John Sessions
January 11, 1953 (71 years old) in Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.
Known For
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
- 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 · 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 · Around The World In 80 Days as Jean Passepartout (voice)
- 2000 · A Profile of 'Brief Encounter' as Self
- 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 · 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
- 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