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John Thaw career

John Thaw averages 6.91 across 5 rated films as an actor, with Chaplin on top at 7.4.

Average
6.91
5 rated films
Best rated
7.4
Chaplin
Peak five
6.91
1962 to 1992
Votes
1,908
across every film
John Thaw, acting career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1962 to 1992, 6.91678196519701975198019851990Chaplin 7.4Dr. Phibes Rises Again 6.3Career avg 6.91

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

John Thaw's career barcodecoolhot
19629 films1992
Current formLast 5: 6.91 vs career 6.91 (+0.00)
  1. WThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner1962 · 7.2+0.3
  2. LDr. Phibes Rises Again1972 · 6.3−0.6
  3. LSweeney!1977 · 6.7−0.2
  4. WCry Freedom1987 · 7.0+0.1
  5. WChaplin1992 · 7.4+0.5
John Thaw career
Chaplin posterChaplin1992Fred Karno7.41,256
Cry Freedom posterCry Freedom1987Kruger7.0242
Sweeney 2 posterSweeney 21978Det. Insp. Jack Regan·13
Sweeney! posterSweeney!1977Det. Insp. Jack Regan6.728
Dr. Phibes Rises Again posterDr. Phibes Rises Again1972Shavers6.3163
Catch Me a Spy posterCatch Me a Spy1971(uncredited)·17
The Last Grenade posterThe Last Grenade1970Terry Mitchell·6
The Bofors Gun posterThe Bofors Gun1968Gunner Featherstone·6
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner posterThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner1962Bosworth (uncredited)7.2177

Feature films with 25+ TMDB votes count toward the average. Peak five is the best run of five films in a row; the 7+ run counts films in a row rated 7.0 or higher.

Sources: TMDB (as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z).

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