Nathaniel Martello-White

Actor, director and writer · Born January 1, 1983 (43) · Westminster, London, England

Nathaniel Martello-White (born January 1983) is a British actor and writer. Having appeared in several productions of the National Youth Theatre, he graduated from RADA in 2006 and since has performed in films, television shows and theatre. His film credits include Deadmeat (2007), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008), Red Tails, Hard Boiled Sweets and Life Just Is (all 2012). He has also appeared in the television series Doctors, Trial & Retribution, Party Animals, Mongrels, Law & Order: UK, Misfits, Death in Paradise, Silk, Horrible Histories and Collateral. In 2020, he portrayed Rhodan Gordon in Mangrove, part of Steve McQueen's Small Axe series. His theatre credits include Edward II and Romeo and Juliet at the National Theatre, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Marat/Sade with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Joe Turner's Come and Gone at the Young Vic; he also appeared in People, Places and Things (2015) at the National Theatre, reprising his role when the production transferred to the Wyndham's Theatre in March 2016 He is also a writer and has written an anthology of poetry entitled A Western Nightmare. In October 2012 his play Blackta was premièred at the Young Vic.

What are Nathaniel Martello-White's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

35%

Power

18%

Self

17%

Society

13%

Survival

11%

Bonds

6%

Deception3 Justice3 Class3 Identity2 Betrayal3 Community2 Fame2 Family bonds2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3

Dark

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Intense

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Heavy

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.

Ally

2 of 5

Hero

1 of 5

Threshold guardian

1 of 5

Mentor

1 of 5

Heroas Dhari Bishop in Guerrilla (2017)
Allyas DS Nathan Bilk in Collateral (2018)
Allyas Jake Noveer in One Dollar (2018)
Threshold guardianas Carter Vaughan in I Hate Suzie (2020)
Mentoras Robert in Daddy's Head (2024)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

9

Dread

5

Melancholic

5

Cold

3

Contemplative

2

Other

2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 Unsettling7 Haunting3

How their films end · 3 with a twist

Bittersweet5
Tragic1
Ambiguous3

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 Nathaniel Martello-White's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Nathaniel Martello-White'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

24 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.

Wild Cherry(2025)
Show 6 episodes · as Steven Gibbons
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Just Act Normal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 6 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer
Daddy's Head(2024)
as Robert
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Winter King(2023)
Show 6 episodes · as Merlin
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
The Strays(2023)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Deceit(2021)
Show 4 episodes · as Baz
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Silent Night(2020)
as Pete
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Small Axe(2020)
Show 1 episode · as Rhodan Gordan
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
I Hate Suzie(2020)
Show 4 episodes · as Carter Vaughan
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
One Dollar(2018)
Show 10 episodes · as Jake Noveer
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Collateral(2018)
Show 4 episodes · as DS Nathan Bilk
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Guerrilla(2017)
Show 6 episodes · as Dhari
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Cla'am (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Director · Writer
Daphne(2017)
as David
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Moonwalkers(2015)
as Mike
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Life Just Is (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Tom
Hard Boiled Sweets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Jermaine
Red Tails(2012)
as Command Officer
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Death in Paradise(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Carlton Banks
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Silk(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Tom Stephenson
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Misfits(2009)
Show 1 episode · as Michael
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Horrible Histories(2009)
Show 3 episodes · as Various
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2(2008)
as Dig Site Student Ray (as Nathaniel Martello)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Slap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Director · Writer · as Omega

Career shape

Star power in the 87^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 24 titles, 23 of them dated from 2008 to 2025; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

Daddy's Head (2024)

$288K worldwide

Highest rated

Deceit (2021)

Midcredits 52^nd

Film career

20082025

Peak 2024 · 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.

2008Screen debut· The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting21 of 24 · 43^rdDirecting4 of 24Writing3 of 24Producing1 of 24

24 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · acting2010s11 · 10 acting · 1 crew2020s9 · 7 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 15th · 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.

How do Nathaniel Martello-White's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42^nd percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

36^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

23^rdpercentile

Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

79^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

75^th and up5
50^th to 74^th2
25^th to 49^th7
Below 25^th5

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 19 titles are Mixed.

Universally Loved2
Crowd Pleaser5
Broadly Agreed3
Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

The Winter King (2023)

79^th percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Horrible Histories (2009)

Midcredits 98^th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 42. 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 Nathaniel Martello-White's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 60 · moderate

Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 36 · moderate

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

Who does Nathaniel Martello-White work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nathaniel Martello-White's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adam Scarth shares the most, 2.

Cinematographers

Adam Scarth2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Adam Scarth

Producers

Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto
Lucy Richer2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Lucy Richer
Tristan Goligher2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Tristan Goligher
Valentina Brazzini2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Valentina Brazzini