Edward Maurice Charles Marsan (born 9 June 1968) is an English actor. He won the London Film Critics Circle Award and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Happy-Go-Lucky in 2008.
He has appeared in films such as Gangster No. 1 (2000), Ultimate Force (2002), V for Vendetta (2006), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Sixty Six (2006), Hancock (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009), War Horse (2011), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), The Best of Men (2012), and The World's End (2013). He also appeared as Terry in Showtime's series Ray Donovan (2013–2020), and as Mr Norrell in the BBC drama Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015).
Known For
Deadpool 2
(2018)
Headmaster
Wrath of Man
(2021)
Terry
Back to Black
(2024)
Mitch Winehouse
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
(2019)
Professor Andreiko
Mission: Impossible III
(2006)
Brownway
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
(2023)
Norman
Gangs of New York
(2002)
Killoran
Once Upon a Deadpool
(2018)
Headmaster
Sherlock Holmes
(2009)
Inspector Lestrade
The Gentlemen
(2020)
Big Dave
V for Vendetta
(2006)
Etheridge
The Contractor
(2022)
Virgil
Snow White and the Huntsman
(2012)
Duir
Jack the Giant Slayer
(2013)
Crawe
White Boy Rick
(2018)
Art Derrick
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
(2011)
Inspector Lestrade
Full Filmography
Acting
The Yob
(1988)
Chip Shop Youth (uncredited)
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
(1988)
Youth in Cantonese Takeaway (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Little
(1997)
Thief
You Are Here
(1998)
Nigel Pubis
Crime and Punishment
(1998)
Dimitri
B. Monkey
(1999)
Young Thug
Mad Cows
(1999)
Constable
Plastic Man
(1999)
Liam Cooper
This Year's Love
(1999)
Eddie
Janice Beard 45 WPM
(1999)
Mr Tense
Gangster No. 1
(2000)
Eddie Miller
Peaches
(2000)
Brian
The Emperor's New Clothes
(2001)
Louis Marchand
The Bunker
(2001)
Pfc Kreuzmann
Gangs of New York
(2002)
Killoran
Bodily Harm
(2002)
Bernard Chalk
Cheeky
(2003)
Reg
21 Grams
(2003)
Reverend John
Vera Drake
(2004)
Reg
Quite Ugly One Morning
(2004)
Stephen Lime
Caught in the Act
(2004)
Gary Grissom
Post
(2004)
Jack
The Rocket Post
(2004)
Heinz Dombrowsky
Shadow of the Sword
(2005)
Fabio
Friends & Crocodiles
(2005)
Butterworth
The New World
(2005)
Eddie
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
(2005)
James 'Tish' Corbitt
Match Point
(2005)
Office Worker (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Words
(2005)
Victor
Beowulf & Grendel
(2005)
Father Brendan
Mission: Impossible III
(2006)
Brownway
Sixty Six
(2006)
Manny Rubens
V for Vendetta
(2006)
Etheridge
Miami Vice
(2006)
Nicholas
The Illusionist
(2006)
Josef Fischer
Grow Your Own
(2007)
Little John
I Want Candy
(2007)
Doug Perry
The 39 Steps
(2008)
Scudder
Me and Orson Welles
(2008)
John Houseman
God on Trial
(2008)
Lieble
Hancock
(2008)
Red
Happy-Go-Lucky
(2008)
Scott
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
(2009)
Jack Whitehead
Faintheart
(2009)
Richard
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
(2009)
Jack Whitehead
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
(2009)
Vic
Heartless
(2009)
Weapons Man
Sherlock Holmes
(2009)
Inspector Lestrade
London Boulevard
(2010)
DI Bailey
Man and Boy
(2010)
Carson
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
(2011)
Inspector Lestrade
War Horse
(2011)
Sgt. Fry
Tyrannosaur
(2011)
James
Junkhearts
(2011)
Frank
A Running Jump
(2012)
Perry
I, Anna
(2012)
D.I. Kevin Franks
Snow White and the Huntsman
(2012)
Duir
The Best of Men
(2012)
Dr. Ludwig Guttmann
Walking the Dogs
(2012)
The Intruder
Boys On Film 8: Cruel Britannia
(2012)
Carson (segment "Man and Boy")
Still Life
(2013)
John May
Filth
(2013)
Bladesey
The World's End
(2013)
Peter Page
Jack the Giant Slayer
(2013)
Crawe
Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End
(2013)
Self
The One and Only Mike Leigh
(2014)
Himself
Broadmoor - Inside Britain's Highest Security Psychiatric Hospital
(2014)
Narrator
God's Pocket
(2014)
Smilin' Jack Moran
X+Y
(2014)
Richard
Concussion
(2015)
Dr. Steven DeKosky
The Limehouse Golem
(2016)
Uncle Tommy Farr
A Kind of Murder
(2016)
Marty Kimmel
Their Finest
(2017)
Sammy Smith
Atomic Blonde
(2017)
Spyglass
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
(2017)
Agency Man
The Exception
(2017)
Heinrich Himmler
7 Days in Entebbe
(2018)
Shimon Peres
Deadpool 2
(2018)
Headmaster
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
(2018)
Vihaan
Vice
(2018)
Paul Wolfowitz
White Boy Rick
(2018)
Art Derrick
Once Upon a Deadpool
(2018)
Headmaster
Pets United
(2019)
Mayor Frank Stone
The Professor and the Madman
(2019)
Muncie
Hostage Radio
(2019)
Jarvis Dolan
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
(2019)
Professor Andreiko
Abigail
(2019)
Jonathan Foster
The Gentlemen
(2020)
Big Dave
Wrath of Man
(2021)
Terry
Charlotte
(2021)
Albert Salomon (voice)
The Virtuoso
(2021)
The Loner
Flag Day
(2021)
Mr. Emmanuel
Ray Donovan: The Movie
(2022)
Terry Donovan
The Contractor
(2022)
Virgil
Choose or Die
(2022)
Hal
Vesper
(2022)
Jonas
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
(2023)
Norman
Fair Play
(2023)
Campbell
Firebrand
(2024)
Edward Seymour
Back to Black
(2024)
Mitch Winehouse