James Faulkner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Sebastian Faulkner (born 18 July 1948) is a British actor, known for his many various appearance on television and in movies, usually in supporting roles. Faulkner made his big screen debut as Josef Strauss in The Great Waltz in 1972. He appeared in other films such as Whispering Death, Minder on the Orient Express, played Lt Teignmouth Melvill in Zulu Dawn that he co-produced, and appeared as Uncle Geoffrey in both Bridget Jones films. He played Herod in BBC's 1976 television adaptation of I, Claudius. In 1988 he portrayed one of the biggest enemies of Sherlock Holmes, as Stapleton in Granada Television's production of The Hound of the Baskervilles, opposite Jeremy Brett. In 1991, he played Alex Mair, the manager of the Larksoken nuclear power plant, in an Anglia production of the P.D. James novel featuring her character Inspector Adam Dalgleish, Devices and Desires. He has also portrayed Agent Smith in the film Hitman. He was also the principal antagonist Baron Mullins in the short-lived US/UK television show, Covington Cross. He voiced Severus Snape in the video game version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He also starred as Lord Kenworth in the film Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Faulkner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Chief of Station as Deputy Director Williams
- 2023 · Boudica as Old Druid
- 2023 · Repeater as Richard Silver
- 2023 · The Devil Conspiracy as Cardinal Vincini
- 2022 · Jolly Good Christmas as Simon
- 2022 · Hounded as Remington Redwick
- 2022 · Predestinado: Arigó e o Espírito do Dr. Fritz as Dr. Fritz
- 2022 · Slow Horses as Charles Partner
- 2021 · Never Back Down: Revolt as Julian
- 2021 · All Those Small Things as Jonathan Robbins
- 2021 · Tribes of Europa as General Francis F. Cameron
- 2020 · Wizards: Tales of Arcadia as King Arthur (voice)
- 2019 · As I Am as Mr. Hurt
- 2018 · Watership Down as Frith (voice)
- 2018 · The Sonata as Sir Victor Ferdinand
- 2018 · Paul, Apostle of Christ as Paul
- 2018 · The Alienist as Cornelius Vanderbilt
- 2017 · Final Portrait as Pierre Matisse
- 2017 · Atomic Blonde as Chief "C"
- 2016 · Underworld: Blood Wars as Cassius
- 2016 · Bridget Jones's Baby as Uncle Geoffrey
- 2012 · Home & Family as
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Frank O'Toole
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Swiss Bank Manager
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Randyll Tarly
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Lord Sinderby
- 2010 · Ben Hur as Marcellus
- 2009 · Machotaildrop as The Baron
- 2009 · The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle as Victor Hugenay
- 2008 · Franklyn as Pastor Bone
- 2008 · Der Bibelcode as Kardinal Emad Rhades
- 2008 · Bible Code as Kardinal Emad Rhades
- 2008 · The Bank Job as Guy Singer
- 2007 · Hitman as Smith Jamison
- 2007 · The Three Investigators and The Secret Of Skeleton Island as Bill/Victor Hugenay
- 2006 · The Good Shepherd as Lord Cooper
- 2006 · The Conclave as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
- 2006 · Day of Wrath as Friar Anselmo
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Oliver
- 2004 · Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Uncle Geoffrey
- 2004 · Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as Kenworth
- 2003 · I Capture the Castle as Aubrey Fox-Cotton
- 2003 · The Royal as Sir Charles
- 2002 · The Piano Player as Nicholas Farrel
- 2002 · The Wolf of the West Coast as Lew Millar
- 2002 · Spooks as Robert Westhouse
- 2001 · Bridget Jones's Diary as Uncle Geoffrey
- 2001 · The Lost Empire as Marcus Harding
- 2000 · Hell Swarm as Albion
- 1999 · Relic Hunter as Guy Rocher
- 1999 · All the Little Animals as Mr. Stuart Whiteside
- 1998 · The Octopus as Thomas
- 1998 · Vigo as Dr. Gerard
- 1998 · The Commissioner as Gordon Cartwright
- 1998 · Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord as John Aspinall
- 1997 · A Kid in Aladdin's Palace as Luxor
- 1996 · Crimetime as Crowley
- 1996 · Nuremberg as Narrator
- 1996 · E=MC² as Dr. Eric Amore
- 1995 · Hamish Macbeth as Colonel Don Maxwell
- 1994 · Wycliffe as Steven Lander
- 1994 · Pie in the Sky as Ronald Quicke
- 1993 · The Blackheath Poisonings as Roger Vandervent
- 1992 · The Blackheath Poisonings as Roger Vandervent
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Marcus Constantine
- 1992 · Carry On Columbus as Torquemada
- 1992 · Covington Cross as John Mullens
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Ronald Meeks
- 1991 · The Maid as Laurent Leclair
- 1991 · Devices and Desires as Dr. Alex Mair
- 1989 · The Yellow Wallpaper as
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Major Eustace
- 1989 · Just Another Secret as Markus Vogel
- 1988 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Stapleton
- 1988 · Catherine as John Dunbar
- 1988 · The Bourne Identity as D'Anjou
- 1988 · The Contract as Charles Mawby
- 1987 · Still Crazy Like a Fox as The Duke of Trent
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Basilios Vasilakis
- 1986 · First Among Equals as Simon Kerslake
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Alfredo Pereira
- 1985 · Lace 2 as Charles Chazelle
- 1985 · Deceptions as Richard Blackwell
- 1985 · Deceptions as Richard Blackwell
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Real Life as Robin
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Stapleton
- 1983 · Eureka as Roger
- 1982 · Muck and Brass as Maurice Taylor
- 1982 · Zero Point as Felix
- 1981 · Bergerac as Anton Charet
- 1981 · Priest of Love as Aldous Huxley
- 1981 · Peter and Paul as Menachem
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · The Martian Chronicles as Mr. K
- 1980 · Flashpoint Africa as Ramon Funes
- 1979 · Minder as Apsimon
- 1979 · Minder as Ted Moore
- 1979 · Zulu Dawn as Lt. Melvill
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Patrick
- 1978 · Hazell as
- 1977 · The Professionals as Major Nairn
- 1976 · I, Claudius as
- 1976 · I, Claudius as Herod Agrippa
- 1976 · Death in the Sun as Terrick
- 1975 · Conduct Unbecoming as Tenente Edward Millington
- 1974 · The Abdication as Magnus
- 1974 · Great Expectations as Bentley Drummle
- 1974 · Miss Nightingale as Henry Nicholson
- 1972 · The Great Waltz as Josef Strauss
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Rupert Farr
- Future · Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms as