
Michael Kitchen
Known for Acting · 119 credits
- Born
- 1948-10-31 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Biography
Michael Kitchen (born 31 October 1948 in Leicester) is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as DCS Foyle in the British TV series Foyle's War.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kitchen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
TV Shows (52)

Play for Today
1970
as Dick Foster / Alan

Minder
1979
as Maltese Tony

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Acaste

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Arthur

Foyle's War
2002
as DCS Foyle

The Professionals
1977
as Duffy

A Touch of Frost
1992
as Jonathan Meyerbridge

Inspector Morse
1987
as Russell Clark

Screen Two
1985
as Block

Playhouse
1974
as Rose S.J. / Peter

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Tommy

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Philip Swain

Pie in the Sky
1994
as Dudley Hooperman

Lovejoy
1986
as David Herbert

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Waller

Thriller
1973
as George Newton / Ian

Between the Lines
1992
as Roger Boshier

Churchill's People
1974
as John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Screen One
1989
as Bill English

Centre Play
1973
as The Student

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Herbert White

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Narrator (voice) / Polixenes (voice)

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Peter Coppard

Fall of Eagles
1974
as Trotsky

Lady Killers
1980
as Reverend Father M'Enery

Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
as David the Director

Oliver Twist
1999
as Mr. Brownlow

The Buccaneers
1995
as Sir Helmsley Thwaite

Country Matters
1972
as Henry Batley

Lorna Doone
2000
as Judge Jeffreys

Stay Lucky
1989

Rik Mayall Presents
1993
as Jeremy Swain

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock
2014
as John Farrow

Beasts
1976
as Bob Curry

White Heat
2012
as Jack (present day)

Chancer
1990
as Roman

Second Sight
2000

Freud
1984
as Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow

A History of Britain
2000
as Reader

Mobile
2007
as David West

Reckless
1997
as Richard Crane

To Play the King
1993
as The King

The Advocates
1991

The Hanging Gale
1995
as Capt. William Townsend

Dandelion Dead
1994
as Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong

Wilderness
1996
as Luther Adams
Sunnyside Farm
1997

The Brontës of Haworth
1973
as Branwell Brontë

The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
as Herbie
The Drilling Fields
1994
as Voice-over

The Justice Game
1989
as Tim Forsythe
Movies (67)

GoldenEye
1995
as Bill Tanner

The World Is Not Enough
1999
as Tanner

Out of Africa
1985
as Berkeley Cole

Proof of Life
2000
as Ian Havery

My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Hugh Perceval

Enchanted April
1991
as George Briggs

The Russia House
1990
as Clive

Fatherland
1994
as SS-Untersturmführer Max Jäger

Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
as Greg

The Bunker
1981
as Rochus Misch

The Trial
1993
as Block

Mrs. Dalloway
1997
as Peter Walsh

Lorna Doone
2001
as Judge Jeffrey
Is That Your Body, Boy
1970
as Waller

The Railway Children
2000
as Father

Doomsday Gun
1994
as Doctor Christopher Cowley

King Lear
1982
as Edmund

Breaking Glass
1980
as Larner

Kidnapped
1995
as William Reid

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
as Lloyd George

Reckless: The Sequel
1998
as Richard Crane

Hostage
1992
as Fredericks

The Misanthrope
1980
as Acaste

Falling
2005
as Henry Kent

The War That Never Ends
1991
as 2nd Athenian Representative

New Year's Day
2001
as Robin

The Comedy of Errors
1983
as Antipholus of Ephesus / Antipholus of Syracuse
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
as Smiley Face

Crossing to Freedom
1990
as Maj. Diessen

Alibi
2003
as Greg Brentwood

Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971
as Bungabine

Fools of Fortune
1990
as Mr Quinton

The Guilty
1992
as Steven Vey
Benefactors
1989

The Reporters
1972
as Alan

Hacks
2012
as Stanhope Feast

The Browning Version
1985
as Frank Hunter

A Royal Scandal
1997
as Lord Malmesbury

Wilderness
1996
as Luther Adams

Brimstone and Treacle
1976
as Martin Taylor
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
as Herbie

Caught on a Train
1980
as Peter

The Kemps: All True
2020
as Harvey Stickles
Bedroom Farce
1980
as Nick

The Hanging Gale
1995
as Captain William Townsend

The Kemps: All Gold
2023
as John Farrow

The Last Contract
1998
as John Gales alias Ray Lambert

Sleepwalker
1975
as Ian

No Man's Land
1978
as Foster
A Room for the Winter
1981
as Stephen
The Imp of the Perverse
1975
as The Student

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
as Jeremy Swain

The Dive
1989
as Bricks
Love Song
1985
as Young William Hatchard

Beasts: What Big Eyes
1976
as Bob Curry

Hamlet
1992
as Narrator

School Play
1979
as Rose S J

The Long and the Short and the Tall
1979
as Private Bamforth

Hell's Angel
1971
as Dick Foster
The Four Beauties
1973
as Henry Batley

Once the Killing Starts
1974
as George Newton

Home Run
1989
as Bill English
The Drilling Fields
1994
as Voice-over

The Monkey's Paw
1973
as Herbert White
Adolf & Eva
2002
as Narrator (voice)

Customer Service From Hell
1989

Mrs. Weekley's Lover
2025
as D.H. Lawrence
About Michael Kitchen
Michael Kitchen (born 31 October 1948 in Leicester) is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as DCS Foyle in the British TV series Foyle's War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kitchen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 119 credits spanning from 1965 to 2025, Michael Kitchen has appeared in 67 films and 52 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Kitchen Movies
- GoldenEye (1995) — as Bill Tanner
- The World Is Not Enough (1999) — as Tanner
- Out of Africa (1985) — as Berkeley Cole
- Proof of Life (2000) — as Ian Havery
- My Week with Marilyn (2011) — as Hugh Perceval
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