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Luther (TV Series)
''Luther'' is a British psychological crime thriller television series starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther and Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan, written by Neil Cross. The detective Luther must make cases against criminals while the murderer Morgan has a complicated relationship with him. The first series is composed of six episodes which ran in May and June 2010. A second series of four episodes aired on BBC One in June and July 2011, and a third was commissioned in 2012 composed of four episodes which aired in July 2013. A two-episode fourth series was broadcast in December 2015, and a fifth series of four episodes premiered on 1 January 2019. BBC Studios handled distribution for the TV series. A feature film continuation, '' Luther: The Fallen Sun'', was released in select cinemas on 24 February 2023, before its streaming release on 10 March 2023, by Netflix. Starring Elba, Andy Serkis and Cynthia Erivo, the film was written by Cross. Elba has been awarded a Critics' Choice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ''China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sienna Guillory
Sienna Tiggy Guillory (; born 16 March 1975) is an English actress and former model. She portrayed Jill Valentine in several entries of the '' Resident Evil'' action-horror film series. Other prominent roles include elf princess Arya Dröttningu in the fantasy-adventure film '' Eragon'', and the title role in the TV miniseries ''Helen of Troy''. She has appeared in TV shows including '' Fortitude'', '' Stan Lee's Lucky Man'', and '' Luther''. Early life Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, Guillory is the daughter of American folk guitarist Isaac Guillory and his first wife, English model Tina Thompson, who married in 1973. Her father was the son of American and Turkish-Jewish parents and born at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Her parents moved to Fulham, London, when Guillory was two, then later to Norfolk when she was 11. At the age of ten, she went to stay with cousins in Mexico to learn Spanish. She has a half-brother, who has the same mother. Her father ado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Studios
BBC Studios Limited is a British content company. It is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC that was formed in April 2018 through the merger of the BBC's commercial production arm and the BBC's commercial international distribution arm, BBC Worldwide. BBC Studios creates, develops, produces, distributes, broadcasts, finances and sells content around the world, returning around to the BBC annually in dividends and content investment. Overview BBC Studios Productions brings together the majority of BBC Television's former in-house production departments; Factual, Drama, Comedy (both combined as Scripted in the new division), Entertainment, and Music & Events. BBC Children's production is set to move into BBC Studios Productions from April 2022 to increase the potential of taking British children's content to the wider global market, along with BBC Three's in-house production team, which is joining from April 2021. BBC News and BBC Radio remain separate internal production divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Englishby
Paul Englishby is a film and theatre composer, orchestrator, conductor, and pianist. He is best known for his Emmy Award-winning jazz score for David Hare's '' Page Eight'', his orchestral score for the Oscar nominated '' An Education'', his BAFTA nominated score for the BBC's '' Luther'' and his many theatre scores for the Royal Shakespeare Company, with whom Paul is an associated artist. Biographical summary Englishby was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1970. He was musically active by his teenage years, performing as a pianist in big bands and jazz ensembles as well as writing and composing his own works. He studied at Goldsmiths' College and at the Royal Academy of Music, where he received the Charles Lucas Prize for Composition and the Arthur Hervey Scholarship, as well as receiving a BBC Sound on Film Commission. ''The Last Clarinet'' for orchestra and narrator was Englishby's first published work, and continues to be performed internationally. His other works include ''Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol, England, by Robert Del Naja, Robert "3D" Del Naja, Daddy G, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, Tricky (musician), Adrian "Tricky" Thaws and Andrew Vowles, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles. The group currently consists of Del Naja and Marshall. They released their debut album in 1991, ''Blue Lines,'' which has been included on numerous best-of lists and is generally considered the first album of the 'trip-hop' genre. The single "Unfinished Sympathy" was a chart hit in Europe, including number one on the Dutch Top 40, and was later voted the 63rd-greatest song of all time in a poll by ''NME''. In 1994, they released their second album, Protection (Massive Attack album), ''Protection''. Thaws left the band later that year to pursue a solo career. In 1998, they released their third album, ''Mezzanine (album), Mezzanine'', giving them their first number one on the UK Albums Chart. ''Mezzanine'' also contains the top-10 si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heligoland (album)
''Heligoland'' is the fifth studio album by English electronic music duo Massive Attack, released on 8 February 2010 by Virgin Records. Named after a German archipelago, it was their first studio album in seven years, following '' 100th Window'' (2003). It's the first album to feature Daddy G since ''Mezzanine'' (1998), therefore making it the first album by the band to be recorded as a duo. It also features recurring guest vocalists Horace Andy and Damon Albarn along with Martina Topley-Bird, Guy Garvey, Tunde Adebimpe and Hope Sandoval. It has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Personnel The record primarily features vocals from Horace Andy, as well as a number of guest vocalists: Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz, Hope Sandoval of Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions and Mazzy Star, Guy Garvey of Elbow and Martina Topley-Bird. Further contributions include guitar by Adrian Utley of Portishead (on "Saturday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermione Norris
Hermione Norris is an English actress. She attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in the 1980s, before taking small roles in theatre and on television. In 1996, she was cast in her breakout role of Karen Marsden in the comedy drama television series ''Cold Feet''. She appeared in every episode of the series from 1998 to 2003 and was nominated for a British Comedy Award. From 2002 to 2005, Norris co-starred in the crime drama series '' Wire in the Blood'' as Carol Jordan, and from 2005 to 2009 co-starred in the BBC One spy drama '' Spooks'' as Ros Myers. Her role in ''Spooks'' won her the award for Best Actress at the 2008 ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards, and another nomination the next year. From 2007 to 2009, she co-starred in the ITV comedy drama '' Kingdom''. In 2020, she appeared in the Australian thriller series '' Between Two Worlds.'' Early life Norris was born in Paddington, London, the second of four children. She has two sisters, a brother and two half- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Cilenti
Vincenzo Leonardo "Enzo" Cilenti (born 8 August 1974) is a British actor. Film credits include '' Wonderland'' (1999), ''24 Hour Party People'' (2002), '' Millions'' (2004), ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014), '' The Theory of Everything'' (2014), '' The Martian'' (2015), '' High-Rise'' (2015), '' Bridget Jones's Baby'' (2016), ''Greed'' (2019), '' Heart of Stone'' (2023), ''The Beekeeper'' (2024). Television credits include '' Spooks'' (2003), ''Rome'' (2005), ''NCIS'' (2006-2007), ''Wolf Hall'' (2015), '' Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'' (2015), ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' (2015), ''Jekyll and Hyde'' (2015), ''Game of Thrones'' (2015-2016), ''The Last Tycoon'' (2016-2017), '' Luther'' (2019), ''Les Misérables'' (2019), ''Breeders'' (2021), '' Domina'' (2021), '' The Serpent Queen'' (2022-2024), ''The Crown'' (2023), and ''Black Mirror'' episode " Hotel Reverie" (2025). Early life Cilenti was born 8 August 1974 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, to Italian parents from Foiano di V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wunmi Mosaku
Oluwunmi Mosaku (; born July 31, 1986) is a Nigerian-born British actress. She is known for her roles as Joy in the BBC Two miniseries '' Moses Jones'' (2009) and Holly Lawson in the ITV series ''Vera'' (2011–2012). She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Gloria Taylor in the TV film '' Damilola, Our Loved Boy'' (2016). In 2019, she starred in the fifth season of '' Luther''. In 2020, she starred as Ruby Baptiste in HBO's '' Lovecraft Country'', and starting in 2021, starred as Hunter B-15 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series ''Loki'', and reprised the role in the 2024 film ''Deadpool & Wolverine''. She was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Actress and won the BIFA for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film for her role as Rial in the film '' His House'' (2020). Mosaku starred as Annie in the 2025 horror film ''Sinners''. Early life Mosaku was born in Zaria, Nigeria, to Yoruba parents who were both p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Malahide
Patrick Gerald Duggan (born 24 March 1945), known professionally as Patrick Malahide, is a British actor of stage and screen. His acting credits include '' The New Avengers'' (1976), '' ITV Playhouse'' (1977), '' The Eagle of the Ninth'' (1977), ''Sweeney 2'' (1978), '' Comfort and Joy'' (1984), ''The Singing Detective'' (1986), '' A Month in the Country'' (1987), ''Minder'' (1979–1988), ''Middlemarch'' (1994), '' The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries'' (1993–1994), '' Captain Corelli's Mandolin'' (2001), ''The World Is Not Enough'' (1999), ''Brideshead Revisited'' (2008), '' The Paradise'' (2012), '' Luther'' (2015–2019), '' Bridget Jones's Baby'' (2016), ''Game of Thrones'' (2012–2016), '' Mortal Engines'' (2018), '' The Protégé'' (2021), and ''Liaison'' (2023). Early life Malahide was born in Reading, Berkshire, England, the son of Irish immigrants; his mother was a cook, and his father secretary of the bursar at The Nautical College of Pangbourne. His education began at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Haddock
Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985) is a British actress. She is known for portraying Zoë Walker in ''White Lines (TV series), White Lines'', Max Meladze in ''The Recruit (American TV series), The Recruit'', Lucrezia Donati, Lucrezia in ''Da Vinci's Demons'', Meredith Quill in ''Guardians of the Galaxy (film), Guardians of the Galaxy'' and its sequel ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', and Viviane Wembly in ''Transformers: The Last Knight''. Early life Haddock was born in London Borough of Enfield, Enfield, London, to a reflexologist mother and a financier father. She was raised in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, where she attended St George's School, Harpenden, St George's School. She left school at the age of 17 and moved to London to study drama. She trained at Arts Educational Schools, London, Arts Educational School in Chiswick. Career Haddock made her television debut in the television pilot ''Plus One'', part of the Comedy Showcase 2008. In 2009, Haddock played the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Leslie
Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 9 February 1987) is a Scottish actress. She portrayed Gwen Dawson in the ITV (TV network), ITV drama series ''Downton Abbey'' and Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones''. She played Maia Rindell in three seasons of the CBS All Access legal and political drama ''The Good Fight'' and starred as Clare Abshire in HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife (TV series), ''The Time Traveler's Wife''. Early life and ancestry Leslie was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and raised at Lickleyhead Castle in Aberdeenshire, her family's 15th-century ancestral seat, where she lived until the age of 10. Her father, Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie, is the Scottish clan chief, Chieftain of the Aberdeenshire branch of the Scottish Clan Leslie. Her mother is Candida Mary Sibyl "Candy" Leslie (née Weld) of Clan Fraser of Lovat, whose maternal great-grandfather was Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and a descendant of Charles II of England, King Charles II. Through her mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
