Iain Glen

Iain Glen

Known for
Acting
Born
June 24, 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Biography

Iain Alan Sutherland Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor. Glen is best known for his roles as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the Resident Evil film series (2004–2016) and as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). Other notable roles include John Hanning Speke in Mountains of the Moon (1990), Larry Winters in Silent Scream (1990) for which he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival, Manfred Powell in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Brother John in Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), the title role in Jack Taylor (2010–2016), Sir Richard Carlisle in Downton Abbey (2011), James Willett in Eye in the Sky (2015), Bruce Wayne in Titans (2019–2021), Magnus MacMillan in The Rig (2023–present), and Dr. Pete Nichols in Silo (2023–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article about Iain Glen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Corleone

Corleone

Movie

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Vagabond Shoes poster

Vagabond Shoes

Movie · as Alec Murray

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1971 poster

1971

Movie

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Black Palace

Black Palace

Movie

2026
A Rare Breed

A Rare Breed

Movie · as Ray

2026
Drummer Boy poster

Drummer Boy

Movie · as Major John Ambrose

2026
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials poster

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

TV · as Lord Caterham · 2 eps

2025
Tanvi the Great poster

Tanvi the Great

Movie · as Michael Simmons

2025
Quezon poster

Quezon

Movie · as Governor-General Leonard Wood

2025
VE Day 80 poster

VE Day 80

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
What About Love poster

What About Love

Movie · as American Ambassador

2024
The Last Front poster

The Last Front

Movie · as Leonard

2024
Last Days of the Space Age poster

Last Days of the Space Age

TV · as Bob Foden · 8 eps

2023
Oracles of God the Story of the Old Testament poster

Oracles of God the Story of the Old Testament

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2023
Operation Napoleon poster

Operation Napoleon

Movie · as William Carr

2023
The Rig poster

The Rig

TV · as Magnus MacMillan · 12 eps

2023
Silo poster

Silo

TV · as Dr. Pete Nichols · 12 eps

2023
Castlevania: Nocturne poster

Castlevania: Nocturne

TV · as Juste Belmont (voice) · 9 eps

2022
The Lost Girls poster

The Lost Girls

Movie · as Hook

2021
The Colony poster

The Colony

Movie · as Gibson

2021
Reyka poster

Reyka

TV · as Angus Speelman · 16 eps

2020
The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words poster

The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words

Movie · as Narrator

2020
Black Beauty poster

Black Beauty

Movie · as John Manly

2020
The Windermere Children poster

The Windermere Children

Movie · as Jock Lawrence

2020
The Racer poster

The Racer

Movie · as ‘Sonny’ McElhone

2019
The Flood poster

The Flood

Movie · as Philip

2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch poster

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

Movie · as Self

2019
The Fabric of You poster

The Fabric of You

Movie · as Isaac (voice)

2019
Isabel poster

Isabel

Movie · as Colin

2018
Dusty and Me poster

Dusty and Me

Movie · as Mickey the Bubble

2018
Mrs Wilson poster

Mrs Wilson

TV · as Alec Wilson · 3 eps

2018
Titans poster

Titans

TV · as Bruce Wayne / Batman · 11 eps

2017
My Cousin Rachel poster

My Cousin Rachel

Movie · as Kendall

2017
Beautiful Devils poster

Beautiful Devils

Movie

2017
The Tigers of Scotland poster

The Tigers of Scotland

Movie · as Narrator

2016
Eye in the Sky poster

Eye in the Sky

Movie · as James Willett

2016
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter poster

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

Movie · as Dr. Isaacs

2016
The Queen Mary: Greatest Ocean Liner poster

The Queen Mary: Greatest Ocean Liner

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2016
Cleverman poster

Cleverman

TV · as Jarrod Slade · 12 eps

2016
Delicious poster

Delicious

TV · as Leo Vincent · 12 eps

2015
The Bad Education Movie poster

The Bad Education Movie

Movie · as Pasco Trevelyan

2015
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life poster

Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life

Movie · as Self

2015
Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special

Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special

Movie · as Self

2014
Russia's Mystery Files poster

Russia's Mystery Files

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2014
The Red Tent poster

The Red Tent

TV · as Jacob · 2 eps

2014
Autopsy: The Last Hours of... poster

Autopsy: The Last Hours of...

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 15 eps

2013
Kick-Ass 2 poster

Kick-Ass 2

Movie · as Uncle Ralph

2013
Breathless poster

Breathless

TV · as Ronald Mulligan · 6 eps

2012
Prisoners' Wives poster

Prisoners' Wives

TV · as Paul · 10 eps

2012
Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street

TV · as Madoc Faulkner · 1 ep

2012
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

TV · as Warwick · 1 ep

2011
The Iron Lady poster

The Iron Lady

Movie · as Alfred Roberts

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Ser Jorah Mormont · 70 eps

2011
Borgia poster

Borgia

TV · 2 eps

2010
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

TV · as Sir Richard Carlisle · 2 eps

2010
Haven poster

Haven

TV · as Roland Holloway · 1 ep

2010
Jack Taylor poster

Jack Taylor

TV · as Jack Taylor · 9 eps

2010
Strike Back poster

Strike Back

TV · as Gerald Crawford · 2 eps

2009
Pope Joan poster

Pope Joan

Movie · as Village Priest

2009
Harry Brown poster

Harry Brown

Movie · as SI Childs

2009
Into the Storm poster

Into the Storm

Movie · as King George VI

2009
The Case of Unfaithful Klara poster

The Case of Unfaithful Klara

Movie · as Denis

2009
The Diary of Anne Frank poster

The Diary of Anne Frank

Movie · as Otto Frank

2009
Snow Monkeys of Japan

Snow Monkeys of Japan

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Law & Order: UK poster

Law & Order: UK

TV · 1 ep

2009
The Diary of Anne Frank poster

The Diary of Anne Frank

TV · as Otto Frank · 5 eps

2008
Slapper poster

Slapper

Movie · as Red / Michael Simmons

2008
Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction' poster

Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction'

Movie · as Self

2008
The Players: The Cast of 'Extinction' poster

The Players: The Cast of 'Extinction'

Movie · as Self

2008
City of Vice poster

City of Vice

TV · as John Fielding · 5 eps

2007
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution poster

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

Movie · as Frank Ratcliffe

2007
Resident Evil: Extinction poster

Resident Evil: Extinction

Movie · as Dr. Isaacs

2007
The Last Legion poster

The Last Legion

Movie · as Orestes

2007
The Relief of Belsen poster

The Relief of Belsen

Movie · as James Johnston

2007
Starting Over poster

Starting Over

Movie · as Gregor Dewhurst

2006
Small Engine Repair poster

Small Engine Repair

Movie · as Doug

2005
Man to Man poster

Man to Man

Movie · as Alexander Auchinleck

2005
Tara Road poster

Tara Road

Movie · as Danny

2005
Kingdom of Heaven poster

Kingdom of Heaven

Movie · as Richard Coeur de Lion

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Octavian · 2 eps

2005
Kidnapped poster

Kidnapped

TV · as Breck · 3 eps

2004
Resident Evil: Apocalypse poster

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Movie · as Dr. Isaacs

2003
The Soul Keeper poster

The Soul Keeper

Movie · as Carl Jung

2003
Song for a Raggy Boy poster

Song for a Raggy Boy

Movie · as Brother John

2003
Carla poster

Carla

Movie · as Daniel

2003
Spy Sorge poster

Spy Sorge

Movie · as Richard Sorge

2003
Impact

Impact

Movie · as Marcus Hodge

2002
Darkness poster

Darkness

Movie · as Mark

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Vaughan Edwards · 7 eps

2001
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider poster

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Movie · as Manfred Powell

2001
Gabriel & Me poster

Gabriel & Me

Movie · as Dad

2000
Paranoid poster

Paranoid

Movie · as Stan

2000
The Wyvern Mystery poster

The Wyvern Mystery

Movie · as Charles Fairfield

2000
Beautiful Creatures poster

Beautiful Creatures

Movie · as Tony

2000
Anchor Me

Anchor Me

Movie · as Nathan Carter

2000
Glasgow Kiss poster

Glasgow Kiss

TV · as Stuart Morrison · 6 eps

1999
Wives and Daughters poster

Wives and Daughters

TV · as Mr Preston · 4 eps

1998
Mararía poster

Mararía

Movie · as Bertrand

1997
Painted Lady poster

Painted Lady

TV · as Sebastian Stafford · 2 eps

1997
Trial & Retribution poster

Trial & Retribution

TV · as Damon Morton · 1 ep

1996
Death of a Salesman poster

Death of a Salesman

Movie · as Biff

1994
Missus

Missus

Movie · as Father Pietro Salviati, Missus

1994
Missus

Missus

TV · as Father Pietro Salviati, Missus · 2 eps

1993
The Young Americans poster

The Young Americans

Movie · as Edward Foster

1992
Adam Bede poster

Adam Bede

Movie · as Adam Bede

1992
Black and Blue

Black and Blue

Movie · as Commander Powell

1992
Frankie's House poster

Frankie's House

Movie

1992
Frankie's House poster

Frankie's House

TV · as Tim Page · 4 eps

1991
30 Door Key poster

30 Door Key

Movie · as Józio

1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead poster

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Movie · as Hamlet

1990
Mountains of the Moon poster

Mountains of the Moon

Movie · as John Hanning Speke

1990
Silent Scream poster

Silent Scream

Movie · as Larry Winters

1990
Fools of Fortune poster

Fools of Fortune

Movie · as Willie Quinton

1989
The Picnic poster

The Picnic

Movie · as Ray

1989
Paris by Night poster

Paris by Night

Movie · as Wallace Sharp

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Doctor Willoughby · 1 ep

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Adam Bede, Commander Powell · 1 ep

1988
Gorillas in the Mist poster

Gorillas in the Mist

Movie · as Brendan

1988
The Fear poster

The Fear

TV · as Carl Galton · 5 eps

1987
Will You Love Me Tomorrow poster

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Movie · as Sailor

1986
Blood Hunt poster

Blood Hunt

Movie · as Allan Innes

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Ray, Allan Innes, Sailor · 1 ep

1983
Taggart poster

Taggart

TV · 1 ep

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps