
Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia; 5 August 1963) is a British actor. He is best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in Stardust (2007), Archibald in RocknRolla (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009), Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011), George in Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Major General Stewart Menzies in The Imitation Game (2014), Merlin in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Dr. Thaddeus Sivana in Shazam! (2019), and John in Cruella (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Strong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 5, 1963 (63)
- London, England, UK
- Actor, also producer
- 92 on MovieCove · 135 credits in all
What are Mark Strong's films like?
Across their 72 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 6 · Wry 3 · Earnest 57
A split, not a type: Light 20 · Serious 11 · Dark 36
A split, not a type: Grounded 29 · Stylized 22 · Heightened 16
A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 18 · Intense 40
Steady 26 · Shifting 32 · Whiplash 9
Straight-faced 46 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 8
Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 32 · Relentless 13
Casual 15 · Engaged 34 · Full focus 18
A split, not a type: Easy watch 22 · Affecting 21 · Heavy 24
Resolved 46 · Open-ended 15 · Ambiguous 6
Roles they play
Usually the Mentor: 11 of 49 analyzed roles.
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- Mentoras Mr. Knightley in Emma (1996)
- Allyas Steve in Fever Pitch (1997)
- Allyas Dave Summers in Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)
- Allyas Frank in Elephant Juice (1999)
- Mentoras Dusty Miller in To End All Wars (2001)
- Heroas Antonio Gabrieli in Superstition (2001)
- Allyas Len Davies in The Jury (2002)
- Allyas Sorter in Revolver (2005)
- Heroas Andy Spader in Walk Away and I Stumble (2005)
- Heraldas Narrator in Michael Jackson's Boys (2005)
- Shadowas Wictred in Tristan + Isolde (2006)
- Heroas Frank Agnew in Low Winter Sun (2006)
- Allyas Archy in RocknRolla (2008)
- Shadowas Bouhler in Good (2008)
- Threshold guardianas Hani in Body of Lies (2008)
- Shadowas Dr. Neil Barnard in Endgame (2009)
- Tricksteras Sir John Conroy in The Young Victoria (2009)
- Shadowas Lord Henry Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- Shadowas Godfrey in Robin Hood (2010)
- Threshold guardianas Khabarov in The Way Back (2010)
- Threshold guardianas Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011)
- Mentoras Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011)
- Allyas Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- Threshold guardianas Sultan Amar in Day of the Falcon (2011)
- Shapeshifteras Matai Shang in John Carter (2012)
- Threshold guardianas Robert Seymour in Blood (2012)
- Shadowas Jacob Sternwood in Welcome to the Punch (2013)
- Shadowas Frank Agnew in Low Winter Sun (2013)
- Heroas John Washington in Anna (2013)
- Shadowas Heraclio in Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
- Mentoras Merlin in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
- Mentoras Dr. Nasch in Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
- Heraldas Max in Closer to the Moon (2014)
- Heroas William D. Stanaforth in Approaching the Unknown (2016)
- Heroas Sebastian Graves in The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
- Mentoras Conor Cruise O'Brien in The Siege of Jadotville (2016)
- Heroas Max Vernon in 6 Days (2017)
- Allyas Merlin in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
- Shadowas Werner Heisenberg in The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
- Allyas Gunnar Sorensson in Stockholm (2018)
- Shadowas Thaddeus Sivana in Shazam! (2019)
- Mentoras Alfred Wolfsohn in Charlotte (2021)
- Threshold guardianas Felix in Nocebo (2022)
- Mentoras N in The End We Start From (2023)
- Mentoras Holland in Dead Shot (2023)
- Shapeshifteras Miller in Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
- Shadowas Doug Slater in The Silent Hour (2024)
- Mentoras Gen. Jake Boothe in Atlas (2024)
- Mentoras Jack Cinder in Shadow Force (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy18
- Bittersweet31
- Tragic10
- Ambiguous10
- Cyclical3
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 Mark Strong's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 68 of their 92 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (17).
- The Legend of Vox Machina (2022) · actor
- The Mighty Nein (2025) · actor
- Prime Suspect (1991) · actor
- Sunshine (2007) · actor
- Kavanagh QC (1995) · actor
- To End All Wars (2001) · actor
- Emma (1996) · actor
- Fever Pitch (1997) · actor
- Anna (2013) · actor
- Charlotte (2021) · actor
- Before I Go to Sleep (2014) · actor
- 6 Days (2017) · actor
- +5 more
- The Imitation Game (2014) · actor · free
- Sharpe (1993) · actor · free
- Prime Suspect (1991) · actor · free
- Kavanagh QC (1995) · actor · free
- To End All Wars (2001) · actor · free
- Emma (1996) · actor · free
- Fever Pitch (1997) · actor · free
- Day of the Falcon (2011) · actor · free
- Anna (2013) · actor · free
- 6 Days (2017) · actor · free
- The Brothers Grimsby (2016) · actor · free
- Good (2008) · actor · free
- +3 more
- Sharpe (1993) · actor · free
- Prime Suspect (1991) · actor · free
- Kavanagh QC (1995) · actor · free
- To End All Wars (2001) · actor · free
- Emma (1996) · actor · free
- Fever Pitch (1997) · actor · free
- Day of the Falcon (2011) · actor · free
- The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) · actor · free
- Good (2008) · actor · free
- Hotel (2001) · actor · free
- EastEnders (1985) · actor · free
- BritBox
- Howdy, show their 7 titles on Howdy
- Shout! TV, show their 6 titles on Shout! TV
- Cinemax, show their 5 titles on Cinemax
- Sundance Now, show their 3 titles on Sundance Now
- Sony Pictures Core, show their 2 titles on Sony Pictures Core
- Acorn TV, show their title on Acorn TV
- Atresplayer, show their title on Atresplayer
- Full Moon, show their title on Full Moon
- IndiePix Unlimited, show their title on IndiePix Unlimited
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- Midnight Pulp, show their title on Midnight Pulp
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
Subscription and free streaming for Mark Strong'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
135 credits, 92 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Neuromancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

The Mighty Nein(2025)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Shadow Force(2025)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Dune: Prophecy(2024)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
The Silent Hour(2024)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Penguin(2024)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
The Critic(2023)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Atlas(2024)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The End We Start From(2023)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Dead Shot(2023)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Murder Mystery 2(2023)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Shazam! Fury of the Gods(2023)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Nocebo(2022)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Tár(2022)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Charlotte(2021)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Nine Perfect Strangers(2021)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Cruella(2021)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Home Game(2020)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
1917(2019)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Temple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Stockholm(2018)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Shazam!(2019)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Jaguar: Going Electric (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

The Catcher Was a Spy(2018)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Untamed Romania(2018)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Deep State (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
6 Days(2017)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Miss Sloane(2016)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Siege of Jadotville(2016)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Approaching the Unknown(2016)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
The Brothers Grimsby(2016)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Day Hitler Died(2016)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Unity(2015)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The 7/7 Bombing: Survivors Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

National Theatre Live: A View from the Bridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Arsenal Invincibles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Imitation Game(2014)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Before I Go to Sleep(2014)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Nosferatu in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Closer to the Moon(2014)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Great Martian War 1913–1917 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Anna(2013)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all filmsSaving Egypt's Oldest Pyramid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Low Winter Sun(2013)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Welcome to the Punch(2013)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Deserts and Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Zero Dark Thirty(2012)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Blood(2012)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Heroes & Demons(2012)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Playhouse Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

John Carter(2012)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Day of the Falcon(2011)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Guard(2011)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Green Lantern(2011)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
OK! TV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

The Eagle(2011)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Way Back(2010)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Robin Hood(2010)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Mystery of the Nevada Triangle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Kick-Ass(2010)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Sherlock Holmes(2009)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all filmsThe Odds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

The Young Victoria(2009)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Toffs & Crims (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Endgame(2009)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Good(2008)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Body of Lies(2008)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
RocknRolla(2008)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Babylon A.D.(2008)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Flashbacks of a Fool(2008)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Stardust(2007)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Walk Away and I Stumble(2005)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Sunshine(2007)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Love Me, Love My Doll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Low Winter Sun(2006)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Tristan + Isolde(2006)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Falling Apart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Syriana(2005)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all filmsWalk Away and I Stumble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Oliver Twist(2005)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Revolver(2005)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Michael Jackson's Boys(2005)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
The Long Firm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

This World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Henry VIII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Heartlands(2002)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Some Place Safe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

It's All About Love(2003)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all filmsFields of Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

The Jury(2002)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Superstition(2001)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Martins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Hotel(2001)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
To End All Wars(2001)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Trust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Anna Karenina(2000)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Sunshine(1999)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Elephant Juice(1999)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Births, Marriages and Deaths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Twice Upon a Yesterday(1998)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Spoonface Steinberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Sharpe: The Legend(1997)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Fever Pitch(1997)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Emma(1996)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Sharpe's Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Our Friends in the North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Kavanagh QC(1995)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Captives(1994)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

The Buddha of Suburbia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Not Even God Is Wise Enough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Sharpe(1993)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Between the Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Prime Suspect(1991)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all showsTECX (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

After Henry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Inspector Morse(1987)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

EastEnders(1985)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
The Bill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Can I Help? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

Cry to Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Happy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Poor Clare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Thirty Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 133 titles, 127 of them dated from 1984 to 2025; peak year 2012.

Biggest box office
Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Highest rated
1917 (2019)

Most popular right now
The Imitation Game (2014)
Film career
Peak 2012 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 36 MovieCove titles. 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.
- 1991Screen debut· Prime Suspect
- 1994First film· Captives
- 2011First top-billed film· Black Gold
- 2013Career best· Low Winter Sun
- 2013Career best· Anna
- 2014Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· The Imitation Game
Billing
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.
Awards
2 major nominations and no wins, 2005–2015.
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actor
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Mark Strong's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 77; across their 67 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up39
- 50th to 74th20
- 25th to 49th21
- Below 25th12
Shape of the crowd
40 of their 92 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved19
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser40
- Broadly Agreed12
- Mixed19
Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 62 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 48. 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 Mark Strong's work okay for kids?
Across up to 42 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
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 Mark Strong work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mark Strong's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Colin Firth shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Matthew VaughnShared titles: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kick-Ass (2010), Stardust (2007)See all 4 shared titles with Matthew Vaughn

- Guy RitchieShared titles: Sherlock Holmes (2009), RocknRolla (2008), Revolver (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Guy Ritchie

- Ridley ScottShared titles: Before I Go to Sleep (2014), Welcome to the Punch (2013), Robin Hood (2010), Body of Lies (2008), Tristan + Isolde (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Ridley Scott

Writers
- Jane GoldmanShared titles: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kick-Ass (2010), Stardust (2007)See all 4 shared titles with Jane Goldman

Actors
- Colin FirthShared titles: 1917 (2019), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Before I Go to Sleep (2014), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Fever Pitch (1997)See all 6 shared titles with Colin Firth

- Benedict CumberbatchShared titles: The End We Start From (2023), 1917 (2019), The Imitation Game (2014), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Benedict Cumberbatch

- Douglas HenshallShared titles: The Eagle (2011), It's All About Love (2003), Anna Karenina (2000), Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)See all 4 shared titles with Douglas Henshall

- Helen McCroryShared titles: Charlotte (2021), The Jury (2002), Anna Karenina (2000)See all 3 shared titles with Helen McCrory

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ilan EshkeriShared titles: Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013), Kick-Ass (2010), The Young Victoria (2009), Stardust (2007)See all 4 shared titles with Ilan Eshkeri

- Nainita DesaiShared titles: The Day We Walked on the Moon (2019), Untamed Romania (2018), The Day Hitler Died (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Nainita Desai

- Eddie HamiltonShared titles: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kick-Ass (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Eddie Hamilton

- George RichmondShared titles: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Blood (2012)See all 3 shared titles with George Richmond

Producers
- Liza MarshallShared titles: The End We Start From (2023), Before I Go to Sleep (2014), Welcome to the Punch (2013), Endgame (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Liza Marshall

- Peter HampdenShared titles: Dead Shot (2023), 6 Days (2017), Blood (2012), Good (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Peter Hampden

- Norman MerryShared titles: Dead Shot (2023), 6 Days (2017), Blood (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Norman Merry

- Adam BohlingShared titles: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kick-Ass (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Adam Bohling

Mixed roles
- Sterling K. BrownShared titles: Shadow Force (2025), Atlas (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Sterling K. Brown





