Actor profile

Tony Robinson

15th August 1946 Homerton, London, UK Acting

Sir Anthony Robinson is an English actor, comedian, author, presenter and political activist. He played Baldrick in the BBC television series Blackadder and has hosted several historical documentaries including the Channel 4 programmes Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History.

51 Movies 72 TV Shows 123 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Fallow Few poster

The Fallow Few 8th June 2025 as Canon F.G. Scott

Blackadder: A Cunning Story 16th June 2023 as Self - Contributor

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot poster

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot 15th June 2023 as Self

The Flying Scotsman - 100th Anniversary poster

The Flying Scotsman - 100th Anniversary 27th February 2023 as Narrator (voice)

Happy Birthday Mr Bean poster

Happy Birthday Mr Bean 10th January 2021 as Self

Tony Robinson's VE Day Minute by Minute poster

Tony Robinson's VE Day Minute by Minute 8th May 2020

7 Up & Me poster

7 Up & Me 3rd June 2019 as Self

Terry Pratchett: Back in Black poster

Terry Pratchett: Back in Black 11th February 2017 as Self

The Somme: The First 24 Hours with Tony Robinson poster

The Somme: The First 24 Hours with Tony Robinson 3rd July 2016 as Presenter

Tony Robinson's Victory in Europe poster

Tony Robinson's Victory in Europe 1st May 2015 as Presenter

Lost Submarines of WWI: A Time Team Special poster

Lost Submarines of WWI: A Time Team Special 1st January 2013 as Himself (presenter)

Breathing Fire: Secret Weapon of the Somme poster

Breathing Fire: Secret Weapon of the Somme 1st January 2012 as Host

Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV poster

Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV 15th December 2010 as Self

Saxon Gold: Finding the Hoard poster

Saxon Gold: Finding the Hoard 1st January 2010 as Narrator (Voice)

Ned Kelly Uncovered poster

Ned Kelly Uncovered 9th July 2009 as Presenter

Blackadder Rides Again poster

Blackadder Rides Again 25th December 2008 as Self

We Are Most Amused poster

We Are Most Amused 15th November 2008 as Self

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments poster

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments 16th October 2008 as Self

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga poster

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga 9th October 2008 as Self

Tony Robinson's Cunning Night Out 17th October 2007 as Himself

Hogfather poster

Hogfather 12th October 2007 as Vernon Crumley

Tony Robinson's Titanic Adventure poster

Tony Robinson's Titanic Adventure 20th December 2005 as Presenter

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy 3rd March 2005 as Self

The Real Da Vinci Code poster

The Real Da Vinci Code 3rd February 2005 as Self - Host

Robin Hood: The First Outlaw Hero poster

Robin Hood: The First Outlaw Hero 30th May 2004 as Self

Britain's Real Monarch poster

Britain's Real Monarch 3rd January 2004 as Himself

The Peasant's Revolt 1st January 2004 as Himself

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War poster

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War 30th January 2003 as Nick Reid

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making poster

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making 15th October 2001 as Self

The Real Macbeth poster

The Real Macbeth 1st January 2001 as Himself

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure 10th July 2000 as Pierre Duclos (archive footage)

Blackadder: Back & Forth poster

Blackadder: Back & Forth 29th March 1999 as Baldrick

Faeries poster

Faeries 23rd January 1999 as Broom (voice)

Cabot's Bristol poster

Cabot's Bristol 1st January 1997

The NeverEnding Story III poster

The NeverEnding Story III 26th October 1994 as Engywook

Sales People from Hell poster

Sales People from Hell 1st January 1989

Blackadder's Christmas Carol poster

Blackadder's Christmas Carol 23rd December 1988 as Baldricks

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years poster

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years 5th February 1988 as Sod Off Baldrick

Babylon poster

Babylon 4th May 1986 as Speaker (voice)

The Silent Twins poster

The Silent Twins 19th January 1986 as Dr Hamilton

Death of a Speechwriter poster

Death of a Speechwriter 1st January 1986 as Speechwriter (Voice)

The Oresteia poster

The Oresteia 9th October 1983 as Servant

Beyond the Pale poster

Beyond the Pale 6th January 1981 as Customs house officer

Follow the Star 24th December 1979

Doran's Box poster

Doran's Box 20th January 1976 as Matthews

Brannigan poster

Brannigan 21st March 1975 as Motorcycle Courier

Soap Opera in Stockwell poster

Soap Opera in Stockwell 11th September 1973 as Reporter

The Darwin Adventure poster

The Darwin Adventure 27th September 1972 as Man in the Crowd

Mates poster

Mates 11th November 1971 as Len

Carry On Cowboy poster

Carry On Cowboy 26th November 1965 as Rider (uncredited)

Richard III - Fact or Fiction? poster

Richard III - Fact or Fiction? as Himself

Tony Robinson's Marvellous Machines poster

Tony Robinson's Marvellous Machines 7th November 2023 as Presenter

Tony Robinson's Museum of Us poster

Tony Robinson's Museum of Us 17th October 2022 as Self -Presenter

Thames At Night With Tony Robinson poster

Thames At Night With Tony Robinson 26th November 2021 as Self - Presenter

The Madame Blanc Mysteries poster

The Madame Blanc Mysteries 16th October 2021 as Uncle Patrick

Britain's Forgotten Wars With Tony Robinson poster

Britain's Forgotten Wars With Tony Robinson 25th September 2021 as Self

Tony Robinson's History of Britain poster

Tony Robinson's History of Britain 4th January 2020 as Self - Presenter

The Thames: Britain's Great River with Tony Robinson poster

The Thames: Britain's Great River with Tony Robinson 4th June 2019 as Self - Presenter

Around the World by Train With Tony Robinson poster

Around the World by Train With Tony Robinson 25th February 2019 as Self - Presenter

Egyptian Tomb Hunting poster

Egyptian Tomb Hunting 27th November 2018 as Self - Presenter

Britain's Great Cathedrals with Tony Robinson poster

Britain's Great Cathedrals with Tony Robinson 30th March 2018 as Self - Presenter

All Star Musicals 24th December 2017 as Self - Performer

Tony Robinson: Coast to Coast poster

Tony Robinson: Coast to Coast 17th March 2017 as Himself - Presenter

Britain's Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson poster

Britain's Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson 15th October 2016

Hidden Britain by Drone poster

Hidden Britain by Drone 10th April 2016

Tony Robinson's Wild West poster

Tony Robinson's Wild West 8th December 2015 as Narrator

Tony Robinson's Time Travels poster

Tony Robinson's Time Travels 28th September 2015 as Self

Time Crashers poster

Time Crashers 23rd August 2015 as Host

Tony Robinson's World War 1 poster

Tony Robinson's World War 1 13th March 2015 as Himself - Presenter

The Real Mill with Tony Robinson 24th August 2014 as Self - Presenter

Man Down poster

Man Down 18th October 2013 as Daddy

Walking Through History poster

Walking Through History 30th March 2013 as Narrator

Plebs poster

Plebs 25th March 2013 as Daedalus Greco

Tony Robinson's Gods and Monsters poster

Tony Robinson's Gods and Monsters 26th November 2011 as Self - Presenter

Tony Robinson Explores Australia poster

Tony Robinson Explores Australia 3rd May 2011 as Self

Birth of Britain with Tony Robinson poster

Birth of Britain with Tony Robinson 1st September 2010 as Self - Presenter

Blitz Street poster

Blitz Street 19th April 2010

Man on Earth poster

Man on Earth 7th December 2009 as Self - Presenter

Big Top poster

Big Top 2nd December 2009 as Erasmus

Angela and Friends poster

Angela and Friends 9th November 2009

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night poster

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night 22nd March 2009 as Self

Unexplained poster

Unexplained 29th December 2008

Catastrophe 24th November 2008 as Self - Presenter

Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment poster

Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment 1st June 2008 as Self - Presenter

The Alan Titchmarsh Show 3rd September 2007 as Self

Hogfather poster

Hogfather 17th December 2006 as Vernon Crumley

Codex 12th November 2006

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self

The Worst Jobs in History poster

The Worst Jobs in History 28th August 2004 as Self - Presenter

Tony Robinson's Fact Or Fiction 22nd December 2001 as Self - Presenter

Easter Tales poster

Easter Tales 16th April 2000 as Judas Iscariot

Trigger Happy TV poster

Trigger Happy TV 14th January 2000

Big Bad World poster

Big Bad World 20th June 1999

Time Team: History Hunters poster

Time Team: History Hunters 21st November 1998 as Self - Presenter

The Heaven and Earth Show 6th September 1998

Airline poster

Airline 5th September 1997

My Wonderful Life poster

My Wonderful Life 25th February 1996 as Alan

Albert The Fifth Musketeer poster

Albert The Fifth Musketeer 5th September 1994

Time Team poster

Time Team 16th January 1994 as Self - Presenter

A Woman's Guide to Adultery poster

A Woman's Guide to Adultery 29th November 1993 as Marcus

The Good Sex Guide 11th January 1993 as Self

Virtual Murder poster

Virtual Murder 24th July 1992 as Roger Smith

Blue Heaven 10th June 1992 as Kenneth Mills

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles poster

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 4th March 1992 as Pierre Duclos

Teenage Health Freak poster

Teenage Health Freak 21st May 1991 as Headmaster

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men poster

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men 16th November 1989 as The Sheriff of Nottingham

Countryfile poster

Countryfile 24th July 1988 as Self

Going Live! poster

Going Live! 26th September 1987 as Self

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Reg Podmore

Bulman poster

Bulman 5th June 1985 as Professor Allerton

Tales From Fat Tulip's Garden poster

Tales From Fat Tulip's Garden 1st May 1985 as Narrator

Who Dares Wins 12th May 1984 as Various

Natural World poster

Natural World 30th October 1983

Blackadder poster

Blackadder 15th June 1983 as Private S. Baldrick

The Young Ones poster

The Young Ones 9th November 1982 as Dr. Not The Nine O'Clock News

Countdown poster

Countdown 2nd November 1982

Bergerac poster

Bergerac 18th October 1981 as Shlomo Denkovitz

Minder poster

Minder 29th October 1979 as Willie

Question Time poster

Question Time 25th September 1979 as Self - Panellist

NOVA poster

NOVA 3rd March 1974 as Younger Ernie

Black and Blue 14th August 1973 as Reporter

Play for Today poster

Play for Today 15th October 1970 as Matthews

ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre 11th January 1969 as Benny