Elliot Levey
Acting
Born December 6, 1973, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Elliot Levey (born 6 December 1973, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is a double Olivier Award-winning English actor, primarily based in theatre. He read philosophy at Oxford University, where he met Emma Loach (daughter of Ken Loach), his wife; they have three sons. He won Olivier Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (Cabaret, 2022) and Best Supporting Actor (Giant, 2025). In theatre he has performed at the National Theatre, RSC, Donmar Warehouse, and Almeida, with 7 West End and 1 Broadway shows (Giant, currently running). His film credits include The Queen (2006), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and Murder on the Orient Express (2017). On television he is best known for playing Henry Kissinger in Watergate (2018) and Francesco Pazzi in Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015). He is represented by United Agents.
Filmography
- 2026Giant
- 2026Prima Facie — Thomas Buckley
- Bookish — Inspector Bliss
- Malice — Austin Samuels
- 2023National Theatre Live: Good — Maurice
- Anne — Elkan Abrahamson
- 2021Smudged Smile — John
- 2021The Amazing Mr. Blunden — Claverton
- 2021The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading
- Quiz — David Briggs
- Truth Seekers — Publisher
- 2019Martin's Close — Judge Jeffreys
- State of the Union — Chris
- Black Earth Rising — Consultant Jacob Sayers
- Press — Matthew Harper
- 2018The Child in Time — Prime Minister
- Watergate — Henry Kissinger
- 2017Murder on the Orient Express — Rabbi
- 2017National Theatre Live: Saint Joan — Cauchon
- 2016A Midsummer Night's Dream — Philostrate
- 2016Denial — Roger Levy
- 2016Fallen — Ethan Watkins
- 2016Florence Foster Jenkins — Edgar Booth Cunningham, Jr.
- 2016The Chamber — Denholm
- 2015Spooks: The Greater Good — Philip Emerson
- 2015The Lady in the Van — Theatre Director
- Jamaica Inn — Ambrose
- 2014National Theatre Live: Coriolanus — Junius Brutus
- Man Down
- 2013Philomena — Alex
- Truckers — AA Leader
- A Touch of Cloth — Aiden Hawkchurch
- Ripper Street — Ralph Ackerman
- 2011Much Ado About Nothing — Don John
- 2010National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art — Neil
- 2009National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well — 1st Lord Dumaine
- 2008Filth and Wisdom — Businessman
- 2006Beau Brummell: This Charming Man — Tailor
- 2006The Queen — TV Director
- 2004Judas — Eliakim
- 2003The Gospel of John — Nathanael
- 2003The Life of Jesus — Nathanael
- 2001A Lump In My Throat — Schmuley
- 2001The Low Down — Peter
- Holby City — Michael Townsend
- 1999Jesus — Tax Collector
- Casualty — Tim McCaffrey
- Lovejoy — Tony
- A Ghost Story for Christmas — Judge Jeffreys