Adrian Lester

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Known For

The Day After Tomorrow

Simon

The Sandman

Destiny

Case 39

Wayne

Mary Queen of Scots

Lord Randolph

Doomsday

Sergeant Norton

Merlin

Myror

Primary Colors

Henry Burton

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Mutiny MOVIE	Self
2026	PONIES TV	Dane
2025	The Hack TV	Mr. Apollo
2025	Adrian Lester Remembers... Company MOVIE	Self
2024	Angel Pavement MOVIE	Narrator
2024	Renegade Nell TV	Earl of Poynton
2023	Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures TV	Narrator (voice)
2023	Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures TV	Narrator
2023	The Penitent: A Rational Man MOVIE	Procuratore
2023	David Harewood on Blackface MOVIE	Himself
2022	Elizabeth: Her Passions and Pastimes MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2022	The Sandman TV	Destiny
2022	The Undeclared War TV	PM Andrew Makinde
2022	Remembers… TV	Self
2022	Keeping Company with Sondheim MOVIE	Self / Bobby (archive footage)
2022	Trigger Point TV	Joel Nutkins
2021	National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet MOVIE	Prince
2021	Hymn MOVIE	Gil
2020	Life TV	David Aston
2020	Staged TV	Adrian
2019	Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered MOVIE	Self
2019	The Rook TV	Conrad Grantchester
2019	Curfew TV	Simon Donahue
2018	Mary Queen of Scots MOVIE	Lord Randolph
2018	Trauma TV	Jon Allerton
2018	Euphoria MOVIE	Aron
2017	Riviera TV	Robert Carver
2017	Grey Lady MOVIE	Johnson
2017	Breakable You MOVIE	Ken Yates
2016	Undercover TV	Nick Johnson
2015	London Spy TV	Professor Marcus Shaw
2015	Britain's Racist Election MOVIE	Narrator (Voice Only)
2014	Red Band Society TV	Dr. Naday
2014	The Kumars TV	Self
2013	Respect: A Felix Dexter Special MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2013	National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage MOVIE	Othello
2013	National Theatre Live: Othello MOVIE	Othello
2013	Jimi: All Is by My Side MOVIE	Michael X
2009	Sleep with Me MOVIE	Richard
2009	Case 39 MOVIE	Wayne
2008	Merlin TV	Myror
2008	Ballet Shoes MOVIE	Mr. Sholsky
2008	Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' MOVIE	Self
2008	Bonekickers TV	Ben Ergha
2008	Doomsday MOVIE	Sergeant Norton
2007	Starting Out in the Evening MOVIE	Casey Davis
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2006	Scenes of a Sexual Nature MOVIE	Pete
2006	As You Like It MOVIE	Oliver De Boys
2005	The Ghost Squad TV	Self
2005	Afterlife TV	Self
2004	The Day After Tomorrow MOVIE	Simon
2004	Hustle TV	Michael Stone
2002	The Final Curtain MOVIE	Jonathan Stitch
2002	The Tragedy of Hamlet MOVIE	Hamlet
2001	Dust MOVIE	Edge
2000	Born Romantic MOVIE	Jimmy
2000	Girlfriends TV	Ellis Carter
2000	Maybe Baby MOVIE	George
2000	Best MOVIE	Rocky
2000	Jason and the Argonauts TV	Orpheus
2000	Love's Labour's Lost MOVIE	Dumaine
2000	Storm Damage MOVIE	Danny
1998	Primary Colors MOVIE	Henry Burton
1997	Up on the Roof MOVIE	Scott
1997	Les Sœurs Soleil MOVIE	Isaac Nelson
1996	Company MOVIE	Bobby
1995	The Affair MOVIE	Ray
1991	Performance TV	Bobby
1991	For the Greater Good TV	Young Gay Man
1983	Natural World TV	Narrator
1971	Great Performances TV	Self
1964	Horizon TV	Himself - Narrator

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