Cast & creator
Brian Bovell
Best known for Silo, Midsomer Murders, Death in Paradise
Also known as: برایان بوول
51
film credits
38
television credits
89
1978–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (89)
Showing 89 of 89 credits
Silo
Barney
2023
Midsomer Murders
Eric Gladberry
1997
Death in Paradise
Erol Dumas
2011
Casualty
Jed
1986Casualty
Gaz Jones
1986
Silent Witness
1996
Bridgerton
John's Uncle
2020
The Bill
1984
Foundation
Trantorian Seer Priest
2021
Andor
Jemboc
2022
A Touch of Frost
Terry Bamtema
1992
Inspector Morse
Pierre
1987
Shadow and Bone
Innkeeper
2021
Miss Scarlet
Solomon
2020
Unforgotten
Ray Wilton
2015
The Chelsea Detective
Billy Ford
2022The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
Ghosts
Antiques Expert
2019
Malpractice
Sir Anthony Owusu
2023
Love Actually
Radio Watford DJ
2003
Screen One
DS Ibbotsen
1989
The Chief
PC Charlie Webb
1990
Between the Lines
1992
Tom & Jerry
Annoyed Vendor
2021
Drop the Dead Donkey
Barry
1990
Strangers
Youth
1978
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Reginald
2020
Judge John Deed
2001
Pan
Long John Standing
2015
Crime
George Marsden
2021
The Book of Clarence
Joseph
2024
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Jez Littlewood
1999
South of the Border
Fitz
1988
In Deep
Brigstock
2001
The Famous Five
Jeremiah
2023
Maisie Raine
D.C. Stephen Holmes
1998
Down a Dark Hall
Dr. MacMillan
2018
Secrets & Lies
Hortense's Brother
19964 Play
Richard
1989
Thin Air
Joe Jeffries
1988
Prospects
1986
Ashes Again!
Father
2026
All or Nothing
Garage Owner
2002Driving Ambition
Bill
1984
My Dad's the Prime Minister
Detective Andy Sharp
2003
The Man in My Basement
Brent Blakey
2025
Breach
Interrogator (segment "How to be Human")
2026
Get Santa
Policeman
2014
Benidorm Is Murder
Archie
2026
Solitary
Harry
2020
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Jez (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Mama Africa
Olu (segment "Hang Time")
2002
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Ralph Sheldrake
2025
The Smiths
Policeman
1995
Sorted
Customs Officer
2000
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
Clarence
2026
The Body Beautiful
Young Man
1991
Hotel
Cardinal
2001
Shoreditch
Chad
2003
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Uncle
1999Blood Rights
Sammy Dean
1990The Service
2015
Welcome II the Terrordome
Officer Bovell / Slave Hand
1995
Playing Away
Stuart
1987
Teams from Hell
1989
Shoot the Messenger
Councillor Watts
2006
Running Late
Driver 3
1992
Babylon
Spark
1980
Burning an Illusion
Nat West
1981Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Narrator (voice)
1997
Driving Ambition
Bill
1984
Dark Corners
Grant
2021
Listen
Social Services Officer
2020Lord of Misrule
Tim
1996
Sealed with a Kiss
St Claire Du Bois
2015
Wall of Silence
DS Ibbotsen
1993
How to be Human
Interrogator
2017
Tiny Little Voices
2025
The Final Passage
1996
Thin Air
Joe Jeffries
1988
The Football Monologues
Frank
2021
13 Steps Down
Tom Akwaa
2012
Deadmeat
Bones
2007
Never Land
Fisherman Jeremiah
2017
When Love Dies
Richard
1990
Cla'am
Biccle
2017
The Licensed Fool
The Narrator
2023Digitopia
2001
Ecstasy
Ian
2021