Mark Strong
Actor
British actor Mark Strong, who played Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), is often cast as cold, calculating villains. But before he became a famous actor, he intended to pursue a career in law. Strong was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia on 30 August, 1963 in London, England, to an Austrian mother and an Italian father. His father left the family not long after he was born, and his mother worked as an au pair to raise the boy on her own. Strong's mother had his name legally changed when he was young in order to help him better assimilate with his peers. Although Americans are most familiar with Strong's roles as Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011), mob boss Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), and Lord Blackthorn in Sherlock Holmes (2009), British audiences know him from his long history as a television actor. He also starred in as numerous British stage productions, including plays at the Royal National Theatre and the RSC. His most prominent ... Show more...
British actor Mark Strong, who played Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), is often cast as cold, calculating villains. But before he became a famous actor, he intended to pursue a career in law. Strong was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia on 30 August, 1963 in London, England, to an Austrian mother and an Italian father. His father left the family not long after he was born, and his mother worked as an au pair to raise the boy on her own. Strong's mother had his name legally changed when he was young in order to help him better assimilate with his peers. Although Americans are most familiar with Strong's roles as Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011), mob boss Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), and Lord Blackthorn in Sherlock Holmes (2009), British audiences know him from his long history as a television actor. He also starred in as numerous British stage productions, including plays at the Royal National Theatre and the RSC. His most prominent television parts include Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV) and Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness (2003) (TV) as Inspector Larry Hall, and starring roles in the BBC Two dramas "Our Friends in the North" (1996) and "The Long Firm" (2004), the latter of which netted Strong a BAFTA nomination. He also played Mr. Knightley in the 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen's classic tale Emma (1996) (TV). Strong resides in London with his wife Liza Marshall, with whom he has two sons, the younger of which is the godson of his longtime friend Daniel Craig. Show less...
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Cruella (2021)
As: John the Valet
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who ...
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: Craig Gillespie
Stars: Emma Stone | Emma Thompson | Mark Strong | Paul Walter Hauser | Joel Fry
1917 (2019)
As: Captain Smith
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Stars: Andrew Scott | Mark Strong | George MacKay | Richard Madden | Dean-Charles Chapman
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
Go behind the scenes with stars, puppeteers and creators as they bring Jim Henson's magical world of Thra back to life in a sweeping fantasy series.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Randall Lobb
Stars: Alicia Vikander | Natalie Dormer | Taron Egerton | Anya Taylor-Joy | Hannah John-Kamen
The Day We Walked On The Moon (2019)
As: Narrator
On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the century: the launch of Apollo 11. Over the next few days, the world watched on with wonder and rapture as humankind prepared for its "one giant leap" onto the moon--and into history. Witness this incredible day, presented through stunning, ...
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: John Moulson
Stars: Mark Strong | Michael Collins | Brian Cox | Brian May | Frank Borman
Shazam! (2019)
As: Doctor Thaddeus Sivana
A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.
Directed by: David F. Sandberg
Stars: Mark Strong | Zachary Levi | Adam Brody | Jack Dylan Grazer | Asher Angel
Stockholm (2018)
As: Gunnar Sorensson
Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Robert Budreau
Stars: Mark Strong | Ethan Hawke | Christopher Heyerdahl | Noomi Rapace | Bea Santos
Untamed Romania (2018)
As: Narrator (voice)
This film is a unique production that reveals the beauty of Romania as it is: raw, magical but fragile at the same time.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Tom Barton-Humphreys
Stars: Mark Strong | Victor Rebengiuc | Irina Rimes
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
As: Werner Heisenberg
Major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Ben Lewin
Stars: Mark Strong | Guy Pearce | Jeff Daniels | Sienna Miller | Paul Rudd
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
As: Merlin
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
Runtime: 141 min.
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Stars: Colin Firth | Mark Strong | Julianne Moore | Hanna Alström | Taron Egerton
6 Days (2017)
As: Max Vernon
In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the world had never seen the likes of.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Toa Fraser
Stars: Mark Strong | Abbie Cornish | Emun Elliott | Martin Shaw | Jamie Bell
Miss Sloane (2016)
As: Rodolfo Vittorio Schmidt
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Mark Strong | Alison Pill | Jessica Chastain | Michael Stuhlbarg | Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Approaching the Unknown (2016)
As: Captain William D. Stanaforth
Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonising Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth will face insurmountable odds and life and death decisions as he rockets bravely through space.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Mark Elijah Rosenberg
Stars: Mark Strong | Anders Danielsen Lie | Charles Baker | Luke Wilson | Sanaa Lathan
The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
As: Agent Sebastian Graves
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Stars: Mark Strong | Nick Sampson | Sacha Baron Cohen | Isla Fisher | Annabelle Wallis
The Day Hitler Died (2016)
As: Narrator (voice)
The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive forgotten interviews, believed lost for 65 years, with members of Hitler’s inner circle who were trapped with him in his bunker as the Russians fought to take Berlin. These unique interviews from figures such as the leader of the Hitler Youth Artur Axmann and Hitler’s secretary Traudl Junge, ...
Runtime: 46 min.
Directed by: Craig Collinson
Stars: Mark Strong | Adolf Hitler | Traudl Junge | Michael A. Musmanno
Jadotville (2016)
As: Conor Cruise O'Brien
Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during in the early 1960s.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Richie Smyth
Stars: Michael McElhatton | Mark Strong | Guillaume Canet | Jamie Dornan | Jason O'Mara
Unity (2015)
As: Himself - Narrator (voice)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Shaun Monson
Stars: Alison Eastwood | Aaron Paul | Amanda Seyfried | Adrian Grenier | Adam Levine
National Theatre Live: A View from the Bridge (2015)
As: Eddie
The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Ivo van Hove
Stars: Mark Strong | Nicola Walker | Phoebe Fox | Luke Norris | Michael Gould
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
As: Merlin
The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Stars: Colin Firth | Samuel L. Jackson | Mark Strong | Taron Egerton | Sophie Cookson
The Imitation Game (2014)
As: Stewart Menzies
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Morten Tyldum
Stars: Keira Knightley | Allen Leech | Benedict Cumberbatch | Matthew Goode | Rory Kinnear
Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
As: Dr. Nash
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Rowan Joffe
Stars: Colin Firth | Nicole Kidman | Mark Strong | Jing Lusi | Anne-Marie Duff
The Great Martian War 1913 - 1917 (2013)
As: Himself - Narrator
Documentary-drama recounting the Martian War of 1913 - 1917. Europe was on tenterhooks in the 2nd decade of the 20th century, everyone was expecting a Great War between the major European powers. But then, in 1913, something crashed into the forests of SW Germany. Troops were sent to investigate but were wiped out. Martian fighting machines began making their way across Western Europe and the countries ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Mike Slee
Stars: Mark Strong | Briony Glassco | Joan Gregson | Jock McLeod | Ian Downie
Closer to the Moon (2013)
As: Max Rosenthal
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Nae Caranfil
Stars: Mark Strong | Vera Farmiga | Anton Lesser | Harry Lloyd | Joe Armstrong
Mindscape (2013)
As: John Washington
A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Jorge Dorado
Stars: Brian Cox | Richard Dillane | Mark Strong | Saskia Reeves | Taissa Farmiga
Saving Egypt's Oldest Pyramid (2013)
As: Narrator
Ravaged by looters, earthquakes and erosion, the Step Pyramid of Saqqara is falling apart. Can experts win the race to save this precious pyramid and preserve its treasures?
Stars: Mark Strong
Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
As: Heraclio (voice)
A heart-warming tale about friendship, honour & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Manuel Sicilia
Stars: Mark Strong | Antonio Banderas | Saoirse Ronan | Freddie Highmore | Julie Walters
Welcome to the Punch (2013)
As: Jacob Sternwood
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Eran Creevy
Stars: Peter Mullan | Daniel Mays | Mark Strong | James McAvoy | David Morrissey
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
As: George
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Runtime: 157 min.
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Stars: Kyle Chandler | Mark Strong | Jessica Chastain | Jennifer Ehle | Jason Clarke
Heroes and Demons (2012)
Gripping thriller drama with fantastic all-star cast: Six different stories about crooks, misfits, heroes and their determination to overcome the destiny. Stories about intolerance, hopelessness, betrayal, despair, and the unpredictable.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Carlos Cuarón | Luke Davies | Skot Bright | Hattie Dalton | Christopher Obi | Ross Clarke
Stars: Andrew Garfield | Mark Strong | Michael Sheen | Chris Hemsworth | Kirsten Dunst
Blood (2012)
As: Robert Seymour
Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Nick Murphy
Stars: Brian Cox | Stephen Graham | Mark Strong | Paul Bettany | Zoë Tapper
John Carter (2012)
As: Matai Shang
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Andrew Stanton
Stars: Willem Dafoe | Taylor Kitsch | Thomas Haden Church | Lynn Collins | Samantha Morton
Black Gold (2011)
As: Sultan Amar
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh ...
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Stars: Freida Pinto | Mark Strong | Antonio Banderas | Tahar Rahim | Riz Ahmed
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
As: Jim Prideaux
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Stars: Tom Hardy | Gary Oldman | John Hurt | Colin Firth | Toby Jones
The Guard (2011)
As: Clive Cornell
Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug- smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: John Michael McDonagh
Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Mark Strong | Liam Cunningham | Don Cheadle | Katarina Čas
Green Lantern (2011)
As: Sinestro
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Stars: Tim Robbins | Mark Strong | Blake Lively | Ryan Reynolds | Peter Sarsgaard
The Eagle (2011)
As: Guern
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: Mark Strong | Donald Sutherland | Denis O'Hare | Channing Tatum | Jamie Bell
The Way Back (2010)
As: Andrei Khabarov
Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Peter Weir
Stars: Ed Harris | Colin Farrell | Mark Strong | Saoirse Ronan | Jim Sturgess
Robin Hood (2010)
As: Godfrey
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Stars: Cate Blanchett | Russell Crowe | Max von Sydow | William Hurt | Mark Strong
Kick-Ass (2010)
As: Frank D'Amico
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Mark Strong | Chloë Grace Moretz | Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
As: Lord Henry Blackwood
Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Eddie Marsan | Rachel McAdams | Jude Law | Mark Strong | Robert Downey Jr.
The Odds (2009)
You know the odds. But not the truth.
Runtime: 12 min.
Directed by: Paloma Baeza
Stars: Mark Strong | Ian McDiarmid
The Young Victoria (2009)
As: Sir John Conroy
From Academy Award® winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese, along with the makers of Gosford Park and The Departed, comes the story of Queen Victoria’s early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle to her romantic courtship and legendary marriage to Prince Albert, Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) gives a stunning performance as the young Victoria. Packed with drama, ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée
Stars: Rupert Friend | Miranda Richardson | Paul Bettany | Emily Blunt | Jim Broadbent
Endgame (2009)
As: Dr. Niel Barnard
The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward insurrection. A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young, their head ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Pete Travis
Stars: Derek Jacobi | William Hurt | Mark Strong | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Amelia Bullmore
Good (2008)
As: Bouhler
The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Vicente Amorim
Stars: Viggo Mortensen | Steven Mackintosh | Mark Strong | Jason Isaacs | Jodie Whittaker
RockNRolla (2008)
As: Archy
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Mark Strong | Idris Elba | Gerard Butler | Tom Wilkinson | Thandie Newton
Flashbacks of a Fool (2008)
As: Manny Miesel
An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970's Britain.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Baillie Walsh
Stars: Helen McCrory | Jodhi May | Miriam Karlin | Daniel Craig | Harry Eden
Body of Lies (2008)
As: Hani
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as ...
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Russell Crowe | Mark Strong | Simon McBurney | Ali Suliman
Babylon A.D. (2008)
As: Finn
In Babylon A.D Vin Diesel stars as a veteran-turned-mercenary who is hired to deliver a package from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a destination in the teeming megalopolis of New York City. The "package" is a mysterious young woman with a secret.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz
Stars: Lambert Wilson | Vin Diesel | Charlotte Rampling | Michelle Yeoh | Mélanie Thierry
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
As: Nick Caldarelli
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Bharat Nalluri
Stars: Lee Pace | Shirley Henderson | Ciarán Hinds | Amy Adams | Frances McDormand
Stardust (2007)
As: Septimus
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Stars: Mark Strong | Michelle Pfeiffer | Claire Danes | Sienna Miller | Charlie Cox
Sunshine (2007)
As: Pinbacker
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Stars: Cillian Murphy | Michelle Yeoh | Chris Evans | Cliff Curtis | Rose Byrne
Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006)
As: Louis
Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath in north-west London, the film investigates the minutiae of seven couples. What makes us tick?
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Ed Blum
Stars: Tom Hardy | Eileen Atkins | Douglas Hodge | Hugh Bonneville | Holly Aird
Low Winter Sun (2006)
As: Frank Agnew
Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.
Runtime: 150 min.
Directed by: Adrian Shergold
Stars: Mark Strong | Brian McCardie | Paul Higgins | Michelle Duncan | Burn Gorman
Tristan & Isolde (2006)
As: Wictred
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
Stars: David O'Hara | Mark Strong | James Franco | Rufus Sewell | Sophia Myles
Syriana (2005)
As: Mussawi
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an ...
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Stephen Gaghan
Stars: Matt Damon | George Clooney | Amanda Peet | Chris Cooper | Jeffrey Wright
Walk Away and I Stumble (2005)
As: Andy Spader
Andy Spader has been happily married for 13 years, with two teenage children, when he meets a younger woman, Claire Holmes, after going to investigate a break-in at her travel agency shop. Having told his wife that he is leaving her, he learns that Claire has just discovered that she has an inoperable brain tumour and has only a few months to live.
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: Nick Hurran
Stars: Mark Strong | Aidan Gillen | Julie Graham | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Tamzin Outhwaite
Oliver Twist (2005)
As: Toby Crackit
Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Roman Polański
Stars: Ben Kingsley | Edward Hardwicke | Jamie Foreman | Harry Eden | Barney Clark
Revolver (2005)
As: Sorter
Hotshot gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. Rarely is he allowed in any casino because he's a bona fide winner and, in fact, has taken so much money over the years that he's the sole client of his accountant elder brother, Billy. Invited to a private game, Jake is in fear of losing his life.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Jason Statham | Ray Liotta | Vincent Pastore | Terence Maynard | André Benjamin
Some Place Safe (2003)
As: Dad
A divorced father takes his two children on a day trip to the Essex coast where he first met his ex-wife.
Runtime: 18 min.
Directed by: Ross Clarke
Stars: Mark Strong
It's All About Love (2003)
As: Arthur
The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous ice skating star, Elena, are about to sign divorce papers when they realise that, in spite of everything happening around them, their love is worth fighting for. It's All About Love is a fresh take on modern love and future life as two lovers struggle in a ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg
Stars: Alun Armstrong | Joaquin Phoenix | Claire Danes | Sean Penn | Douglas Henshall
Falling Apart (2002)
As: Pete
Drama about domestic violence in a cosy middle-class relationship starring Hermione Norris and Mark Strong. First aired on Channel 4 won Bafta awards for Best New Writer and Best New Fiction Director.
Runtime: 65 min.
Directed by: Brian Hill
Stars: Mark Strong | Hermione Norris | Tamsin Greig
Heartlands (2002)
As: Ian
Gentle Colin 'Col' Lawes happily lead a quiet life, running a news agency with his soiled-rotten wife Sandra and playing competition darts in the Atletic Arms team. Colin catches her committing adultery with team captain Geoff, a cop, who pretends Colin abused her. Col is thrown off the team just after it qualified for the league finals in Blackpool. He decides to travel there alone, hoping ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Damien O'Donnell
Stars: Mark Strong | Mark Addy | Michael Sheen | Celia Imrie | Jim Carter
Fields of Gold (2002)
As: Dr. Tolkin
A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at a cottage hospital. But why is the new environment minister keeping tabs on their every move? The TV movie tackles controversial topics like genetically modified plants, the role of large pharmaceutical companies and the question of control ...
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: Bill Anderson
Stars: Anna Friel | Mark Strong | James Fleet | Max Beesley | Phil Davis
Superstition (2001)
As: Antonio Gabrieli
19 year old babysitter aupair Julie is accused of murder when the bed of the sheltered baby inflames. Is seems as if Julie possesses rare telepathic skills, that she cannot control. Her young lawyer fights for her in court and against the public opinion in Italy, who take her for a witch.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Kenneth Hope
Stars: Charlotte Rampling | Sienna Guillory | Mark Strong | Alice Krige | David Warner
The Martins (2001)
As: Doug
Out of work, scrounger Robert Martin lives with his dysfunctional family - long suffering wife accident prone son and pregnant teenage daughter in a shabby house next door to a giant shopping center in the London suburbs. The Martins are the family from hell! Robert dreams if winning a dream holiday for his family, and when he fails to win yet another competition he flips, out tracks down the elderly ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Tony Grounds
Stars: Kathy Burke | Linda Bassett | Lee Evans | Eric Byrne | Terri Dumont
To End All Wars (2001)
As: Dusty Miller
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), Lt. Jim Reardon (Kiefer Sutherland) and Maj. Ian Campbell (Robert Carlyle) are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take ...
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: David L. Cunningham
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland | Ciarán McMenamin | Mark Strong | Robert Carlyle | Yugo Saso
Hotel (2001)
As: Ferdinand
While a British film crew are shooting a version of The Duchess of Malfi in Venice, they in turn are being filmed by a sleazy documentary prima donna while the strange staff share meals which consist of human meat. Then there is the hit man, the call girl and the Hollywood producer all managing to become part of the madness.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Stars: Danny Huston | Rhys Ifans | Mark Strong | Salma Hayek | Max Beesley
Trust (2000)
As: Michael Mitcham
When her husband is accused of murder, solicitor Anne Travers defends him -- but as the evidence mounts, she begins to question their "perfect" life.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: David Drury
Stars: Mark Strong | Nathaniel Parker | Robert Lang | Caroline Goodall | Abigail Thaw
Sunshine (1999)
As: István Sors
The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up ...
Runtime: 181 min.
Directed by: István Szabó
Stars: Deborah Kara Unger | Ralph Fiennes | Rosemary Harris | Jennifer Ehle | Rachel Weisz
Elephant Juice (1999)
As: Frank
The story of Billy, Will, Jules, Daphne and Dodie, a group of people who prove that there are no secrets between friends. It all comes out in the end.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Sam Miller
Stars: Mark Strong | Daniel Lapaine | Emmanuelle Béart | Sean Gallagher | Daniela Nardini
Births Marriages and Deaths (1999)
As: Terry
"All dressed up in dark suits and shades, looking remarkably like the characters in Tarantino's 'Reservoir Dogs', Alan, Graham and Terry set out on a marathon stag day. Friends since primary school, the trio are celebrating the impending marriage of Terry to his pregnant girlfriend Pat.All is going well, with a stretch limo at their disposal, copious amounts of champagne and old times lovingly mulled over. ...
Runtime: 200 min.
Directed by: Adrian Shergold
Stars: Ray Winstone | Mark Strong | Maggie O'Neill | Michelle Fairley | Phil Davis
Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)
As: Dave Summers
Victor Bukowski is an out-of-work actor with problems. He's got a lousy agent, he has a habit of falling out with directors and he's still in love with his ex-girlfriend. However, Victor is about to embark on an unexpected emotional journey which will make him confront his future and his past mistakes.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: María Ripoll
Stars: Lena Headey | Penélope Cruz | Charlotte Coleman | Gustavo Salmerón | Douglas Henshall
Spoonface Steinberg (1998)
As: Father
Television film version of Lee Hall's award-winning radio play. Spoonface is seven years old, Jewish, autistic - and terminally ill with cancer. As she tries to come to terms with the meaning of life and death, she draws inspiration from the prisoners in the Nazi concentration camps who died with dignity and their spirit unbowed.
Runtime: 50 min.
Directed by: Betsan Morris Evans
Stars: Mark Strong | Linda Bassett | Helen McCrory | Ella Jones
Fever Pitch (1997)
As: Steve
A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah. Their relationship develops in tandem with Arsenal's roller coaster fortunes in the football league, both leading to a nail biting climax.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: David Evans
Stars: Colin Firth | Mark Strong | Ruth Gemmell | Ken Stott | Holly Aird
Emma (1996)
As: Mr. Knightley
Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend, Harriet, and so causes her to come to grief. Through the sharp words of Mr. Knightley, and the example of the opinionated Mrs. Elton, someone not unlike herself, Emma's attitudes begin to soften.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Diarmuid Lawrence
Stars: Mark Strong | Olivia Williams | Kate Beckinsale | Samantha Morton | Raymond Coulthard
Sharpe's Mission (1996)
As: Brand
Sharpe is teamed with a Colonel he helped promote and they are tasked to destroy a powder magazine, but an alliance with the French may threaten their success. Meanwhile, Jane is wearying of the army life and Harper and Ramona are at odds.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Tom Clegg
Stars: Sean Bean | Mark Strong | James Laurenson | Daragh O'Malley | Abigail Cruttenden
Captives (1994)
As: Kenny
A beautiful young dentist working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit affair with him, with terrible consequences for all.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Angela Pope
Stars: Tim Roth | Mark Strong | Colin Salmon | Julia Ormond | Keith Allen
Century (1993)
As: Policeman
Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff
Stars: Miranda Richardson | Clive Owen | Charles Dance | Robert Stephens | Joan Hickson
The Forgiven ()
Follows the events of a random accident on the lives of an English couple, their friends and the local Moroccans who all converge on a luxurious desert villa during a decadent weekend-long party.
Directed by: John Michael McDonagh
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Rebecca Hall | Mark Strong | Saïd Taghmaoui
The Sea Change ()
As: Emmanuel
The rocky marriage of famous London playwright and his wife takes an unexpected turn when they travel to a remote Greek island.
Directed by: Kristin Scott Thomas
Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas | Mark Strong | Anya Taylor-Joy