Adrian
Scarborough

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Adrian Scarborough stars in Madness of George III

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Adrian Scarborough stars in Blunt Talk

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Adrian Scarborough wins the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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Adrian Scarborough in The Windsors

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Adrian Scarborough stars in Channel 4's The Accident

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Adrian Scarborough in A Very English Scandal

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Adrian Scarborough stars in Madness of George III

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Adrian Scarborough stars in Blunt Talk

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Adrian Scarborough wins the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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Adrian Scarborough in The Windsors

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★★★★★ Adrian Scarborough has never been better than as Hermann Merz

Paul Taylor
The Independent on Leopoldstadt

on screen Adrian Scarborough perfectly encapsulates my father’s advocacy: sotto voce combined with controlled aggression

Dominic Carman
The Times on A Very English Scandal

CV

Television

The Bremmer Files
Jacob 
Director Adam Jenkins
Shiny Button Productions Ltd for UKTV Gold
Bloods
Gary (series regular) 
Director Will Sinclair
Roughcut Television Ltd for Sky One
The Windsors
Ian Drabble 
Director Amanda Blue
Noho Film & Television Ltd for Channel 4
The Accident
Philip Walters (series regular) 
Director Sandra Goldbacher
The Forge for Channel 4, Hulu
Sanditon
Dr Fuchs (series regular) 
Director Lisa Clarke
Red Planet Pictures for ITV
Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2019
Pete 
Director Christine Gernon
BBC
Killing Eve
Raymond (series regular) 
Director Damon Thomas and Lisa Bruhlmann
Sid Gentle Films for BBC
A Very English Scandal
George Carman 
Director Stephen Frears
Blueprint Pictures for BBC1
Urban Myths: The Mysterious Case of Agatha Christie
Chief Inspector Danders 
Director Guillem Morales
Yellow Door Productions for Sky Arts
Little Women
Mr Davis 
Director Vanessa Caswill
Playground Entertainment for BBC
Maigret
Dr Bloch 
Director Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Peket Ltd for ITV
Stella Christmas Special
Horst 
Director Tony Dow
Tidy Productions for Sky 1
Professor Branestawm
Vicar 
Director Sandy Johnson
BBC Comedy for BBC1
Crashing
Colin (series regular) 
Director George Kane
Big Talk for E4
Midsomer Murders
Tony Pitt 
Director Matt Carter
Bentley Productions for ITV
Call the Midwife Christmas Special
Barrington Swan 
Director Juliet May
BBC
Blunt Talk
Harry Chandler (series regular) 
Director Tristram Shapeero & Michael Lehmann
MRC for Starz
Miranda Christmas Special
Charlie 
Director Mandie Fletcher
BBC for BBC1
Up the Women
Frank (series regular) 
Director Chris Gernon
BBC
Father Brown
Inspector Clive Trueman 
Director Matt Carter
BBC for BBC1
Plebs
Claudius (series regular) 
Director Sam Leifer
Rise for ITV2
Edge of Heaven
Bald Gary (series regular) 
Director John Henderson/Sandy Johnson
Hartswood Films for ITV
Death In Paradise
Leo Pascal 
Director Dusane Lazarevic
Red Planet for BBC 1
The Paradise
Joseph Fenton (series regular) 
Director David Drury
BBC
Our Story
Young Winston Churchill 
Director Paul Copeland
ITV for ITV1
Restless
Morris Deveraux 
Director Ed Hall
Endor for BBC1
Doctor Who
Kahler Jax 
Director Saul Metzstein
BBC Wales for BBC
Mrs Biggs
Bernard Powell (series regular) 
Director Paul Whittington
December Media for ITV
Watson and Oliver
Sir Thomas Henley (series regular) 
Director Richard Boden
BBC
Miranda
Charlie (series regular) 
Director Juliet May
BBC
Upstairs/Downstairs
Mr Warwick Pritchard (series regular) 
Director Euros Lyn
BBC
Gavin & Stacey
Pete (series regular) 
Director Chris Gernon
Baby Cow Productions
Cranford
Mr Johnson (series regular) 
Producer Ben Ross
BBC
Psychoville
Best New TV Comedy, British Comedy Awards 2009
Mr Jolly (series regular) 
Writer Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith

BBC
Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008
Pete 
Director Christine Gernon
Baby Cow/BBC
Minder
Harvey 
Director Karl Nielson
Talkback
Kingdom
Geoff 
Director Ed Hall
ITV
Ten Days To War
Steve 
Director Bruce Goodison
BBC
The Bill
Tim Lock 
Director Olivia Lichtenstein
Talkback Thames
Poppy Shakespeare
Middle Class Michael 
Director Ben Ross
Cowboy Films
The Cranford Chronicles
Mr Johnson 
Director Steve Hudson
BBC
The Commander: The Fraudster
Clive Selway 
Director David Caffrey
La Plante Productions
Maxwell
Bob Cole 
Director Colin Barr
BBC
Midsomer Murders
Eddie Carfax 
Producer Richard Holthouse
Bentley Productions
New Tricks
Henry Hepple 
Director Syd Macartney
Wall to Wall/BBC
The History Of Mr Polly
Rusper 
Director Gilles Mackinnon
Granada TV
The Trial Of Tony Blair
Simon 
Director Simon Cellan-Jones
Mentorn
Saxondale
Counciller 
Director Matt Lipsey
Baby Cow Productions
Promoted To Glory
Arnold 
Director Richard Spence
Thames TV
T.L.C
Phlebotomist 
Director Geoff Posner
BBC
Midsomer Murders
Peter Fogden 
Director Sahra Hellings
Bentley Productions
Heartbeat
Dennis Padmore 
Director Gerry Mill
YTV
Let Them Eat Cake
Bouffant (Series Regular) 
Director Christine Gurnon
Tiger Aspect
The Passion
Martin 
Director Catherine Morshead
First Choice Productions
The Bill
Mr Harvey 
Director Gwennan Sage
Thames TV
Cows
Vicar 
Director Geoff Posner
Pozzitive Productions/ Channel 4
A Dance To The Music Of Time
Quiggin 
Director Alvin Rakoff/Christopher Morahan
Dancetime
Coogan's Run
Councillor Cabbe 
Director Geoff Posner/Patrick Marber
BBC
The Governor
Walter Brinkley (series regular) 
Director Various
La Plante Productions
Fist Of The Dragonfly
The Boy 
Director Keith Boak
Wolfpack Productions

Theatre

Leopoldstadt
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2020
Hermann Merz 
Producer Sonia Friedman Productions
Director Patrick Marber
Writer Tom Stoppard
Wyndham's Theatre
The Madness of George III
Willis 
Director Adam Penford
Nottingham Playhouse
Exit the King
The Doctor 
Director Patrick Marber
National Theatre
Don Juan in Soho
Stan 
Director Patrick Marber
Wyndham's Theatre
King Lear
The Fool 
Director Sam Mendes
The National Theatre
Hedda Gabler
Tesman 
Director Anna Mackmin

Old Vic
Betty Blue Eyes
Wormold 
Director Richard Eyre
Novello Theatre
After the Dance
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor & Best Revival, After The Dance, Olivier Awards, 2011; Best Supporting Actor, After The Dance, What's On Stage Awards, 2011
John Reid 
Director Thea Sharrock
National Theatre
The Habit Of Art
Donald/Carpenter 
Director Nicholas Hytner
National Theatre
Time And The Conways
Ernest Beevers 
Director Rupert Goold
National Theatre
Once In A Lifetime
George 
Director Edward Hall
National Theatre
Henry IV Part I & II
Poins/Silence 
Director Nicholas Hytner
National Theatre
The Mandate
Ivan Ivanovitch 
Director Declan Donellan
National Theatre
The False Servant
Trivelin 
Director Jonathan Kent
National Theatre
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
Superintendent 
Director Robert Delamere
Donmar Warehouse
Humble Boy
Felix Humble 
Director John Caird
Gielgud Theatre
Platonov
Nikolai Triletsky 
Director Jonathan Kent
Almedia Theatre
To The Green Fields Beyond
Cosham 
Director Sam Mendes
Donmar Warehouse
Kiss Of The Spiderwoman
Molina 
Director Philip Franks
Nottingham Playhouse
Vassa
Semyon 
Director Howard Davies
Almedia Theatre At The Abbey
The Day I Stood Still
Horace 
Director Ian Rickson
National Theatre
What The Butler Saw
Sgt. Match 
Director Michael Grandage
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz 
Director Matthew Francis
National Theatre
Comedians
Phil Murray 
Director Rumu Sen Gupta
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Hamlet
Hamlet 
Director Simon Usher
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Racing Demon
Streaky 
Director Richard Eyre
National Theatre
Murmuring Judges
PC Toby Metcalf 
Director Richard Eyre
National Theatre
The Absense Of War
Bruce 
Director Richard Eyre
National Theatre
The Comedy Of Errors
Dromio Of Syracuse 
Director Greg Hersov
Royal Exchange Theatre
Little Murders
Kenny 
Director Gregory Hersov
Royal Exchange Theatre
The Miser
Attendant 
Director Steven Pimlot
National Theatre
The Resistable Rise Of Arturo Ui
Ignatius Dullfeet 
Director Di Trevis
National Theatre
The Wind In The Willows
Mole 
Director Nicholas Hytner
National Theatre
The Recruiting Officer
Bullock 
Director Nicholas Hynter
National Theatre
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Flute 
Director Robert Lepage
National Theatre
Dona Rosita
Mr. X 
Director Phyllida Lloyd
Bristol Old Vic
The Master Builder
Ragnar Brovik 
Director Paul Unwin
Bristol Old Vic
Master Harold & The Boys
Harold 
Director Matthew Warchus
Bristol Old Vic
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 
Director Phyllida Lloyd
Bristol Old Vic

Writer 

The Clothes They Stood Up in

Adaptation of Alan Bennett's play of the same name.

Nottingham Playhouse

Film

1917
Major Hepburn 
Director Sam Mendes
Amblin Productions
Artemis Fowl
The Goblin Chief 
Director Kenneth Branagh
Disney
Lyrebird
Dirk Hannema 
Director Dan Friedkin
Imperative Entertainment
Christopher Robin
Hal Gallsworthy 
Director Marc Forster
Disney
Patrick
Mr Peters 
Director Mandie Fletcher
Disney/Prescience
On Chesil Beach
Lionel 
Director Dominic Cooke
Number 9 Films
A Little Chaos
Daniel Le Vielle 
Director Alan Rickman
Little Chaos
Delicious
Victor 
Director Tammy Riley Smith
Delicious Film Ltd
Les Miserables
Toothman 
Director Tom Hooper
Universal
Working Title
The King's Speech
BBC Newsreader 
Director Tom Hooper
Speaking Film
Churchill At War
Sawyers 
Director Thaddeus O'Sullivan
BBC Films
Golden Age
Calley 
Director Shekhar Kapur
Virginia Films
The Tenth Man
Norm 
Director Sam Liefer
Daydreamer Pictures/Baby Cow
Notes On A Scandal
Martin 
Director Richard Eyre
Notes Productions
The History Boys
Wilkes 
Director Nicholas Hytner
The History Boys Ltd
Vera Drake
Frank Drake 
Director Mike Leigh
Thin Man Films
Bright Young Things
Junior Customs Officer 
Director Stephen Fry
Rebolution FIlms
To Kill A King
Serheant Joyce 
Director Mike Barker
Fairfax Films
Dirty Pretty Things
The Doctor 
Director Stephen Frears
Dirty Pretty Things Production
Gosford Park
Arthur 
Director Robert Altman
Zestwick Ltd
Love Is The Devil
Dan Farson 
Director John Maybury
BFI Productions
In The Bleak Midwinter
Young Actor 
Director Kenneth Branagh
Midwinter Productions
The Madness Of King George
Fortnum 
Director Nicholas Hytner
Mad George Films