Kate Hammond
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Life Is Strange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Show 1 episode · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

Career shape

Star power in the 54^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles, 16 of them dated from 1997 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Burn Burn Burn (2015)

$28K worldwide

Highest rated

The End of the F***ing World (2017)

Midcredits 91^st

Film career

2015Screen debut· Banana

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting10 of 17 · 79^thWriting7 of 17 · 73^rdProducing5 of 17Other crew3 of 17

17 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s4 · acting2010s9 · 5 acting · 5 crew2020s2 · crew

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.

Is Charlie Covell's work okay for kids?

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

Their medianMedian of all films

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 54 · moderate

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

Who does Charlie Covell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Charlie Covell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Trend shares the most, 2.