Actor profile

Tony Benn

3rd April 1925 Marylebone, London, England, UK Acting

Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn was a British politician, writer, and diarist. He was a Member of Parliament for 47 years between the 1950 and 2001 general elections and a Cabinet minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s.

32 Movies 34 TV Shows 92 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Kenny Dalglish poster

Kenny Dalglish 29th October 2025 as Self - Politician / Activist

The Atom: A Love Affair poster

The Atom: A Love Affair 31st October 2019

Laissez-faire poster

Laissez-faire 30th January 2015 as Self (archive footage)

We Are Many poster

We Are Many 8th June 2014

Tony Benn: Labour's Lost Leader poster

Tony Benn: Labour's Lost Leader 14th March 2014 as Self (Archive)

Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth poster

Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth 21st June 2013

The Spirit of '45 poster

The Spirit of '45 15th March 2013 as Himself - Contributor

Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain poster

Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain 1st January 2013

London: The Modern Babylon poster

London: The Modern Babylon 3rd August 2012 as Self - Interviewee

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford poster

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford 17th June 2012 as Self

Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady poster

Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady 10th April 2012

Entertaining the Troops poster

Entertaining the Troops 20th September 2011

Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel poster

Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel 25th May 2011 as Self

Unlawful Killing poster

Unlawful Killing 18th May 2011

13 Hours That Saved Britain poster

13 Hours That Saved Britain 20th April 2011

Ethos poster

Ethos 10th February 2011 as Self

Sicko poster

Sicko 18th May 2007 as Self

Taking Liberties poster

Taking Liberties 1st January 2007

Trust Me - I'm a Politician poster

Trust Me - I'm a Politician 8th February 2003 as Self

The Battle of Orgreave poster

The Battle of Orgreave 16th October 2002 as Self

Missing Presumed Wiped poster

Missing Presumed Wiped 28th December 2001

Cabinet Confidential poster

Cabinet Confidential 17th November 2001 as Self

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand poster

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand 24th February 1999 as Self

The Scar poster

The Scar 1st January 1997 as Himself (uncredited)

How to Be Prime Minister poster

How to Be Prime Minister 22nd September 1996 as Self

Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell poster

Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell 11th November 1995 as Self

Anyone for Pennis? poster

Anyone for Pennis? 15th September 1995

Harold Wilson: A Life poster

Harold Wilson: A Life 24th May 1995 as Self

Blackpool Wakes poster

Blackpool Wakes 13th January 1989 as Self

Beyond and Behind the Vote poster

Beyond and Behind the Vote 4th July 1984 as Himself

News from Durham poster

News from Durham 1st January 1983 as Himself

Shades poster

Shades 11th May 1982 as Self (archive footage)

The Story of British Pathe poster

The Story of British Pathe 18th August 2011

The Week We Went To War poster

The Week We Went To War 7th September 2009

The 60s: The Beatles Decade poster

The 60s: The Beatles Decade 21st August 2008

The Book Show poster

The Book Show 2nd November 2006

The Mark Steel Lectures poster

The Mark Steel Lectures 7th October 2003

This Week poster

This Week 16th January 2003

Timeshift poster

Timeshift 10th October 2002 as Self - Postmaster General

Timeshift poster

Timeshift 10th October 2002 as Self

Timeshift poster

Timeshift 10th October 2002

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy poster

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy 3rd April 2002

Democracy Now! poster

Democracy Now! 1st January 2001

Clarkson's Car Years poster

Clarkson's Car Years 1st June 2000

Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun poster

Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun 3rd June 1999

HARDtalk poster

HARDtalk 1st April 1997

The Wilderness Years poster

The Wilderness Years 3rd December 1995 as Self

Wasted Windfall poster

Wasted Windfall 1st July 1994 as Self

Thatcher: The Downing Street Years poster

Thatcher: The Downing Street Years 20th October 1993

GMTV poster

GMTV 1st January 1993

Later... with Jools Holland poster

Later... with Jools Holland 9th October 1992 as Self

The Late Show poster

The Late Show 4th November 1988

American Masters poster

American Masters 23rd June 1986

Timewatch poster

Timewatch 29th September 1982

Wogan poster

Wogan 4th May 1982

Newsnight poster

Newsnight 30th January 1980

Friday Night, Saturday Morning poster

Friday Night, Saturday Morning 28th September 1979

Question Time poster

Question Time 25th September 1979 as Self - Panellist

Arena poster

Arena 1st October 1975 as Self

Weekend World poster

Weekend World 1st October 1972

One Pair of Eyes poster

One Pair of Eyes 6th May 1967

The Money Programme poster

The Money Programme 5th April 1966

Late Night Line-Up poster

Late Night Line-Up 20th April 1964

Horizon poster

Horizon 4th February 1964

World in Action poster

World in Action 1st January 1963

Panorama poster

Panorama 11th November 1953