Cast & creator
Pip Torrens
Best known for Digger, Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders
Philip D'Oyly "Pip" Torrens (born 2 June 1960) is an English actor. Torrens portrayed courtier Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama The Crown, aristocrat Lord Massen in the HBO series The Nevers, Herr Klaus Starr in Preacher, and held leading roles in Poldark and Versailles. His film appearances include The Danish Girl, The Iron Lady, War Horse and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He has played The Curator in Supermassive Games' Dark Pictures Anthology series of horror video games since 2019, appearing in four entries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pip Torrens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Philip Dean Torrens, Pip Torens, پیپ تورنس
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film credits
96
television credits
180
1971–2027 · acting roles
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Filmography (180)
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Digger
AG Schumer
2026
Midsomer Murders
Fergal Jenner
1997Midsomer Murders
Group Captain Jeremy Ford
1997
Doctor Who
Rocastle
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Major Rich
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
Jeremy Cloade
1989
Death in Paradise
Guide
2011
Black Mirror
Philip Crane
2011
The Crown
Tommy Lascelles
2016
Silent Witness
1996
WAR
St John Smallwood
2026
Father Brown
Geoffrey Bennett
2013
Peak Practice
Harry Kenyon
1993
Heartbeat
James Moncrieff
1992
Grantchester
Sir Edward Kendall
2014
Succession
Peter Munion
2018
Minder
Muldier
1979
Lewis
Malcolm Croft
2007
Spooks
Charles Lee
2002
Waking the Dead
Dennis Holland
2001
Tales from the Crypt
Gordon
1989
Agatha Christie's Marple
Noël Coward
2004
Hustle
Heinz Zimmermann
2004
Preacher
Herr Starr
2016
Industry
Kevin Rawle
2020
Pride & Prejudice
Netherfield Butler
2005
Hamish Macbeth
Peter Peterson
1995
Poldark
Cary Warleggan
2015
Law & Order: UK
Philip Nevins
2009
Jeeves and Wooster
Bingo
1990
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Colonel Kaplan
2015
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Michael Quin
1987
Lovejoy
Christian Shotley
1986
De Gaulle: Résistance
Montgomery
2026
Van der Valk
Michael De Groot
1972
Versailles
Cassel
2015
Silk
HHJ Makin
2011
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Howard Carter
1992
The Nevers
Lord Gilbert Massen
2021
Sherwood
Commissioner Charles Dawes
2022
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Edward
2007
Kavanagh Q.C.
Miles Petersham
1995
The Hollow Crown
Mowbray
2012
Darkest Hour
BBC Producer
2017
Wire in the Blood
DI Brenman
2002
War and Peace
Prince Bagration
2016
Murder Most Horrid
News Presenter
1991
Tomorrow Never Dies
HMS Bedford Captain
1997
To Play the King
Andrew Harding
1993
The Brittas Empire
John Rawlinson
1991
Patrick Melrose
Nicolas Pratt
2018
Down Cemetery Road
Dr. Isaac Wright
2025
Green Wing
Neurosurgeon
2004
The Commander
2003
War Horse
Maj. Tompkins
2011
Rebus
Andrew Hammill
2000
Extraordinary
Mr. Greenham (voice)
2023
The Danish Girl
Dr. Hexler
2015
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Olympius
2006
The Hack
Stuart Kuttner
2025
Des
Ivan Lawrence QC
2020
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Squire Richards
1971
At Home with the Braithwaites
Mr Brondby
2000
Renegade Nell
Lord Blancheford
2024
Patriot Games
First Aide
1992
Anna Karenina
Prince Shcherbatsky
2012
Dorian Gray
Victor
2009
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Charles Hart
2003
Savage House
Mr. Black
2026
The Remains of the Day
Doctor Richard Carlisle
1993
Roadkill
Joe Lapidus
2020
The Iron Lady
Ian Gilmour
2011
Longitude
Captain Lindsay
2000
Maigret
1992
Messiah
DCI Walmsely
2001
De Gaulle: Liberté
Montgomery
2026
Spy
Crispin
2011
The Aftermath
General Brook
2019
My Week with Marilyn
Sir Kenneth Clark
2011
The Saboteurs
Wilson
2015
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
Dr. John Snow
2003
The Chase
2006
The Path to 9/11
Paul Kessler
2006
Red Cap
2003
Valiant
Lofty (voice)
2005
The Lenny Henry Show
PC Monkhouse
1987
Down a Dark Hall
Professor Farley
2018
Shackleton
James McIlroy
2002
Easy Virtue
Lord Hurst
2008
Broken News
Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter
2005
Believe Nothing
Le Fanu
2002
The Rotters' Club
English Master
2005
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Mr Justice Fraser
2024
The Promise
Major John Arbuthnot
2011
Chimera
Windeler
1991
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells
Mark Pattison
2001
Bel Ami
Paul the Butler
2012
Fleming
Esmond Rothermere
2014
Black Cab
James
2000
Collision
2009
Lady Jane
Thomas
1986
tlc
Mr Copperfield
2002
Up the Women
2013
Crime Traveller
1997
Flood
Army Liaison Officer
2007
To End All Wars
Lt. Foxworth
2001
Wife & Dog
2027
Gemma Bovery
Rankin
2014
Effie Gray
Royal Academy / Times Journalist
2014
Gambit
Desk Clerk
2012
The BBC at War
2015
JOY
Roger Short
2024
Lorna Doone
Colonel Kirke
2000
Big Bad World
1999
Yes, Prime Minister
Jeremy Burnham
2013Mercenary: An Extraction Series
One Night
Mr. Lerner
2012
A Dark Adapted Eye
Chad
1994
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Heathcoat Parker
2009
Mountains of the Moon
Lt. Hesketh
1990
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
Howard Carter (archive footage)
2000
Rogue Trader
Simon Jones
1999
Salting the Battlefield
Jack Calderon
2014
A Handful of Dust
Jock Grant-Menzies
1988
The Object of Beauty
Art Evaluator
1991
Missing: All Secrets Have a Price
2006
Bodyguards
Robert Ferguson
1997
Dresden
Saundby
2006
Arms and the Man
Captain Bluntschli
1989
Love's Kitchen
Health & Safety Official
2011
Absolute Hell
Nigel Childs
1991
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Jonathan
1989
Oxford Blues
Ian
1984Funky Black Shorts
Charles Darlington
1994
Incognito
White (Defense)
1997
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
Howard Carter
1995
The Mark of Cain
Colonel Hampton
2007
Longitude
Capt. Lindsay
2000
All the Queen's Men
British Major
2001
Class of '76
Supt Flood
2005
The Bad Mother's Handbook
Doctor Gale
2007The Guest
Frank
2013
The Scapegoat
George
2012
Eminent Domain
Anton
1991
Miss Austen Regrets
Edward Austen-Knight
2008Pure Wickedness
Dr. Phil Gold
1999
Kids in Love
Graham
2016
Rokeby Venus
Nicholas
Little Dorrit
Henry Gowan
1987
The Lady Vanishes
Reverend Kenneth Barnes
2013
The Government Inspector
John Scarlett
2005
Drone Strike
Commandant Ellis
2013
Voice of the Heart
Kim Cunningham
1989A Ghost Story for Christmas
Squire Richards
2005
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Gold Cufflinks
1989
Lorna Doone
Colonel Kirke
2001
Revelation
Professor Claxton
2001
Sunday
Inquiry Lawyer
2002
U Be Dead
Mr. Higginson
2009
The Chatterley Affair
Mr. Mervyn Griffith-Jones
2006
When I'm Sixty-Four
Headmaster
2004
Pinochet in Suburbia
Michael Caplan
2006
The Many Lives of Albert Walker
Sam
2002
Luna
Dr. Peter Bennett
2026
Consenting Adults
Frances Graham Harrison
2007
Trust
Jenkins
2000
A View from a Hill
Squire Richards
2005
Dead Gorgeous
Rex Ballard
2002
The Whistle-Blower
Philip Amis
2001
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
Cosimo de'Medici
2004
Vindicta
Adnon Svoboda
2026Ian Fleming: Bondmaker
Noel Coward
2005
The Fall of Singapore: The Great Betrayal
MI5 Officer
2012
Towpaths of Glory
Captain Boyden
2005
Class of '76
Supt Flood
2005
Gifted
Richard Neilson
2003
Monkey Boy
Windeler
1992The Project
MoD Official
2002
Walter
Commander Angus Thomas
2014Marked
Steve Brash
2014