1996
Company
Won an Olivier Award for his performance as Bobby.
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From Shakespeare’s stage to the clever schemes of Hustle and modern screen drama.
Adrian Lester is a British actor and director known for Hustle, Company and Othello.
Birmingham, England
A career built across stage and screen
Adrian Lester is a British actor and director from Birmingham. His work ranges across theatre, television and film, with classical stage roles and long-running screen characters forming different parts of his career.
On stage he won an Olivier Award for playing Bobby in Company. He later played the title roles in Henry V and Othello at the National Theatre, and Hamlet in a production directed by Peter Brook.
Television audiences know Lester as the con artist Mickey Stone in Hustle. He has also worked behind the camera, directing episodes of the series as well as other screen and stage projects.
In the 2026 action thriller Mutiny, he plays Navy Captain Adam Spencer. Sky’s cast guide describes Spencer as the officer assessing a distress call from the freight ship at the centre of the story.
The films below are those available on FLM.RED, not his complete filmography.
Selected work
2004
Hustle
Played con artist Mickey Stone in the BBC series.
2013
Othello
Played the title role at the National Theatre.
2026
Mutiny
Played Navy Captain Adam Spencer.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Mountview — actor and director biography
- University of Warwick — stage credits
- Birmingham City Council — profile
- Sky — Mutiny cast
- IMDb — screen credits
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.