Debora Weston

Acting

Debora Weston

Born

1958-05-12 (68)

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Debora Weston (born 12 May 1958, United States) is an American actress and voice actor based in the United Kingdom. She trained at Yale University (BA in Theatre, 1976–1980) and the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Her most notable film roles include Nightbreed (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Creep (2004), and The Conjuring 2 (2016). She has also appeared in The Roads Not Taken (2020) and Jay Kelly (2025), and has a long-running television career in British series such as The City and the City and The Castaways. In theatre she has performed extensively on the London stage, including at the Wyndham's Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Bush Th…

Known for

American Playhouse poster
6.6

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

American Playhouse

1982

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World poster
6.7

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World is a 7-part British documentary/docudrama television miniseries that originally aired from 4 September 2003 to 16 October 2003 on BBC. The programme examines seven engineering feats that occurred during the Industrial Revolution.

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

2003

Dalziel and Pascoe poster
6.4

In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining down-to-Earth wit and humour.

Dalziel and Pascoe

1996

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory poster
7.0

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

Jay Kelly poster
6.1

Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager, Ron.

Jay Kelly

2025

ScreenPlay poster
6.0

Screenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one named "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" starring Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie.

ScreenPlay

1986

Film credits

2000s · 6 titles

1990s · 10 titles

Nightbreed poster
6.4

A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.

Nightbreed

1990

A Kid in King Arthur's Court poster
5.0

A Southern California kid named Calvin Fuller is magically transported to the medieval kingdom of Camelot through a crack in the ground caused by an earthquake. Once there, he learns he was summoned by the wizard Merlin, who needs Calvin to save Camelot. Using dazzling modern inventions, can Calvin help King Arthur retain his crown and thwart the evil Lord Belasco?

A Kid in King Arthur's Court

1995

Kafka poster
6.4

After a colleague is murdered, insurance worker Kafka gets embroiled in an underground group who are attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society.

Kafka

1991

Loch Ness poster
5.7

Dr. Dempsey, an American scientist, is sent to Scotland to disprove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster. He is shocked when Laura, an inn-keeper, introduces him to a small family of Nessie-dinosaurs.

Loch Ness

1996

The Very Thought of You poster
5.7

Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, the narrative moving backwards and forwards gradually filling in the gaps until we see the whole picture

The Very Thought of You

1998

Chernobyl: The Final Warning poster
5.8

True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

1991

Small Metal Jacket poster
NR

1969: America is losing the war in South East Asia. A female officer plans a fresh initiative

Small Metal Jacket

1992

RPM poster
3.3

A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar.

RPM

1998

Nobody's Children poster
5.8

An American couple's battle through bureaucracy to adopt a Romanian child.

Nobody's Children

1994

Mosley poster
6.0

Jonathan Cake, Jemma Redgrave and Hugh Bonneville lead an outstanding cast in this mini-series tracing the turbulent political career and tempestuous private life of Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists during the 1930s. The mini series charts Mosley's rise to political notoriety through his personal life – from youthful rising star of the Conservative Party to potential leader of the Labour Party, and later abandonment of conventional party politics to become a figurehead of burgeoning fascism.

Mosley

1998

Series credits

American Playhouse poster
6.6

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

American Playhouse

1982

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World poster
6.7

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World is a 7-part British documentary/docudrama television miniseries that originally aired from 4 September 2003 to 16 October 2003 on BBC. The programme examines seven engineering feats that occurred during the Industrial Revolution.

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

2003

Dalziel and Pascoe poster
6.4

In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining down-to-Earth wit and humour.

Dalziel and Pascoe

1996

ScreenPlay poster
6.0

Screenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one named "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" starring Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie.

ScreenPlay

1986

Above Suspicion poster
7.0

Above Suspicion is a British crime drama programme starring Kelly Reilly as Anna Travis, a rookie detective determined to prove herself in the male-dominated police department by solving a trail of gruesome murders left by an unknown serial killer. Each series is based on a novel by Lynda La Plante: Above Suspicion (2009), The Red Dahlia (2010), Deadly Intent (2011), and Silent Scream (2012).

Above Suspicion

2009

In Suspicious Circumstances poster
6.5

Introduced by renowned English actor Edward Woodward, In Suspicious Circumstances is an anthology of reenactments depicting real-life murder mysteries, some famous and some obscure, exploring cases with elements of miscarriage of justice, unsolved mysteries, and unusual circumstances, often spanning different historical periods.

In Suspicious Circumstances

1991

The Castaways poster
7.1

Lori and Erin are on the holiday of a lifetime to Fiji. But after a huge fight, Erin never boards their final flight and the plane never arrives at its destination. Months later, no plane has been found, no survivors discovered. Until now.

The Castaways

2023

Mosley poster
4.5

Sir Oswald Mosley was a man who should have ranked with the heroes of the century... Instead his personal life and public career ended in disgrace and Mosley is now remembered as the leader of a dictatorial populist movement in the decade before WWII.

Mosley

1998

Signs and Wonders poster
7.0

The Palmore family's faith is tested by personal crises, including a father losing his congregation, a son's crisis of faith, and a daughter who is kidnapped and brainwashed by a cult leader.

Signs and Wonders

1995