Credits

• 2024 · Arthur's Whisky as Henry
• 2023 · A Bear Named Wojtek as Zoo Director (voice)
• 2022 · House of the Dragon as Lord Lyman Beesbury
• 2022 · The Sandman as Dr. John Hathaway
• 2022 · Halo as Ackerson's Dad
• 2021 · The Colour Room as Gordon Forsythe
• 2021 · Britain’s Scenic Railways as Narrator
• 2020 · Rebecca as Dr. Baker
• 2020 · Between the Covers as Self
• 2020 · Marionette as Dr. Mandelbaum
• 2020 · Love Sarah as Felix
• 2019 · Brassic as Tony Tillerton
• 2019 · The Day Mountbatten Died as Narrator (voice)
• 2019 · Good Omens as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
• 2018 · Happy New Year, Colin Burstead as Gordon Burstead
• 2018 · Wonderdate as Kolodon
• 2017 · The Man Who Invented Christmas as Mr. Grimsby
• 2017 · The Repair Shop as Narrator (voice)
• 2017 · The Repair Shop as Self - Narrator
• 2017 · Urban Myths as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 2016 · Fleabag as Dad
• 2016 · Churchill's Secret as Lord Moran
• 2016 · Dad's Army as Private Frazer
• 2015 · High-Rise as Mercer
• 2015 · The Vote as Simon Featherstone
• 2014 · Scot Squad as Sir Neville Archibald
• 2014 · Outlander as Ned Gowan
• 2014 · 37 Days as Lord Morley
• 2014 · Documenting John Grierson as Narrator
• 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Mr. Green
• 2013 · The List as Reg Troughton
• 2013 · Shetland as James Perez
• 2012 · Them From That Thing as Various
• 2012 · Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games as Narrator
• 2011 · Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me as Judge Underwood
• 2011 · The Man who Crossed Hitler as Kurt Ohnesorge
• 2010 · Birds Britannia as
• 2010 · The Michael Ball Show as Self
• 2009 · Ghosts in the Machine as Himself
• 2009 · Creation as Dr. Gully
• 2009 · Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen as Dr James Niven
• 2009 · Into the Storm as Clement Attlee
• 2009 · Law & Order: UK as George Castle
• 2009 · 1929: The Great Crash as Narrator
• 2008 · Little Dorrit as
• 2008 · How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Richard Young
• 2008 · Criminal Justice as Harry Box
• 2008 · The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self - 'Henry Salt'
• 2008 · The Man Who Lives with Bears as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2007 · Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Dr Watson
• 2007 · The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
• 2007 · Intervention as Dr. Martin
• 2006 · Miss Potter as Rupert Potter
• 2006 · Amazing Grace as Lord Dundas
• 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
• 2006 · A War on Science as Narrator (voice)
• 2006 · Fascism in Colour as Narrator (voice)
• 2005 · A Passion for Churches as Narrator
• 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as
• 2005 · Rag Tale as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
• 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven as Bishop (director's cut)
• 2005 · Doctor Who as Edwin Bracewell
• 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Bradley
• 2004 · Lie with Me as DCI Collman
• 2004 · Shoebox Zoo as The Storyteller (voice)
• 2004 · Sea of Souls as Dr. Douglas Monaghan
• 2003 · Bright Young Things as Sir James Brown
• 2003 · Canterbury Tales as Theo
• 2003 · Danielle Cable: Eyewitness as DI Nick Biddiss
• 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Alexander Gromyko
• 2002 · Foyle's War as
• 2002 · Battle of the Atlantic as Himself - Narrator
• 2002 · Home Road Movies as Father
• 2002 · Born and Bred as Harry Woolf
• 2002 · The Entity as
• 2001 · Othello as Sinclair Carver
• 2001 · Crush as Gerald
• 2001 · The Whistle-Blower as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
• 2001 · Behind Bars as Narrator
• 2001 · Rebel Heart as James Connolly
• 2000 · The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne as
• 2000 · Complicity as Wallace Byatt
• 1999 · Chrono-Perambulator as Professor Teddy Knox
• 1999 · Wives and Daughters as Mr. Gibson
• 1999 · Sunshine as Minister of Justice
• 1999 · The Match as Tommy
• 1999 · Heart as Mr. Kreitman
• 1998 · Hilary and Jackie as Cello Teacher
• 1997 · Mr White Goes To Westminster as Ben White
• 1997 · Spice World as Brian
• 1997 · Arthouse as Self
• 1997 · Melissa as DCI Cameron
• 1996 · Victory as Capt. Davidson
• 1996 · The Crow Road as Kenneth McHoan
• 1996 · The Writing on the Wall as Bull
• 1996 · Chaplin's Goliath as Narrator (voice)
• 1995 · Richard III as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
• 1995 · Oliver's Travels as Baxter
• 1995 · Sharman as James Webb
• 1995 · The Turnaround as James Webb
• 1995 · The Riddle of the Sands as Narrator
• 1994 · Junior Masterchef as
• 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
• 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
• 1993 · Wall of Silence as Howard Mullen
• 1992 · God on the Rocks as Kenneth Marsh
• 1992 · Chaplin as Stage Manager
• 1992 · Tell Tale Hearts as Anthony Steadman
• 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Chief Inspector
• 1991 · Truly Madly Deeply as Sandy
• 1991 · The Object of Beauty as Victor Swayle
• 1990 · Yellowbacks as Alex McPherson
• 1990 · The Witches as Mr Jenkins
• 1989 · Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale as Jordan
• 1989 · Traffik as John Lithgow
• 1989 · The Rachel Papers as Gordon Highway
• 1989 · The Return of the Musketeers as Charles I
• 1988 · The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Henry Salt
• 1988 · Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Titorelli
• 1988 · Just Ask for Diamond as Chief Inspector Snape
• 1988 · Byrne About Byrne as Father/F.S. McDade
• 1988 · The Play on One as Alex McPherson
• 1987 · The Interrogation of John as Det. Supt. Chase
• 1987 · Friendship's Death as Sullivan
• 1987 · Lily My Love as Colin
• 1987 · Hidden City as Anthony
• 1987 · Coming Up Roses as Mr. Valentine
• 1986 · God's Chosen Car Park as Victor Rosen
• 1986 · The Singing Detective as Dr. Gibbon
• 1986 · Defence of the Realm as Jack Macleod
• 1985 · Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman as Self
• 1985 · Dutch Girls as Mr Mole
• 1984 · The Killing Fields as Dr. MacEntire
• 1984 · A Private Function as Wormold
• 1984 · Comfort and Joy as Alan
• 1983 · Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Ally Fraser
• 1983 · The Ploughman's Lunch as Lecturer
• 1982 · Smiley's People as Lauder Strickland
• 1981 · United Kingdom as Tony
• 1981 · The Cherry Orchard as Lopakhin
• 1979 · One Fine Day as Third Man in Lift
• 1978 · The Vanishing Army as Girling
• 1978 · The Odd Job as Sergeant Mull
• 1978 · Life of Shakespeare as King James I
• 1978 · Will Shakespeare as
• 1978 · Licking Hitler as Archie MacLean
• 1977 · The Thin End of the Wedge as Luke
• 1977 · The Garden Beyond as Jim Finlayson
• 1974 · The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil as Various
• 1974 · Clydescope as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1970 · Play for Today as Luke
• 1964 · Horizon as
• Future · The White Room as Jackie Jordan