
Michael Kitchen
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1948-10-31 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Biography
Michael Kitchen (born 31 October 1948 in Leicester) is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as DCS Foyle in the British TV series Foyle's War.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kitchen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
TV Shows (51)

Play for Today
1970
as Dick Foster / Alan

Minder
1979
as Maltese Tony

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Acaste

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Arthur

The Professionals
1977
as Duffy

A Touch of Frost
1992
as Jonathan Meyerbridge

Playhouse
1974
as Rose S.J. / Peter

Foyle's War
2002
as DCS Foyle

Inspector Morse
1987
as Russell Clark

Screen Two
1985
as Block

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Tommy

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Philip Swain

Pie in the Sky
1994
as Dudley Hooperman

Lovejoy
1986
as David Herbert

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969

Thriller
1973
as George Newton / Ian

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Waller

Between the Lines
1992
as Roger Boshier

Churchill's People
1974
as John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Centre Play
1973
as The Student

Screen One
1989
as Bill English

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Herbert White

Fall of Eagles
1974
as Trotsky

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Peter Coppard

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Narrator (voice) / Polixenes (voice)

Lady Killers
1980
as Reverend Father M'Enery

Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
as David the Director

Stay Lucky
1989

The Buccaneers
1995
as Sir Helmsley Thwaite

Oliver Twist
1999
as Mr. Brownlow

Lorna Doone
2000
as Judge Jeffreys

Country Matters
1972
as Henry Batley

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock
2014
as John Farrow

White Heat
2012
as Jack (present day)

Rik Mayall Presents
1993
as Jeremy Swain

Beasts
1976
as Bob Curry

Chancer
1990
as Roman

Second Sight
2000

Freud
1984
as Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow

Reckless
1997
as Richard Crane

To Play the King
1993
as The King

The Hanging Gale
1995
as Capt. William Townsend

A History of Britain
2000
as Reader

The Advocates
1991

Mobile
2007
as David West

Dandelion Dead
1994
as Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong

Wilderness
1996
as Luther Adams
Sunnyside Farm
1997

The Brontës of Haworth
1973
as Branwell Brontë

The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
as Herbie
The Drilling Fields
1994
as Voice-over
Movies (67)

GoldenEye
1995
as Bill Tanner

The World Is Not Enough
1999
as Tanner

Out of Africa
1985
as Berkeley Cole

My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Hugh Perceval

Proof of Life
2000
as Ian Havery

Enchanted April
1991
as George Briggs

The Russia House
1990
as Clive

Fatherland
1994
as SS-Untersturmführer Max Jäger

The Bunker
1981
as Rochus Misch

The Trial
1993
as Block

Mrs. Dalloway
1997
as Peter Walsh

Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
as Greg

Lorna Doone
2001
as Judge Jeffrey

King Lear
1982
as Edmund

The Railway Children
2000
as Father

Doomsday Gun
1994
as Doctor Christopher Cowley
Is That Your Body, Boy
1970
as Waller

Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971
as Bungabine

Breaking Glass
1980
as Larner

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
2000
as Lloyd George

Reckless: The Sequel
1998
as Richard Crane

Kidnapped
1995
as William Reid

Falling
2005
as Henry Kent
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
as Smiley Face

The Browning Version
1985
as Frank Hunter

The War That Never Ends
1991
as 2nd Athenian Representative

Alibi
2003
as Greg Brentwood

The Comedy of Errors
1983
as Antipholus of Ephesus / Antipholus of Syracuse

A Royal Scandal
1997
as Lord Malmesbury

The Hanging Gale
1995
as Captain William Townsend

Crossing to Freedom
1990
as Maj. Diessen

Caught on a Train
1980
as Peter

Wilderness
1996
as Luther Adams

Hostage
1992
as Fredericks

The Misanthrope
1980
as Acaste

The Reporters
1972
as Alan

New Year's Day
2001
as Robin

Hacks
2012
as Stanhope Feast

The Last Contract
1998
as John Gales alias Ray Lambert

Brimstone and Treacle
1976
as Martin Taylor

The Kemps: All Gold
2023
as John Farrow
The Imp of the Perverse
1975
as The Student

No Man's Land
1978
as Foster

Fools of Fortune
1990
as Mr Quinton
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
as Herbie

Sleepwalker
1975
as Ian
Bedroom Farce
1980
as Nick
Benefactors
1989

The Guilty
1992
as Steven Vey

School Play
1979
as Rose S J

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
as Jeremy Swain

The Dive
1989
as Bricks
A Room for the Winter
1981
as Stephen

The Kemps: All True
2020
as Harvey Stickles

Hamlet
1992
as Narrator

Hell's Angel
1971
as Dick Foster

Once the Killing Starts
1974
as George Newton

The Long and the Short and the Tall
1979
as Private Bamforth
Love Song
1985
as Young William Hatchard
The Drilling Fields
1994
as Voice-over

Home Run
1989
as Bill English

Customer Service From Hell
1989

Beasts: What Big Eyes
1976
as Bob Curry
Adolf & Eva
2002
as Narrator (voice)
The Four Beauties
1973
as Henry Batley

The Monkey's Paw
1973
as Herbert White

Mrs. Weekley's Lover
2025
as D.H. Lawrence
About Michael Kitchen
Michael Kitchen (born 31 October 1948 in Leicester) is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as DCS Foyle in the British TV series Foyle's War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kitchen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 118 credits spanning from 1965 to 2025, Michael Kitchen has appeared in 67 films and 51 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Kitchen Movies
- GoldenEye (1995) — as Bill Tanner
- The World Is Not Enough (1999) — as Tanner
- Out of Africa (1985) — as Berkeley Cole
- My Week with Marilyn (2011) — as Hugh Perceval
- Proof of Life (2000) — as Ian Havery
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