Credits

• 2022 · The Midwich Cuckoos as Bernard Westcott
• 2022 · Slow Horses as Peter Judd
• 2020 · Small Axe as Mr. Hill
• 2020 · All Creatures Great & Small as Siegfried Farnon
• 2020 · The Gentlemen as Lord Pressfield
• 2018 · Trust as Professor Talbot
• 2018 · On Chesil Beach as Geoffrey Ponting
• 2017 · Darkest Hour as Sir Anthony Eden
• 2016 · The Crown as Anthony Blunt
• 2016 · Westworld as Security Guard
• 2015 · The Frankenstein Chronicles as Sir William Chester
• 2015 · Suffragette as Benedict Haughton
• 2015 · Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell as Sir Walter Pole
• 2015 · The Eichmann Show as Narrator
• 2014 · The Riot Club as Tutor
• 2014 · W1A as Richard Cartwright
• 2013 · Winterwatch as Self
• 2013 · Mr Selfridge as Frank Edwards
• 2012 · Hyde Park on Hudson as Bertie
• 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Bishop of Winchester
• 2011 · Death in Paradise as Donald McCormack
• 2011 · Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel as Self - Narrator
• 2010 · Any Human Heart as Peter Scabius
• 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
• 2009 · Garrow's Law as Thomas Erskine
• 2009 · Desperate Romantics as
• 2008 · Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Ted Heath
• 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
• 2005 · Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution as Narrator
• 2004 · Ring of the Nibelungs as Gunther
• 2004 · Ring of the Nibelungs as Gunther
• 2004 · Van Helsing as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
• 2003 · Cambridge Spies as Anthony Blunt
• 2003 · 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure as Pongo (voice)
• 2002 · Foyle's War as Lt. Col. James Wintringham
• 2002 · The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Tony Wainwright
• 2001 · Iris as Young Maurice
• 2001 · Waking the Dead as Thomas Rice
• 2000 · Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
• 2000 · Longitude as Nevil Maskelyne
• 1999 · Notting Hill as Anna's Co-Star
• 1999 · The Planets as Himself - Narrator
• 1998 · Hornblower as Major Edrington
• 1997 · Danielle Steel's Zoya as Nicolai
• 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Jeremy Thacker
• 1997 · Midsomer Murders as James Oswood
• 1996 · Jane Eyre as St John Rivers
• 1995 · Heavy Weather as 'Monty' Bodkin
• 1995 · Carrington as Gerald Brenan
• 1995 · Persuasion as Mr. Elliot
• 1995 · The Vacillations of Poppy Carew as Victor
• 1994 · A Feast at Midnight as Chef
• 1994 · A Breed of Heroes as Lt. Charles Thoroughgood
• 1993 · Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as Cyrian
• 1993 · Archipel as Alan Stewart
• 1992 · Howards End as Leonard Bast
• 1992 · As Time Goes By as Terry
• 1991 · Performance as Jack Maitland
• 1989 · Reunion as Count Konradin von Lohenburg
• 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dr Constantine
• 1988 · The Chronicles of Narnia as King Caspian
• Future · The Book of Water as Narrator/Geiser
• 2024 · Merchant Ivory as Self
• 2022 · Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour Live Concert as Master of Ceremonies
• 2020 · Gatecrash as Policeman
• 2017 · Spying on the Royals as Narrator (voice)
• 2017 · Edouard VIII, espionnage et liaisons dangereuses as Narrator
• 2016 · All the world's a stage as Narrator (voice)
• 2015 · Inside the Court of Henry VIII as Narrator
• 2014 · Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath as Narrator
• 2014 · If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day as Norman Skinner
• 2014 · Secrets of Underground London as Narrator
• 2014 · Secrets of Britain as Himself - Narrator
• 2014 · Faberge: A Life of Its Own as Narrator
• 2014 · Great Canal Journeys as Self
• 2014 · Fleming as Rear Admiral John Godfrey
• 2014 · Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath as Host
• 2013 · Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy as Narrator
• 2013 · Secrets of the Tower of London as Narrator
• 2013 · Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace: Hampton Court as Narrator (voice)
• 2012 · Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson as Narrator (voice)
• 2012 · Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies as Narrator (voice)
• 2012 · Secrets of the Manor House as Self - Narrator
• 2012 · Secrets of the Manor House as Narrator
• 2012 · Eternal Law as Zak Gist
• 2012 · King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy as Narrator (Voice)
• 2012 · First Man on the Moon as Narrator (Voice UK)
• 2011 · Hitler's Children as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 2011 · Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters as Narrator
• 2010 · Dark Relic as Friar George
• 2010 · BBC Horizon: Is Everything We Know About The Universe Wrong? as Self - Narrator
• 2009 · Albert Schweitzer as Phil Figgis
• 2009 · The Blood of the Rose as Narrator
• 2009 · English Heritage as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2009 · The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India as Narrator - (Voice)
• 2008 · World War Two: Behind Closed Doors as narrator
• 2006 · Random Quest as Colin
• 2006 · The First Emperor as Himself - Narrator
• 2005 · Einstein's Big Idea as Humphry Davy
• 2005 · After the War: Conquering Germany as Narrator
• 2005 · Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich as Narrator (voice)
• 2001 · Pandaemonium as Robert Southey
• 2001 · The Private Life of a Masterpiece as
• 2001 · Nero's Golden House as Narrator
• 2000 · Complicity as Neil
• 2000 · Longitude as Nevil Maskelyne
• 1999 · War of the Century as Self - Narrator
• 1999 · Runt as Pork
• 1999 · In Excess: The Death of Michael Hutchence as Narrator (voice)
• 1999 · Battle of the Sexes - In the Animal World as Narrator
• 1999 · Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters as Major Edrington
• 1999 · War of the Century - When Hitler Fought Stalin as Narrator
• 1998 · The Dance of Shiva as Lieutenant Davies
• 1998 · Rupert's Land as Rupert McKay
• 1998 · Stiff Upper Lips as Edward
• 1997 · I Hate Christmas Too as Soldier
• 1997 · The Ripper as Prince Albert Victor Edward
• 1997 · The Nazis: A Warning from History as Self - Narrator
• 1996 · Over Here as Archie Bunting
• 1994 · Open Fire as Stephen Waldorf
• 1993 · The Maitlands as Jack Maitland
• 1993 · Voices in the Garden as Mark
• 1991 · Stanley and the Women as Stephen Duke
• 1989 · The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as King Caspian
• 1986 · Frankie and Johnnie as Johnnie Mallett
• 1975 · Edward the Seventh as Eddy - Albert Victor - Age 5
• 1974 · NOVA as Humphry Davy
• Future · Time & Tide - A Trilogy as