Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen is one of those actors who makes restraint look like a superpower, and Foyle's War is the proof. I came for the World War II mysteries and stayed because Christopher Foyle — that quietly furious, morally unbreakable detective — felt more real than most characters in flashier, louder shows. Kitchen plays him with almost no wasted movement: a raised eyebrow, a long pause, a soft "quite," and you understand everything. Nine series across thirteen years, and the quality never slipped. His Bond appearances as Bill Tanner are blink-and-miss, but even there he's the most believable person in the room. Leicester-born, trained at city level, no Hollywood noise around him — just decades of precise, unhurried craft that rewards anyone paying attention.

Name (English)

Michael Kitchen

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・キッチン

Reading

まいける・きっちん

Born

October 31, 1948 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

Origin

Leicester, United Kingdom

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

University

The City of Leicester College

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3

Tags

• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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