Elliot Levey
British actor
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Career
Levey won Olivier awards for the roles of Herr Schultz in Cabaret (2022) and Tom Maschler in Giant (2025). Known for his work in British theatre, he has performed at the Donmar Warehouse, Almeida and National Theatres.[1]
His work has included the 2004 revival of the National Theatre production of His Dark Materials, the 2013 Donmar Warehouse production of Coriolanus playing the tribune Brutus alongside Mark Gatiss and Tom Hiddleston and the premieres of the musical Take Flight (2007, Menier Theatre) and the Bennett play The Habit of Art (2010, National Theatre),[2] along with Robespierre in Danton's Death alongside Toby Stephens (2010, National Theatre) and Don John in a 2011 production of Much Ado About Nothing alongside David Tennant and Catherine Tate.[3] In 2014 he played an American journalist in Ripper Street. In 2019 he played Judge Jeffreys in the ghost story Martin's Close for the BBC. In 2020, he portrayed David Briggs in the mini series Quiz.[4] In 2021, he played in the movies The Amazing Mr Blunden[5] and Smudged Smile.[6] In 2022, he appeared in Good at the Harold Pinter Theatre, which was later shown on screens as part of National Theatre Live.[7]
Personal life
Levey was educated at Clifton College before reading philosophy at Oxford University, where he met Emma Loach (daughter of director Ken Loach), whom he later married and with whom he has three sons.[8] He is Jewish.[9][10][11][12]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Low Down | Peter | ||
| 2002 | Song of Songs | Isaac | ||
| 2003 | SuperTex | Benjamin “Boy” Breslauer | ||
| The Gospel of John | Nathanael | |||
| 2004 | Nut? | Jim | Short film | |
| 2005 | Song of Songs | Gideon | ||
| 2006 | The Queen | TV Director | ||
| 2008 | Filth and Wisdom | Business Man | ||
| 2012 | Energy Saver | Steve | Short film | |
| 2013 | Philomena | Alex | ||
| 2014 | Don’t Miss the Cup | Alex | Short film | |
| 2015 | Spooks: The Greater Good | Philip Emerson | ||
| The Lady in the Van | Theatre Director | |||
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Edgar Booth Cunningham, Jr. | ||
| The Chamber | Denholm | |||
| Denial | Roger Levy | |||
| Fallen | Dr. Watkins | |||
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Rabbi | ||
| The Master of York | Menachem | Short film | ||
| 2020 | Waiting for God | Priest | ||
| 2021 | Smudged Smile | John | ||
| 2024 | Love Without Borders | Robert | ||
| TBA | Prima Facie | Post-production | ||
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Lovejoy | Tony | Episode: "Holding the Baby" | |
| 1999 | Jesus | Tax Collector | 1 episode | |
| 2000 | Jason and the Argonauts | Canthus | 2 episodes | |
| Fat Friends | Aaron Ports | Episode: "Fat Free" | ||
| 2001 | A Lump in My Throat | Shmuley | TV Film | |
| 2002 | Sirens | Soco | ||
| 2003 | Doctors | Professor Daniel Dryer | 1 episode | |
| 2004 | Judas | Eliakim | TV Film | |
| Amnesia | Dr. Stanic | 1 episode | ||
| 2006 | Beau Brummel: This Charming Man | Tailor | TV Film | |
| Eastenders | Doctor | 1 episode | ||
| Casualty 1906 | Abe Goldman | TV Film | ||
| 2006-2021 | Holby City | Michael Townsend / Pete Golding | 10 episodes | |
| 2007 | Sex, the City and Me | Jackson | TV Film | |
| 2008 | Casualty 1907 | Abraham Goldman | ||
| 2008-2009 | Hotel Babylon | Mark Mason | 9 episodes | |
| 2009 | Robin Hood | Benjamin Palmer | 1 episode | |
| Monday Monday | Slick Guy | |||
| 2011 | Casualty | Tim McCaffrey | ||
| 2012 | A Touch of Cloth | Aiden Hawkchurch | 2 episodes | |
| Parade’s End | Colonel Levin | |||
| 2013 | Truckers | AA Leader | 1 episode | |
| Da Vinci’s Demons | Francesco Pazzi | 8 episodes | ||
| 2014 | Jamaica Inn | Ambrose | 3 episodes | |
| New Tricks | Tim Dugdale | 1 episode | ||
| The Wrong Mans | Sergeant Hopwood | 2 episodes | ||
| Ripper Street | Ralph Ackerman | 1 episode | ||
| 2014 | Silent Witness | DCI Ben Solomon | 2 episodes | |
| 2015-2017 | Man Down | Headmaster | 8 episodes | |
| 2016 | Grantchester | Laszlo Herzl | 1 episode | |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Philostrate | TV Film | ||
| 2017 | The Child in Time | Prime Minister | ||
| 2018 | Silent Witness | Adam Freedman | 2 episodes | |
| Watergate | Henry Kissinger | |||
| Black Earth Rising | Consultant Jacob Sayers | 1 episode | ||
| Press | Matthew Harper | 3 episodes | ||
| 2019 | State of the Union | Chris | ||
| Peaky Blinders | Leon Greene | 1 episode | ||
| A Ghost Story for Christmas | Judge Jeffreys | |||
| 2020 | Quiz | David Briggs | 3 episodes | |
| Life | Frank | 1 episode | ||
| Truth Seekers | Publisher | |||
| 2021 | This Way Up | Jim | ||
| Endeavor | Ray Jubba | |||
| The Amazing Mr Blunden | Claverton | TV film | ||
| 2022 | Anne | Sir Murray Stuart-Smith | 1 episode | |
| 2024 | We Were the Lucky Ones | Henry Tatar | 3 episodes | |
| Queenie | Jacob Stone | 1 episode | ||
| 2025 | Bookish | Inspector Bliss | 6 episodes | |