Credits

• 2025 · Downton Abbey 3 as Charles Carson
• 2023 · Wonka as Abacus Crunch
• 2023 · Hidden Treasures of the National Trust as Narrator
• 2022 · The Sea Beast as King (voice)
• 2022 · Downton Abbey: A New Era as Charles Carson
• 2020 · Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as Dad Turtle
• 2019 · The Good Liar as Vincent
• 2019 · Downton Abbey as Charles Carson
• 2018 · Swimming with Men as Ted
• 2018 · King Lear as Earl of Kent
• 2017 · Knightfall as Pope Boniface VIII
• 2017 · The Little Vampire 3D as Rookery (voice)
• 2017 · Transformers: The Last Knight as Cogman (voice)
• 2016 · Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me as Self
• 2016 · Punk Strut: The Movie as Skippy
• 2015 · Hitler's Supergun as Narrator (voice)
• 2014 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
• 2014 · One of a Kind as Narrator (voice)
• 2013 · Rock 'n' Roll Britannia as Self
• 2013 · Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons as Narrator (Voice)
• 2012 · Honest Trailers as Abacus Crunch (archive footage)
• 2011 · My Week with Marilyn as Barry
• 2011 · Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb as Narrator (Voice)
• 2010 · Downton Abbey as Charles Carson
• 2010 · Burlesque Fairytales as The Compere
• 2009 · Creation as Parslow
• 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Harold Angus
• 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as Harold Angus
• 2008 · The Oxford Murders as Inspector Petersen
• 2007 · The Golden Compass as John Faa
• 2007 · Cranford as Self/Captain Brown
• 2007 · Cranford as Captain Brown
• 2007 · Cassandra's Dream as Garage Boss
• 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
• 2007 · Recovery as Mr. Lockwood
• 2006 · The Wind in the Willows as Engine Driver
• 2006 · The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton as Henry Dorling
• 2006 · Aberfan: The Untold Story as Lord Robens
• 2006 · The Thief Lord as Victor
• 2005 · The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 as Narrator
• 2005 · House of 9 as The Watcher
• 2005 · The Story of Alton Towers as Narrator/The Earl
• 2004 · Out of Season as Michael Philipps
• 2004 · Von Trapped as Larry Lavelle
• 2004 · Casablanca Driver as Joe Mateo, l'agent
• 2004 · Modigliani as Achilles Hebuterne
• 2004 · London as Henry Fielding
• 2004 · Ella Enchanted as Nish
• 2003 · Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose as Red Rose (voice)
• 2003 · Cromwell: Warts and All as Oliver Cromwell
• 2003 · Pompeii: The Last Day as Polybius
• 2003 · Bright Young Things as Chief Customs Officer
• 2003 · Trevor's World of Sport as Sir Frank Luckton
• 2003 · Strange as
• 2003 · Blue Murder as Frank Evans
• 2003 · 16 Years of Alcohol as Director
• 2003 · Heartlands as Geoff
• 2003 · Hornblower: Duty as Etheridge
• 2002 · Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo
• 2002 · Discovering Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo
• 2002 · Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo
• 2001 · Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
• 2001 · According to Beryl as Samuel Johnson
• 2000 · The Little Vampire as Rookery
• 2000 · 102 Dalmatians as Detective Armstrong
• 2000 · Arabian Nights as Ja'Far
• 1999 · Tube Tales as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
• 1999 · Tube Tales as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
• 1999 · Trial by Fire as Geoffrey Bailey
• 1999 · The Scarlet Pimpernel as General La Forge
• 1999 · Blood on the Carpet as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1998 · Shakespeare in Love as Ralph Bashford
• 1998 · Legionnaire as Lucien Galgani
• 1998 · Hornblower as Etheridge
• 1998 · Vigo as Bonaventure (uncredited)
• 1998 · Bill's New Frock as Mr. Platworthy
• 1997 · Keep the Aspidistra Flying as Erskine
• 1997 · The View as Self
• 1997 · Ain't Misbehavin' as Maxie Morrell
• 1997 · The Chest as Roland Blood
• 1997 · The Missing Postman as DS Lawrence Pitman
• 1997 · The Missing Postman as DS Lawrence Pitman
• 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Nathan Green
• 1997 · Bright Hair as Norman Devenish
• 1997 · Harpur and Iles: Protection as Tenderness Mellick
• 1996 · Brassed Off as Harry
• 1995 · Richard III as Lord Hastings
• 1995 · Coogan's Run as Fraser
• 1995 · The Grotesque as George Lecky
• 1995 · Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre as Inspector
• 1995 · Dangerfield as Stephen Millwood
• 1994 · The Madness of King George as Fox
• 1994 · Midnight Movie as Henry Harris
• 1994 · Open Fire as DCS Young
• 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Executioner (uncredited)
• 1994 · Black Beauty as John Manly
• 1994 · In The Cold Light Of Day as Father
• 1994 · Pie in the Sky as Alec Bailey
• 1993 · Cracker as Kenneth Trant
• 1993 · The Hour of the Pig as Mathieu
• 1993 · Resnick: Rough Treatment as Grabianski
• 1993 · Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown as Commander
• 1993 · A Year in Provence as Ted Hopkins
• 1993 · Lipstick on Your Collar as Inspector
• 1992 · Stalin as Sergo
• 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Mark Antony (voice)
• 1992 · A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia as Meinertzhagen
• 1992 · Blame It on the Bellboy as Rossi
• 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as General Alberto
• 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Roy Redfern
• 1991 · Hancock as Ray Galton
• 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
• 1990 · The Fool as Mr. Blackthorn
• 1990 · Crimestrike as The Detective
• 1990 · The Gravy Train as Personip
• 1990 · The Witches as Head Chef
• 1990 · A Sense of Guilt as Richard Murray
• 1989 · Erik the Viking as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
• 1989 · The Rainbow as Mr. Harby
• 1989 · Here Is the News as News Editor
• 1989 · Precious Bane as Sarn
• 1988 · The Tenth Man as Pierre
• 1988 · Thompson as
• 1988 · The Raggedy Rawney as The Soldier
• 1988 · Soursweet as Mr. Constantinides
• 1988 · The First Kangaroos as Arthur Hughes
• 1988 · Star Trap as Dr. Wax
• 1988 · Duck as
• 1987 · A Month in the Country as Ellerbeck
• 1987 · The American Way as Castro
• 1986 · The Singing Detective as Mr. Marlow
• 1986 · Lost Empires as Inspector Crabb
• 1986 · Casualty as Matthew Charlton
• 1986 · The Monocled Mutineer as
• 1986 · Haunted Honeymoon as Montego
• 1985 · The Mysteries as Mak / Fourth Soldier
• 1985 · Rustlers' Rhapsody as Blackie
• 1984 · A Private Function as Inspector Noble
• 1984 · The Company of Wolves as Second Husband (uncredited)
• 1984 · Top Secret! as Déjà Vu
• 1983 · The Oresteia as Agamemnon
• 1983 · Widows as D.I. Frinton
• 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Commander
• 1980 · Fox as Cliff Ryan
• 1980 · Fox as Cliff Ryan
• 1979 · Minder as Tomkins
• 1979 · Not the Nine O'Clock News as
• 1974 · NOVA as Narrator