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Anthony Calf

Anthony Calf

Actor · Born May 4, 1959 (67) · Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor with an extensive career across theatre, television, and film. Born in 1950s London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) before making his professional screen debut in the early 1980s. Calf is widely recognized for his roles in prominent period dramas and feature films, including Great Expectations (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), Anna Karenina (1997), and The Children Act (2017). On television, his notable credits include Pride and Prejudice (1995) and New Tricks. In addition to his screen work, Calf has maintained a distinguished career in British theatre, performing regularly with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Born
May 4, 1959 (67)
From
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
44 on MovieCove · 81 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 28% in 30 days

What are Anthony Calf's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
32%
Self
22%
Power
19%
Bonds
13%
Survival
10%
Society
4%
Purpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themePower3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 8

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 7

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Melancholic
7
Dread
6
Contemplative
6
Cold
2
Other
9

How their films linger

Thought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Anthony Calf's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Anthony Calf's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

81 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page.

  • De Gaulle: Liberté(2026)

    as Spears

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • De Gaulle: Résistance(2026)

    as Spears

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • A Teacher's Gift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Charles

  • One Day(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Sid

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Buccaneers(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · as Lord Brightlingsea

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Partygate(2023)

    as Sir Mark Sidwell

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Sisi & I(2023)

    as Earl Spencer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Gold(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Michael Corkery QC

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Rogue Heroes(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Stirling's Father

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • I Came By(2022)

    as Superintendent William Roy

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Suspicion(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Professor Dean

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Anne(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Bishop James Jones KBE

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Children Act(2017)

    as Mark Berner

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • King Lear(2018)

    as Duke of Albany

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Crown(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Royal Photographer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Power Monkeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Tony

  • The Man Who Knew Infinity(2015)

    as Howard

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Jerry

  • Poldark(2015)

    Show 8 episodes · as William Wickham

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Private Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Victor Prynne

  • Dracula(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · as Dr William Murray

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Restless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · as Gerald Laird

  • Call the Midwife(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Aubrey Tracey

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Upstairs Downstairs(2010)

    Show 3 episodes · as Anthony Eden

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Identity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Trinity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Lord Ravensby

  • Mistresses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as John Grey

  • Closure(2007)

    as Heffer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Inspector Lewis(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Malcolm Finniston

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Perfect Day: The Millennium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Michael

  • Beau Brummell: This Charming Man(2006)

    as Duke of York

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Impressionists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 3 episodes · as Emile Zola

  • The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle(2005)

    as Bryan Charles Walker

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Dead Cool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Mark

  • The Robinsons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Peter

  • Doctor Who(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Godsacre

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Amnesia(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as John Dean

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • The Hotel In Amsterdam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Gus

  • New Tricks(2003)

    Show 34 episodes · as Robert Strickland

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Brides in the Bath(2003)

    as Howard Munday

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie(2003)

    as Tim Bowden

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Lucky Jim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Cecil Goldsmith

  • Trust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Mark Hanrahan

  • Foyle's War(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Martin Keller

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Sirens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Anthony Soames

  • The Falklands Play(2002)

    as Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Cry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · as Simon Bartlett

  • Judge John Deed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as James Brooklands

  • Lorna Doone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Tom Faggus

  • Lorna Doone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tom Faggus

  • A Woman of the North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Hugo Aylva

  • Our Mutual Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 4 episodes · as Alfred Lammle

  • FairyTale: A True Story(1997)

    as Geoffrey Hodson

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Anna Karenina(1997)

    as Serpuliovskoy

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Midsomer Murders(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Julian Lennard · as Stephen Cavendish

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • My Night with Reg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as John

  • Dalziel and Pascoe(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · as Joe Furst

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Pride and Prejudice(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · as Colonel Fitzwilliam

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Bramwell(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Andrew Armstrong

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • Kavanagh QC(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Miles Beddoes

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • The Madness of King George(1994)

    as Fitzroy

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Riders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Billy Lloyd-Foxe

  • A Touch of Frost(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as James Barr

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Absolute Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Douglas Eden

  • Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as John

  • I Misteri Della Giungla Nera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 5 episodes · as Richard

  • 4 Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Jonathan Knight

  • Great Expectations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 6 episodes · as Pip

  • Poirot(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Lawrence Cavendish

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • My Family and Other Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 10 episodes · as Larry Durrell

  • Fortunes of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · as Corporal Arnold

  • Mary Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Simon

  • The Fools on the Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Leslie Mitchell

  • Drummonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 20 episodes · as Charles Drummond

  • Oxford Blues(1984)

    as Gareth Rycroft

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • To Catch a King(1984)

    as Butterfly Man

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Love and Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Richard

  • Chessgame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · as Dan Maclachlan

  • Beau Geste(1982)

    Show 6 episodes · as Bugler · as Digby Geste

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who: The Visitation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Charles

  • Doctor Who(1963)

    Show 2 episodes · as Charles

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 81 titles from 1963 to 2026; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

The Children Act (2017)

$18M worldwide

Highest rated

The Madness of King George (1994)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

New Tricks (2003)

Film career

19632026

Peak 2017 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting81 of 81: 81 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score78th

By decade

1960s1 · acting1980s14 · acting1990s16 · acting2000s25 · acting2010s13 · acting2020s12 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 12 roles
8414

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Anthony Calf's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 19; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 44 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up23
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 44 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved15
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)

56th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 56. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Anthony Calf's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 15 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles9–47 · median 19 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 35 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Anthony Calf work with?

People who share at least 2 of Anthony Calf's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Eyre shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Producers