Editing Mark Strong

{{short description|British actor (born 1963)}}
{{For|the American politician|Mark Strong (politician)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Mark Strong
| image              = Mark Strong by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption            = Strong in 2019
| birth_name         = Marco Giuseppe Salussolia
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1963|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_place        = London, England<!-- Just major city and country, no neighbourhoods or boroughs per the rules. -->
| alma_mater         = {{Unbulleted list|[[Royal Holloway, University of London]]|[[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]]}}
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1989–present
| spouse             = Liza Marshall
| children           = 2
}}

'''Mark Strong''' (born '''Marco Giuseppe Salussolia'''; 5 August 1963) is a British actor best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]'' (2007), Archibald in ''[[RocknRolla]]'' (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' (2009), Frank D'Amico in ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]]'' (2010), [[Jim Prideaux]] in ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'' (2011), [[Sinestro]] in ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]'' (2011), George in ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' (2012), Major General [[Stewart Menzies]] in ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' (2014), Merlin in ''[[Kingsman: The Secret Service]]'' (2014) and ''[[Kingsman: The Golden Circle]]'' (2017), [[Doctor Sivana|Dr. Thaddeus Sivana]] in ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]'' (2019) and ''[[Shazam! Fury of the Gods]]'' (2023), and John in ''[[Cruella (film)|Cruella]]'' (2021).

==Early life==
Strong was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in the [[Islington]] borough of London on 5 August 1963, the son of an Austrian mother and an Italian father.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brightest star in Mamet's plow |url=http://www.petergill7.co.uk/works/reviews/speed_the_plow_00/brightest_star.shtml |work=Peter Gill, playwright and theatre director |publisher=John Pavel |access-date=18 August 2012 |first=Imogen |last=Edwards-Jones |date=14 March 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=o2DP8rcvJ7PAo91RlKHbRQ&scan=1|title=Index entry |access-date=7 May 2016|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> His father left the family soon after Strong's birth, and Strong was brought up by his mother while she worked as an [[au pair]]. He later said, "The home I grew up in was a flat in [[Myddelton Square]] in London's Islington, a beautiful [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] square with a [[St Mark's Church, Myddelton Square|huge church in the middle]]. We moved around a lot when I was young. I remember flats in [[Walthamstow]], [[Clapton, London|Clapton]], [[Stoke Newington]], and [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]]."<ref name="Independent 2008">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-mark-strong-actor-age-45-926736.html |title=My Secret Life: Mark Strong, Actor, age 45 |date=13 September 2008 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=5 August 2017}}</ref> He said in 2008 that when he was a child he was inspired to become an actor by watching French actor [[Alain Delon]],<ref name="Independent 2008"/> but clarified in 2019 that he did not consider acting as a career until he was older.<ref>[[Craig Parkinson]]'s ''Two Shot Podcast'', episode "[https://twoshotpod.podbean.com/e/tsp098-mark-strong/ Mark Strong] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112110940/https://twoshotpod.podbean.com/e/tsp098-mark-strong/ |date=12 January 2020 }}"</ref>

When Strong was young, his mother legally changed his name to help him fit in with his English peers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6844982/Mark-Strong-how-I-put-the-fear-factor-into-Sherlock-Holmes.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6844982/Mark-Strong-how-I-put-the-fear-factor-into-Sherlock-Holmes.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Mark Strong: how I put the fear factor into Sherlock Holmes |first=Olga |last=Craig |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=20 December 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was baptised a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Vincent |first=Sally |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/apr/16/theatre2 |title=Hard man, soft heart |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |quote=He was christened a Catholic |date=16 April 2005 |access-date=21 June 2010}}</ref> He attended [[Wymondham College]] in [[Morley, Norfolk]], where he sang in two [[Punk rock|punk]] bands, the Electric Hoax and Private Party—the latter's name based on the idea that people wouldn't attend their shows, thinking they were private parties.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock & Roll Performers|url=http://www.wcremembered.co.uk/rock_roll.html |website=Wymondham College Remembered |access-date=18 August 2012|date=15 August 2012}}</ref> Strong had ambitions to become a lawyer but returned to London after one year of studying German law at the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]]. He subsequently studied English and drama at [[Royal Holloway, University of London]] before attending the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4570816/Mark-Strong-the-strong-violent-type.html |title=Mark Strong: the strong, violent type |first=John |last=Preston|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=18 February 2009}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Mark Strong.jpg|thumb|right|Strong at the Berlin premiere of ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' in 2010]]
Strong appeared in two ''[[Prime Suspect]]'' serials for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] as Inspector (later Detective Chief Superintendent) Larry Hall, in ''Prime Suspect 3'' (1993) and ''Prime Suspect 6'' (2003). He also had starring roles in two [[BBC Two]] drama serials, ''[[Our Friends in the North]]'' (1996) and ''[[The Long Firm]]'' (2004), earning a [[British Academy Television Award|BAFTA]] nomination for the latter. He also played the villainous Colonel Brand in ''[[Sharpe's Mission]]'' (1996). He portrayed the romantic lead, [[George Knightley|Mr. Knightley]], in the 1996 ITV adaptation of [[Jane Austen]]'s novel ''[[Emma (1996 TV film)|Emma]]''. He then played the role of Steve in [[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|the 1997 film adaptation]] of [[Nick Hornby]]'s ''[[Fever Pitch]]''.

At the beginning of the 2000s, Strong appeared in ''[[Heartlands (film)|Heartlands]]'' and in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]], for which he was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Awards|2003 Laurence Olivier Award]] for Best Performance in a Supporting Role. He was later featured in [[Roman Polanski]]'s ''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (2005), played Mussawi in the film ''[[Syriana]]'' (2005), and played an assassin named Sorter in ''[[Revolver (2005 film)|Revolver]]'' (2005). He portrayed the traitorous Wictred in ''[[Tristan & Isolde (film)|Tristan & Isolde]]'', showing his talent with swordplay, and since 2006, he has provided the narration in the [[BBC]]'s genealogy series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''.
[[File:Green Lantern Comic-Con Panel.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Strong with the cast of ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]'' at the 2010 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]

Despite the persistence of rumours, Strong maintains that he was never offered the part of [[Anton Chigurh]] in the 2007 film ''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Strong refutes No Country casting rumour |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/news/mark-strong-refutes-no-country-casting-rumour |work=Total Film |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=18 August 2012 |author=Total Film |date=25 February 2009}}</ref> That year he played Pinbacker, the insane captain of ''Icarus I'' in ''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]''. Also in 2007, he portrayed Prince Septimus, the youngest of the seven Stormhold princes, in ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]''.

In 2008, he played Nick Calderelli in ''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day]]'', Mannie Miesel in ''[[Flashbacks of a Fool]]'', Finn in ''[[Babylon A.D.]]'', Archy in ''[[RocknRolla]]'', and [[Philipp Bouhler]] in ''[[Good (film)|Good]]''. Also in 2008, he portrayed Hani Salaam, the [[Jordan]]ian intelligence chief and director of the feared [[General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan)|GID]] in ''[[Body of Lies (film)|Body of Lies]]'', marking his first collaboration with English director [[Ridley Scott]]. Strong's performance as Hani Salaam earned him a nomination for the [[London Critics Circle Film Award]] for Best British Supporting Actor, and his performance was mentioned by several critics, with Scott calling it "a marvel of exotic suavity and cool insinuation" while Ebert "particularly admired" his aura of suave control.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/body-of-lies-2008 |title=Body of Lies Movie Review & Film Summary (2008) |website=Roger Ebert |date=19 June 2013 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref>

In 2009, Strong played a lead part in the [[Channel 4]] film ''[[Endgame (2009 film)|Endgame]]'',<ref name="stage">{{cite web |first=Matthew |last=Hemley |title=C4 season to feature apartheid thriller Endgame |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/20224/c4-season-to-feature-apartheid-thriller |work=[[The Stage]] |date=26 March 2008 |access-date=17 April 2008}}</ref> and he played Lord Blackwood, the main villain, in ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', who has somehow returned after his execution with a plot to take over the British Empire using an arsenal of dark arts and new technologies. It was his third project with director [[Guy Ritchie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Exclusive-Interview-Sherlock-Holmes-Villain-Mark-Strong-16294.html|title=Exclusive Interview: Sherlock Holmes Villain Mark Strong|first=Katey|last=Rich|website=Cinema Blend|date=23 December 2009|access-date=23 December 2009}}</ref> He went on to work with Ridley Scott a second time in the 2010 epic adventure film ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'', portraying antagonist Sir Godfrey. That year, he also played Frank D'Amico, the head of a criminal organisation, in ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]]''. Strong says he is drawn to playing antagonists, trying to "understand the purpose of the character" and building a believable individual.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 April 2010<!-- pubtime from meta tags -->|first=Brian|last=Truitt|title=Mark Strong can do a 'Kick-Ass' bad guy|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-04-22-markstrong22_ST_N.htm|work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

[[File:Mark Strong (Berlin Film Festival 2011).jpg|thumb|Strong at the 2011 [[Berlin International Film Festival]]]]

In 2011, Strong played [[Sinestro|Thaal Sinestro]], a [[Green Lantern]] and [[Hal Jordan]]'s mentor, in the superhero film ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Strong Circling GREEN LANTERN? |url=http://www.mania.com/mark-strong-circling-green-lantern_article_120006.html |website=Mania |access-date=18 August 2012 |first=Rob M. |last=Worley |date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008071142/http://www.mania.com/mark-strong-circling-green-lantern_article_120006.html |archive-date=8 October 2012}}</ref> Strong said the film "closely follows the early comics" and elaborated, "Sinestro starts out as Hal Jordan's mentor, slightly suspicious and not sure of him." Strong went on to state that the character "is a military guy but isn't immediately bad". He also revealed that the outfit and other aspects of the character closely follow his early comic history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2010/04/mark-strong-will-channel-his-inner-david-niven-for-green-lantern |first=Brian |last=Truitt |title=Mark Strong will channel his inner David Niven for 'Green Lantern' |work=[[USA Today]] |date=6 April 2010 |access-date=7 April 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716205123/http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2010/04/mark-strong-will-channel-his-inner-david-niven-for-green-lantern |archive-date=16 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Also in 2011, he voiced Pod in ''[[Arrietty|The Secret World of Arrietty]]'' and Captain Titus of the Ultramarines Chapter in the video game ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]]''. The same year, Strong played [[Jim Prideaux]] in the [[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'', which was earlier played by [[Ian Bannen]] in the 1979 series. The film premiered in competition at the [[68th Venice International Film Festival]] on 5 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/lineup/off-sel/venezia68/tinker.html |title=Venezia 68: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – Tomas Alfredson |website=[[Venice Biennale]] |access-date=27 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323050554/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/lineup/off-sel/venezia68/tinker.html |archive-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>

Strong played Clive Cornell in ''[[The Guard (2011 film)|The Guard]]'' (2011), which is the most successful independent Irish film of all time in terms of Irish box-office receipts, overtaking ''[[The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)|The Wind that Shakes the Barley]]'' (2006).<ref name="TheGuard">{{cite web|url=http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4284243&tpl=archnews&force=1|title='The Guard' Topples 'Barley' to Become #1 Indie Irish Film|website=IFTN|access-date=9 September 2011}}</ref> He next portrayed the role of Jacob Sternwood in the British thriller ''[[Welcome to the Punch]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/x-men-star-james-mcavoy-heads-welcome-punch-26380|title=James McAvoy Heads to 'Welcome to the Punch'|date=12 April 2011|website=[[The Wrap]]|access-date=13 September 2011}}</ref> He played Matai Shang, the leader of the Therns in ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]'' (2012), and starred in the action thriller film ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' (2012).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/06/kathryn-bigelow-bin-laden-joel-edgerton |title=Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden film to star Joel Edgerton |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London|first=Ben|last=Child|date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-film-market/upi-takes-territories-on-kathryn-bigelows-zero-dark-thirty/5041885.article|title=UPI takes territories on Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty|website=Screen Daily|date=15 May 2012}}</ref> The film had its premiere in Los Angeles on 19 December 2012 and had its wide release on 11 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zero-dark-thirty-premieres-in-los-angeles/|title="Zero Dark Thirty" premieres in Los Angeles|publisher=CBS News|date=11 December 2012}}</ref> The film received wide critical acclaim and was nominated for five [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref name=Mark>{{cite web|title=Mark Strong set for 'Sleep'|url=https://www.variety.com/2012/film/news/mark-strong-set-for-sleep-1118061486/|access-date=1 August 2013|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=31 October 2012}}</ref>

In November 2012, Strong was cast in ''[[Mindscape (2013 film)|Mindscape]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/2012/film/news/strong-cox-farmiga-enter-mindscape-1118060870/|title=Strong, Cox, Farmiga enter 'Mindscape' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=John |last=Hopewell |date=17 October 2012}}</ref> a film in which a man with the ability to enter people's memories begins working on the case of a brilliant but problematic teenager to determine whether she is a sociopath or the victim of trauma. The film came to American cinemas in June 2014. [[Jaguar Cars]] produced an advertisement in 2014, initially shown during [[Super Bowl XLVIII]] and later online and on television, featuring Strong alongside fellow English actors [[Ben Kingsley]] and [[Tom Hiddleston]]. It was themed around their recent film roles as villains, and used the tagline "it's good to be bad".<ref name="Jaguar Advert">{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Walker |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/super-bowl-jaguar-previews-ad-674700 |title=Super Bowl: Jaguar Previews Ad Featuring Ben Kingsley, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Strong (Video)|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=28 January 2014|access-date=27 December 2014 }}</ref> That same year, Strong co-starred in the historical drama film ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' as MI6 chief [[Stewart Menzies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collider.com/mark-strong-imitation-game-ben-kingsley-patricia-clarkson-learning-to-drive/|title=Mark Strong Joins THE IMITATION GAME, Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson Lead LEARNING TO DRIVE|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=13 September 2013}}</ref>

In 2015, Strong won the [[Olivier Award for Best Actor]] for his role in ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'', which he starred in as Eddie Carbone at the Young Vic. When Strong went over to perform the play on Broadway in New York, he received similar levels of acclaim, and was nominated for the [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play]] and the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] for his performance. In 2016, he co-starred with [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] in the action-comedy film ''[[Grimsby (film)|Grimsby]]'',<ref name=Strong>{{cite web|first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming|title=Mark Strong Joins Sacha Baron Cohen in Sony Comedy 'Grimsby'|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/04/mark-strong-joins-sacha-baron-cohen-in-sony-comedy-grimsby/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426103151/http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/mark-strong-joins-sacha-baron-cohen-in-sony-comedy-grimsby/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2014|access-date=25 April 2014|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=24 April 2014}}</ref> playing a top [[MI6]] secret agent with Cohen as his idiotic football hooligan brother.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Mark-Strong-joins-Sacha-Baron-Cohen-cast-upcoming/story-21013121-detail/story.html |title=Mark Strong joins Sacha Baron Cohen in cast of upcoming comedy Grimsby |newspaper=Grimsby Telegraph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718120244/http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Mark-Strong-joins-Sacha-Baron-Cohen-cast-upcoming/story-21013121-detail/story.html |archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> Later that year, he starred in a production of ''The Red Barn'', by David Hare, which premiered in October 2016 at the National Theatre, (Lyttelton Stage), and co-starred in the [[Political film|political]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] ''[[Miss Sloane]]'', directed by [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Donnelly|first=Matt|title=Jessica Chastain Gun-Control Thriller 'Miss Sloane' Sells to EuropaCorp in Toronto|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jessica-chastain-gun-control-thriller-miss-sloane-sells-to-europacorp-in-toronto/|access-date=26 January 2016|date=12 September 2015|website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[American Film Institute|AFI Film Festival]] in November 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/afi-fest-2016-miss-sloane |title=AFI Fest 2016: "Miss Sloane" |last=Monji |first=Jana |date=12 November 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016 |website=rogerebert.com}}</ref>

Since 2017, Strong has narrated the pre-show etiquette clips presented before films at [[Vue International|Vue Cinemas]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=948878026930049024|user=vuecinemas|title=@KatieLeeMars It is Mark Strong. Please email us your postal address to hello@vuemail.com and we'll get that gift c…|date=4 January 2018}}</ref> In 2018, he starred in the hostage thriller ''[[Stockholm (2018 film)|Stockholm]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-noomi-rapace-boards-action-thriller-close-1003754 |title=Cannes: Noomi Rapace Boards Action-Thriller 'Close' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=15 May 2017 |access-date=7 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref> and had the leading role in Fox network's ''[[Deep State (TV series)|Deep State]]'', an espionage thriller in which he portrays an ex-spy named Max Easton, who after the death of his son, is brought out of retirement unwillingly, to avenge his death. In 2019, he portrayed the villain [[Doctor Sivana|Doctor Thaddeus Sivana]] in the superhero film ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]].''<ref>{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/shazam-mark-strong-talks-villain-role-1054332|title='Shazam!': Mark Strong in Talks for Villain Role|date=2 November 2017|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sky|first=Rick|url=http://www.contactmusic.net/mark-strong/news/mark-strong-spills-on-shazam-secrecy_5955962|title=Mark Strong spills on Shazam! secrecy|date=14 January 2018|publisher=ContactMusic.net|access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref> In the same year, Strong appeared briefly as the British Captain Smith in [[Sam Mendes]]’ World War I film ''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/colin-firth-benedict-cumberbatch-join-sam-mendes-wwi-movie-1917-1197679|title=Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch Join Sam Mendes' WWI Movie '1917'|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|date=28 March 2019|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328130756/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/colin-firth-benedict-cumberbatch-join-sam-mendes-wwi-movie-1917-1197679|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2020, Strong narrated [[public information film]]s for the [[Second Johnson ministry|UK government]] which outlined how the British public should approach daily life during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Govt taps Mark Strong for 'delay' stage of coronavirus campaign|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/govt-taps-mark-strong-delay-stage-coronavirus-campaign/1677169|access-date=2020-12-28|website=campaignlive.co.uk}}</ref>

In March 2021, Strong was the castaway on BBC Radio 4's ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title= Desert Island Discs: Mark Strong, Actor | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000sxfy | date= 7 March 2021| website= [[BBC Online]]| access-date= 12 March 2021 }}</ref> Later that same year, he co-starred in the Disney comedy-drama film ''[[Cruella (film)|Cruella]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/TobyonTV/status/1171709665346039808 |title=Ooooh Mark Strong says he starts work with Emma Thompson & Emma Stone on #Cruella this Friday (via @BBC6Music) |last=Earle |first=Toby |date=September 11, 2019 |website=[[Twitter]] |access-date=September 11, 2019}}</ref>

==In the media==
''[[GQ]]'' magazine named Strong as one of its 50 best dressed men in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015 |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015/ |work=GQ |date=5 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107145128/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015 |archive-date=7 January 2015 }}</ref> He has named [[David Bowie]] as his style icon.<ref name="Independent 2008"/>

==Personal life==
Strong is married to television producer Liza Marshall,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/mark-strong-on-a-life-playing-spies-villains-and-mora-1845421453|title=Mark Strong on spies, villains, and morally compromised doctors|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=23 October 2020 }}</ref> with whom he has two sons: Gabriel and Roman.<ref name="violent">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4570816/Mark-Strong-the-strong-violent-type.html |title=Mark Strong: the strong, violent type|date=18 February 2009|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=18 November 2010|location=London|first=John |last=Preston}}</ref> They live in [[North London]], which Strong discussed in 2007: "I've got no desire to live anywhere else. I was born here, my wife was born here, my kids were born here, and this is where we're going to stay. [...] I'm able to keep my head below the parapet. I get on with my work, I have a family, and I get on [[London Underground|the Tube]]. It just so happens that I'm doing this job."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/article/welcome-punch-interview-mark-strong|title=Welcome to the Punch: interview with Mark Strong|website=City AM|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142503/http://www.cityam.com/article/welcome-punch-interview-mark-strong|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="independent anti-hero">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/interview-why-actor-mark-strong-is-an-accidental-antihero-397214.html |title=Interview: Why actor Mark Strong is an accidental anti-hero |date=19 October 2007 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=17 November 2010|location=London}}</ref>

Strong is a lifelong fan of [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal FC]] and started attending games when he was seven years old.<ref name="Independent 2008" /><ref>{{Citation |title=What Arsenal Winning the Premier League Would Mean to Lifelong Fan Mark Strong {{!}} The Rich Eisen Show | date=29 March 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuVdx3Vi58U |access-date=2023-04-01 |language=en}}</ref> He has named ''[[Ace in the Hole (1951 film)|Ace in the Hole]]'', ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[His Girl Friday]]'', ''[[The Night of the Hunter (film)|The Night of the Hunter]]'', ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', and the work of the [[Coen brothers]] as his favourite films.<ref name="Independent 2008" /> He speaks fluent German and some Italian,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/may/09/mark-strong-ridley-scott-robin-hood |title=Robin Hood star Mark Strong: 'Real knights would have needed tea breaks' |newspaper=The Observer |first=Elizabeth|last=Day |date=9 May 2010|access-date=6 July 2010|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/features/INTERVIEW-MARK-STRONG.6293351.jp|title=Interview: Mark Strong |newspaper=[[Yorkshire Evening Post]] |date=13 May 2010 |first=Susan |last=Griffin |access-date=6 July 2010}}</ref> and provided the German dubbing for [[Daniel Craig]]'s voice in ''[[Obsession (1997 film)|Obsession]]'' when "German with an English accent" was required.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Strong Webchat|url=https://www.empireonline.com/interviews/Preview.asp?IID=1031&CurrentPage=2|access-date=22 June 2015|website=Empire|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622132215/http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/Preview.asp?IID=1031&CurrentPage=2|archive-date=22 June 2015}}</ref> He and Craig previously lived together, became friends, and co-starred in the BBC drama ''[[Our Friends in the North]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Simpson|first=George|date=2021-06-03|title=Mark Strong blames Daniel Craig for failing Bond villain audition after drunken night out|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1444966/Mark-Strong-James-Bond-villain-audition-Daniel-Craig|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> Craig is also the godfather of Strong's son Roman.<ref name="violent" />

==Acting credits==
{{Pending films key}}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
!Director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
!Ref.
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Century (film)|Century]]''
| Policeman
|[[Stephen Poliakoff]]
|
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Captives]]''
| Kenny
|[[Angela Pope]]
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|Fever Pitch]]''
| Steve
|David Evans
|
|
|-
| ''[[Obsession (1997 film)|Obsession]]''
| John MacHale
|Peter Sehr
| German dub for [[Daniel Craig]]
|
|-
| 1998
| ''{{sortname|The|Man with Rain in His Shoes}}''
| Dave Summers
|[[María Ripoll|Maria Ripoll]]
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1999
| ''[[Elephant Juice]]''
| Frank
|[[Sam Miller]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]''
| István Sors
|[[István Szabó]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2001
| ''[[To End All Wars]]''
| Dusty Miller
|[[David L. Cunningham]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Hotel (2001 film)|Hotel]]''
| Ferdinand
|[[Mike Figgis]]
|
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Martins|dab=film}}''
| Doug
|[[Tony Grounds]]
|
|
|-
|Superstition
|Antonio Gabrieli
|Kenneth Hope
|
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Heartlands (film)|Heartlands]]''
| Ian
|[[Damien O'Donnell]]
|
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[It's All About Love]]''
| Arthur
|[[Thomas Vinterberg]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2005
| ''[[Revolver (2005 film)|Revolver]]''
| Sorter
|[[Guy Ritchie]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]''
| Toby Crackit
|[[Roman Polanski]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Syriana]]''
| Mussawi
|[[Stephen Gaghan]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''[[Tristan & Isolde (film)|Tristan & Isolde]]''
| Lord Wictred
|[[Kevin Reynolds (director)|Kevin Reynolds]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Scenes of a Sexual Nature]]''
| Louis
|[[Ed Blum]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]''
| Pinbacker
|[[Danny Boyle]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]''
| Prince Septimus
|[[Matthew Vaughn]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2008
| ''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day]]''
| Nick Calderelli
|[[Bharat Nalluri]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Flashbacks of a Fool]]''
| Mannie Miesel
|[[Baillie Walsh]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Babylon A.D.]]''
| Finn
|[[Mathieu Kassovitz]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[RocknRolla]]''
| Archy
|Guy Ritchie
|
|
|-
| ''[[Body of Lies (film)|Body of Lies]]''
| Hani Salaam
|[[Ridley Scott]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Good (film)|Good]]''
| [[Philipp Bouhler]]
|Vicente Amorim
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| ''[[Endgame (2009 film)|Endgame]]''
| Neil Barnard
|[[Pete Travis]]
|
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Young Victoria}}''
| Sir [[John Conroy]]
|[[Jean-Marc Vallée]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''
| Lord Henry Blackwood
|Guy Ritchie
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]]''
| Frank D'Amico
|Matthew Vaughn
|
|
|-
| ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]''
| Sir Godfrey
|Ridley Scott
|
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Way Back|dab=2010 film}}''
| Andrei Khabarov
|[[Peter Weir]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2011
| ''{{sortname|The|Guard|dab=2011 film}}''
| Clive Cornell
|[[John Michael McDonagh]]
|
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Eagle|dab=2011 film}}''
| Guern / Lucius Caius Metellus
|[[Kevin Macdonald (director)|Kevin Macdonald]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]''
| [[Sinestro|Thaal Sinestro]]
|[[Martin Campbell]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Arrietty]]''
| Pod
|[[Hiromasa Yonebayashi]]
| Voice role, UK English dub
|
|-
| ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''
| [[Jim Prideaux]]
|[[Tomas Alfredson]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Black Gold (2012 film)|Black Gold]]''
| Sultan Amar
|[[Jean-Jacques Annaud]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]''
| Matai Shang
|[[Andrew Stanton]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
| George
|[[Kathryn Bigelow]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| ''[[Welcome to the Punch]]''
| Jacob Sternwood
|[[Eran Creevy]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Justin and the Knights of Valour]]''
| Heraclio
|Manuel Sicilia
| Voice role
|
|-
| ''[[Blood (2012 film)|Blood]]''
| Robert Seymour
|[[Nick Murphy (director)|Nick Murphy]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2014
| ''[[Unity (film)|Unity]]''
| Narrator
|[[Shaun Monson]]
| Voice role, Documentary
|
|-
| ''[[Closer to the Moon]]''
| Max Rosenthal
|[[Nae Caranfil]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Before I Go to Sleep (film)|Before I Go to Sleep]]''
| Dr. Nasch
|[[Rowan Joffé|Rowan Joffe]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Mindscape (2013 film)|Mindscape]]''
| John Washington
|[[Jorge Dorado]], Occultum Luciferus
|
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Imitation Game}}''
| [[Stewart Menzies]]
|[[Morten Tyldum]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Kingsman: The Secret Service]]''
| Merlin
|Matthew Vaughn
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2016
| ''[[Grimsby (film)|Grimsby]]''
| Sebastian Graves
|[[Louis Leterrier]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Approaching the Unknown]]''
| Captain William Stanaforth
|Mark Elijah Rosenberg
|
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Siege of Jadotville|dab=film}}''
| [[Conor Cruise O'Brien]]
|Richie Smyth
|
|
|-
| ''[[Miss Sloane]]''
| Rodolfo Schmidt
|[[John Madden (director)|John Madden]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| ''[[6 Days (2017 film)|6 Days]]''
| Max Vernon
|[[Toa Fraser]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Kingsman: The Golden Circle]]''
| Merlin
|Matthew Vaughn
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''{{sortname|The|Catcher Was a Spy|dab=film}}''
| [[Werner Heisenberg]]
|[[Ben Lewin]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Stockholm (2018 film)|Stockholm]]''
| Gunnar Sorensson
|[[Robert Budreau]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]''
| [[Doctor Sivana|Thaddeus Sivana]]
|[[David F. Sandberg]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]''
| Captain Smith
|[[Sam Mendes]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| ''[[Cruella (film)|Cruella]]''
| John
|[[Craig Gillespie]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Charlotte (2021 film)|Charlotte]]''
|[[Alfred Wolfsohn]]
|Tahir Rana, Éric Warin
|Voice
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| ''[[Tár]]''
| Eliot Kaplan 
|[[Todd Field]]
|
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2021-11-24 |title=Todd Field Cate Blanchett Movie 'Tár' Sets 2022 Release & Adds Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Mark Strong & More |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/cate-blanchett-movie-tar-release-date-cast-1234879916/ |access-date=2021-11-24 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Nocebo (film)|Nocebo]]''
| Felix
|Lorcan Finnegan
|
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2023
| ''[[Shazam! Fury of the Gods]]''
| Thaddeus Sivana
|David F. Sandberg
| Cameo
|
|-
| ''[[Murder Mystery 2]]''
| Miller
|[[Jeremy Garelick]]
|
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=24 January 2022 |title=Jodie Turner-Smith, Mark Strong Join Netflix's 'Murder Mystery 2' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tony-goldwyn-jodie-turner-smith-murder-mystery-2-netflix-1235079986/ |access-date=February 5, 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Dead Shot (film)|Dead Shot]]''
| Holland
|Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
|
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Critic|dab=2023 film}}''
| David Brooke
|[[Anand Tucker]]
|
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|End We Start From}}''
| N
|[[Mahalia Belo]]
| Also executive producer
|<ref>{{cite web |date=7 September 2022 |title=Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong Join Jodie Comer on 'The End We Start From' Cast |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/benedict-cumberbatch-jodie-comer-the-end-we-start-from-1235362818/ |access-date=8 September 2022 |website=Variety}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| ''[[Atlas (2024 film)|Atlas]]''
| General Jake Boothe
|[[Brad Peyton]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Rourke |first=Ryan |date=2024-03-13 |title=Jennifer Lopez Is Stranded on Another World in First 'Atlas' Trailer |url=https://collider.com/atlas-trailer-jennifer-lopez/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411034016/https://collider.com/atlas-trailer-jennifer-lopez/ |archive-date=2024-04-11 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Silent Hour]]''
| Detective Doug Slater
|[[Brad Anderson (director)|Brad Anderson]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ntim |first=Zac |date=2022-11-02 |title=Mark Strong Joins Joel Kinnaman In The AGC Studios & Meridian Pictures Action Thriller 'The Silent Hour' — AFM |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/mark-strong-joins-joel-kinnaman-in-action-thriller-the-silent-hour-afm-1235161013/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102153604/https://deadline.com/2022/11/mark-strong-joins-joel-kinnaman-in-action-thriller-the-silent-hour-afm-1235161013/ |archive-date=2022-11-02 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 2025
| {{Pending film|[[Shadow Force (2025 film)|Shadow Force]]}}
| TBA
| [[Joe Carnahan]]
| Post-production
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2022-08-30 |title='Shadow Force': Mark Strong, Jahleel Kamara, Marvin "Krondon" Jones III, Natalia Reyes, Yoson An & Ed Quinn Board Lionsgate Action-Thriller |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/shadow-force-adds-mark-strong-marvin-krondon-jones-iii-more-1235102536/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830194905/https://deadline.com/2022/08/shadow-force-adds-mark-strong-marvin-krondon-jones-iii-more-1235102536/ |archive-date=2022-08-30 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| ''[[EastEnders]]''
| Telephone Engineer
| rowspan="4" | 1 episode
|
|-
| ''[[After Henry (TV series)|After Henry]]''
| Roger
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''[[The Bill]]''
| P.C. Gibb
|
|-
| ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''
| Mike Butterworth
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| ''[[The Buddha of Suburbia (TV serial)|The Buddha of Suburbia]]''
| Second TV Producer
| Miniseries, 1 episode
|
|-
| ''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect 3]]''
| Inspector Larry Hall
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Between the Lines (TV series)|Between the Lines]]''
| David Lacey
|  1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| ''[[Emma (1996 TV film)|Emma]]''
| [[George Knightley]]
| Television film
|
|-
| ''[[Our Friends in the North]]''
| Terry "Tosker" Cox
| Miniseries, 9 episodes
|
|-
| [[Sharpe (TV series)|''Sharpe'']] 
| Colonel Brand
| Episode: ''[[Sharpe's Mission]]''
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Band of Gold (TV series)|Band of Gold]]''
| Ed Smithson
| 3 episodes
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Spoonface Steinberg]]''
| Father
| rowspan="3" | Television film
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Trust (1999 film)|Trust]]''
| Michael Mitcham
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''[[Bomber (TV series)|Bomber]]''
| Colonel Chris Forsyth
|
|-
| ''[[Anna Karenina (2000 TV series)|Anna Karenina]]''
| Stiva Oblonsky
| Miniseries, 4 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| ''[[Henry VIII (TV serial)|Henry VIII]]''
| [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]]
| Television film
|
|-
| ''[[Prime Suspect#Prime Suspect: The Last Witness (2003)|Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness]]''
| Det. Chief Supt. Larry Hall
| 1 episode
|
|-
|2004
|''[[The Long Firm]]''
|Harry Starks
|Miniseries, 4 episodes
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Low Winter Sun (British TV series)|Low Winter Sun]]''
| Det. Sgt. Frank Agnew
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2006–2012
| ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''
| rowspan="2" | Narrator
| Voice, main role
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| ''[[The Great Martian War 1913–1917]]''
| Voice, documentary
|
|-
| ''[[Low Winter Sun (American TV series)|Low Winter Sun]]''
| Det. Sgt. Frank Agnew
| Main role, 10 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[Deep State (TV series)|Deep State]]''
| Max Easton
| Main role, 8 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[Untamed Romania]]''
| Narrator
| Voice, documentary
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance]]''
| Ordon
| Voice, 4 episodes
|
|-
| 2019–2021
| ''[[Temple (TV series)|Temple]]''
| Daniel Milton
| Main role, 15 episodes<br>Also executive producer
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2018-08-21 |title=Mark Strong, Carice Van Houten & Daniel Mays To Star In Sky & Hera Pictures Drama ''Temple'' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/mark-strong-carice-van-houten-daniel-mays-to-star-in-sky-hera-pictures-drama-temple-1202449689/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Deadline}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Home Game (TV series)|Home Game]]''
| Narrator
| Voice, documentary series; 8 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2024
| ''[[The Penguin (TV series)|The Penguin]]''
| [[Carmine Falcone]]
| 2 episodes
|<ref name="Sepinwall">{{cite web |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |date=September 12, 2024 |title='The Penguin': Colin Farrell Gets Up to Fowl Play in Batman Spin-Off |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/the-penguin-review-colin-farrell-hbo-1235096082/ |access-date=September 12, 2024 |publisher=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Vox Machina]]''
|Assembly Mage
| Voice, 1 episode
|
|-
| ''[[Dune: Prophecy]]''
| Emperor [[Javicco Corrino]]
| 5 episodes
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2022-12-01 |title=''Dune'' Prequel Series at HBO Max Adds Mark Strong, Jade Anouka, Chris Mason |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/dune-prequel-series-hbo-max-cast-mark-strong-jade-anouka-chris-mason-1235447074/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Variety}}</ref>
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Nine Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Nine Perfect Strangers]]''
| David
|
|
|-
| TBA
| ''[[Neuromancer (TV series)|Neuromancer]]''
| Armitage
|
|
|}

===Radio===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
!Ref.
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' || Himself||
|
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Venue || Ref.
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' || Biff Loman || rowspan="2" | [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], London || <ref name="CurtainUp">{{cite web |url=http://www.curtainup.com/speedtheplow.html|title=A CurtainUp London Review, Speed-The-Plow |date=17 March 2000 |website=CurtainUp |first=Lizzie |last=Loveredge |access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Closer (play)|Closer]]'' || Dan Woolf || <ref name="nationaltheatre.org.uk">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/sites/default/files/the_red_barn_-_press_release.pdf |title=Mark Strong and Hope Davis lead the cast of 'The Red Barn', a new play by David Hare |date=18 July 2016 |work=National Theatre}}</ref>
|-
| 1998 || ''{{sortname|The|Iceman Cometh}}'' || Rocky Pioggi || [[Almeida Theatre]], London || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/legit/reviews/the-iceman-cometh-2-1200453377/|title=Review: 'The Iceman Cometh'|first=Matt|last=Wolf|date=16 April 1998|website=Variety |access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Speed-the-Plow]]'' || Bobby Gould || [[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|New Ambassadors Theatre]], London ||<ref name="CurtainUp"/>
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' || Mikhail Lvovich Astrov || [[Donmar Warehouse]], London ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/sep/18/theatre.artsfeatures2 |title=Uncle Vanya |first=Michael |last=Billington |date=18 September 2002 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2014–2016 || ''{{sortname|A|View from the Bridge}}'' || Eddie Carbone || [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]], New York<br />[[Wyndham's Theatre]], London<br />[[Young Vic]], London ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/17/view-from-the-bridge-review-ivo-van-hove-arthur-miller|title=A View from the Bridge five-star review – Ivo van Hove reinvents Arthur Miller|first=Lyn|last=Gardner|date=17 February 2015|newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/13/view-from-the-bridge-young-vic-review-mark-strong|title=A View from the Bridge review – 'visceral and vital'|first=Laura|last=Barnett|date=12 April 2014|newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2016–2017 || ''{{sortname|The|Red Barn|nolink=y}}'' || Donald Dodd || National Theatre, London ||<ref name="nationaltheatre.org.uk"/>
|-
| 2024–2025 || [[Oedipus Rex|''Oedipus'']] || [[Oedipus]]|| Wyndham's Theatre, London ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Wyndham's Theatre: Oedipus Booking Until 4th January 2025 |url=https://www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/whats-on/oedipus#about-the-show |website=Delfont Mackintosh Theatres |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220205127/https://www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/whats-on/oedipus#about-the-show |archive-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
!Ref.
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Kick-Ass: The Game]]''
| Frank D'Amico
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]]''
| Captain Titus of the Ultramarines
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Total War: Rome II]]''
| Mark Monotone
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Eisenhorn: Xenos]]''
| Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Battlefield V]]''
| Single Player Narrator
|
|-
| 2021
|''{{sortname|The|Artful Escape}}''
| Stargordon
|
|-
|{{TableTBA}}
|[[Star Citizen#Squadron 42|''Squadron 42'']]
|Captain Thomas Wade
|
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Work
! Result
!Ref.
|-
|2003
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role]]
|[[Twelfth Night|''Twelfth Night'']]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 2003 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-2003/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor]]
| ''[[The Long Firm]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2008
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008|London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actor]]
| ''[[Body of Lies (film)|Body of Lies]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2009
| rowspan="2"| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Fight]]
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' (with [[Robert Downey, Jr.]])
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]]'' (with [[Chloë Grace Moretz]])
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2011
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
| {{won}}
|
|-
| YouMovie Award for Best Cast
| {{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="5"| 2014
| [[Gopo Awards|Gopo Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| ''[[Closer to the Moon]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| rowspan="3"| ''[[The Imitation Game]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble|San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Palm Springs International Film Festival]] Award for Best Ensemble
| {{won}}
|
|-
|[[Critics' Circle Theatre Award|Critic's Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor]]
| rowspan="6"|''[[A View from the Bridge]]''
| {{won}}
|
|-
|2015
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor]]
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/11531416/olivier-award-winners-2015-list.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/11531416/olivier-award-winners-2015-list.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Olivier Awards 2015: full list of winners |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=7 January 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] for Outstanding Actor in a Play
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Theatre World Award]]
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2019
| rowspan="1"| [[Teen Choice Award|Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain]]
| ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2025
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2"|''[[Oedipus Rex|Oedipus]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Critics' Circle Theatre Award|Critcs' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{IBDB name|501197}}

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