John Sessions

John Sessions

Known for
Acting
Born
January 11, 1953
Died
November 2, 2020 (aged 67)
Birthplace
Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Biography

Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2021
Belfast poster

Belfast

Movie · as Joseph Tomelty as Marley

2020
The Great poster

The Great

TV · as Bishop Tarcinkus · 1 ep

2019
Intrigo: Dear Agnes poster

Intrigo: Dear Agnes

Movie · as Pumpermann

2019
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream poster

Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream

Movie · as Self

2018
Balls poster

Balls

Movie · as Brownlow

2018
The Town That Floored the World poster

The Town That Floored the World

Movie · as Presenter

2017
Loving Vincent poster

Loving Vincent

Movie · as Pere Tanguy

2017
Finding Your Feet poster

Finding Your Feet

Movie · as Mike Abbott

2017
The Loch poster

The Loch

TV · as DCI Frank Smilie · 6 eps

2016
Red Top poster

Red Top

Movie · as The Accountant

2016
Florence Foster Jenkins poster

Florence Foster Jenkins

Movie · as Dr. Hermann

2016
The Rack Pack poster

The Rack Pack

Movie · as Ted Lowe

2016
Whisky Galore poster

Whisky Galore

Movie · as Doctor McLaren

2016
Denial poster

Denial

Movie · as Prof. Richard Evans

2016
Victoria poster

Victoria

TV · as Lord John Russell · 8 eps

2016
Upstart Crow poster

Upstart Crow

TV · as Lord Inquisitor · 1 ep

2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words poster

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

Movie · as Narrator

2015
Legend poster

Legend

Movie · as Lord Boothby

2015
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story poster

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

Movie · as Arthur Lowe

2015
Mr. Holmes poster

Mr. Holmes

Movie · as Mycroft Holmes

2015
Hiroshima: The Aftermath poster

Hiroshima: The Aftermath

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2015
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell poster

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

TV · as John Murray · 1 ep

2014
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie poster

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

Movie · as Thorne

2014
The Silent Storm poster

The Silent Storm

Movie · as Mr. Smith

2014
Outlander poster

Outlander

TV · as Arthur Duncan · 2 eps

2013
Filth poster

Filth

Movie · as Toal

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Reverend Adam Gillespie · 1 ep

2013
Blandings poster

Blandings

TV · as Lord Didcot · 1 ep

2012
30 Years of Comic Strip poster

30 Years of Comic Strip

Movie

2012
The Domino Effect poster

The Domino Effect

Movie · as Talk Show Host

2012
Dead Boss poster

Dead Boss

TV · as Sir Humphreys · 1 ep

2012
Moone Boy poster

Moone Boy

TV · 1 ep

2011
The Real American: Joe McCarthy poster

The Real American: Joe McCarthy

Movie · as Joe McCarthy

2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair poster

The Hunt for Tony Blair

Movie · as Norman Tebbit

2011
The Iron Lady poster

The Iron Lady

Movie · as Edward Heath

2011
Friday Night Dinner poster

Friday Night Dinner

TV · as Mr. Murray · 1 ep

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Hugh Davenport · 1 ep

2010
Spies and Lies poster

Spies and Lies

Movie · as Folkes

2010
Made in Dagenham poster

Made in Dagenham

Movie · as Harold Wilson

2010
The Making of Plus One poster

The Making of Plus One

Movie · as Derek - the line producer

2010
Gerard Kelly: A Celebration poster

Gerard Kelly: A Celebration

Movie · as Self

2010
Sherlock poster

Sherlock

TV · as Kenny Prince · 1 ep

2010
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge poster

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

TV · 1 ep

2009
The Last Station poster

The Last Station

Movie · as Dushan

2009
Nativity! poster

Nativity!

Movie · as Mr. Lore

2009
Breaking the Mould poster

Breaking the Mould

Movie · as Edward Mellanby

2009
Margaret poster

Margaret

Movie · as Geoffrey Howe

2008
Inconceivable poster

Inconceivable

Movie · as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow

2007
Reichenbach Falls

Reichenbach Falls

Movie · as Professor Bell

2007
Skins poster

Skins

TV · as Geoff Fitzgerald · 2 eps

2007
Ronni Ancona & Co

Ronni Ancona & Co

TV · 3 eps

2007
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

TV · as Mr Sowerberry · 3 eps

2007
British Film Forever poster

British Film Forever

TV · 1 ep

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Professor Rufus Strickfaden · 1 ep

2006
Scoop poster

Scoop

Movie · as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)

2006
Low Winter Sun poster

Low Winter Sun

Movie · as Prof Barry Lennox

2006
The Good Shepherd poster

The Good Shepherd

Movie · as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin

2006
Hotel Babylon poster

Hotel Babylon

TV · as Donovan Credo · 1 ep

2005
The English Harem

The English Harem

Movie · as Ridley

2005
Rag Tale poster

Rag Tale

Movie · as Felix Miles Sty

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Gus · 1 ep

2004
Five Children and It poster

Five Children and It

Movie · as Peasemarsh

2004
Lighthouse Hill poster

Lighthouse Hill

Movie · as Mr. Reynard

2004
The Merchant of Venice poster

The Merchant of Venice

Movie · as Salerio

2004
Hawking poster

Hawking

Movie · as Dennis Sciama

2004
Stella Street poster

Stella Street

Movie

2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two poster

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

Movie · as Rival Newspaper Editor

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · 1 ep

2004
Shameless poster

Shameless

TV · as Father McGinn · 1 ep

2003
The Key poster

The Key

Movie

2003
Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2002
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

Movie · as George Henry Lewes

2002
One of the Hollywood Ten poster

One of the Hollywood Ten

Movie · as Paul Jarrico

2002
Gangs of New York poster

Gangs of New York

Movie · as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time poster

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

Movie · as General Tannis

2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

TV · as John Corntel · 1 ep

2001
High Heels and Low Lifes poster

High Heels and Low Lifes

Movie · as Director

2001
David Macaulay: Mill Times poster

David Macaulay: Mill Times

Movie · as Shadrack Moore (voice)

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · 3 eps

2001
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes poster

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Prof. Rutherford · 1 ep

2000
Around The World In 80 Days poster

Around The World In 80 Days

Movie · as Jean Passepartout (voice)

2000
A Profile of 'Brief Encounter' poster

A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'

Movie · as Self

2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · 1 ep

2000
Gormenghast poster

Gormenghast

TV · as Dr Alfred Prunesquallor · 4 eps

1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Philostrate

1999
Faeries poster

Faeries

Movie · as Chudley (voice)

1999
The Man

The Man

Movie · as Jerry Barnes

1998
Faith poster

Faith

Movie · as Brian

1998
The Scarlet Tunic poster

The Scarlet Tunic

Movie · as Humphrey Gould

1998
Cousin Bette poster

Cousin Bette

Movie · as Musical Director

1998
Queen's Park Story poster

Queen's Park Story

Movie

1998
In the Red poster

In the Red

TV · as Hercules Fortescue · 3 eps

1997
My Night with Reg poster

My Night with Reg

Movie · as Daniel

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Barrett Filby · 1 ep

1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling poster

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

TV · as Henry Fielding · 5 eps

1997
Stella Street poster

Stella Street

TV · 39 eps

1996
The Adventures of Pinocchio poster

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Movie · as Schoolmaster

1996
The Treasure Seekers poster

The Treasure Seekers

Movie · as Redman

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV · as Charlie Penn · 2 eps

1995
In the Bleak Midwinter poster

In the Bleak Midwinter

Movie · as Terry Du Bois

1994
Citizen Locke

Citizen Locke

Movie · as John Locke

1994
David Macaulay: Roman City poster

David Macaulay: Roman City

Movie · as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)

1994
Princess Caraboo poster

Princess Caraboo

Movie · as Prince Regent

1994
Nice Day at the Office

Nice Day at the Office

TV · 6 eps

1994
John Sessions' Likely Stories poster

John Sessions' Likely Stories

TV · 6 eps

1993
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles poster

Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles

Movie · as James Boswell

1992
Sellers' Best poster

Sellers' Best

Movie · as Self

1992
Freddie As F.R.O.7. poster

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

Movie · as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)

1991
The Pope Must Die poster

The Pope Must Die

Movie · as Dino

1991
John Sessions' Tall Tales poster

John Sessions' Tall Tales

TV · 6 eps

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Daniel · 1 ep

1991
Jute City poster

Jute City

TV · as McMurdo · 3 eps

1990
Sweet Revenge poster

Sweet Revenge

Movie · as John

1990
Some Enchanted Evening poster

Some Enchanted Evening

Movie · as Bobby Buffet

1990
One Foot in the Grave poster

One Foot in the Grave

TV · as Man on Phone (voice) · 1 ep

1990
Plunder

Plunder

TV · 1 ep

1990
Rab C. Nesbitt poster

Rab C. Nesbitt

TV · as Chief Inspector Haggerty · 1 ep

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1990
Single Voices

Single Voices

TV · as Bobby Buffet · 1 ep

1989
Henry V poster

Henry V

Movie · as Macmorris

1989
John Sessions On The Spot

John Sessions On The Spot

TV · 6 eps

1988
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show poster

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

Movie · as Laurence Olivier (Voice)

1988
Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan poster

Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan

Movie · as Various Roles

1988
Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

TV · as Self · 21 eps

1988
Menace Unseen

Menace Unseen

TV · as Larry Knight · 3 eps

1987
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People poster

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

Movie · as Antonio Gramsci

1987
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards poster

Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards

Movie · as Various Roles

1987
Spitting Image: Election Special '87 poster

Spitting Image: Election Special '87

Movie · as Various Characters

1987
Porterhouse Blue poster

Porterhouse Blue

TV · as Zipser · 4 eps

1987
The New Statesman poster

The New Statesman

TV · as Lord Penistone · 1 ep

1986
Castaway poster

Castaway

Movie · as Man in Pub

1986
Whoops Apocalypse poster

Whoops Apocalypse

Movie · as Mr. Sweetzer

1986
Sky Bandits poster

Sky Bandits

Movie · as Flight

1986
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House poster

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

Movie · as Various Roles

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Barney Spitz · 1 ep

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as James Boswell · 1 ep

1985
Girls On Top poster

Girls On Top

TV · as Rodney · 1 ep

1985
Happy Families poster

Happy Families

TV · as Dean · 1 ep

1984
The Bounty poster

The Bounty

Movie · as John Smith

1984
Spitting Image poster

Spitting Image

TV · 132 eps

1982
The Sender poster

The Sender

Movie · as Patient

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1979
Question Time poster

Question Time

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep