Gwilym Lee

Actor · Born November 24, 1983 (42) · Bristol, England, UK

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Gwilym Lee (born 24 November 1983) is a Welsh actor. He is best known for his film roles in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Top End Wedding (2019). He is also known for his TV roles in Midsomer Murders (2013-2015), Jamestown (2017), and The Great (2020). His first starring role was in the 1997-1998 television adaptation of the Animal Ark books. Aged 16, he started working on Richard III with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in a leading role in the final series of Land Girls (2011) and had several guest roles on television (including Ashes to Ashes (2009), Henry V (2012), Fresh Meat (2012), and Monroe (2012)). He was commended in the 2008 Ian Charleson Awards for his appearance in the National Theatre's production of Oedipus and in 2009 played Laertes in the Donmar West End season. He won the first prize of the 2011 Ian Charleson Award for his role as Edgar in the 2010 King Lear production at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2012, he starred in Aleksei Arbuzov's The Promise, and, in 2013, he began a television starring role as DCI Barnaby's new sergeant, DS Charlie Nelson, in the 16th series of Midsomer Murders. He played guitarist Brian May in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), for which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Gwilym Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

What are Gwilym Lee's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight

Survival

24%

Self

17%

Morality

15%

Power

14%

Bonds

11%

Society

11%

Ideas

8%

Grief3 Identity2 Family bonds2 Justice2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Intense

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

Steady

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Ally

2 of 3

Shadow

1 of 3

Allyas James in A Song for Jenny (2015)
Allyas Ned in Top End Wedding (2019)
Shadowas Ted Timmis in Oddity (2024)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic

4

Tense

3

Dread

2

Joyful

2

Triumphant

2

Other

3

How their films linger

Feel-good2 Haunting2 Bittersweet2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet3
Tragic1
Ambiguous1

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 Gwilym Lee's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

PBS Masterpiece2 titles, show their 2 titles on PBS Masterpiece
Acorn TV1 title, show their title on Acorn TV
Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV
Sony Pictures Core1 title, show their title on Sony Pictures Core

Subscription and free streaming for Gwilym Lee'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, 16 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Nightingale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Actor
Top End Bub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 8 episodes · as Ned
Here(2024)
as John Harter
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Oddity(2024)
as Ted Timmis
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Tall Dark and Handsome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as James
Rogue Heroes(2022)
Show 6 episodes · as Bill Stirling
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Great(2020)
Show 30 episodes · as Grigor Dymov
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Man(2019)
Show 3 episodes · as Mark Baxter
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Midsomer Murders Holiday Pop-Up Collectible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as DS Charlie Nelson
Top End Wedding(2019)
as Ned
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)
as Brian May
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Last Witness(2018)
as Captain John Underwood
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Agency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Alistair
Harvest Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Tom
Jamestown(2017)
Show 24 episodes · as Samuel Castell
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
The Royal House of Windsor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 6 episodes · as Narrator (voice)
A Song for Jenny(2015)
as James
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Catching a Killer: Crocodile Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Voice
Restless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 2 episodes · as Sean Gilmartin
The Hollow Crown(2012)
Show 1 episode · as Williams
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Fresh Meat(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Giles
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
National Theatre Live: King Lear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Edgar
The Tourist(2010)
as Senior Technician Mountain
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Land Girls(2009)
Show 5 episodes · as Reverend Henry Jameson
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Inspector Lewis(2006)
Show 1 episode · as Terry Bainbridge
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Waterloo Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 1 episode · as Steven
Animal Ark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 13 episodes · as James Hunter
Midsomer Murders(1997)
Show 15 episodes · as DS Charlie Nelson · as Sgt Charlie Nelson
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 96^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 28 titles, 27 of them dated from 1997 to 2025; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

$911M worldwide

Highest rated

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Midcredits 95^th

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutNomination

19972025

Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.

1997Screen debut· Midsomer Murders
2010First film· The Tourist
2018Breakout· Bohemian Rhapsody
2018Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Bohemian Rhapsody
2020Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· The Great

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting28 of 28 · 75^th

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s3 · acting2010s16 · acting2020s6 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 0% of 6 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

3 major nominations and no wins, 2019–2022.

2022
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2021
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2019
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

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 Gwilym Lee's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61^st percentile, the median of all 7; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73^rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

73^rdpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

67^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

75^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 16 titles, by percentile

75^th and up8
50^th to 74^th5
25^th to 49^th2
Below 25^th1

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved5
Crowd Pleaser8
Broadly Agreed1
Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

The Last Witness (2018)

64^th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Midcredits 95^th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 51. 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 Gwilym Lee'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 69 · intense

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 45 · moderate

Profanity3 titlesmedian 43 · moderate

Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 62 · intense

Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 44 · moderate

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