Jason Watkins

Actor

Born: October 28, 1966 (59 years old)

Place of birth: Albrighton, Shropshire, England, UK

Biography

Jason Watkins is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in Being Human, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A and Gordon Shakespeare in the film series Nativity.

Filmography (77)

• High Hopes (1989, ★ 7.1)
• Lost Christmas (2011, ★ 6.8)
• Wicked Little Letters (2024, ★ 6.9)
• Fear of Fanny (2006, ★ 7.1)
• Midsomer Murders (1997, ★ 7.5)
• Life on Mars (2006, ★ 7.7)
• Little Dorrit (2008, ★ 7.8)
• W1A (2014, ★ 7.8)
• Wild Child (2008, ★ 6.7)
• The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018, ★ 6.7)
• Blue Murder (2003, ★ 6.7)
• Dirk Gently (2012, ★ 7)
• Hotel Babylon (2006, ★ 7.3)
• Doctor Who (2005, ★ 7.6)
• Lark Rise to Candleford (2008, ★ 8.4)
• Line of Duty (2012, ★ 8.2)
• Pie in the Sky (1994, ★ 8.3)
• Nativity! (2009, ★ 6.4)
• Sixty Six (2006, ★ 6.6)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997, ★ 6.4)
• The Children Act (2018, ★ 6.6)
• Dragonfly (2025, ★ 6.4)
• The Phoenician Scheme (2025, ★ 6.5)
• Trollied (2011, ★ 6.5)
• Atlantis (2013, ★ 6.5)
• Bodies (2004, ★ 6.4)
• Wired (2008, ★ 6.6)
• Prisoners' Wives (2012, ★ 7.2)
• Around the World in 80 Days (2021, ★ 7.3)
• The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2014, ★ 7.3)