Robert Glenister
Biography
Robert Glenister is an English actor from Watford who has worked in television, film, stage and radio. Encouraged by his father, the television director John Glenister, he took theater roles before landing his first screen part in the BBC comedy Sink or Swim, shown between 1980 and 1982. Other television credits included Inspector George Gently, A Touch of Frost, Only Fools and Horses and Soldier Soldier. His best-known work came as Ash Morgan in the crime drama Hustle from 2004 to 2012, and as Nicholas Blake in the spy series Spooks. He also appeared twice in Doctor Who, as Salateen in 1984 and Thomas Edison in 2020. His film credits include Ben Affleck's crime drama Live by Night (2016), in which he played a mob boss. On stage he acted in Glengarry Glen Ross from 2017 to 2018 and The Seagull in 2022, and he has worked often in BBC radio drama.
66years old
Turns 67 on March 11in 144 days
- Born Watford
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Robert Lewis Glenister
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 25 years1995 to 2020
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A first
Robert Glenister is the only actor to appear in every episode of the BBC con-artist drama Hustle, in which he starred as the high-level con man Ash Morgan.
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Robert Glenister shares two films with Toby Jones, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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All films by Tom Harper
All films by Jon Amiel
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