Credits

• 2024 · Nautilus as The White Rajah
• 2024 · The Franchise as Peter Fairchild
• 2024 · Argylle as Director Fowler
• 2023 · Saltburn as Sir James Catton
• 2023 · The Lesson as J.M. Sinclair
• 2022 · Frankly as Self
• 2022 · Persuasion as Sir Walter Elliot
• 2022 · Suspect as Harry
• 2022 · RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World as Self - Guest Judge
• 2022 · Ant & Dec's Limitless Win as Self
• 2021 · An Audience with Adele as Self
• 2021 · Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Classic Loki (archive footage)
• 2021 · The Spine of Night as The Guardian
• 2021 · The Outlaws as The Earl
• 2021 · Robin Robin as Magpie (voice)
• 2021 · Moley as The Gardener (voice)
• 2021 · Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! as Self - Actor
• 2021 · Everybody's Talking About Jamie as Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle
• 2021 · Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Seifert
• 2021 · Loki as Classic Loki
• 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Classic Loki
• 2020 · Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
• 2020 · Between the Covers as
• 2020 · Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall as Self
• 2020 · The Skywalker Legacy as Self
• 2020 · Dispatches from Elsewhere as Octavio
• 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Allegiant General Pryde
• 2019 · Master Moley By Royal Invitation as The Gardener (voice)
• 2019 · Palm Beach as Billy
• 2019 · 7 Up & Me as Self
• 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Shiver
• 2018 · Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
• 2018 · Hang Ups as Leonard Conrad
• 2017 · The Hitman's Bodyguard as Seifert
• 2017 · Tate Britain's Great Art Walks as Self
• 2017 · Logan as Dr. Zander Rice
• 2017 · Their Finest as Roger Swain
• 2017 · A Series of Unfortunate Events as Man with Beard But No Hair
• 2016 · The Last Dragonslayer as Dragon (voice)
• 2016 · Jackie as Bill Walton
• 2015 · Jekyll and Hyde as Sir Roger Bulstrode
• 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
• 2015 · Dig as Ian Margrove
• 2015 · The Secret World of Lewis Carroll as Himself - Actor
• 2015 · Teeth as
• 2015 · Queen & Country as Major Cross
• 2015 · The Gospel of Luke as Narrator (voice) – New International Version
• 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
• 2014 · The Kumars as Self
• 2013 · Dom Hemingway as Dickie Black
• 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Larry Oliphant
• 2013 · About Time as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
• 2013 · Khumba as Bradley (voice)
• 2012 · Doctor Who: The Snowmen as Dr. Walter Simeon
• 2012 · The Fear as Seb Whiting
• 2012 · Gadget Man as
• 2012 · For No Good Reason as Self
• 2012 · Kath & Kimderella as Alain the Page
• 2012 · Zambezia as Cecil (voice)
• 2012 · Girls as Jasper
• 2012 · Words of the Titanic as Reader
• 2011 · The Iron Lady as Michael Heseltine
• 2011 · How to Stop Being a Loser as Ian
• 2011 · Horrid Henry: The Movie as Vic Van Wrinkle
• 2011 · Game of Thrones as Izembaro
• 2011 · The Crimson Petal and the White as Doctor Curlew
• 2011 · Nothing Under the Dress - The Last Show as Federico Marinoni
• 2011 · Foster as Mr. Potts
• 2010 · Cuckoo as Professor Julius Greengrass
• 2010 · The Nutcracker: The Untold Story as Father
• 2010 · First Night as Adam
• 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as The Vicar (voice)
• 2010 · Downton Abbey as Simon Bricker
• 2010 · The Man Who Married Himself as Olivier
• 2009 · Love Hurts as Ben Bingham
• 2008 · Filth and Wisdom as Prof Flynn
• 2008 · Garden of Eden as Colonel Philip Boyle
• 2007 · The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' as Self (archive footage)
• 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
• 2007 · Always Crashing in the Same Car as James Booth
• 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
• 2006 · The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall as Self
• 2006 · Above and Beyond as Don Bennett
• 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
• 2006 · Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Preston (voice)
• 2006 · Penelope as Franklin Wilhern
• 2006 · Pulp: The Story of Common People as Narrator
• 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Jasper
• 2005 · Corpse Bride as Barkis Bittern (voice)
• 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
• 2005 · Doctor Who as The Great Intelligence
• 2005 · Doctor Who as Dr Simeon
• 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Raymond West
• 2004 · The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody as Narrator (voice)
• 2003 · Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka as The Doctor (voice)
• 2003 · Bright Young Things as Father Rothschild
• 2003 · QI as Self
• 2003 · Posh Nosh as Simon Marchmont
• 2003 · Monsieur N. as Hudson Lowe
• 2002 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Jack Stapleton
• 2002 · Sherlock: Case of Evil as Mycroft
• 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self - Guest Announcer
• 2001 · Gosford Park as George
• 2001 · Strictly Sinatra as Himself
• 2000 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Various Characters
• 2000 · The Little Vampire as Frederick Sackville-Bagg
• 2000 · The Miracle Maker as John The Baptist (voice)
• 1999 · A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit
• 1999 · Let Them Eat Cake as
• 1999 · The Match as Gorgeous Gus
• 1999 · Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Quite Handsome Doctor
• 1999 · The Scarlet Pimpernel as Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
• 1999 · Home Farm Twins as
• 1998 · The Heaven and Earth Show as
• 1998 · Parkinson as Self
• 1997 · Spice World as Clifford
• 1997 · Keep the Aspidistra Flying as Gordon Comstock
• 1997 · Trial & Retribution as
• 1997 · Captain Star as
• 1997 · The Serpent's Kiss as James Fitzmaurice
• 1996 · Twelfth Night as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
• 1996 · The Portrait of a Lady as Lord Warburton
• 1996 · Karaoke as Nick Balmer
• 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as
• 1995 · Soccer AM as Self
• 1995 · Jack & Sarah as Jack
• 1995 · Empire of the Censors as Self - Host
• 1994 · Prêt-à-Porter as Cort Romney
• 1994 · Room 101 as Self
• 1994 · Hard Times as James Harthouse
• 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
• 1993 · Frasier as Stephen Moon
• 1993 · The Age of Innocence as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts
• 1993 · The Legends of Treasure Island as Long John Silver (voice)
• 1992 · Bram Stoker's Dracula as Dr. Jack Seward
• 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Dream Justin
• 1992 · The Player as Tom Oakley
• 1991 · Hudson Hawk as Darwin Mayflower
• 1991 · Performance as Nurse
• 1991 · L.A. Story as Roland Mackey
• 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
• 1990 · Henry & June as Hugo Guiler
• 1990 · Rab C. Nesbitt as Chingford Steel
• 1990 · Mountains of the Moon as Oliphant
• 1989 · The Simpsons as British Voice / Julian (voice)
• 1989 · Warlock as Giles Redferne
• 1989 · How to Get Ahead in Advertising as Denis Dimbleby Bagley
• 1987 · Withnail & I as Withnail
• 1984 · Aspel & Company as
• 1983 · Natural World as
• 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
• 1959 · No Hiding Place as
• Future · Ladies First as
• Future · Death of a Unicorn as
• 1994 · Hard Times as James Harthouse
• 1994 · Butter as Gerrard
• 1993 · Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life as Franz Kafka
• Future · Nuremberg as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
• Future · The One Hundred Nights of Hero as
• Future · The Thursday Murder Club as
• Future · Too Much as
• Future · Wildwood as (voice)
• 2023 · The Coronation Concert as Self
• 2022 · A Royal Grand Design as Host
• 2021 · Write Around the World with Richard E Grant as Self - Presenter
• 2021 · Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime as Self - Host
• 2020 · Groundhog Dave 2 as Groundhog Dave
• 2019 · An Accidental Studio as Self
• 2019 · The Space: Theatre of Survival as as Self
• 2015 · Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked as The Duke of Wellington
• 2014 · Dirty Weekenders in France as Self - Presenter
• 2012 · The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey as Narrator
• 2012 · Cherrywood Cannon as (Voice)
• 2006 · Above and Beyond as
• 2005 · The Story of ‘Fairytale of New York’ as Narrator
• 2005 · The Friday Night Project as
• 2004 · The Story of an African Farm as Bonaparte Blenkins
• 2004 · 90 Days in Hollywood as
• 2002 · The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self
• 2002 · Robert Altman in England as Himself
• 2001 · Hildegarde as Wolf
• 1999 · Withnail and Us as Self
• 1999 · The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson as Self
• 1999 · I Demand to Have Some Booze! as Self
• 1998 · St. Ives as Major Farquhar Chevening
• 1998 · Cash in Hand as Sir Harry Parkins
• 1997 · Food of Love as Alex Salmon
• 1997 · A Royal Scandal as George, Prince of Wales
• 1997 · An Audience with Elton John as Self
• 1997 · Treasure Island as Long John Silver
• 1997 · Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady as Self
• 1996 · An Evening with Lily Savage as Self - Audience Member
• 1996 · In Search of Dracula as Self
• 1996 · The Cold Light of Day as Viktor Marek
• 1994 · Pink Floyd: The Story as Narrator (voice)
• 1994 · Calliope as The Producer
• 1993 · The Legends of Treasure Island as Long John Silver (voice)
• 1993 · Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' as Self
• 1993 · Suddenly, Last Summer as George Holly
• 1992 · The Other Side as Sherlock Holmes
• 1989 · Thieves in the Night as Joseph
• 1989 · Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) as Berg
• 1988 · Codename: Kyril as Laurence Sculby
• Future · The Guinea Pig Club as Archie McIndoe
• 1987 · Hidden City as Brewster
• 1986 · Honest Decent & True as Moonee Livingstone
• Future · The Queen of Fashion as Evelyn Delves Broughton
• Future · The Post Office Girl as
• Future · The Honey Wars as (voice)
• Future · Savage House as Sir Chauncey Savage
• 1989 · Here Is the News as David Dunhill
• 1987 · Lizzie's Pictures as
• Future · Fado! as
• Future · Wittgenstein's Poker as Ludwig Wittgenstein (voice)