Cast: Philip Glenister

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Philip Glenister. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


State of Play (TV Miniseries)

2003 · Series · 350 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

Cast David Morrissey · John Simm · Kelly MacDonald · Amelia Bullmore

Synopsis Stephen Collins is an ambitious politician. Cal McAffrey is a well-respected investigative journalist and Stephen's ex-campaign manager. En route to work one morning, Stephen's research assistant mysteriously falls to her death on the London Underground. It's not long before revelations...

7.6

640 votes

7.6

640 votes

Cranford (TV Miniseries)

2007 · Series · 300 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis · Steve Hudson

Cast Judi Dench · Imelda Staunton · Michael Gambon · Simon Woods

Synopsis Based on Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, it is a five-part period drama set in the 1840s which follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire market town on the cusp of...

7.5

732 votes

7.5

732 votes

Direction Andrew Grieve

Cast Ioan Gruffudd · Robert Lindsay · David Warner · Nicholas Jones

Synopsis Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.

7.5

59 votes

7.5

59 votes

Hornblower: Mutiny (TV Miniseries)

2001 · Series · 98 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Andrew Grieve

Cast Ioan Gruffudd · Robert Lindsay · David Warner · Nicholas Jones

Synopsis Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but obviously mentally unstable captain and eventually must mutiny.

7.4

72 votes

7.4

72 votes

Life on Mars (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Matthew Graham · Tony Jordan · Ashley Pharoah · S.J. Clarkson

Cast John Simm · Philip Glenister · Liz White · Dean Andrews

Synopsis TV Series (2006-2007). 2 Seasons. 16 Episodes. Sam (John Simm) Tyler's world is about to be turned upside down. Moments after his girlfriend and colleague is kidnapped, Sam is knocked unconscious by a car and wakes up - in 1973.

7.1

4K votes

7.1

4K votes

Direction Hettie Macdonald

Cast David Suchet · Helen Baxendale · Hugh Fraser · Anne Reid

Synopsis An ailing Poirot returns to Styles with Hastings nearly three decades after solving their first mystery there in order to prevent a serial killer from claiming more victims.

7.1

222 votes

7.1

222 votes

Ashes to Ashes (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jonny Campbell · Bille Eltringham · Catherine Morshead

Cast Philip Glenister · Keeley Hawes · Marshall Lancaster · Montserrat Lombard

Synopsis DCI Gene Hunt is back but he's no longer the self styled 'Sheriff of Manchester'. Flanked by his faithful sidekicks, Ray Carling and Chris Skelton, and drawn by the action and intrigue of the London Met, Gene's turned his attentions...

6.8

283 votes

6.8

283 votes

Inside No. 9: The Bill (TV)

2017 · Movie · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Guillem Morales

Cast Callum Coates · Philip Glenister · Steve Pemberton · Reece Shearsmith

Synopsis Dark comedy. A night out with friends at a local restaurant - sounds like a lot of fun. But ultimately, of course, somebody has to pay.

6.8

369 votes

6.8

369 votes

Direction Dominic Cooke

Cast Hugh Bonneville · Ben Miles · Sophie Okonedo · Tom Sturridge

Synopsis In the aftermath of the death of King Henry V, news reaches England of military setbacks in France. In Orleans, ‘La Pucelle’ (Joan of Arc) is encouraging the Dauphin to resist. In England, Richard, Duke of York, quarrels with the...

6.8

155 votes

6.8

155 votes

Prey (TV Series)

2014 · Series · United Kingdom

Direction Nick Murphy · Lewis Arnold

Cast John Simm · Rosie Cavaliero · Ade Edmondson · Craig Parkinson

Synopsis TV Series (2014-2015). 2 Seasons. 6 Episodes. This TV Series follows the story of Manchester Detective Marcus Farrow (John Simm), a well like policeman on the run, wrongly accused of murder, desperate to clear his name for the sake of...

6.6

228 votes

6.6

228 votes

I.D.

1995 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Phil Davis

Cast Reece Dinsdale · Richard Graham · Perry Fenwick · Philip Glenister

Synopsis Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes...

6.6

706 votes

6.6

706 votes

Direction Julian Fellowes · John Alexander

Cast Alice Eve · Philip Glenister · Tamsin Greig · Ella Purnell

Synopsis TV Series (2020). 6 Episodes. It follows events decades later when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes, and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge. Premiere: April 12 on Epix.

6.3

455 votes

6.3

455 votes

Mad Dogs (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 40 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Cris Cole · Adrian Shergold · James Hawes

Cast Max Beesley · John Simm · Marc Warren · Philip Glenister

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2013). 4 Seasons. 14 Episodes. Woody (Beesley), Quinn (Glenister), Baxter (Simm) and Rick (Warren) have been friends since sixth form. The fifth member of their gang is Alvo (Ben Chaplin, Dorian Gray), a risk-taking opportunist who, having made...

6.3

247 votes

6.3

247 votes

Steeltown Murders

2023 · Series · 58 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marc Evans

Cast Steffan Rhodri · Philip Glenister · Karen Paullada · Elinor Crawley

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2023). 4 Episodes. In Wales in the 1970s, Geraldine Hughes and Pauline Floyd left the Top Rank nightclub in Swansea but never made it home. Their bodies were later discovered. They were victims of the nicknamed 'Saturday Night...

6.3

533 votes

6.3

533 votes

Hidden (TV Miniseries)

2011 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ronan Bennett · Walter Bernstein · Niall MacCormick

Cast Philip Glenister · Thekla Reuten · Anna Chancellor · Michael Winder

Synopsis When a mysterious lawyer Gina Hawkes turns up asking Harry to find a missing alibi witness for her client he agrees to take on the job but is unwittingly drawn into investigating the death of his brother 20 years ago....

6.1

35 votes

6.1

35 votes

Calendar Girls

2003 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Nigel Cole

Cast Helen Mirren · Julie Walters · John Alderton · Linda Bassett

Synopsis Based on the true story of a group of women who bare all -- or nearly all -- for charity and become international celebrities as a result. The Women’s Institute, in Great Britain, encourages the ancient skills of jam-making, flower...

6.0

5K votes

6.0

5K votes

Big School (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Dow

Cast David Walliams · Catherine Tate · Philip Glenister · Frances de la Tour

Synopsis Disillusioned with teaching after 15 years, Mr Church (David Walliams, "Little Britain") is about to resign after even particularly dramatic experiments are met with apathy by his pupils. However, the arrival of the new French teacher changes everything! Miss Postern...

5.9

48 votes

5.9

48 votes

The Other Boleyn Girl (TV)

2003 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Philippa Lowthorpe

Cast Natascha McElhone · Jodhi May · Jared Harris · Steven Mackintosh

Synopsis Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn (Natascha McElhone) who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII (Jared Harris), before being ousted by her...

5.8

74 votes

5.8

74 votes

Outcast (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 52 min. · United States

Direction Robert Kirkman · Adam Wingard · Leigh Janiak · Loni Peristere

Cast Patrick Fugit · Reg E. Cathey · Wrenn Schmidt · Kate Lyn Sheil

Synopsis TV Series (2016-2018). 2 Seasons. 20 Episodes. OUTCAST, based on the Skybound/Image comic title by creator Robert Kirkman and artist Paul Azaceta, follows Kyle Barnes, a young man who has been plagued by demonic possession all his life. Now, with...

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

Treasure Island (TV Miniseries)

2012 · Series · 180 min. · Ireland

Direction Steve Barron

Cast Toby Regbo · Eddie Izzard · Elijah Wood · Donald Sutherland

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2012). 2 Episodes. Treasure Island is a two-part British television miniseries adaptation of the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was made by BSkyB and first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on 1 2...

5.6

168 votes

5.6

168 votes