Credits

• 2025 · Born to Be Wild as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2025 · Christmas Karma as Jacob Marley
• 2025 · Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Robert Crawley
• 2025 · JAMES & Co as Self - Video message
• 2024 · The Secret Lives of Animals as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2024 · The Agency: Central Intelligence as James Richardson
• 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Henry Brown
• 2024 · Douglas Is Cancelled as Douglas
• 2024 · The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin as Jonathan Wilde
• 2023 · Bank of Dave as Sir Charles
• 2023 · The Gold as DCI Brian Boyce
• 2022 · The Amazing Maurice as The Mayor (voice)
• 2022 · I Came By as Hector Blake
• 2022 · The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration as Self - Narrator
• 2022 · Downton Abbey: A New Era as Robert Crawley
• 2021 · Silent Hours as Commander William Calthorpe
• 2021 · To Olivia as Roald Dahl
• 2020 · Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey as Mr. Delacroix
• 2020 · Staged as Hugh
• 2019 · DNA Journey as
• 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
• 2019 · Downton Abbey as Robert Crawley
• 2019 · Amphibia as Wigbert (voice)
• 2019 · The Corrupted as Hammond
• 2017 · Paddington 2 as Henry Brown
• 2017 · Breathe as Teddy Hall
• 2017 · DuckTales as Santa Claus (voice)
• 2017 · A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy as Narrator
• 2016 · The Grand Tour as Self
• 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
• 2015 · The Secret World of LEGO as Narration
• 2015 · Galavant as Pirate King
• 2014 · Paddington as Henry Brown
• 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Narrator
• 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Narrator (voice)
• 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self - Guest Star
• 2014 · Muppets Most Wanted as Irish Journalist
• 2014 · W1A as Ian Fletcher
• 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
• 2014 · The Monuments Men as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
• 2014 · Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast as Himself
• 2013 · Da Vinci's Demons as
• 2013 · Sofia the First as Book Narrator (voice)
• 2013 · Sofia the First as Secret Library (voice)
• 2012 · Mr. Stink as Mr. Stink
• 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Gloucester
• 2011 · World's Most Dangerous Roads as
• 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
• 2011 · Twenty Twelve as Ian Fletcher
• 2010 · Downton Abbey as Robert Crawley
• 2010 · Ben Hur as Pilate
• 2010 · Critical Eye as Brian
• 2009 · Knife Edge as Charles Pollock
• 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
• 2009 · Getting On as Philip Moore
• 2008 · Bonekickers as Gregory Parton
• 2008 · One of Those Days as Mr. Burrell
• 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
• 2007 · Five Days as DSI Iain Barclay
• 2006 · Tsunami: The Aftermath as Tony Whittaker
• 2006 · Rachael Ray as
• 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
• 2006 · The One Show as Self
• 2005 · Asylum as Max Raphael
• 2005 · Underclassman as Headmaster Felix Powers
• 2005 · Doctor Who as Henry Avery
• 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Inspector Hewitt
• 2004 · Piccadilly Jim as Lord Wisbeach
• 2003 · Love Again as Philip Larkin
• 2003 · The Commander as
• 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
• 2002 · Tipping the Velvet as Ralph Banner
• 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Yevgraf Zhivago
• 2002 · Daniel Deronda as Henleigh Grandcourt
• 2002 · Top Gear as Self
• 2002 · The Biographer as Eric
• 2001 · Iris as Young John Bayley
• 2001 · The Cazalets as Hugh Cazalet
• 2000 · Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as Himself
• 1999 · Mansfield Park as Mr. Rushworth
• 1999 · Notting Hill as Bernie
• 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer
• 1997 · The View as Self
• 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Hugh Barton
• 1995 · Bugs as
• 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Schiller
• 1994 · Fair Game as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
• 1994 · Cadfael as Daniel Aurifaber
• 1993 · Stalag Luft as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
• 1993 · Peak Practice as Dominic Kent
• 1993 · GMTV as Self
• 1992 · Between the Lines as
• 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Inspector Dawson
• 1990 · Chancer as Jas
• 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Edward Masterman
• 1987 · Dispatches as Self - Narrator
• 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
• 1971 · Great Performances as Self
• 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
• Future · Go Away! as
• 2025 · Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger as Sir Charles
• 2024 · Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration as Robert Crawley (archive footage)
• 2023 · The Coronation Concert as Self- Presenter
• 2023 · The Wonders of Europe as Narrator
• 2022 · Secrets of the Royal Gardens as Narrator
• 2022 · The Secret Life of Our Pets as Narrator (voice)
• 2021 · Dancing Nation as Narrator ("States of Mind")
• 2021 · Wild Tales from the Farm as Narrateur
• 2020 · Sandylands as One-eyed man
• 2019 · Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear as Himself - Presenter
• 2019 · Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event as Self
• 2019 · Downton Abbey Live! as Self
• 2018 · Wild Great Britain as Narrator
• 2017 · Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor as Merlin (voice)
• 2017 · Viceroy's House as Lord Mountbatten
• 2015 · Stick Man as Santa (voice)
• 2014 · A Life on Screen as Self
• 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
• 2011 · Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel as Captain Henry Avery
• 2011 · The Hotel as Himself - Narrator
• 2010 · Turn Back Time as Narrator (voice)
• 2010 · Burke & Hare as Lord Harrington
• 2010 · The Silence as
• 2010 · Shanghai as Ben Sanger
• 2009 · From Time to Time as Captain Oldknow
• 2009 · Hunter as DSI Iain Barclay
• 2008 · Lost in Austen as Mr. Bennet
• 2008 · Freezing as
• 2008 · Miss Austen Regrets as Rev Brook Bridges
• 2007 · Four Last Songs as Sebastian Burrows
• 2006 · Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Gerry
• 2005 · The Robinsons as
• 2005 · Man to Man as Fraser McBride
• 2005 · The Rotters' Club as Voice of Adult Ben
• 2004 · Stage Beauty as Samuel Pepys
• 2002 · Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale as
• 2002 · The Gathering Storm as Ivo Pettifer
• 2001 · Blow Dry as Louis
• 2000 · Take a Girl Like You as Julian Ormerod
• 2000 · Madame Bovary as Charles Bovary
• 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Tim Duggan
• 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
• 1997 · Get Well Soon as Norman Tucker
• 1997 · The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous as Ferdinand Fitzgerald
• 1997 · Holding The Baby as Gordon Muir
• 1994 · The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
• 1991 · Paul Merton: The Series as
• 1991 · Dodgem as Rick Bayne
• Future · Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino as Narrator
• Future · Legally Mad as Gordan Hamm
• 2026 · From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026 as Himself - Host
• 2025 · Nordic Train at Christmas as Narrator
• 2025 · Great British Train Journeys from Above as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2025 · Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
• 2025 · A Sisyphean Task as The Headmaster
• 2024 · Alpine Train at Christmas as Narrator
• 2024 · The Real History of Communism as الراوي
• 2023 · Peter Sellers: Genius at Work as Narrator
• 2023 · Dead Cat Film as Clio
• 2021 · Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax as Narrator
• 2021 · The Crown's Ancient Forest as Narrator
• 2021 · Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder as Vypravěč
• 2021 · Secret Life of the Forest as Narrator (Voice)
• 2021 · The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self
• 2020 · Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
• 2020 · The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2020 · Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration as Self
• 2019 · Her Majesty's Cavalry as Narrator - Self
• 2019 · Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams) as The Narrator
• 2018 · A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville as Self
• 2018 · Sofia the First: Forever Royal as Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
• 2018 · Countdown to Calvary as Self
• 2018 · Wild Britain as Narrator
• 2017 · Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World as Narrator (voice)
• 2016 · Our Ex-Wife as Narrator
• 2015 · All Change at Longleat as Narrator
• 2015 · Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis as
• 2014 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
• 2014 · TB: Return of the Plague as Himself
• 2014 · The Dinner Party as The Host
• 2013 · The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 as Self
• 2013 · The Magnificent Lion Boy as Leonard Orlov
• 2010 · Third Star as Beachcomber
• 2009 · Glorious 39 as Gilbert
• 2008 · French Film as Jed
• 2008 · Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
• 2007 · The Diary of a Nobody as Pooter
• 2006 · Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Prince Regent
• 2003 · Hear the Silence as Dr. Andrew Wakefield
• 2003 · Conspiracy of Silence as Fr. Jack Dowling
• 2003 · Thursday the 12th as Brin Hopper
• 2002 · Right Under My Eyes as James
• 2001 · The Emperor's New Clothes as Bertrand
• 2001 · High Heels and Low Lifes as Farmer
• 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
• 1997 · See You Friday as Daniel
• 1997 · Breakout as Peter Schneider
• 1996 · Married for Life as Steve Hollingsworth
• 1994 · The Sanctuary Sparrow as Daniel Aurifaber
• Future · Set Tour: The Browns' House as Self