Martin Jarvis

Martin Jarvis

Known for
Acting
Born
August 4, 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Biography

Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and audio recording. He is also the author of two bestselling books: a hilarious autobiography Acting Strangely and a compelling account of his award-winning time on Broadway in 2001: Broadway, Jeeves - The Diary of a Theatrical Adventure, both published by Methuen. In 2010 he starred as Vincent Hogg in a new production of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Cracked in ITV/WGHB's popular 'Miss Marple' series. In 2009, he starred in BBC2's comedy/drama Taking the Flak, receiving outstanding reviews for his performance as national treasure tv journalist David Bradburn. He stars in the feature film Neander Jin - Return of the Neanderthal Man (US/ Germany co-production, 2010) as Peter Blodnik, network mogul.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Brave the Dark poster

Brave the Dark

Movie · as Henry V (voice)

2023
Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis

TV · as Governor · 1 ep

2018
New Chilling Tales: The Anthology poster

New Chilling Tales: The Anthology

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2016
Hallelujah! poster

Hallelujah!

Movie · as Self

2014
Batman: Assault on Arkham poster

Batman: Assault on Arkham

Movie · as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

2014
United Passions poster

United Passions

Movie · as Sir Stanley Rous

2014
Cosmos poster

Cosmos

TV · as Humphry Davy (voice) · 1 ep

2013
Phil Spector poster

Phil Spector

Movie · as British TV Interviewer

2013
Endeavour poster

Endeavour

TV · as Henry Broom · 1 ep

2013
By Any Means poster

By Any Means

TV · as Paul Hollander · 1 ep

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Graham Snow · 1 ep

2012
Wreck-It Ralph poster

Wreck-It Ralph

Movie · as Saitine (voice)

2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo poster

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Movie · as Birger

2010
Inside the Actor's Workshop poster

Inside the Actor's Workshop

Movie · as Interviewer

2010
Beware of What You Wish For poster

Beware of What You Wish For

Movie · as hinself

2010
Just William poster

Just William

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

2009
Neander Jin - Die Rückkehr des Neandertalers

Neander Jin - Die Rückkehr des Neandertalers

Movie · as Peter Blodnik

2009
Taking the Flak poster

Taking the Flak

TV · 7 eps

2008
Underfist: Halloween Bash poster

Underfist: Halloween Bash

Movie · as Nergal / Police Officer / Tarvis (voice)

2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years poster

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Movie · as Johannes Hentschel (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006
The Ruby in the Smoke poster

The Ruby in the Smoke

Movie · as Voice of Capt. Lockhart (voice)

2005
Much Ado About Nothing poster

Much Ado About Nothing

Movie · as Leonard

2005
Tales of Isop poster

Tales of Isop

Movie · as Self

2005
ShakespeaRe-Told poster

ShakespeaRe-Told

TV · as Leonard · 1 ep

2005
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee poster

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

TV · as William / Bartok (voice), William / King Teddy (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Taylor Ashby · 1 ep

2004
Stargate Atlantis poster

Stargate Atlantis

TV · as Davos · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Vincent Hogg · 1 ep

2002
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War poster

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

Movie · as JB

2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

TV · as Cowfrey Pitt · 1 ep

2002
Bootleg poster

Bootleg

TV · as Mr. Blades · 3 eps

2001
By Jeeves poster

By Jeeves

Movie · as Jeeves

2001
Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone

Movie · as Baron de Whichehalse

2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy poster

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

TV · as Nergal · 3 eps

2000
Max Steel poster

Max Steel

TV · as John Dread (voice) · 35 eps

2000
Jackie Chan Adventures poster

Jackie Chan Adventures

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone

TV · as Baron de Whichehalse · 2 eps

1999
Sex 'n' Death

Sex 'n' Death

Movie · as Neil Biddle

1997
Titanic poster

Titanic

Movie · as Sir Duff Gordon

1997
Extreme Ghostbusters poster

Extreme Ghostbusters

TV · 1 ep

1996
Moses poster

Moses

Movie · as Moses / God (voice)

1996
Richie Rich poster

Richie Rich

TV · as Cadbury, Bascomb · 13 eps

1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation poster

Testament: The Bible in Animation

TV · as Moses / God (voice) · 1 ep

1995
The Absence of War poster

The Absence of War

Movie · as Linus Frank

1995
Space: Above and Beyond poster

Space: Above and Beyond

TV · as Cyril MacKendrick

1995
The Queen's Nose poster

The Queen's Nose

TV · as Frank · 6 eps

1994
Calliope poster

Calliope

Movie · as O'Brien

1994
An Audience with Ken Dodd poster

An Audience with Ken Dodd

Movie · as Self

1994
The Tick poster

The Tick

TV · as Breadmaster (voice) · 1 ep

1993
The Tempest poster

The Tempest

Movie · as Narrator

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Colin Draper · 1 ep

1993
Scarlet and Black poster

Scarlet and Black

TV · as Monsieur de Renal · 3 eps

1992
Emily's Ghost poster

Emily's Ghost

Movie · as Papa

1992
A Touch of Frost poster

A Touch of Frost

TV · as Harvey Wade · 1 ep

1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1991
Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid

TV · as Maurice Howling · 1 ep

1990
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship poster

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

Movie · as Sharp Shooter / Lightening (voice)

1989
Huxley Pig poster

Huxley Pig

TV · 26 eps

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Captain Warburton · 1 ep

1989
Chelworth poster

Chelworth

TV · as Keith Shedden · 1 ep

1988
Buster poster

Buster

Movie · as Inspector Jack Mitchell

1987
The Reluctant Dragon poster

The Reluctant Dragon

Movie · as Narrator / Boy / Father (voice)

1987
Make and Break poster

Make and Break

Movie · as Frank

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Randall Rees · 1 ep

1987
Dispatches poster

Dispatches

TV · 1 ep

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Adam Bailey · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Bart · 1 ep

1986
Artists and Models poster

Artists and Models

TV · as Commentary (voice) · 3 eps

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Malcolm Ashforth · 1 ep

1985
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos poster

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

Movie · as The Governor

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Linus Frank · 1 ep

1985
The Black Tower poster

The Black Tower

TV · as Wilfred Anstey · 6 eps

1985
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as Frank Prosser · 1 ep

1984
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Self - Presenter

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Giles Havelock, Cyril Ruddy · 1 ep

1984
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster poster

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

TV · as Armitage · 1 ep

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

1982
Countdown poster

Countdown

TV · 137 eps

1981
The Bunker poster

The Bunker

Movie · as Johannes Hentschel

1981
Peace in No Man's Land poster

Peace in No Man's Land

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1981
Sunday Night Thriller

Sunday Night Thriller

TV · as Stone · 2 eps

1980
Breakaway

Breakaway

TV · as Det. Insp. Sam Harvey · 12 eps

1979
Ike poster

Ike

TV · as King George VI · 1 ep

1978
Enemy at the Door poster

Enemy at the Door

TV · as Nils Borg · 1 ep

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
Rings on Their Fingers poster

Rings on Their Fingers

TV · as Oliver Pryde · 20 eps

1977
Charades poster

Charades

Movie · as Sir Fergus / Sir James

1977
True Patriot poster

True Patriot

Movie · as Klaus

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as Klaus · 1 ep

1977
The Sunday Drama

The Sunday Drama

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1976
Killers

Killers

TV · as Alfred Arthur Rouse · 1 ep

1975
Rumpole of the Bailey poster

Rumpole of the Bailey

TV · as Canon Timothy Donkin · 1 ep

1975
Zigger Zagger

Zigger Zagger

TV · as Les · 3 eps

1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs poster

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Movie · as Butler

1974
NOVA poster

NOVA

TV · as G.H. Hardy (voice), Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1974
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

TV · as Uriah Heep · 4 eps

1974
The Pallisers poster

The Pallisers

TV · as Frank Greystock · 3 eps

1974
Seven Faces of Woman

Seven Faces of Woman

TV · as James Thurley · 1 ep

1973
European Heritage

European Heritage

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1972
Arthur of the Britons poster

Arthur of the Britons

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Moonstone poster

The Moonstone

TV · as Godfrey Ablewhite · 4 eps

1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Philip Marsden · 1 ep

1970
Taste the Blood of Dracula poster

Taste the Blood of Dracula

Movie · as Jeremy Secker

1970
The Last Escape poster

The Last Escape

Movie · as Lt. Donald Wilcox

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Sir Fergus / Sir James · 1 ep

1970
Little Women poster

Little Women

TV · as John Brooke · 9 eps

1969
Look at Life: Look at Man

Look at Life: Look at Man

Movie · as Self - Commentator

1969
Paul Temple poster

Paul Temple

TV · 1 ep

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Godfrey Footman · 1 ep

1969
W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

TV · as Dr. Naughton · 1 ep

1968
Look at Life: Where Have All the Butterflies Gone?

Look at Life: Where Have All the Butterflies Gone?

Movie · as Self - Commentator

1968
Look at Life: The Sinking City

Look at Life: The Sinking City

Movie · as Self - Commentator

1968
Look at Life: High Living

Look at Life: High Living

Movie · as Self - Commentator

1968
Look at Life: On the Meter poster

Look at Life: On the Meter

Movie · as Self

1968
Nicholas Nickleby poster

Nicholas Nickleby

TV · as Nicholas Nickleby · 13 eps

1967
Look at Life: Hopping Along

Look at Life: Hopping Along

Movie · as Commentator

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as David Bryant · 1 ep

1967
Escape

Escape

TV · as Peter · 1 ep

1967
The Forsyte Saga poster

The Forsyte Saga

TV · as Jon Forsyte · 1 ep

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Alan · 1 ep

1966
Secrets of a Windmill Girl poster

Secrets of a Windmill Girl

Movie

1965
Doctor Who: The Web Planet poster

Doctor Who: The Web Planet

Movie · as Hilio

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Aircraftman Dickinson · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Father Ramon · 1 ep

1964
Detective poster

Detective

TV · 1 ep

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Hilio, Butler / Voice in Reminder Room, Governor · 3 eps

1955
Dixon of Dock Green poster

Dixon of Dock Green

TV · as Vic Hallan · 1 ep