Philip Dean Torrens is an English actor. He is known for his role as Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama The Crown, and for leading roles in Poldark and Versailles. His film appearances include The Danish Girl, The Iron Lady, War Horse and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In 2017, he joined the main cast of AMC's Preacher, portraying the antagonist Herr Starr.
Born
Thursday, 02 June 1960
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Nevers | Lord Massen | 2021 |
| Roadkill | Joe Lapidus | 2020 |
| Des | Ivan Lawrence QC | 2020 |
| The Aftermath | General Brook | 2019 |
| Down a Dark Hall | Professor Farley | 2018 |
| Patrick Melrose | Nicholas Pratt | 2018 |
| Deep State | William Kingsley | 2018 |
| Darkest Hour | BBC Producer | 2017 |
| The Crown | Tommy Lascelles | 2016 |
| Letters from Baghdad | Dick Doughty-Wylie | 2016 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Nevers | Lord Massen | 2021 |
| Roadkill | Joe Lapidus | 2020 |
| Des | Ivan Lawrence QC | 2020 |
| The Aftermath | General Brook | 2019 |
| Down a Dark Hall | Professor Farley | 2018 |
| Patrick Melrose | Nicholas Pratt | 2018 |
| Deep State | William Kingsley | 2018 |
| Darkest Hour | BBC Producer | 2017 |
| The Crown | Tommy Lascelles | 2016 |
| Letters from Baghdad | Dick Doughty-Wylie | 2016 |
| Kids in Love | Graham | 2016 |
| Talking Preacher | Himself - Guest | 2016 |
| Preacher | Herr Starr | 2016 |
| War & Peace | Prince Bagration | 2016 |
| Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | Colonel Kaplan | 2015 |
| The Danish Girl | Dr. Hexler | 2015 |
| Versailles | Cassel | 2015 |
| The BBC at War | Actor (voice) | 2015 |
| Hetty Feather | Reverend Cranbourne | 2015 |
| Poldark | Cary Warleggan | 2015 |
| The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb | Wilson | 2015 |
| Effie Gray | Times Journalist / Royal Academy | 2014 |
| Gemma Bovery | Rankin | 2014 |
| Salting the Battlefield | Jock Calderon | 2014 |
| Fleming | Esmond Rothermere | 2014 |
| Breathless | Eric Smallwood | 2013 |
| Up the Women | Lawrence | 2013 |
| The Lady Vanishes | Reverend Kenneth Barnes | 2013 |
| Father Brown | Geoffrey Bennett | 2013 |
| Gambit | Desk Clerk | 2012 |
| The Scapegoat | George | 2012 |
| Anna Karenina | Prince Shcherbatsky | 2012 |
| The Hollow Crown | Mowbray | 2012 |
| The Fall of Singapore: The Great Betrayal | MI5 Officer | 2012 |
| One Night | Mr. Lerner | 2012 |
| Bel Ami | Paul the Butler | 2012 |
| The Iron Lady | Ian Gilmour | 2011 |
| War Horse | Maj. Tompkins | 2011 |
| Black Mirror | Philip Crane | 2011 |
| My Week With Marilyn | Sir Kenneth Clark | 2011 |
| Death in Paradise | Guide | 2011 |
| Spy | Crispin | 2011 |
| Love's Kitchen | Health & Safety Official | 2011 |
| Silk | HHJ Maikin, HHJ Makin, Makin LJ | 2011 |
| The Burma Conspiracy | Invité Plateau CNBC | 2011 |
| The Promise | Major John Arbuthnot | 2011 |
| Grantchester | Sir Edward Kendall | 2010 |
| St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Heathcoat Parker | 2009 |
| Collision | Deputy Commissioner Fraser | 2009 |
| U Be Dead | Mr. Higginson | 2009 |
| Dorian Gray | Victor | 2009 |
| Breaking the Mould | Radio Announcer (voice) | 2009 |
| Law & Order: UK | Philip Nevins | 2009 |
| Whitechapel | Travis Underwood | 2009 |
| Miss Austen Regrets | Edward Austen Knight | 2008 |
| Easy Virtue | Lord Hurst | 2008 |
| Consenting Adults | Frances Graham Harrison | 2007 |
| Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Edward | 2007 |
| Outnumbered | Armitage | 2007 |
| Flood | Army Liaison Officer Richardson | 2007 |
| The Mark of Cain | Colonel Hampton | 2007 |
| Inspector George Gently | Brigadier Phillips | 2007 |
| The Bad Mother's Handbook | Doctor Gale | 2007 |
| Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Olympius | 2006 |
| The Path to 9/11 | Paul Kessler | 2006 |
| The Chase | Hubert Bryce-Jones | 2006 |
| Pinochet's Last Stand | Michael Caplan | 2006 |
| The Chatterley Affair | Mr. Mervyn Griffith-Jones | 2006 |
| Dresden | Saundby | 2006 |
| Inspector Lewis | Malcolm Croft | 2006 |
| Missing | Derek Mailer | 2006 |
| Broken News | Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter | 2005 |
| Pride & Prejudice | Netherfield Butler | 2005 |
| Rome | Cimber | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | Rocastle | 2005 |
| Valiant | Lofty | 2005 |
| The Government Inspector | John Scarlett | 2005 |
| A View from a Hill | Squire Richards | 2005 |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Noël Coward | 2004 |
| Green Wing | Neurosurgeon | 2004 |
| Messiah: The Promise | DCI Walmsely, DCI Warmseley | 2004 |
| When I'm Sixty-four | Headmaster | 2004 |
| No Angels | Dr. Templar | 2004 |
| Hustle | Heinz Zimmermann | 2004 |
| Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance | Cosimo de'Medici | 2004 |
| Charles II: The Power and The Passion | Charles Hart | 2003 |
| Gifted | Richard Neilson | 2003 |
| Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | Dr. John Snow | 2003 |
| Rosemary & Thyme | Donald Westward | 2003 |
| Second Nature | Frank | 2003 |
| My Dad's the Prime Minister | Publisher | 2003 |
| The Last Detective | Captain Boyden | 2003 |
| Red Cap | Maj. Tim Garvey | 2003 |
| tlc | Mr. Copperfield | 2002 |
| Wire in the Blood | DI Brennan, Harrison | 2002 |
| Believe Nothing | Le Fanu | 2002 |
| Spooks | Charles Lee | 2002 |
| The Mystic Masseur | Governor | 2002 |
| Aka Albert Walker | Sam | 2002 |
| Sunday | Inquiry Lawyer | 2002 |
| Shackleton | James McIlroy | 2002 |
| All The Queen's Men | British Major | 2001 |
| To End All Wars | Lt. Foxworth | 2001 |
| The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells | Mark Pattison | 2001 |
| The Whistle-Blower | Philip Amis | 2001 |
| Revelation | Professor Claxton | 2001 |
| Office Gossip | Mark Spenser | 2001 |
| Lorna Doone | Colonel Kirke | 2000 |
| Waking the Dead | Dennis Holland | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure | Howard Carter (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Rebus | Andrew Hammill | 2000 |
| Longitude | Capt. Lindsay | 2000 |
| Big Bad World | Hugh | 1999 |
| Rogue Trader | Simon Jones | 1999 |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | Captain - HMS Bedford | 1997 |
| Incognito | White (defense attorney) | 1997 |
| Trial & Retribution | DCS Richard Lawson | 1997 |
| Where the Heart Is | Peter Viner - Cardiologist | 1997 |
| Midsomer Murders | Group Captain Jeremy Ford, Fergal Jenner | 1997 |
| Crime Traveller | Carter | 1997 |
| Bodyguards | Robert Ferguson | 1996 |
| Silent Witness | Richard Tate | 1996 |
| Hamish Macbeth | Peter Peterson | 1995 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | Howard Carter | 1995 |
| Kavanagh QC | Miles Petersham | 1995 |
| To Play the King | Andrew Harding | 1993 |
| The Remains of the Day | Doctor Carlisle | 1993 |
| Peak Practice | Harry Kenyon | 1993 |
| Patriot Games | First Aide | 1992 |
| Heartbeat | James Moncrieff | 1992 |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Howard Carter | 1992 |
| Maigret | Chief Commissioner | 1992 |
| Murder Most Horrid | News Presenter | 1991 |
| Chimera | Windeler | 1991 |
| The Object of Beauty | Art Evaluator | 1991 |
| The Brittas Empire | John Rawlinson | 1991 |
| Eminent Domain | Anton | 1990 |
| Medics | Jonathan Witley | 1990 |
| Jeeves and Wooster | Bingo | 1990 |
| Mountains of the Moon | Lt. Hesketh | 1990 |
| Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale | Gold Cufflinks | 1989 |
| The Nightmare Years | Major Radford | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Gordon | 1989 |
| How To Get Ahead In Advertising | Jonathan | 1989 |
| Poirot | Jeremy Cloade, Major Rich | 1989 |
| A Handful of Dust | Jock | 1988 |
| Little Dorrit | Henry Gowan | 1987 |
| The Lenny Henry Show | PC Monkhouse | 1987 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Michael Quin | 1987 |
| Casualty | Tom Price | 1986 |
| Lady Jane | Thomas | 1986 |
| Lovejoy | Christian Shotley | 1986 |
| Oxford Blues | Ian / Larry | 1984 |
| Minder | Muldier | 1979 |
| Van der Valk | Michael de Groot | 1972 |
