Jason Watkins

Jason Watkins

Known for
Acting
Born
October 28, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Albrighton, Shropshire, England, UK

Biography

Jason Watkins is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in Being Human, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A and Gordon Shakespeare in the film series Nativity.

Known For

Filmography

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The Joy of Sex

The Joy of Sex

Movie

2026
Geronto poster

Geronto

Movie · as Older

2026
Stonehenge: Secrets of the New Stone poster

Stonehenge: Secrets of the New Stone

Movie · as Self

2026
Enola Holmes 3 poster

Enola Holmes 3

Movie · as Brigadier Sampson

2026
Dear England poster

Dear England

TV · as Greg Dyke · 4 eps

2026
Dirty Business poster

Dirty Business

TV · as Peter Hammond · 3 eps

2026
Falling poster

Falling

TV · as Peter · 3 eps

2026
Buckingham Palace A Year in the Life poster

Buckingham Palace A Year in the Life

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

2025
Dragonfly poster

Dragonfly

Movie · as John

2025
The Phoenician Scheme poster

The Phoenician Scheme

Movie · as Notary

2025
The Game poster

The Game

TV · as Huw Miller · 8 eps

2025
Bookish poster

Bookish

TV · as Harold Sneed · 2 eps

2024
Wicked Little Letters poster

Wicked Little Letters

Movie · as Mr. Treading

2024
Princes in the Tower: A Damning Discovery poster

Princes in the Tower: A Damning Discovery

Movie · as Presenter

2024
Coma poster

Coma

TV · as Simon · 4 eps

2024
Batman: Caped Crusader poster

Batman: Caped Crusader

TV · as Alfred Pennyworth (voice), Alfred Pennyworth / Guard 1 (voice), Alfred Pennyworth / Carnival Barker (voice), Alfred Pennyworth / Provost Williams (voice) · 17 eps

2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV poster

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
The One Note Man poster

The One Note Man

Movie · as One Note Man

2023
Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie poster

Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie

Movie

2023
Jason and Clara: In Memory of Maudie poster

Jason and Clara: In Memory of Maudie

TV · 1 ep

2023
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant poster

Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant

TV · as Stanley Fox · 4 eps

2023
The Catch poster

The Catch

TV · as Ed · 4 eps

2022
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus

Movie · as Mr Wraxhall

2022
SAS Rogue Heroes poster

SAS Rogue Heroes

TV · as Winston Churchill · 1 ep

2021
The Trick poster

The Trick

Movie · as Phil Jones

2021
Around the World in 80 Days poster

Around the World in 80 Days

TV · as Bernard Fortescue · 7 eps

2021
Blankety Blank poster

Blankety Blank

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2020
Something Borrowed poster

Something Borrowed

Movie · as Stanley

2020
Hitmen poster

Hitmen

TV · as The Lawyer · 1 ep

2020
Des poster

Des

TV · as Brian Masters · 3 eps

2020
McDonald & Dodds poster

McDonald & Dodds

TV · as DS Dodds · 11 eps

2018
The Children Act poster

The Children Act

Movie · as Nigel Pauling

2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote poster

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Movie · as Rupert

2018
Hold the Sunset poster

Hold the Sunset

TV · as Roger · 12 eps

2018
A Very English Scandal poster

A Very English Scandal

TV · as Emlyn Hooson · 3 eps

2018
Watership Down poster

Watership Down

TV · as Captain Orchis (voice) · 2 eps

2018
Celebrity Catchphrase poster

Celebrity Catchphrase

TV · 1 ep

2018
Inside the Tower of London poster

Inside the Tower of London

TV · as Narrator · 50 eps

2017
The Overcoat poster

The Overcoat

Movie · as Christopher Cobbler

2017
Hampstead poster

Hampstead

Movie · as James Smythe

2017
Taboo poster

Taboo

TV · as Solomon Coop · 6 eps

2017
Decline and Fall poster

Decline and Fall

TV · as Wilfred Lucas-Dockery · 1 ep

2016
You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks poster

You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks

Movie · as Mr. Humphreys

2016
Love, Nina poster

Love, Nina

TV · as Malcolm Tanner · 5 eps

2016
The Secret poster

The Secret

TV · as Pastor Hansford · 4 eps

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Harold Wilson · 10 eps

2015
Safe House poster

Safe House

TV · as Simon Duke · 4 eps

2014
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! poster

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!

Movie · as Gordon Shakespeare

2014
W1A poster

W1A

TV · as Simon Harwood · 14 eps

2014
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies poster

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

TV · as Christopher Jefferies · 2 eps

2014
Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9

TV · as Kevin, Self · 1 ep

2013
Atlantis poster

Atlantis

TV · as Crios · 1 ep

2012
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! poster

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!

Movie · as Gordon Shakespeare

2012
Dirk Gently poster

Dirk Gently

TV · as DI Gilks · 2 eps

2012
Prisoners' Wives poster

Prisoners' Wives

TV · as Will · 6 eps

2012
Line of Duty poster

Line of Duty

TV · as Tim Ifield, FC Tim Ifield · 6 eps

2012
Call the Midwife poster

Call the Midwife

TV · as Reverend Applebee-Thornton · 1 ep

2012
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

TV · as Suffolk · 2 eps

2012
Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents

TV · as Andy · 1 ep

2011
Lost Christmas poster

Lost Christmas

Movie · as Noel Noble

2011
Trollied poster

Trollied

TV · as Gavin · 36 eps

2011
Twenty Twelve poster

Twenty Twelve

TV · as Richard Salter · 1 ep

2011
Friday Night Dinner poster

Friday Night Dinner

TV · as Tony Michaels · 1 ep

2011
The Body Farm poster

The Body Farm

TV · as Edward Worrell · 1 ep

2010
Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers

TV · as Vince · 1 ep

2009
Nativity! poster

Nativity!

Movie · as Gordon Shakespeare

2009
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas poster

Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas

Movie

2009
May Contain: Nuts poster

May Contain: Nuts

Movie · as Mr. John Worrall

2009
Being Human poster

Being Human

TV · as Herrick · 13 eps

2009
Personal Affairs poster

Personal Affairs

TV · as Art Grimble · 1 ep

2009
Miranda poster

Miranda

TV · as Dick Twist · 1 ep

2008
Miss Austen Regrets poster

Miss Austen Regrets

Movie · as Rev Clarke

2008
Wild Child poster

Wild Child

Movie · as Mr. Nellist

2008
Little Dorrit poster

Little Dorrit

TV · as Plornish · 14 eps

2008
Wired poster

Wired

TV · as Mart · 3 eps

2008
Lark Rise to Candleford poster

Lark Rise to Candleford

TV · 2 eps

2007
The History of Mr Polly poster

The History of Mr Polly

Movie

2007
The Golden Compass poster

The Golden Compass

Movie · as Bolvangar Official

2007
Once Upon a Time on the Westway poster

Once Upon a Time on the Westway

Movie · as Desmond Marshal

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Oswald Cooper · 1 ep

2006
Confetti poster

Confetti

Movie · as Gregory

2006
Sixty Six poster

Sixty Six

Movie · as Mr. Spender

2006
Housewife, 49 poster

Housewife, 49

Movie · as Dr Roger Brierley

2006
Fear of Fanny poster

Fear of Fanny

Movie · as Derek

2006
Life on Mars poster

Life on Mars

TV · as Colin Merrick · 1 ep

2006
Hotel Babylon poster

Hotel Babylon

TV · as Murray

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
New Street Law poster

New Street Law

TV · as Brian Steele · 1 ep

2006
The Virgin Queen poster

The Virgin Queen

TV · as Christopher Hatton · 3 eps

2005
My Family and Other Animals poster

My Family and Other Animals

Movie · as Durant

2005
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt poster

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

Movie · as Laurence

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Webley · 1 ep

2005
Funland poster

Funland

TV · as Bradley Stainer · 6 eps

2004
In Denial of Murder

In Denial of Murder

Movie · as Stephen Downing

2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason poster

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Movie · as Charlie Parker-Knowles

2004
Bodies poster

Bodies

TV · as Ralph Harris · 1 ep

2004
Sex Traffic poster

Sex Traffic

TV · 2 eps

2003
State of Mind poster

State of Mind

Movie · as Nathan Saunders

2003
She Stoops to Conquer poster

She Stoops to Conquer

Movie · as Diggory

2003
Blue Murder poster

Blue Murder

TV · as Barr · 1 ep

2003
Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind

TV · 1 ep

2003
Coming Up poster

Coming Up

TV · as Colin · 1 ep

2001
The Russian Bride poster

The Russian Bride

TV · as Christopher Rattle · 3 eps

2000
Circus poster

Circus

Movie · as Dom

2000
Sabotage!! poster

Sabotage!!

Movie · as Capt. Worplesdon

1999
Bostock's Cup poster

Bostock's Cup

Movie · as Tommy Bennett

1999
Sex 'n' Death

Sex 'n' Death

Movie · as Mick Luger

1999
Onegin poster

Onegin

Movie · as Guillot

1998
Duck Patrol poster

Duck Patrol

TV · as Kevin 'Taz' Delaney · 7 eps

1997
Tomorrow Never Dies poster

Tomorrow Never Dies

Movie · as HMS Bedford Principal Warfare Officer

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Joe Ferabbee · 1 ep

1997
Grown Ups

Grown Ups

TV · as Bob · 6 eps

1994
Pie in the Sky poster

Pie in the Sky

TV · as Jason Burgess · 1 ep

1992
Split Second poster

Split Second

Movie · as Coroner's Assistant

1991
Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier

TV · as Cpl Geoff Porter · 1 ep

1989
High Hopes poster

High Hopes

Movie · as Wayne

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Joe Bland · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Partridge · 1 ep

1985
EastEnders poster

EastEnders

TV · as Gerry · 1 ep

1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas

TV · as Mr Wraxhall · 1 ep