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
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- 2025 · Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Rev. Prentice Wicks
- 2025 · Hotel Costiera as Aaron Tarsky
- 2025 · The Last Supper as Caiaphas
- 2024 · Chief of Station as Deputy Director Williams
- 2023 · Boudica as Old Druid
- 2023 · Repeater as Richard Silver
- 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)
- 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 · 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 · Game of Thrones as Randyll Tarly
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Lord Sinderby
- 2010 · Ben Hur as Marcellus
- 2008 · The Bank Job as Guy Singer
- 2007 · Hitman as Smith Jamison
- 2007 · The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island as Bill/Victor Hugenay
- 2006 · The Good Shepherd as Lord Cooper
- 2004 · Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Uncle Geoffrey
- 2002 · Spooks as Robert Westhouse
- 2001 · Bridget Jones's Diary as Uncle Geoffrey
- 1999 · Relic Hunter as Guy Rocher
- 1999 · All the Little Animals as Mr. Stuart Whiteside
- 1998 · The Octopus as Thomas
- 1998 · The Commissioner as Gordon Cartwright
- 1995 · Hamish Macbeth as Colonel Don Maxwell
- 1994 · Wycliffe as Steven Lander
- 1994 · Pie in the Sky as Ronald Quicke
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Marcus Constantine
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Ronald Meeks
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Major Eustace
- 1988 · The Bourne Identity as D'Anjou
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Basilios Vasilakis
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Alfredo Pereira
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Stapleton
- 1984 · Mr. Palfrey of Westminster as Reisman
- 1983 · Eureka as Roger
- 1981 · Bergerac as Anton Charet
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1979 · Minder as Apsimon
- 1979 · Minder as Ted Moore
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Patrick
- 1978 · Hazell as Gordon Gregory
- 1977 · The Professionals as Major Nairn
- 1976 · I, Claudius as Herod Agrippa
- 1974 · The Abdication as Magnus
- 1974 · Miss Nightingale as Henry Nicholson
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Rupert Farr
- Future · The Mystery of the Giant Birds as Narrator
- Future · Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms as
- 2023 · The Devil Conspiracy as Cardinal Vincini
- 2022 · Jolly Good Christmas as Simon
- 2022 · Hounded as Remington Redwick
- 2022 · The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife as Dr. Fritz
- 2019 · As I Am as Mr. Hurt
- 2017 · Final Portrait as Pierre Matisse
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Swiss Bank Manager
- 2009 · Machotaildrop as The Baron
- 2009 · The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle as Victor Hugenay
- 2008 · Franklyn as Pastor Bone
- 2008 · Der Bibelcode as Kardinal Emad Rhades
- 2007 · The Conclave as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
- 2006 · Day of Wrath as Friar Anselmo
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Oliver
- 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
- 2001 · The Lost Empire as Marcus Harding
- 2000 · Hell Swarm as Albion
- 1998 · Vigo as Dr. Gerard
- 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
- 1994 · The Trial of Lord Lucan as Sir James Hallows
- 1994 · Chandler & Co as Giles Cotham
- 1993 · The Blackheath Poisonings as Roger Vandervent
- 1992 · The Blackheath Poisonings as Roger Vandervent
- 1992 · Carry On Columbus as Torquemada
- 1992 · Covington Cross as John Mullens
- 1991 · The Maid as Laurent Leclair
- 1991 · Napoleon as Maitland
- 1991 · Devices and Desires as Dr. Alex Mair
- 1989 · The Yellow Wallpaper as
- 1989 · Just Another Secret as Markus Vogel
- 1988 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Stapleton
- 1988 · Catherine as John Dunbar
- 1988 · The Contract as Charles Mawby
- 1987 · Still Crazy Like a Fox as The Duke of Trent
- 1986 · First Among Equals as Simon Kerslake
- 1985 · Lace 2 as Charles Chazelle
- 1985 · Deceptions as Richard Blackwell
- 1985 · Deceptions as Richard Blackwell
- 1984 · Real Life as Robin
- 1982 · Muck and Brass as Maurice Taylor
- 1982 · Zero Point as Felix
- 1981 · Priest of Love as Aldous Huxley
- 1981 · Peter and Paul as Menachem
- 1980 · The Martian Chronicles as Mr. K
- 1980 · Flashpoint Africa as Ramon Funes
- 1979 · Zulu Dawn as Lt. Melvill
- 1974 · Great Expectations as Bentley Drummle
- Future · Manipulation as
- 1976 · Death in the Sun as Terrick
- 1975 · Conduct Unbecoming as Tenente Edward Millington
- 1975 · Chips with Everything as Pilot Officer
- 1972 · The Great Waltz as Josef Strauss




