Meet the cast of Patience from Breaking Bad villain to Gentleman Jack star
The cast of new crime drama Patience includes a Breaking Bad villain and a beloved Gentleman Jack star.
The new Channel 4 series introduces us to Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis), an autistic woman with a clerical job in police records at the police force.
Patience's talents and potential are recognised by Detective Bea Metcalf (Laura Fraser) as she recruits her for a new role to help investigate serious crimes.
The six-part Channel 4 drama has been said to offer a "unique and authentic perspective on neurodiversity" and all neurodivergent characters within the show are played by neurodiverse actors.
The crime drama was filmed across York and Belgium in 2024 and its first episode will be broadcast at 9pm on Wednesday, January 8 on Channel 4. But who stars in Patience?
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Who is in the cast of Patience?
Ella Maisy Purvis as Patience Evans
Patience Evans is a young autistic woman and self-taught criminologist working in the criminal records department of City of York Police. Patience is hyperlexic, meaning she has an incredible visual and auditory memory and can take in information at speed; as she files the cases in Criminal Records, she memorises them and is quick to spot patterns in the data that others may not
Purvis has previously appeared in Malpractice, Heartstopper and A Kind of Spark on CBBC
Laura Fraser as Detective Bea Metcalf
Beatrice is a Detective Inspector with the City of York Police and she boasts the best clear-up rate in the county. Bea brings Patience into her team and as she grows closer to Patience, professionally and personally, Bea will be forced to reassess everything in her life, from her approach to Police work to her son Alfie’s particular needs.
Laura Fraser is best known for her role as Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but audiences may also recognise her from Lip Service, Crime, Traces, The Loch and Black Box.
Nathan Welsh as DS Jake Hunter
Jake is Bea’s colleague and long-standing partner in fighting crime, so it’s little wonder that he finds the arrival of Patience slightly confusing. He feels slightly concerned for this young, autistic woman and is thrown by her instinctive methods but begins to appreciate her skills and view of the world.
Nathan Welsh previously appeared in Trust Me, Am I Being Unreasonable? and The Ledge.
Mark Benton as DCI Calvin Baxter
As Senior Investigating Officer on Major Enquiries, Baxter's job is already stressful but dealing with Patience and Bea severely stretches his management skills.
The Yorkshire actor is best known for appearing in Waterloo Road, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators, The Halcyon AND Land Girls.
Ali Ariaie as Will Akbari
Ali Ariaie takes on the role of Will Akbari, who Bea and Jake turn to for all the boring procedural work and watching through hours of CCTV.
Ali Ariaie has also appeared in The Great, Persuasion, Doctors and Raised by Wolves.
Adrian Rawlins as Douglas Gilmore
Douglas Gilmour is retired and he lives with Patience live in his rambling, characterful house. Douglas is her protector, but he’s also aware that he must let her grow if he’s to keep her safe.
Adrian played James Potter in the Harry Potter film series, as well as appear in other TV shows and films including Chernobyl, Darkest Hour, Andor, Gentleman Jack, Death in Paradise and Dickensian.
Tom Lewis as Elliot Scott
Tom Lewis takes on the role of Elliot Scott in the new crime drama. The star is widely known for his role as Thomas Sowden in Gentleman Jack and appearances in A Discovery of Witches and the music video for Lewis Capaldi's Wish You The Best.
Who else appears in Patience?
Ava-Grace Cook portrays a Young Patience, while theatre actor Connor Curren plays Billy Thompson, Maxwell Whitelock from Boat Story features as Alfie Metcalf-Haynes and Connor Curren as Billy Thompson.
