Acting credits
55
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Alan Bennett
Writing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 66Series: 20Crew credits: 44
TMDB ID: 55477
IMDb ID: nm0003141
Known for: Writing
Born: May 9, 1934
Age: 91
Place of birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.31
Wikidata: Q654730
Other jobs
Writer (38)Screenplay (3)Executive Producer (1)Story (1)Writers' Assistant (1)
Biography
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968. His output includes The Madness of George III and its film incarnation The Madness of King George, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Alan Bennett.
6.1
The Choral
Writer
2025 Movie
8.0
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self
2025 Movie
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024 Movie
5.2
Allelujah
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
7.0
Stewart Lee: Tornado
as Self
2022 Movie
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022 Movie
6.3
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Writer
2018 Movie
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Writer
2018 Movie
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
as Himself
2017 Movie
6.0
Alan Bennett's Diaries
as Himself
2016 Movie
6.4
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett (2014)
2015 Movie
10.0
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013 Movie
6.0
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
as Mole (voice)
2013 Movie
6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Hector
2013 Movie
8.0
National Theatre Live: People
Writer
2013 Movie
Books: The Last Chapter?
as Self
2011 Movie
8.0
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Writer
2010 Movie
Being Alan Bennett
as Himself
2009 Movie
6.6
The History Boys
Screenplay
2006 Movie
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
2004 Movie
5.4
The Young Visiters
as Narrator (voice)
2003 Movie
6.7
The Importance of Being Morrissey
as Self
2003 Movie
7.0
Talking Heads 2
Writer
1998 Movie
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
as (voice)
1998 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Alan Bennett.
Remembers…
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.6
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Writer • 12 eps
2020 Series
Meg and Mog
as Owl • 52 eps
2003 Series
Telling Tales
Writer • 10 eps
2000 Series
7.4
Family Guy
as Alan Bennett (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
4.3
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Sillery • 4 eps
1997 Series
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
as Self • 3 eps
1995 Series
7.0
Selling Hitler
as Hugh Trevor-Roper • 5 eps
1991 Series
Building Sights
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.2
Talking Heads
as Graham Whittaker • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.1
Fortunes of War
as Lord Pinkrose • 4 eps
1987 Series
6.8
Screen Two
Writer • 32 eps
1985 Series
7.0
Objects of Affection
Writer • 6 eps
1982 Series
5.6
The South Bank Show
as Self • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) • 1 eps
1977 Series
5.0
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self • 15 eps
1976 Series
6.3
Play for Today
as Denis Midgley • 1 eps
1970 Series
7.2
Omnibus
as Self • 1 eps
1967 Series
Tempo
as Self • 1 eps
1961 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Osric • 1 eps
1951 Series