Jamie Dornan is known to many for his role as bondage connoisseur Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades franchise, a part he played from 2015 to 2018.

But from his part as a journalist who risks his life fighting to bring us the truth in A Private War, to his role as Czechoslovak resistance fighter Jan Kubiš in Anthropoid, to Sir Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming black-and-white memoir Belfast – in which Dornan essentially stars as the filmmaker’s father – Dornan has proved there is much more to his career than his appearance in the divisive Fifty Shades of Grey.

Speaking recently to GQ, Dornan admitted that the Fifty Shades trilogy will always be a point of reference in regards to his career for some people – but this actually “lights a fire” within him.

He explained: “The line in the press is always, ‘It’s the best thing he’s done since Fifty Shades,' as if I am still needing to prove myself. I am still paying penance for that choice to get me back to where I was beforehand. Look, I get it, and, to be honest with you, it spurs me on. It lights a fire in me. If that means people saying, ‘Oh, actually he’s not that bad,’ well, so be it.”

The following are some of our favourite big and small-screen roles that Jamie Dornan has delivered across his career, as well as details of how to watch them.

If you can’t wait for the next Dornan show or film to hit your screen or streaming service, there’s plenty here to look back on and explore…

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  • The Fall

    A seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serial killer in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity. Thriller, starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan
    BBC iPlayer
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  • Fifty Shades of Grey

    Erotic drama based on the bestselling novel by E L James. When student Anastasia Steele goes to interview wealthy and charismatic businessman Christian Grey, the mutual attraction is immediate and intense. But she soon discovers that Grey wants to control the relationship on his terms.
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  • Fifty Shades Darker

    The bookish Anastasia Steele and damaged billionaire playboy Christian Grey continue their sado masochistic relationship, while their safety is threatened by strangers from his past. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her. Erotic drama sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey, starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson, Bella Heathcote and Rita Ora
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  • Fifty Shades Freed

    Erotic drama starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan. In the final part of the trilogy, newlyweds Anastasia and Christian struggle to maintain their happily ever after as an old rival returns to target Grey Enterprises.
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  • Wild Mountain Thyme

    A willful Irish farmer's romantic attraction to her neighbour is initially thwarted by his obliviousness to her affections. Their relationship begins to blossom through the latter's indignation over his father's plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew. A romantic comedy Starring Emily Blunt and Jon Hamm
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  • Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

    Lifelong friends Barb and Star leave their small Midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida. However, they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love, and a villain's evil plot to kill everyone in town. Comedy, starring Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo and Jamie Dornan

  • A Private War

    War correspondent Marie Colvin is driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless. In 2012, she and photographer Paul Conroy cover the conflict in the city of Homs, where they find thousands of Syrian men, women and children caught in the crossfire. Biopic, starring Rosamund Pike, Greg Wise and Tom Hollander

  • Anthropoid

    Second World War drama based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the mission to assassinate SS general Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler. Starring Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy
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  • Synchronic

    After investigating a brutal attack, paramedics Steve and Dennis patrol New Orleans dealing with equally unusual assaults. It transpires that Synchronic, a designer drug with unusual side effects, may be to blame. Before long Steve is locked in a race against time to find a missing young woman. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's sci-fi thriller, starring Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan and Katie Aselton
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  • Trolls World Tour

    Animated musical adventure featuring the voices of Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake. Queen Barb of the Hard Rock tribe is determined to destroy all other types of music so that rock 'n' roll rules. Standing in her way are troll pals Poppy and Branch, who resolve to unite the remaining tribes and save the magic of music.

  • Endings, Beginnings

    Reeling from a bad break-up, Daphne finds herself adrift until she meets two men at a party. Romantic drama with Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan.

  • Untogether

    A recently sober writer - once a prodigy - starts an affair with a newly famous author. With Jamie Dornan.

  • The 9th Life of Louis Drax

    A neurologist treats a boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall on his birthday, and makes a startling discovery as he delves into the pattern of bizarre coincidences that have driven every aspect of the injured child's life. Thriller based on the novel by Liz Jensen, starring Jamie Dorman and Aiden Longworth

  • New Worlds

    The 1680s bring a new King, Restoration, and more tyranny. In Massachusetts, a robber's son falls for an anti-monarchist. In England, a young lady falls for an outlaw.
    All4

  • Shadows in the Sun

    A mysterious young loner changes the lives of one family and helps them rediscover their roots and deep affection for one another.

  • The Tourist

    Drama, starring Jamie Dornan as a man with no memory pursued across the Australian Outback by enemies from the past he cannot remember
    BBC iPlayer
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