Adam Gillen

Acting

Adam Gillen

Born 1985-09-11 · Manchester, England

Adam Gillen is a British actor, best known for his role as Liam in the ITV hit series Benidorm, Brian in the Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat and Gavin in BBC's Prisoners’ Wives. In 2019 Adam Gillen was nominated for an Olivier Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Acting credits

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday poster
8.0

Ahead of the start of the tenth series of the award-winning ITV sitcom, this special programme talks to the show's creator and writer Derren Litten about how it was created and cast members talk about their roles.

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday

2018

Vita & Virginia poster
6.8

Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the two forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages.

Vita & Virginia

2019

Set Fire to the Stars poster
5.6

An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.

Set Fire to the Stars

2014

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6.0

Clumsy romantic Sunny is infatuated with glitzy but deadbeat, Francophile bingo-caller Pauline Dupondt and forgets the important things in life, like his 80 year old Grandmother Dot's birthday.

Affection

2019

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NR

Queen Victoria, the original "Instamum," struggles with postnatal depression while facing a photo shoot to show off her perfect family to the world.

Ma'am

2020

We Are the Freaks poster
5.1

Three misfits embark on a weekend they will never forget.

We Are the Freaks

2013

National Theatre Live: Amadeus poster
7.4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God.

National Theatre Live: Amadeus

2017

Dog Shit Town poster
NR

Keith Spoon, a lonely poet, is stuck in a seaside town. That is until a glittering passer-by captures his heart. He has no choice but to follow her and recount how he feels, in detail.

Dog Shit Town

2018

Romeo and Juliet poster
NR

Verona is sick. Its structures broken and its citizens in a state of desperation. When a system favours the few, the many are left with nothing but unhealthy choices. Amidst the violence, bloodshed, fear and unrest, two teenagers find unexpected relief in each other. But will love be enough to save them from society’s sickness?

Romeo and Juliet

2021

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