James Wilby

James Wilby

Known for
Acting
Born
February 20, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]

Biography

James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988).

Known For

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Filmography

2025
I, Jack Wright poster

I, Jack Wright

TV · as Max Preston · 5 eps

2024
Merchant Ivory poster

Merchant Ivory

Movie · as Self

2024
Vindication Swim poster

Vindication Swim

Movie · as Mr. Havers

2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare poster

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Movie · as Viscount Algernon

2024
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel poster

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel

Movie · as Mr. Vincent

2024
The Marlow Murder Club poster

The Marlow Murder Club

TV · as Sir Peter Bailey · 2 eps

2023
The Famous Five poster

The Famous Five

TV · as Mr. Vincent · 1 ep

2022
Masquerade poster

Masquerade

Movie · as Thomas

2021
The Duke poster

The Duke

Movie · as Judge Aarvold

2019
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey poster

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

Movie · as Narrator

2019
Salt poster

Salt

Movie · as Conrad

2017
The Sense of an Ending poster

The Sense of an Ending

Movie · as David Ford

2016
Churchill's Secret poster

Churchill's Secret

Movie · as Brendan Bracken

2016
ChickLit poster

ChickLit

Movie · as Geoffrey

2016
Victoria poster

Victoria

TV · as Sir Piers Gifford · 1 ep

2016
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells poster

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

TV · as Pawkins · 1 ep

2015
Poldark poster

Poldark

TV · as Lord Falmouth · 10 eps

2014
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Headmaster · 4 eps

2013
Vincent

Vincent

Movie · as The Man

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Sefton Scott · 1 ep

2013
The Great Train Robbery poster

The Great Train Robbery

TV · as John Wheater · 2 eps

2012
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story poster

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

Movie · as Wilfred De'Ath

2012
Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street

TV · as Charles Broadwick · 1 ep

2012
Titanic poster

Titanic

TV · as Bruce Ismay · 4 eps

2011
We Need to Talk About Kieran poster

We Need to Talk About Kieran

Movie · as Professor Hugh Merrill

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Elias Thomson · 1 ep

2009
Shadows in the Sun poster

Shadows in the Sun

Movie · as Robert

2008
A Risk Worth Taking poster

A Risk Worth Taking

Movie · as Patrick Trenchard

2008
Lady Godiva poster

Lady Godiva

Movie · as Earl of Mercia, Leofric

2007
It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You poster

It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You

Movie · as John Locke

2007
Clapham Junction poster

Clapham Junction

Movie · as Julian Rowan

2007
The Last Days of the Raj poster

The Last Days of the Raj

Movie · as Lord Mountbatten

2007
Secret Diary of a Call Girl poster

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

TV · as Henry · 1 ep

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Hugh Mallory · 1 ep

2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire poster

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

TV · as Ofonius Tigellinus · 1 ep

2005
Jericho poster

Jericho

TV · as Alan Mills · 1 ep

2004
De-Lovely poster

De-Lovely

Movie · as Edward Thomas

2004
Island at War poster

Island at War

TV · as Sen. James Dorr · 6 eps

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Stanley Kirkwood · 1 ep

2003
Sparkling Cyanide poster

Sparkling Cyanide

Movie · as Stephen Farraday

2002
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

Movie · as Herbert Spencer

2002
Bertie and Elizabeth poster

Bertie and Elizabeth

Movie · as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'

2002
The Making of Gosford Park poster

The Making of Gosford Park

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Major Cornwall · 1 ep

2001
Gosford Park poster

Gosford Park

Movie · as Freddie Nesbitt

2001
Jump Tomorrow poster

Jump Tomorrow

Movie · as Nathan

2001
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years poster

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

TV · 1 ep

2001
Murder in Mind poster

Murder in Mind

TV · as Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton · 1 ep

1999
Cotton Mary poster

Cotton Mary

Movie · as John MacIntosh

1999
An Ideal Husband poster

An Ideal Husband

Movie · as Sir Robert Chiltern

1999
The Dark Room poster

The Dark Room

Movie · as Dr Alan Protheroe

1999
Tom's Midnight Garden poster

Tom's Midnight Garden

Movie · as Uncle Alan Kitson

1999
The Dark Room poster

The Dark Room

TV · as Dr. Alan Protheroe · 2 eps

1997
Regeneration poster

Regeneration

Movie · as 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon

1997
The Woman In White poster

The Woman In White

Movie · as Sir Percival Glyde

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Edward Milton · 1 ep

1997
Original Sin poster

Original Sin

TV · as Gerard Etienne · 2 eps

1997
Trial & Retribution poster

Trial & Retribution

TV · as James McCready · 1 ep

1997
The Woman In White poster

The Woman In White

TV · as Sir Percival Glyde · 2 eps

1996
Witness Against Hitler poster

Witness Against Hitler

Movie · as Helmuth James von Moltke

1996
The Treasure Seekers poster

The Treasure Seekers

Movie · as Henry Carlisle

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · 2 eps

1994
The Chess Game poster

The Chess Game

Movie · as Lord Staunton

1994
Crocodile Shoes poster

Crocodile Shoes

TV · 13 eps

1993
Lady Chatterley poster

Lady Chatterley

TV · as Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt · 4 eps

1993
You, Me and It

You, Me and It

TV · as Charles Henderson · 3 eps

1992
Adam Bede poster

Adam Bede

Movie · as Arthur Donnithorne

1992
Howards End poster

Howards End

Movie · as Charles Wilcox

1992
Immaculate Conception poster

Immaculate Conception

Movie · as Alistair

1991
Tell Me That You Love Me poster

Tell Me That You Love Me

Movie · as Michael Evans

1991
The Siege of Venice poster

The Siege of Venice

Movie · as Milord Runbiff

1989
Conspiracy

Conspiracy

Movie · as Stringer

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Nick Marvin · 1 ep

1989
Mother Love poster

Mother Love

TV · as Christopher "Kit" Vesey · 4 eps

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Andrew Restarick · 1 ep

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Arthur Donnithorne, Michael Evans · 1 ep

1989
A Tale of Two Cities poster

A Tale of Two Cities

TV · as Sydney Carton · 2 eps

1988
A Summer Story poster

A Summer Story

Movie · as Frank Ashton

1988
A Handful of Dust poster

A Handful of Dust

Movie · as Tony Last

1988
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow poster

The Storyteller: Sapsorrow

Movie · as Prince

1988
The Storyteller poster

The Storyteller

TV · as Prince · 1 ep

1987
Maurice poster

Maurice

Movie · as Maurice Hall

1986
A Room with a View poster

A Room with a View

Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Archie Grayling · 3 eps

1985
Dutch Girls poster

Dutch Girls

Movie · as Dundine

1985
Dreamchild poster

Dreamchild

Movie · as Baker

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1984
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Young Barclay · 1 ep

1984
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Young James · 1 ep

1982
Privileged poster

Privileged

Movie · as Jamie