Colin McFarlane

Colin McFarlane

Known for
Acting
Born
September 15, 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Upper Clapton, London

Biography

Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is a British actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy, Ulysses in the STARZ television drama series Outlander and as the voice of Bulgy in the children's television series Thomas & Friends.

Known For

Filmography

2025
The War Between the Land and the Sea poster

The War Between the Land and the Sea

TV · as General Austin Pierce · 4 eps

2023
Beyond Paradise poster

Beyond Paradise

TV · as Dr. Roger Franklin · 1 ep

2022
Toast of Tinseltown poster

Toast of Tinseltown

TV · as Weech Beacon · 1 ep

2022
I Hate You poster

I Hate You

TV · as Lord Grutley · 1 ep

2022
Big Tree City poster

Big Tree City

TV · as Additional Voices (voice) · 15 eps

2022
Supertato poster

Supertato

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 104 eps

2021
Thomas & Friends: Animal Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: Animal Adventures

Movie · as Bulgy (voice)

2021
Milo poster

Milo

TV · as (voice) · 52 eps

2020
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases poster

The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases

Movie · as Self

2020
Offering to the Storm poster

Offering to the Storm

Movie · as Aloisius Dupree

2020
Fireman Sam: Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky poster

Fireman Sam: Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky

Movie · as Malcolm Williams / Map-Screen 700

2020
Thomas & Friends: Marvellous Machinery poster

Thomas & Friends: Marvellous Machinery

Movie · as Dr. Holyfield (voice)

2020
Thomas and Friends: The Royal Engine poster

Thomas and Friends: The Royal Engine

Movie · as Bulgy / Beresford (voice)

2020
Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue poster

Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue

Movie · as Bulgy (voice)

2020
Industry poster

Industry

TV · as Lord Oaki · 1 ep

2019
Crawl poster

Crawl

Movie · as Governor

2019
The Queen's Corgi poster

The Queen's Corgi

Movie · as Chief / Nelson (voice)

2019
The Legacy of the Bones poster

The Legacy of the Bones

Movie · as Aloisius Dupree

2018
Patient Zero poster

Patient Zero

Movie · as General Pierce

2018
The Commuter poster

The Commuter

Movie · as Conductor Sam

2018
Thomas & Friends: On the Go with Thomas poster

Thomas & Friends: On the Go with Thomas

Movie · as Bulgy / Bertie's Driver (voice)

2017
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor poster

Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor

Movie · as Beresford (voice)

2017
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience poster

Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience

Movie · as Mr. Lion (voice)

2017
The Invisible Guardian poster

The Invisible Guardian

Movie · as Aloisius Dupree

2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Egeus

2016
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared poster

The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared

Movie · as Seth

2016
Porridge poster

Porridge

Movie · as Judge

2016
Hooten & The Lady poster

Hooten & The Lady

TV · 1 ep

2016
The Rebel poster

The Rebel

TV · as Roderick · 1 ep

2015
Crown for Christmas poster

Crown for Christmas

Movie · as Chancellor Riggs

2014
Shadows of a Stranger poster

Shadows of a Stranger

Movie · as Asmo

2014
On Angel Wings poster

On Angel Wings

Movie · as Joseph

2014
Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain poster

Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain

Movie · as Sparkie (voice)

2014
Awesome Adventures: Party Surprise! poster

Awesome Adventures: Party Surprise!

Movie · as Sparkie the Dragon (voice)

2014
Outlander poster

Outlander

TV · as Ulysses · 10 eps

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Cardinal Papillon · 2 eps

2013
Plebs poster

Plebs

TV · 1 ep

2013
Jo poster

Jo

TV · 2 eps

2013
It's Kevin poster

It's Kevin

TV · as Various · 1 ep

2012
Chuggington: All Buckled Up! poster

Chuggington: All Buckled Up!

Movie · as Voice

2012
Bad Education poster

Bad Education

TV · as Politician · 1 ep

2012
Dirk Gently poster

Dirk Gently

TV · as Terence Brown · 1 ep

2012
Citizen Khan poster

Citizen Khan

TV · as DI Taylor · 1 ep

2011
The Last Belle poster

The Last Belle

Movie · as The Barman

2011
Mike the Knight: Magical Mishaps poster

Mike the Knight: Magical Mishaps

Movie · as Sparkie the Dragon

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Anton Burrage · 1 ep

2010
Hounded poster

Hounded

Movie · as Dr. Muhahaha

2010
Schizo Samurai Shitzu poster

Schizo Samurai Shitzu

TV · 5 eps

2010
Hounded

Hounded

TV · as Dr. Muhahaha · 13 eps

2009
The Cube poster

The Cube

TV · 4 eps

2009
Reggie Perrin poster

Reggie Perrin

TV · as Mr Fox · 5 eps

2008
The Dark Knight poster

The Dark Knight

Movie · as Loeb

2008
Parents of the Band

Parents of the Band

TV · 6 eps

2008
Chuggington poster

Chuggington

TV · as Harrison · 40 eps

2008
Gotham Tonight poster

Gotham Tonight

TV · as Comissioner Gillian B. Loeb · 2 eps

2007
The History of the World Backwards poster

The History of the World Backwards

TV · 6 eps

2007
M.I. High poster

M.I. High

TV · as Maximus Fiticus · 1 ep

2006
Hyperdrive poster

Hyperdrive

TV · as Male Bulaahg · 1 ep

2006
Torchwood poster

Torchwood

TV · as General Pierce · 3 eps

2006
Not Going Out poster

Not Going Out

TV · as Foreman · 1 ep

2006
New Street Law poster

New Street Law

TV · as Sir Nicholas Evans · 1 ep

2005
Batman Begins poster

Batman Begins

Movie · as Loeb

2005
Fragile poster

Fragile

Movie · as Roy

2005
Beneath the Skin poster

Beneath the Skin

Movie · as Jeremy

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Moran · 2 eps

2005
Harry & Paul poster

Harry & Paul

TV · 2 eps

2005
Vegas Virgins

Vegas Virgins

TV · as Self - Narrator · 10 eps

2005
Last Rights poster

Last Rights

TV · as Don · 3 eps

2003
Bob the Builder: Bob's Friends and Family poster

Bob the Builder: Bob's Friends and Family

Movie · as J.J. (voice)

2003
Chunky Monkey poster

Chunky Monkey

Movie · as Trevor

2003
Strange poster

Strange

TV · as Reverend Johnson · 1 ep

2003
Coming Up poster

Coming Up

TV · as Henry · 1 ep

2002
Mysteries of Easter Island poster

Mysteries of Easter Island

Movie · as Narrator (UK)

2002
The King's Beard poster

The King's Beard

Movie · as Jasper (voice)

2002
War Game poster

War Game

Movie · as Little General / King George V (voice)

2001
The Whistle-Blower poster

The Whistle-Blower

Movie · as Bobby De Luca

2001
Christmas Carol: The Movie poster

Christmas Carol: The Movie

Movie · as Fezziwig (voice)

2001
Legacy of the Dragon poster

Legacy of the Dragon

Movie · as Narrator

2001
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps poster

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

TV · 1 ep

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · 4 eps

2001
As If poster

As If

TV · as Jerry · 2 eps

2001
Murder in Mind poster

Murder in Mind

TV · as Ray Marker · 1 ep

2000
Hannibal: The World's Most Notorious Serial Killer Captured on Film poster

Hannibal: The World's Most Notorious Serial Killer Captured on Film

Movie · as Narrator

2000
Sorted poster

Sorted

Movie · as Doctor

2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · 1 ep

2000
Black Books poster

Black Books

TV · as Inspector Norris · 1 ep

1999
The Criminal poster

The Criminal

Movie · as Businessman

1999
The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right? poster

The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?

Movie

1998
Ted & Ralph poster

Ted & Ralph

Movie · as Interior Designer

1998
The First 9½ Weeks poster

The First 9½ Weeks

Movie · as Remy

1997
Coriolanus poster

Coriolanus

Movie · as Tullus Aufidius

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Inspector Fell · 1 ep

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Jordan Briggs · 1 ep

1996
The Final Passage poster

The Final Passage

Movie

1996
Circles of Deceit: Kalon

Circles of Deceit: Kalon

Movie · as Interrogator

1996
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher poster

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

TV · as Sgt. Slipper (voice) · 26 eps

1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation poster

Testament: The Bible in Animation

TV · as God (voice), Goliath (voice) · 1 ep

1995
The Thin Blue Line poster

The Thin Blue Line

TV · as European Commissioner Mustafa Delcroix · 1 ep

1995
Oscar's Orchestra poster

Oscar's Orchestra

TV · 39 eps

1995
Backup poster

Backup

TV · 1 ep

1994
Othello poster

Othello

Movie · as Othello (voice)

1994
The Fast Show poster

The Fast Show

TV · as Various Characters · 34 eps

1992
In Dreams

In Dreams

Movie · as Journalist/Dave

1992
Black Poppies

Black Poppies

Movie

1992
Black and Blue

Black and Blue

Movie · as Jesse Jarman

1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

TV · as Othello (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Tales from the Poop Deck

Tales from the Poop Deck

TV · as Lieutenant Parkinson · 1 ep

1992
Virtual Murder poster

Virtual Murder

TV · as Professor Daniels · 1 ep

1990
Chilling Out poster

Chilling Out

Movie · as Colin

1990
Jeeves and Wooster poster

Jeeves and Wooster

TV · as Toto · 1 ep

1987
Bust poster

Bust

TV · as Steve · 1 ep

1985
Dutch Girls poster

Dutch Girls

Movie · as Mkwela

1985
Dempsey and Makepeace poster

Dempsey and Makepeace

TV · as Watson, Det. Sgt. Watson · 3 eps

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 4 eps