Will Sharpe

William Tomomori Fukuda Sharpe (born 22 September 1986) is an English actor, writer, and director. After writing for comedy shows and appearing in the medical drama Casualty (2009–2010), he made his feature directorial debut with Black Pond (2011). He gained further acclaim for his Channel 4 comedy-drama Flowers (2016). He then starred in the BBC Two series Defending the Guilty (2018–2019) and Giri/Haji (2019), the latter of which earned him a British Academy Television Award. Sharpe went on to direct the film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain and the Sky Atlantic miniseries Landscapers (both 2021). He also starred in the second season of The White Lotus (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Sharpe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

6.8

A Real Pain

Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Release Date:2024-11-01

Character:James

Vote Count:478

5.0

Emmanuelle

Emmanuelle, a quality controller for a luxury hotel brand, arrives in Hong Kong to evaluate a hotel run by Margot, having been tasked with finding a good reason to sack her. Searching for a lost pleasure, she has numeral sensual experiences inside the hotel, and crosses path with Kei, a mysterious client who she becomes infatuated with.

Release Date:2024-09-25

Character:Kei

Vote Count:48

7.0

The House

Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.

Release Date:2022-01-14

Character:Elias (voice)

Vote Count:1039

Landscapers
6.7

Landscapers

A seemingly ordinary British couple become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham.

Release Date:2021-12-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:173

6.9

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.

Release Date:2021-10-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:454

The White Lotus
7.6

The White Lotus

Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.

Release Date:2021-07-11

Character:Ethan Spiller

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:894

Giri/Haji
7.4

Giri/Haji

Soulful thriller set in Tokyo and London, exploring the butterfly effect of a single murder across two cities. A dark, witty and daring examination of morality and redemption.

Release Date:2019-10-17

Character:Rodney

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:136

Defending the Guilty
7.0

Defending the Guilty

Will Packham is an idealistic pupil barrister - or idealistic for now. Can Will hold onto his principles and prove he has what it takes?

Release Date:2018-09-19

Character:Will

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:9

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

This documentary showcases a number of new clips which have recently come to light from sketches which were thought to have been lost forever, some not seen for over 50 years, plus rare footage of routines performed in Australia when Cook and Moore made two episodes of their show, Not Only... But Also..., for the country back in 1971. Rob Brydon narrates this very special programme as Pete and Dud fans, friends and colleagues watch these newly discovered clips in the studio for the very first time. The programme includes contributions from Not Only... But Also... producer Dick Clement, Pete and Dud collaborator Barry Humphries, and long-time fans Richard Ayoade, Josie Lawrence, Will Sharpe and Ronnie Wood as they enjoy the sketches and reflect on the career of one of Britain's best-loved comedy partnerships.

Release Date:2016-12-31

Character:Self

5.7

The Darkest Universe

A romantic comedy set in space, or - to be more specific - planet Earth which follows world-weary banker Zac on his search for his eccentric sister, Alice, who goes missing while on a narrowboat trip with her new boyfriend.

Release Date:2016-11-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Zac Pratt

Vote Count:9

Flowers
7.2

Flowers

Dark comedy about the eccentric members of the Flowers family. Maurice and Deborah are barely together but yet to divorce. They live with Maurice's batty mother and their maladjusted twin children.

Release Date:2016-04-25

Department:Production

Job:Associate Producer

Character:Shun

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:81

W1A
7.8

W1A

The follow-up to 'Twenty Twelve' as Ian Fletcher takes up the position of 'Head of Values' at the BBC. His task is to clarify, define, or re-define the core purpose of the BBC across all its functions and to position it confidently for the future, in particular for Licence Fee Renegotiation and Charter Renewal in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

Release Date:2014-03-19

Character:Michael Chung

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:39

6.0

Black Pond

The Thompson family is accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table. Six months later, family friend Tim visits freelance therapist Dr. Eric Sacks and the story finds it's way to the press. The facts are bent and the details spun as the Thompsons become known to the public as 'The Family of Killers'.

Release Date:2011-11-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Tim Tanaka

Vote Count:21

Sherlock
8.5

Sherlock

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

Release Date:2010-07-25

Character:Corporal Lyons

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:5623

7.0

Cockroach

Kiyoshi's work as a pest control man leads him to a mysteriously deserted house. Then on his 20th birthday he receives a letter from his dead grandfather telling him that he is the Messiah.

Release Date:2009-10-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Kiyoshi

Vote Count:3

Absolute Surrender

This is the fictional story of a young Japanese American man called Frank Sugiyama who, after Pearl Harbor, is separated from his white American girlfriend Grace Williams. He has always dreamed of a future with Grace, to buy a house together and to start a family. He is sent to an incarceration camp and, on the way, meets Japanese American Mai Ikeda, who is with her mother, auntie and two young children. Mai's husband, Sam Ikeda, has been taken to a higher security camp because of his work running a bookshop that sells goods imported from Japan. In camp, Frank and Mai make friends and Frank becomes a sort of surrogate father to her children. This friendship deepens into something more complicated and romantic, but both are promised to other people...

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Amadeus

Amadeus

Set within the musical hub of bustling Vienna at the end of the 18th century, twenty-five-year-old Amadeus arrives in the city no longer a child and determined to carve his own path. Recently unemployed and without the management of his father, Amadeus finds an unlikely ally in a young singer who will become his wife, fiery Constanze Weber Mozart. Her connections help bring him into the orbit of the court composer Antonio Salieri, setting the three of them on a collision course that will ultimately define their lives and their legacies for years to come.

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Character:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Episode Count:1

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock
8.5

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

Brian Pern is an ageing rock star and former front-man of ground breaking progressive rock group Thotch. Like many artists of his age, rather than make new music, he spends more time trying to save the planet (including his campaign to teach gorillas how to Skype). Now, the BBC have asked him to front a major new documentary where he presents his guide to The Life Of Rock from prehistoric man to the present day.

Release Date:2014-02-10

Character:Young Pat Quid

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:7

Dirk Gently
7.0

Dirk Gently

Detective Dirk Gently operates based on the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

Release Date:2012-03-05

Character:David Cho

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:72

The Jonathan Ross Show
4.9

The Jonathan Ross Show

The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and currently airs on Saturday evenings following the conclusion of Ross' BBC One chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in July 2010.

Release Date:2011-09-03

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:21

Casualty
6.0

Casualty

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

Release Date:1986-09-06

Character:Yuki Reid

Episode Count:95

Vote Count:80

Too Much

Too Much

Jessica, a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever, slowly isolates from everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behavior, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. Until she meets Felix and finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore.

Character:Felix Remen

Episode Count:10

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