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Jason Watkins

ACTOR · FROM ALBRIGHTON, UK

Jason Watkins

Born 1966 · 59 years old111 credits since 19711 coming up

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In the pictureThe Crown

ABOUT JASON

Jason Watkins is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in Being Human, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A and Gordon Shakespeare in the film series Nativity.

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Born28 October 1966

BirthplaceAlbrighton, UK

Known forActing

On Cineora76 of 111 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Jason from.

The Crown poster

Series

2016–2023IMDb8.6

Taboo poster

Series

2017IMDb8.3

Line of Duty poster

Series

2012–IMDb8.7

Being Human poster

Series

2009–2013IMDb7.8

Des poster

Series

2020IMDb7.6

Batman: Caped Crusader poster

Series

Batman: Caped Crusader

2024–2026IMDb7.2

A Very English Scandal poster

Series

A Very English Scandal

2018IMDb7.6

The Children Act poster

Movie

The Children Act

2018IMDb6.7

Nativity! poster

Movie

2009IMDb6.5

Around the World in 80 Days poster

Series

Around the World in 80 Days

2021IMDb7.3

Little Dorrit poster

Series

2008IMDb8.1

McDonald & Dodds poster

Series

McDonald & Dodds

2020–2024IMDb7.6

Coming up

What Jason is working on next.

The Joy of SexDate to be announced

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 76
Average IMDb: 7.1
Highest rated: Line of DutyIMDb 8.7
Working since: 1971

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

111 credits

The 2020s

25 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Not on Cineora

Geronto

2026

as Older

Enola Holmes 3 poster

Movie

2026IMDb5.7

as Brigadier Sampson

Dear England poster

Series

2026IMDb7.3

as Greg Dyke · 4 episodes

Not on Cineora

Falling

2026

as Peter · 3 episodes

Dirty Business poster

Series

2026IMDb8.4

as Peter Hammond · 3 episodes

Dragonfly poster

Movie

2025IMDb7.0

as John

Bookish poster

Series

2025–IMDb6.9

as Harold Sneed · 2 episodes

The Phoenician Scheme poster

Movie

The Phoenician Scheme

2025IMDb6.6

as Notary

The 2010s

33 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Watership Down poster

Series

2018IMDb7.2

as Captain Orchis (voice) · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

Inside the Tower of London

2018

as Narrator · 50 episodes

The Children Act poster

Movie

The Children Act

2018IMDb6.7

as Nigel Pauling

A Very English Scandal poster

Series

A Very English Scandal

2018IMDb7.6

as Emlyn Hooson · 3 episodes

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote poster

Movie

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

2018IMDb6.3

as Rupert

Hold the Sunset poster

Series

Hold the Sunset

2018–2019IMDb5.9

as Roger · 12 episodes

Not on Cineora

The Overcoat

2017

as Christopher Cobbler

Hampstead poster

Movie

2017IMDb6.1

as James Smythe

The 2000s

38 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Not on Cineora

Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas

2009

Nativity! poster

Movie

2009IMDb6.5

as Gordon Shakespeare

Not on Cineora

Personal Affairs

2009

as Art Grimble · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

May Contain: Nuts

2009

as Mr. John Worrall

Being Human poster

Series

2009–2013IMDb7.8

as Herrick · 13 episodes

Little Dorrit poster

Series

2008IMDb8.1

as Plornish · 14 episodes

Wired poster

Series

2008IMDb6.6

as Mart · 3 episodes

Wild Child poster

Movie

2008IMDb6.1

as Mr. Nellist

The 1990s

10 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Onegin poster

Movie

1999IMDb6.7

as Guillot

Sex 'n' Death

Not on Cineora

Sex 'n' Death

1999

as Mick Luger

Not on Cineora

Bostock's Cup

1999

as Tommy Bennett

Not on Cineora

Duck Patrol

1998

as Kevin 'Taz' Delaney · 7 episodes

Tomorrow Never Dies poster

Movie

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997IMDb6.5

as HMS Bedford Principal Warfare Officer

Midsomer Murders poster

Series

Midsomer Murders

1997–IMDb7.9

as Joe Ferabbee · 1 episode

Grown Ups

Not on Cineora

Grown Ups

1997

as Bob · 6 episodes

Pie in the Sky poster

Series

1994–1997IMDb7.7

as Jason Burgess · 1 episode

The 1980s

4 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

High Hopes poster

Movie

1989IMDb7.4

as Wayne

Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Series

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989–2013IMDb8.6

as Joe Bland · 1 episode

Casualty poster

Series

1986–IMDb6.2

as Partridge · 1 episode

EastEnders poster

Series

1985–IMDb4.8

as Gerry · 1 episode

The 1970s

1 title

Not on Cineora

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971

as Mr Wraxhall · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Jason’s titles.

Olivia ColmanThe Crown, Wicked Little Letters and 3 more

Jonathan PryceThe Crown, Tomorrow Never Dies and 2 more

David TennantDoctor Who, Des and 2 more

Jessica HynesConfetti, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! and 2 more

Debbie IsittDirector · Nativity!, Confetti and 2 more

Jodie WhittakerDoctor Who, Dear England and 1 more

Helena Bonham CarterEnola Holmes 3, Sixty Six and 1 more

Lesley ManvilleThe Crown, Hampstead and 1 more

Hugh BonnevilleMiss Austen Regrets, W1A and 1 more

Alun ArmstrongSplit Second, Little Dorrit and 1 more