Eddie Marsan

Actor Jun 9 (age 57) Stepney, East London, England, UK 1982–2026 (44 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

Edward Maurice Charles Marsan OBE (born 9 June 1968) is an English actor. He won the London Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

Known For

Film

V for Vendetta

Etheridge

Film

Deadpool 2

Headmaster

Film

Sherlock Holmes

Inspector Lestrade

Film

The Gentlemen

Big Dave

Film

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Inspector Lestrade

Film

Wrath of Man

Terry

Film

Gangs of New York

Killoran

Film

The Illusionist

Josef Fischer

Filmography

Acting (150)

Movies (108)

Clayface

2026 Upcoming

Oct 21

Emperor

2026 Upcoming

as Martin Luther

Jul 3

No Ordinary Heist

2026

as Richard Murray

Campeón Gabacho

2026

All the Devils Are Here

as Ronnie Blake

Fran the Man

as The Ghost

Back to Black

as Mitch

Firebrand

as Edward Seymour

Midas Man

as Harry Epstein

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

as Knighton

Fair Play

as Campbell

The Contractor

as Virgil

Vesper

as Jonas

Charlotte

as Albert Salomon (voice)

6.3

Choose or Die

2022

as Hal

5.3

Ray Donovan: The Movie

as Terry Donovan

Wrath of Man

as Terry

The Virtuoso

as The Loner

Flag Day

as Mr. Emmanuel

The Gentlemen

as Big Dave

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

2019

as Professor Andreiko

Abigail

as Jonathan Foster

Pets United

as Mayor Frank Stone

The Professor and the Madman

as Muncie

Hostage Radio

as Jarvis Dolan

Deadpool 2

as Headmaster

Vice

as Paul Wolfowitz

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

as Vihaan (voice)

White Boy Rick

as Art Derrick

Once Upon a Deadpool

as Headmaster

7 Days in Entebbe

as Shimon Peres

Atomic Blonde

as Spyglass

The Exception

as Heinrich Himmler

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

as Agency Man

Their Finest

as Sammy Smith

The Limehouse Golem

as Uncle Tommy Farr

A Kind of Murder

as Marty Kimmel

Concussion

as Dr. Steven DeKosky

7.1

The One and Only Mike Leigh

as Self

X+Y

as Richard

God's Pocket

as Smilin' Jack Moran

5.8

Broadmoor - Inside Britain's Highest Security Psychiatric Hospital

2014

as Narrator

Jack the Giant Slayer

as Crawe

The World's End

as Peter Page

Filth

as Bladesey

Still Life

as John May

Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End

2013

as Self

Snow White and the Huntsman

as Duir

I, Anna

as D.I. Kevin Franks

A Running Jump

as Perry

The Best of Men

as Dr. Ludwig Guttmann

7.0

Boys On Film 8: Cruel Britannia

2012

as Carson (segment "Man and Boy")

1.0

Walking the Dogs

2012

as The Intruder

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011

as Inspector Lestrade

War Horse

as Sgt. Fry

Tyrannosaur

as James

Junkhearts

as Frank

London Boulevard

as DI Bailey

Heartless

as Weapons Man

Man and Boy

as Carson

Sherlock Holmes

as Inspector Lestrade

7.2

Faintheart

2009

as Richard

6.3

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

2009

as Vic

6.5

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

2009

as Jack Whitehead

6.7

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

as Jack Whitehead

Hancock

as Red

Me and Orson Welles

as John Houseman

Happy-Go-Lucky

as Scott

God on Trial

as Lieble

The 39 Steps

as Scudder

I Want Candy

as Doug Perry

Grow Your Own

as Little John

V for Vendetta

as Etheridge

Mission: Impossible III

as Brownway

Miami Vice

as Nicholas

The Illusionist

as Josef Fischer

Sixty Six

as Manny Rubens

Match Point

as Office Worker (uncredited)

The New World

as Eddie

Beowulf & Grendel

as Father Brendan

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

2005

as James 'Tish' Corbitt

7.0

Friends & Crocodiles

2005

as Butterworth

4.8

The Secret Life of Words

as Victor

Shadow of the Sword

as Fabio

The Rocket Post

as Heinz Dombrowsky

Vera Drake

as Reg

Quite Ugly One Morning

as Stephen Lime

Post

as Jack

Caught in the Act

as Gary Grissom

21 Grams

as Reverend John

Cheeky

as Reg

AfterLife

as Jaz Walters

Gangs of New York

as Killoran

The Bunker

as Pfc Kreuzmann

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001

as Louis Marchand

6.7

Peaches

2000

as Brian

Gangster No. 1

as Eddie Miller

B. Monkey

as Young Thug

Mad Cows

as Constable

Janice Beard 45 WPM

as Mr Tense

This Year's Love

as Eddie

Plastic Man

as Liam Cooper

Crime and Punishment

as Dimitri

You Are Here

as Nigel Pubis

The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997

as Mugger #1

6.3

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

1988

as Youth in Cantonese Takeaway (uncredited)

The Yob

1988

as Chip Shop Youth (uncredited)

Vows

as Lawrence Burkheart

Television (42)

King & Conqueror

2025

as King Edward

6.9

The Bombing of Pan Am 103

as Tom Thurman

Reunion

as Stephen Renworth

Franklin

as John Adams

Supacell

as Ray

The Power

as Bernie Monke

The Winter King

as Uther

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

as Self –Actor

Heartstopper

as Geoff Young

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

2022

as John Darwin

7.0

Suspect

2022

as Alistair Underwood

Deceit

as Paul Britton

Ridley Road

as Soly Malinovsky

Urban Myths

as Bob Dylan

Women Who Kill

as Narrator

River

as Thomas Cream

Galavant

as Death

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

as Mr Norrell

Inside No. 9

as Nathaniel

Ray Donovan

as Terry Donovan

Southcliffe

as Andrew Salter

Playhouse Presents

as The Intruder

Moby Dick

as Stubb

Thorne

as Kevin Tughan

Dive

as Will

Red Riding

as Jack Whitehead

Merlin

as The Manticore (voice)

Criminal Justice

as Saul

Little Dorrit

as Pancks

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

The Sarah Jane Adventures

as Mr. White

The One Show

as Self

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as Titus Oates

Bodily Harm

as Bernard Chalk

The Lost Empire

as Pigsy

Second Sight

as Liam Morrison

The Vice

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Ian Vincent

Game On

as Stoat

Casualty

as Rick Grant

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982

as Chip Shop Youth

7.4

Disinherited