Kadiff Kirwan

Actor · Born February 3, 1989 (37) · Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Kadiff Kirwan is a British actor of stage and screen. Kadiff Paterson Kirwan was born in Plymouth, Montserrat, to parents Matilda and Peter Kirwan. In July 1995, Montserrat's Soufrière Hills volcano, dormant for centuries, erupted and buried the island's capital, Plymouth, destroying its airport and docking facilities, and rendered part of the island, uninhabitable and not safe. With Montserrat being an internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom in 1998 Kadiff and his family moved and settled in Preston, Lancashire. At the age of 18 Kadiff moved to London to pursue a career in acting. He graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2011 after studying a 3 year degree in Acting. He starred in the National Theatre's Production of HOME alongside Michaela Coel and Antonia Thomas in 2013/14. He has starred in various productions at theatres including the Donmar Warehouse and The Old Vic. On Screen Kadiff is best known for playing Aaron in BAFTA award winning show Chewing Gum, and Chester in BLACK MIRROR (Netflix). Other credits include Strike (BBC/HBO), Timewasters (ITV), QUEERS (BBC) Crims (BBC) and Call the Midwife (BBC).

What are Kadiff Kirwan's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

37%

Bonds

28%

Morality

14%

Society

9%

Survival

7%

Power

5%

Purpose2 Identity2 Friendship2 Romantic love2 Family bonds2 Community2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

4

Contemplative

3

Bittersweet

3

Melancholic

2

Joyful

2

Other

8

How their films linger

Thought-provoking6 Bittersweet4 Fun3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Bittersweet8
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 Kadiff Kirwan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (8).

Also on these channels

Acorn TV1 title, show their title on Acorn TV

Subscription and free streaming for Kadiff Kirwan'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

32 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Elsinore(2026)
as Sister Frigidity of the Nocturnal Emission
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Supergirl(2026)
as Bomar Vran
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Ladies First(2026)
as Austin
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Sweetheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as Sweetlips
National Theatre at Home: The Hot Wing King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
as Cordell
Doctor Who(2023)
Show 1 episode · as Mike Gabbastone
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Everyone Else Burns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 12 episodes · as Andrew
My Policeman(2022)
as Nigel
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Slow Horses(2022)
Show 18 episodes · as Marcus Longridge
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
This Is Going to Hurt(2022)
Show 7 episodes · as Julian
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Time(2021)
Show 1 episode · as Pete
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
I May Destroy You(2020)
Show 1 episode · as Officer Tom
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
The Stranger(2020)
Show 8 episodes · as DC Wesley Ross
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
This Way Up(2019)
Show 9 episodes · as Bradley
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu(2019)
as Mayor
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Flack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 1 episode · as Gary
Mary Queen of Scots(2018)
as Attaché
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Timewasters(2017)
Show 12 episodes · as Jason
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Queers(2017)
Show 1 episode · as Frederick
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Zapped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 3 episodes · as Bramble
Fleabag(2016)
Show 1 episode · as Anthony
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Chewing Gum(2015)
Show 8 episodes · as Aaron
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
The Vote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Jerome Hanikie
Crims (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 6 episodes · as Jason
Inside No. 9(2014)
Show 1 episode · as Sam
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
National Theatre Live: Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Singing Boy / Ex-Resident
BBC Comedy Feeds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 1 episode · as James
Call the Midwife(2012)
Show 1 episode · as Terence Bissette
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Black Mirror(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Chester
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Comedy Blaps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Aaron
Death in Paradise(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Henri Dupre
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Fish the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 90^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 32 titles, 30 of them dated from 2011 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Supergirl (2026)

$126M worldwide

Highest rated

Slow Horses (2022)

Midcredits 97^th

Film career

20112026

2015Screen debut· Chewing Gum
2019First film· Pokémon Detective Pikachu

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting32 of 32 · 81^st

By decade

2010s18 · acting2020s12 · acting

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.

Awards

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2025, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

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.

Is Kadiff Kirwan's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore6 titles26–72 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most films

Sex & Nudity6 titles25–68 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most films

Profanity6 titles33–78 · median 66 · intenseheavier than most films

Alcohol & Drugs6 titles37–62 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most films

Frightening / Intense6 titles25–60 · median 51 · moderateheavier 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 Kadiff Kirwan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kadiff Kirwan's MovieCove titles; Ben Whishaw shares the most, 2.

Ben Whishaw2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Ben Whishaw
Calum Ross2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Calum Ross