Kevin Whately (born Newcastle upon Tyne, England, February 1951) is a British actor whose career includes several stage plays, among them an adaptation of 12 Angry Men, television appearances in Coronation Street and Peak Practice, and film appearances in The English Patient and Purely Belter.

His best known roles have been on television, as Neville Hope in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Police Sergeant Lewis in Inspector Morse.