Credits

• 2021 · Belfast as Joseph Tomelty as Marley
• 2020 · The Great as Bishop Tarcinkus
• 2019 · Intrigo: Dear Agnes as Pumpermann
• 2019 · Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream as Self
• 2018 · Balls as Brownlow
• 2018 · The Town That Floored the World as Presenter
• 2017 · Finding Your Feet as Mike Abbott
• 2017 · Loving Vincent as Pere Tanguy
• 2017 · The Loch as DCI Frank Smilie
• 2016 · Denial as Prof. Richard Evans
• 2016 · Victoria as Lord John Russell
• 2016 · Whisky Galore as Doctor McLaren
• 2016 · Florence Foster Jenkins as Dr. Hermann
• 2016 · Red Top as The Accountant
• 2016 · The Rack Pack as Ted Lowe
• 2015 · We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story as Arthur Lowe
• 2015 · Legend as Lord Boothby
• 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Narrator
• 2015 · Mr. Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
• 2015 · Hiroshima: The Aftermath as Narrator
• 2015 · Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell as John Murray
• 2014 · The Silent Storm as Mr. Smith
• 2014 · Outlander as Arthur Duncan
• 2014 · Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Thorne
• 2013 · Filth as Toal
• 2013 · Father Brown as Reverend Adam Gillespie
• 2013 · Blandings as Lord Didcot
• 2012 · 30 Years of Comic Strip as
• 2012 · Moone Boy as
• 2012 · Dead Boss as Sir Humphreys
• 2011 · The Iron Lady as Edward Heath
• 2011 · Death in Paradise as Hugh Davenport
• 2011 · The Hunt for Tony Blair as Tebbit
• 2011 · The Hunt for Tony Blair as Norman Tebbit
• 2011 · The Real American: Joe McCarthy as Joe McCarthy
• 2011 · Friday Night Dinner as
• 2010 · Spies and Lies as Folkes
• 2010 · Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge as
• 2010 · Made in Dagenham as Harold Wilson
• 2010 · Sherlock as Kenny Prince
• 2010 · The Making of Plus One as Derek - the line producer
• 2009 · Nativity! as Mr. Lore
• 2009 · The Last Station as Dushan
• 2009 · Breaking the Mould as Edward Mellanby
• 2009 · Margaret as Ian Gow
• 2008 · Only Connect as Self - Contestant
• 2008 · Inconceivable as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow
• 2007 · Oliver Twist as
• 2007 · Oliver Twist as Mr. Sowerberry
• 2007 · Ronni Ancona & Co as
• 2007 · Reichenbach Falls as Professor Bell
• 2007 · Skins as Geoff Fitzgerald
• 2006 · The Good Shepherd as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
• 2006 · Low Winter Sun as Prof Barry Lennox
• 2006 · Scoop as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
• 2006 · Hotel Babylon as
• 2005 · The English Harem as Ridley
• 2005 · Rag Tale as Felix Miles Sty
• 2005 · Doctor Who as Gus
• 2004 · Hawking as Dennis Sciama
• 2004 · The Merchant of Venice as Salerio
• 2004 · Five Children and It as Peasemarsh
• 2004 · Lighthouse Hill as Mr. Reynard
• 2004 · The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Rival Newspaper Editor
• 2004 · Stella Street as
• 2004 · New Tricks as
• 2003 · Celebrity Mastermind as Himself
• 2003 · The Key as
• 2003 · QI as Self
• 2002 · Gangs of New York as Harry Watkins / Lincoln
• 2002 · George Eliot: A Scandalous Life as George Henry Lewes
• 2002 · One of the Hollywood Ten as Paul Jarrico
• 2002 · Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as General Tannis
• 2002 · The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as John Corntel
• 2001 · Judge John Deed as
• 2001 · Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes as Prof. Rutherford
• 2001 · High Heels and Low Lifes as Director
• 2001 · David Macaulay: Mill Times as Shadrack Moore (voice)
• 2000 · Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as
• 2000 · Gormenghast as
• 2000 · A Profile of 'Brief Encounter' as Self
• 2000 · Around The World In 80 Days as Jean Passepartout (voice)
• 1999 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Philostrate
• 1999 · Faeries as Chudley (voice)
• 1998 · Cousin Bette as Musical Director
• 1998 · The Scarlet Tunic as Humphrey Gould
• 1998 · In the Red as Hercules Fortescue
• 1998 · Faith as Brian
• 1998 · Queen's Park Story as
• 1997 · Stella Street as
• 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Henry Fielding
• 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Barrett Filby
• 1997 · My Night with Reg as Daniel
• 1996 · The Treasure Seekers as Redman
• 1996 · The Adventures of Pinocchio as Schoolmaster
• 1995 · In the Bleak Midwinter as Terry Du Bois
• 1994 · Nice Day at the Office as
• 1994 · Princess Caraboo as Prince Regent
• 1994 · John Sessions' Likely Stories as
• 1994 · Citizen Locke as John Locke
• 1994 · David Macaulay: Roman City as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)
• 1993 · Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles as James Boswell
• 1992 · Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)
• 1992 · Sellers' Best as Self
• 1991 · The Pope Must Diet as Dino
• 1991 · Performance as Daniel
• 1991 · John Sessions' Tall Tales as
• 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Himself
• 1990 · Rab C. Nesbitt as Chief Inspector Haggerty
• 1990 · Sweet Revenge as John
• 1990 · Plunder as
• 1990 · One Foot In the Grave as
• 1989 · Henry V as Macmorris
• 1989 · John Sessions On The Spot as
• 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
• 1987 · The New Statesman as Lord Penistone
• 1987 · Porterhouse Blue as Zipser
• 1987 · Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People as Antonio Gramsci
• 1986 · Sky Bandits as Flight
• 1986 · Whoops Apocalypse as Mr. Sweetzer
• 1986 · Castaway as Man in Pub
• 1986 · Boon as Barney Spitz
• 1985 · Girls On Top as Rodney
• 1985 · Happy Families as Dean
• 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Young Scot
• 1984 · The Bounty as John Smith
• 1984 · Spitting Image as
• 1982 · Wogan as Self
• 1979 · Question Time as Self - Panellist