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Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-06-02 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Bromley, Kent, England, UK

Pip Torrens

Biography:

Philip D'Oyly "Pip" Torrens (born 2 June 1960) is an English actor.

Torrens portrayed courtier Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama The Crown, aristocrat Lord Massen in the HBO series The Nevers, Herr Klaus Starr in Preacher, and held leading roles in Poldark and Versailles. His film appearances include The Danish Girl, The Iron Lady, War Horse and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He has played The Curator in Supermassive Games' Dark Pictures Anthology series of horror video games since 2019, appearing in four entries.

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Known For

Acting

2026

2024

Joy as Roger Short
Mr Bates vs The Post Office as Mr Justice Fraser
Renegade Nell as Lord Blancheford

2023

Extraordinary as Mr. Greenham (voice)

2022

Sherwood as Commissioner Charles Dawes

2021

The Nevers as Lord Gilbert Massen

2020

Des as Ivan Lawrence QC
Roadkill as Joe Lapidus

2019

The Aftermath as General Brook

2018

Down a Dark Hall as Professor Farley
Patrick Melrose as Nicolas Pratt
Succession as Peter Munion

2017

Darkest Hour as BBC Producer

2016

Kids in Love as Graham
War and Peace as Prince Bagration
Preacher as Herr Starr
The Crown as Tommy Lascelles

2015

The Danish Girl as Dr. Hexler
The Saboteurs as Wilson
Versailles as Cassel
Poldark as Cary Warleggan

2014

Gemma Bovery as Rankin
Salting the Battlefield as Jack Calderon
Effie Gray as Royal Academy / Times Journalist
Walter as Commander Angus Thomas
Marked as Steve Brash
Fleming as Esmond Rothermere
Grantchester as Sir Edward Kendall

2013

The Guest as Frank
Drone Strike as Commandant Ellis
Father Brown as Geoffrey Bennett

2012

Bel Ami as Paul the Butler
Anna Karenina as Prince Shcherbatsky
Gambit as Desk Clerk
The Scapegoat as George
One Night as Mr. Lerner
The Hollow Crown as Mowbray

2011

My Week with Marilyn as Sir Kenneth Clark
War Horse as Maj. Tompkins
The Iron Lady as Ian Gilmour
Love's Kitchen as Health & Safety Official
Spy as Crispin
Black Mirror as Philip Crane
The Promise as Major John Arbuthnot

2009

Dorian Gray as Victor
U Be Dead as Mr. Higginson
Law & Order: UK as Philip Nevins

2008

Miss Austen Regrets as Edward Austen-Knight
Easy Virtue as Lord Hurst

2007

Flood as Army Liaison Officer Richardson
Consenting Adults as Frances Graham Harrison
The Mark of Cain as Colonel Hampton

2006

Pinochet in Suburbia as Michael Caplan
Dresden as Saundby
The Path to 9/11 as Paul Kessler

2005

Valiant as Lofty (voice)
A View from a Hill as Squire Richards
The Government Inspector as John Scarlett
Ian Fleming: Bondmaker as Noel Coward
Class of '76 as Supt Flood
Pride & Prejudice as Netherfield Butler
Broken News as Sam French - Bullet Points Presenter
Doctor Who as Rocastle
Class of '76 as Supt Flood
The Rotters' Club as English Master

2004

When I'm Sixty-Four as Headmaster
Agatha Christie's Marple as Noël Coward
Hustle as Heinz Zimmermann
Green Wing as Neurosurgeon

2003

Gifted as Richard Neilson

2002

The Project as MoD Official
Sunday as Inquiry Lawyer
Dead Gorgeous as Rex Ballard
Believe Nothing as Le Fanu
Spooks as Charles Lee
Shackleton as James McIlroy

2001

To End All Wars as Lt. Foxworth
The Whistle-Blower as Philip Amis
Lorna Doone as Colonel Kirke
All the Queen's Men as British Major
Revelation as Professor Claxton
Messiah as DCI Walmsely
Waking the Dead as Dennis Holland

2000

Longitude as Capt. Lindsay
Trust as Jenkins
Rebus as Andrew Hammill
Lorna Doone as Colonel Kirke

1999

Rogue Trader as Simon Jones
Pure Wickedness as Dr. Phil Gold

1997

Tomorrow Never Dies as Captain - HMS Bedford
Incognito as White (Defense)
Bodyguards as Robert Ferguson
Midsomer Murders as Fergal Jenner
Midsomer Murders as Group Captain Jeremy Ford

1996

1995

Kavanagh Q.C. as Miles Petersham
Hamish Macbeth as Peter Peterson

1994

1993

The Remains of the Day as Doctor Richard Carlisle
Peak Practice as Harry Kenyon
To Play the King as Andrew Harding

1992

Patriot Games as First Aide
Monkey Boy as Windeler
Heartbeat as James Moncrieff

1991

Absolute Hell as Nigel Childs
The Object of Beauty as Art Evaluator
Murder Most Horrid as News Presenter
The Brittas Empire as John Rawlinson
Chimera as Windeler

1990

Mountains of the Moon as Lt. Hesketh

1989

Arms and the Man as Captain Bluntschli
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Jeremy Cloade

1988

A Handful of Dust as Jock Grant-Menzies

1987

Little Dorrit as Henry Gowan

1986

Lady Jane as Thomas
Lovejoy as Christian Shotley

1984

1979

Minder as Muldier

1972

Van der Valk as Michael De Groot

1971

A Ghost Story for Christmas as Squire Richards

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Vindicta as Adnon Svoboda
Savage House as Mr. Black