Adrian Lester
Adrian Lester is a British actor known for his versatility in film, television, and theatre. He gained recognition for his roles in 'Hustle' and 'The Scorpion King.' With a career spanning over two decades, Lester is celebrated for his compelling performances and dynamic range, often... Read More
Known for
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the...
Doomsday (2008)
The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three decades later,...
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |
MutinyAfter witnessing his billionaire boss' murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed boards a cargo ship on a... |
Unknown character | |
| 2026 |
PONIESIn 1977 Moscow, two "PONIES" ("persons of no interest") become CIA operatives and uncover a Cold War conspiracy their husbands... |
Dane | |
| 2025 |
The HackSet between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real life stories, the uncovering of phone hacking at the... |
Mr. Apollo | |
| 2025 |
Adrian Lester Remembers... CompanyActor Adrian Lester looks back on the celebrated 1996 Donmar Warehouse revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Company. |
Unknown character | |
| 2024 |
Angel PavementA tale from Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures. Corky and Loopy are two ordinary girls who happen to also be... |
Narrator | |
| 2024 |
Renegade NellEngland, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery... |
Earl of Poynton | |
| 2023 |
Quentin Blake's Box of TreasuresA unique collection of six animated stories from the world-famous illustrator and master storyteller. |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 2023 |
Quentin Blake's Box of TreasuresA unique collection of six animated stories from the world-famous illustrator and master storyteller. |
Narrator | |
| 2023 |
The Penitent: A Rational ManA psychiatrist, Charles, has his career and life become derailed after he refuses to testify on behalf of a former... |
Procuratore | |
| 2023 |
David Harewood on BlackfaceAt its peak, The Black and White Minstrel Show was watched by a Saturday night audience of more than 20... |
Himself | |
| 2022 |
Elizabeth: Her Passions and PastimesThroughout her life, The Queen had her passions and pastimes that she enjoyed. From her dogs and horses, through theatre,... |
Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2022 |
The SandmanAfter years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what... |
Destiny | |
| 2022 |
The Undeclared WarIn the post-pandemic world of 2024 during an upcoming British general election involving the UK’s first Black Conservative prime minister,... |
PM Andrew Makinde | |
| 2022 |
Remembers…What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making... |
Unknown character | |
| 2022 |
Keeping Company with SondheimFilmed over two years, this new documentary takes an exclusive inside look at Tony-winning director Marianne Elliott’s creative process of... |
Self / Bobby (archive footage) | |
| 2022 |
Trigger PointFor London's bomb disposal experts, no day is ever the same as they risk their lives protecting the city from... |
Joel Nutkins | |
| 2021 |
National Theatre Live: Romeo and JulietAn adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy set in modern-day Italy where two young lovers strive to transcend a violent world where... |
Prince | |
| 2021 |
HymnTwo men meet at a funeral. Benny is a loner anchored by his wife and children. Gil longs to fulfil... |
Gil | |
| 2020 |
LifeFollow the lives and woes of the residents of a Manchester house divided into four different flats. Gemma Foster's neighbour,... |
David Aston | |
| 2020 |
StagedDavid Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) were due to star in a production of 'Six Characters in Search of... |
Adrian | |
| 2019 |
Children In Need 2019: Got It CoveredTen big-name actors, including Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, David Tennant and Olivia Colman, come together to record an album for... |
Self | |
| 2019 |
The RookAfter waking in a park with total amnesia — and surrounded by dead bodies, all wearing latex gloves — a... |
Conrad Grantchester | |
| 2019 |
CurfewWhen day becomes night, a strict curfew forces ordinary people to go pedal to the metal in a deadly race... |
Simon Donahue | |
| 2018 |
Mary Queen of ScotsIn 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the... |
Lord Randolph | |
| 2018 |
TraumaA three-part drama set in the trauma unit of a London hospital, a grieving father blames a high-achieving trauma consultant... |
Jon Allerton | |
| 2018 |
EuphoriaThe story of two sisters on a journey, where they try to get close to each other and approach the... |
Aron | |
| 2017 |
RivieraAfter newlywed Georgina's billionaire husband Constantine is killed in a yacht explosion, she is shocked to discover the fortune and... |
Robert Carver | |
| 2017 |
Grey LadyA Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he... |
Johnson | |
| 2017 |
Breakable YouA divorced playwright and his therapist ex deal with new relationships and their daughter. |
Ken Yates | |
| 2016 |
UndercoverUndercover follows Maya, the first black Director Of Public Prosecutions. Just as she is about to take up the post... |
Nick Johnson | |
| 2015 |
London SpyA chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the... |
Professor Marcus Shaw | |
| 2015 |
Britain's Racist ElectionChannel 4 documentary Britain's Racist Election follows the controversial 1964 Smethwick election battle between Peter Griffiths and Gordon Walker, fought... |
Narrator (Voice Only) | |
| 2014 |
Red Band SocietyChildren and teenagers become friends in a hospital where they are all patients. Together they try to escape the sad... |
Dr. Naday | |
| 2014 |
The KumarsHaving suffered hard during the economic downturn, The Kumars are now living in a flat in Hounslow behind the shop... |
Self | |
| 2013 |
Respect: A Felix Dexter SpecialA special programme celebrating the life in comedy of the much-loved and respected actor, Felix Dexter. Charting his influence as... |
Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2013 |
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageTo celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together... |
Othello | |
| 2013 |
National Theatre Live: OthelloThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with... |
Othello | |
| 2013 |
Jimi: All Is by My SideA drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off. |
Michael X | |
| 2009 |
Sleep with MeA couple are torn apart when a French woman enters their loves and pulls them into personal a game of... |
Richard | |
| 2009 |
Case 39In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old... |
Wayne | |
| 2008 |
MerlinThe unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown... |
Myror | |
| 2008 |
Ballet ShoesAn unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise... |
Mr. Sholsky | |
| 2008 |
Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday'The Making of 'Doomsday' |
Self | |
| 2008 |
BonekickersBonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It made its début... |
Ben Ergha | |
| 2008 |
DoomsdayThe lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country... |
Sergeant Norton | |
| 2007 |
Starting Out in the EveningLeonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his... |
Casey Davis | |
| 2007 |
The Graham Norton ShowEach week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The... |
Self | |
| 2006 |
Scenes of a Sexual NatureSex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all... |
Pete | |
| 2006 |
As You Like ItWitty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is... |
Oliver De Boys | |
| 2005 |
The Ghost SquadThe Ghost Squad was a 2005 British crime drama series produced by Company Pictures, for Channel 4. The show was... |
Unknown character | |
| 2005 |
AfterlifeUniversity lecturer Robert Bridge becomes involved in a series of supernatural events surrounding medium Alison Mundy. |
Unknown character | |
| 2004 |
The Day After TomorrowAfter paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a... |
Simon | |
| 2004 |
HustleA motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings. |
Michael Stone | |
| 2002 |
The Final CurtainThe Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. It tells the... |
Jonathan Stitch | |
| 2002 |
The Tragedy of HamletPeter Brook presents a new interpretation of the classic in a setting is vaguely eastern rather than Scandinavian, with a... |
Hamlet | |
| 2001 |
DustTwo parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay... |
Edge | |
| 2000 |
Born RomanticIn modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and... |
Jimmy | |
| 2000 |
GirlfriendsA friend group of black women face life's tests and triumphs together. From dating to divorce, and friends to family... |
Ellis Carter | |
| 2000 |
Maybe BabySam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes,... |
George | |
| 2000 |
BestPulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United... |
Rocky | |
| 2000 |
Jason and the ArgonautsAt a young age, Jason witnesses the brutal deposement and murder of his father at the hands of his uncle... |
Orpheus | |
| 2000 |
Love's Labour's LostA scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a... |
Dumaine | |
| 2000 |
Storm DamageA young teacher returns to the children’s care home where he grew up, and becomes involved with the lives of... |
Danny | |
| 1998 |
Primary ColorsIn this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young... |
Henry Burton | |
| 1997 |
Up on the RoofFive friends who meet at Hull University in the late 1970's and form a barbershop-style quartet. They blow their chance... |
Scott | |
| 1997 |
Les Sœurs SoleilThis gently satirical French comedy centers on the resulting brouhaha that erupts when the preadolescent daughter of a very conservative... |
Isaac Nelson | |
| 1996 |
CompanySet in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual... |
Bobby | |
| 1995 |
The AffairA black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier... |
Ray | |
| 1991 |
PerformanceAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances. |
Bobby | |
| 1991 |
For the Greater GoodFor the Greater Good is a three-part 1991 BBC Two television drama serial written by G.F. Newman and directed by... |
Young Gay Man | |
| 1983 |
Natural WorldNatural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its... |
Narrator | |
| 1971 |
Great PerformancesThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical... |
Self | |
| 1964 |
HorizonHorizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. |
Himself - Narrator |
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Got a question about Adrian Lester?
Adrian Lester's career highlights include leading roles in the TV series 'Hustle' and acclaimed performances in theatre productions such as 'Othello' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
Yes, Adrian Lester has received several awards including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, recognizing his outstanding contributions to theatre.
Adrian Lester's first film role was in 'The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking,' released in 1988, where he played a supporting character.
Some of Adrian Lester's most successful films include 'The Scorpion King,' 'The Day After Tomorrow,' and 'The Last Detective.'
Adrian Lester is married and has three children. He maintains a relatively private personal life, focusing more on his family and career.
Adrian Lester's estimated net worth is around $4 million, reflecting his successful career in acting and directing.
Milestones in Adrian Lester's filmography include his breakout role in 'Hustle,' his performances in 'The Scorpion King,' and numerous acclaimed theatre productions.
Adrian Lester is known for his dynamic range and strong stage presence, often delivering powerful performances that resonate with audiences.