James Faulkner
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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- 2025 · Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Rev. Prentice Wicks
- 2025 · Hotel Costiera as Aaron Tarsky
- 2025 · The Last Supper as Caiaphas
- 2024 · Chief of Station as Deputy Director Williams
- 2023 · Boudica as Old Druid
- 2022 · The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife as Dr. Fritz
- 2022 · Slow Horses as Charles Partner
- 2021 · Never Back Down: Revolt as Julian
- 2021 · All Those Small Things as Jonathan Robbins
- 2020 · Wizards: Tales of Arcadia as King Arthur (voice)
- 2018 · Watership Down as Frith (voice)
- 2018 · The Alienist as Cornelius Vanderbilt
- 2017 · Final Portrait as Pierre Matisse
- 2017 · Atomic Blonde as Chief "C"
- 2016 · Underworld: Blood Wars as Cassius
- 2016 · Bridget Jones's Baby as Uncle Geoffrey
- 2012 · Home & Family as
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Frank O'Toole
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Randyll Tarly
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Lord Sinderby
- 2009 · The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle as Victor Hugenay
- 2008 · Franklyn as Pastor Bone
- 2008 · The Bank Job as Guy Singer
- 2007 · Hitman as Smith Jamison
- 2006 · The Good Shepherd as Lord Cooper
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as Kenworth
- 2002 · The Wolf of the West Coast as Lew Millar
- 2002 · Spooks as Robert Westhouse
- 2001 · Bridget Jones's Diary as Uncle Geoffrey
- 1999 · Relic Hunter as Guy Rocher
- 1999 · All the Little Animals as Mr. Stuart Whiteside
- 1998 · The Commissioner as Gordon Cartwright
- 1997 · A Kid in Aladdin's Palace as Luxor
- 1996 · E=MC² as Dr. Eric Amore
- 1995 · Hamish Macbeth as Colonel Don Maxwell
- 1994 · Wycliffe as Steven Lander
- 1994 · Pie in the Sky as Ronald Quicke
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Marcus Constantine
- 1992 · Carry On Columbus as Torquemada
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Ronald Meeks
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Major Eustace
- 1988 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Stapleton
- 1987 · Still Crazy Like a Fox as The Duke of Trent
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Basilios Vasilakis
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Alfredo Pereira
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Stapleton
- 1981 · Bergerac as Anton Charet
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1979 · Minder as Apsimon
- 1979 · Minder as Ted Moore
- 1979 · Zulu Dawn as Lt. Melvill
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Patrick
- 1977 · The Professionals as Major Nairn
- 1976 · I, Claudius as Herod Agrippa
- 1976 · Death in the Sun as Terrick
- 1974 · Miss Nightingale as Henry Nicholson
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Rupert Farr
- Future · Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms as
- 2023 · Repeater as Richard Silver
- 2023 · The Devil Conspiracy as Cardinal Vincini
- 2022 · Jolly Good Christmas as Simon
- 2022 · Hounded as Remington Redwick
- 2021 · Tribes of Europa as General Francis F. Cameron
- 2019 · As I Am as Mr. Hurt
- 2018 · The Sonata as Sir Victor Ferdinand
- 2018 · Paul, Apostle of Christ as Paul
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Swiss Bank Manager
- 2010 · Ben Hur as Marcellus
- 2009 · Machotaildrop as The Baron
- 2008 · Der Bibelcode as Kardinal Emad Rhades
- 2007 · The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island as Bill/Victor Hugenay
- 2007 · The Conclave as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
- 2006 · Day of Wrath as Friar Anselmo
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Oliver
- 2004 · Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Uncle Geoffrey
- 2003 · I Capture the Castle as Aubrey Fox-Cotton
- 2003 · The Royal as Sir Charles
- 2002 · The Piano Player as Nicholas Farrel
- 2001 · The Lost Empire as Marcus Harding
- 2000 · Hell Swarm as Albion
- 1998 · The Octopus as Thomas
- 1998 · Vigo as Dr. Gerard
- 1998 · Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord as John Aspinall
- 1996 · Crimetime as Crowley
- 1996 · Nuremberg as Narrator
- 1994 · The Trial of Lord Lucan as Sir James Hallows
- 1993 · The Blackheath Poisonings as Roger Vandervent
- 1992 · The Blackheath Poisonings as Roger Vandervent
- 1992 · Covington Cross as John Mullens
- 1991 · The Maid as Laurent Leclair
- 1991 · Napoleon as Maitland
- 1991 · Devices and Desires as Dr. Alex Mair
- 1989 · The Yellow Wallpaper as
- 1989 · Just Another Secret as Markus Vogel
- 1988 · Catherine as John Dunbar
- 1988 · The Bourne Identity as D'Anjou
- 1988 · The Contract as Charles Mawby
- 1986 · First Among Equals as Simon Kerslake
- 1985 · Lace 2 as Charles Chazelle
- 1985 · Deceptions as Richard Blackwell
- 1985 · Deceptions as Richard Blackwell
- 1984 · Real Life as Robin
- 1984 · Mr. Palfrey of Westminster as Reisman
- 1983 · Eureka as Roger
- 1982 · Muck and Brass as Maurice Taylor
- 1982 · Zero Point as Felix
- 1981 · Priest of Love as Aldous Huxley
- 1981 · Peter and Paul as Menachem
- 1980 · The Martian Chronicles as Mr. K
- 1980 · Flashpoint Africa as Ramon Funes
- 1978 · Hazell as Gordon Gregory
- 1975 · Conduct Unbecoming as Tenente Edward Millington
- 1974 · The Abdication as Magnus
- 1974 · Great Expectations as Bentley Drummle
- Future · The Mystery of the Giant Birds as Narrator
- 1972 · The Great Waltz as Josef Strauss
- Future · Manipulation as
- 1975 · Chips with Everything as Pilot Officer