James Faulkner
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Sebastian Faulkner (born 18 July 1948) is a British actor, known for his many various appearance on television and in movies, usually in supporting roles. Faulkner made his big screen debut as Josef Strauss in The Great Waltz in 1972. He appeared in other films such as Whispering Death, Minder on the Orient Express, played Lt Teignmouth Melvill in Zulu Dawn that he co-produced, and appeared as Uncle Geoffrey in both Bridget Jones films. He played Herod in BBC's 1976 television adaptation of I, Claudius. In 1988 he portrayed one of the biggest enemies of Sherlock Holmes, as Stapleton in Granada Television's production of The Hound of the Baskervilles, opposite Jeremy Brett. In 1991, he played Alex Mair, the manager of the Larksoken nuclear power plant, in an Anglia production of the P.D. James novel featuring her character Inspector Adam Dalgleish, Devices and Desires. He has also portrayed Agent Smith in the film Hitman. He was also the principal antagonist Baron Mullins in the short-lived US/UK television show, Covington Cross. He voiced Severus Snape in the video game version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He also starred as Lord Kenworth in the film Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Faulkner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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movieManipulation
2026
Archbishop
movieWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
Rev. Prentice Wicks
tvHotel Costiera
2025
Aaron Tarsky
movieThe Last Supper
2025
Caiaphas
movieChief of Station
2024
Deputy Director Williams
movieBoudica
2023
Old Druid
movieRepeater
2023
Richard Silver
movieThe Devil Conspiracy
2023
Cardinal Vincini
movieHounded
2022
Remington Redwick
tvSlow Horses
2022
Charles Partner
movieAll Those Small Things
2021
Jonathan Robbins
tvTribes of Europa
2021
General Francis F. Cameron
tvWizards: Tales of Arcadia
2020
King Arthur (voice)
movieAs I Am
2019
Mr. Hurt
tvWatership Down
2018
Frith (voice)
movieThe Sonata
2018
Sir Victor Ferdinand
tvThe Alienist
2018
Cornelius Vanderbilt
movieFinal Portrait
2017
Pierre Matisse
movieAtomic Blonde
2017
Chief "C"
movieBridget Jones's Baby
2016
Uncle Geoffrey
tvDeath in Paradise
2011
Frank O'Toole
movieX-Men: First Class
2011
Swiss Bank Manager
tvGame of Thrones
2011
Randyll Tarly
tvDownton Abbey
2010
Lord Sinderby
tvBen Hur
2010
Marcellus
movieMachotaildrop
2009
The Baron
movieFranklyn
2008
Pastor Bone
tvDer Bibelcode
2008
Kardinal Emad Rhades
movieThe Bank Job
2008
Guy Singer
movieHitman
2007
Smith Jamison
movieThe Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island
2007
Bill/Victor Hugenay
movieThe Good Shepherd
2006
Lord Cooper
movieThe Conclave
2006
Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
movieDay of Wrath
2006
Friar Anselmo
movieBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
Uncle Geoffrey
movieI Capture the Castle
2003
Aubrey Fox-Cotton
tvThe Royal
2003
Sir Charles
movieThe Piano Player
2002
Nicholas Farrel
movieThe Wolf of the West Coast
2002
Lew Millar
tvSpooks
2002
Robert Westhouse
movieBridget Jones's Diary
2001
Uncle Geoffrey
tvThe Lost Empire
2001
Marcus Harding
movieHell Swarm
2000
Albion
tvRelic Hunter
1999
Guy Rocher
movieAll the Little Animals
1999
Mr. Stuart Whiteside
movieThe Octopus
1998
Thomas
movieVigo
1998
Dr. Gerard
movieThe Commissioner
1998
Gordon Cartwright
movieBloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
John Aspinall
movieCrimetime
1996
Crowley
Nuremberg
1996
Narrator
movieE=MC²
1996
Dr. Eric Amore
tvHamish Macbeth
1995
Colonel Don Maxwell
movieThe Trial of Lord Lucan
1994
Sir James Hallows
tvWycliffe
1994
Steven Lander
tvChandler & Co
1994
Giles Cotham
tvPie in the Sky
1994
Ronald Quicke
tvThe Blackheath Poisonings
1993
Roger Vandervent
movieThe Blackheath Poisonings
1992
Roger Vandervent
tvA Touch of Frost
1992
Clifford Hastings
tvHighlander: The Series
1992
Marcus Constantine
movieCarry On Columbus
1992
Torquemada
tvCovington Cross
1992
John Mullens
tvHeartbeat
1992
Ronald Meeks
movieThe Maid
1991
Laurent Leclair
tvNapoleon
1991
Maitland
tvDevices and Desires
1991
Dr. Alex Mair
movieThe Yellow Wallpaper
1989
Charles Stark
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Major Eustace
movieJust Another Secret
1989
Markus Vogel
movieCatherine
1988
John Dunbar
tvThe Bourne Identity
1988
D'Anjou
tvThe Contract
1988
Charles Mawby
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987
The Duke of Trent
tvInspector Morse
1987
Basilios Vasilakis
tvFirst Among Equals
1986
Simon Kerslake
tvLovejoy
1986
Alfredo Pereira
movieLace 2
1985
Charles Chazelle
movieDeceptions
1985
Richard Blackwell
tvDeceptions
1985
Richard Blackwell
movieReal Life
1984
Robin
tvSherlock Holmes
1984
Stapleton
movieEureka
1983
Roger
tvMuck and Brass
1982
Maurice Taylor
movieZero Point
1982
Felix
tvBergerac
1981
Anton Charet
moviePriest of Love
1981
Aldous Huxley
tvPeter and Paul
1981
Menachem
movieFlashpoint Africa
1980
Ramon Funes
tvMinder
1979
Apsimon / Ted Moore
movieZulu Dawn
1979
Lt. Melvill
tvHazell
1978
Gordon Gregory
tvThe Professionals
1977
Major Nairn
tvI, Claudius
1976
Herod Agrippa
movieAlbino
1976
Terrick
movieConduct Unbecoming
1975
2nd Lieutenant Edward Millington
movieChips with Everything
1975
Pilot Officer
movieThe Abdication
1974
Magnus
movieGreat Expectations
1974
Bentley Drummle
Miss Nightingale
1974
Henry Nicholson
movieThe Great Waltz
1972
Josef Strauss
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Rupert Farr
movieUncle Douglas
Douglas Phillips
Production1
movieZulu Dawn
1979
Co-Producer