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Mark Strong

Mark Strong

17 films · 1,089 frames · top-billed in 5 · 20092023

Born 5 August 1963 · London, England, UK

Mark Strong is a British actor. He is best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in Stardust (2007), Archibald in RocknRolla (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009), Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Sinestro in 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), Dr. Thaddeus Sivana in Shazam! (2019), and John in Cruella (2021).

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Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 17 films · 1,089 frames · top-billed in 5 · 20092023

  • Theatre World Award2016
  • Laurence Olivier Awards

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,089 frames from the 17 films we hold. This is the look of the work Mark takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 17 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 44% low key — the look of the work Mark takes.

Time of day

Day46%
Night43%
Interior8%

Lighting

Low key44%
Natural41%
High key10%
Silhouette5%

Shot size

Medium39%
Closeup29%
Wide21%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level88%
High angle6%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral57%
Tense20%
Lonely11%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,089 frames from Mark Strong's 17 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.