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James Faulkner

James Faulkner

Acting1948Hampstead, London, England, UK

Biography

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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.

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Acting History

2025
The Last Supper
as Caiaphas
Hotel Costiera
TVas Aaron Tarsky
2024
Chief of Station
as Deputy Director Williams
2023
Boudica
as Old Druid
The Devil Conspiracy
as Cardinal Vincini
Repeater
as Richard Silver
2022
Hounded
as Remington Redwick
Slow Horses
TVas Charles Partner2 eps
2021
All Those Small Things
as Jonathan Robbins
Európa a jövőben
TVas General Francis F. Cameron
2020
The Alienist
TVas Cornelius Vanderbilt1 eps
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
TVas King Arthur (voice)10 eps
2019
As I Am
as Mr. Hurt
2018
The Sonata
as Sir Victor Ferdinand
Watership Down
TVas Frith (voice)2 eps
Death in Paradise
TVas Frank O'Toole1 eps
2017
Atomic Blonde
as Chief "C"
Final Portrait
as Pierre Matisse
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Uncle Geoffrey
Game of Thrones
TVas Randyll Tarly5 eps
2014
Downton Abbey
TVas Lord Sinderby3 eps
2011
X-Men: First Class
as Swiss Bank Manager
The Royal
TVas Sir Charles1 eps
2010
Ben Hur
TVas Marcellus2 eps
Spooks
TVas Robert Westhouse1 eps
2008
The Bank Job
as Guy Singer
Franklyn
as Pastor Bone
Der Bibelcode
TVas Kardinal Emad Rhades
2007
Hitman
as Smith Jamison
The Conclave
as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
2006
The Good Shepherd
as Lord Cooper
Game of Swords
as Friar Anselmo
2003
I Capture the Castle
as Aubrey Fox-Cotton
2002
The Piano Player
as Nicholas Farrel
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Uncle Geoffrey
Heartbeat
TVas Ronald Meeks1 eps
The Lost Empire
TVas Marcus Harding
2000
Hell Swarm
as Albion
Relic Hunter
TVas Guy Rocher1 eps
1999
All the Little Animals
as Mr. Stuart Whiteside
1998
The Octopus
as Thomas
Vigo
as Dr. Gerard
The Commissioner
as Gordon Cartwright
1997
Pie in the Sky
TVas Ronald Quicke1 eps
1996
Crimetime
as Crowley
E=MC²
as Dr. Eric Amore
Nuremberg
as Narrator
1995
Hamish Macbeth
TVas Colonel Don Maxwell
1994
The Trial of Lord Lucan
as Sir James Hallows
Highlander: The Series
TVas Marcus Constantine1 eps
Chandler & Co
TVas Giles Cotham
Wycliffe
TVas Steven Lander1 eps
1993
The Blackheath Poisonings
TVas Roger Vandervent
1992
Carry On Columbus
as Torquemada
The Blackheath Poisonings
as Roger Vandervent
Lovejoy
TVas Alfredo Pereira1 eps
Covington Cross
TVas John Mullens
1991
The Maid
as Laurent Leclair
Inspector Morse
TVas Basilios Vasilakis1 eps
Napoleon
TVas Maitland
Devices and Desires
TVas Dr. Alex Mair
1989
Just Another Secret
as Markus Vogel
Bergerac
TVas Anton Charet1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Major Eustace1 eps
1988
Catherine
as John Dunbar
The Bourne Identity
TVas D'Anjou1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
TVas Stapleton1 eps
The Contract
TVas Charles Mawby
1987
Still Crazy Like a Fox
as The Duke of Trent
1986
First Among Equals
TVas Simon Kerslake
1985
Deceptions
as Richard Blackwell
Lace 2
as Charles Chazelle
Minder
TVas Ted Moore1 eps
Deceptions
TVas Richard Blackwell
1983
Eureka
as Roger
1982
Zero Point
as Felix
Muck and Brass
TVas Maurice Taylor
1981
Priest of Love
as Aldous Huxley
Peter and Paul
TVas Menachem
1980
Flashpoint Africa
as Ramon Funes
Tales of the Unexpected
TVas Patrick1 eps
The Professionals
TVas Major Nairn1 eps
The Martian Chronicles
TVas Mr. K1 eps
1979
Zulu Dawn
as Lt. Melvill
Zulu Dawn
Co-Producer
1978
Hazell
TVas Gordon Gregory
1976
I, Claudius
TVas Herod Agrippa6 eps
1975
Conduct Unbecoming
as Tenente Edward Millington
Chips with Everything
as Pilot Officer
1974
Miss Nightingale
as Henry Nicholson
Great Expectations
as Bentley Drummle
1972
The Great Waltz
as Josef Strauss
1970
Scene of the Crime
TVas Rupert Farr

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/18/1948(77 years old)
Place of Birth
Hampstead, London, England, UK