James Faulkner

James Faulkner

Known for
Acting
Born
July 18, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Hampstead, London, England, UK

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Sebastian Faulkner (born 18 July 1948) is a British actor, known for his many various appearance on television and in movies, usually in supporting roles. Faulkner made his big screen debut as Josef Strauss in The Great Waltz in 1972. He appeared in other films such as Whispering Death, Minder on the Orient Express, played Lt Teignmouth Melvill in Zulu Dawn that he co-produced, and appeared as Uncle Geoffrey in both Bridget Jones films. He played Herod in BBC's 1976 television adaptation of I, Claudius. In 1988 he portrayed one of the biggest enemies of Sherlock Holmes, as Stapleton in Granada Television's production of The Hound of the Baskervilles, opposite Jeremy Brett. In 1991, he played Alex Mair, the manager of the Larksoken nuclear power plant, in an Anglia production of the P.D. James novel featuring her character Inspector Adam Dalgleish, Devices and Desires. He has also portrayed Agent Smith in the film Hitman. He was also the principal antagonist Baron Mullins in the short-lived US/UK television show, Covington Cross. He voiced Severus Snape in the video game version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He also starred as Lord Kenworth in the film Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Faulkner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Filmography

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The Mystery of the Giant Birds

The Mystery of the Giant Birds

Movie · as Narrator

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Uncle Douglas poster

Uncle Douglas

Movie · as Douglas Phillips

2026
Manipulation poster

Manipulation

Movie · as Archbishop

2026
A Talent for Murder poster

A Talent for Murder

Movie · as Douglas Balfour

2025
The Last Supper poster

The Last Supper

Movie · as Caiaphas

2025
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery poster

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Movie · as Rev. Prentice Wicks

2025
Hotel Costiera poster

Hotel Costiera

TV · as Aaron Tarsky · 1 ep

2024
Chief of Station poster

Chief of Station

Movie · as Deputy Director Williams

2023
Boudica poster

Boudica

Movie · as Old Druid

2023
Repeater poster

Repeater

Movie · as Richard Silver

2023
The Devil Conspiracy poster

The Devil Conspiracy

Movie · as Cardinal Vincini

2022
Hounded poster

Hounded

Movie · as Remington Redwick

2022
Jolly Good Christmas poster

Jolly Good Christmas

Movie · as Simon

2022
The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife poster

The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife

Movie · as Dr. Fritz

2022
Slow Horses poster

Slow Horses

TV · as Charles Partner · 2 eps

2021
Never Back Down: Revolt poster

Never Back Down: Revolt

Movie · as Julian

2021
All Those Small Things poster

All Those Small Things

Movie · as Jonathan Robbins

2021
Tribes of Europa poster

Tribes of Europa

TV · as General Francis F. Cameron · 6 eps

2020
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia poster

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

TV · as King Arthur / Green Knight (voice) · 10 eps

2019
As I Am poster

As I Am

Movie · as Mr. Hurt

2018
Paul, Apostle of Christ poster

Paul, Apostle of Christ

Movie · as Paul

2018
The Sonata poster

The Sonata

Movie · as Sir Victor Ferdinand

2018
Watership Down poster

Watership Down

TV · as Frith (voice) · 2 eps

2018
The Alienist poster

The Alienist

TV · as Cornelius Vanderbilt · 1 ep

2017
Atomic Blonde poster

Atomic Blonde

Movie · as Chief "C"

2017
Final Portrait poster

Final Portrait

Movie · as Pierre Matisse

2016
Underworld: Blood Wars poster

Underworld: Blood Wars

Movie · as Cassius

2016
Bridget Jones's Baby poster

Bridget Jones's Baby

Movie · as Uncle Geoffrey

2012
Home & Family poster

Home & Family

TV · 1 ep

2011
X-Men: First Class poster

X-Men: First Class

Movie · as Swiss Bank Manager

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Randyll Tarly · 5 eps

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Frank O'Toole · 1 ep

2010
Ben Hur poster

Ben Hur

TV · as Marcellus · 2 eps

2010
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

TV · as Lord Sinderby · 3 eps

2009
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle poster

The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle

Movie · as Victor Hugenay

2009
Machotaildrop poster

Machotaildrop

Movie · as The Baron

2008
The Bank Job poster

The Bank Job

Movie · as Guy Singer

2008
Franklyn poster

Franklyn

Movie · as Pastor Bone

2008
Der Bibelcode poster

Der Bibelcode

TV · as Kardinal Emad Rhades · 2 eps

2007
Hitman poster

Hitman

Movie · as Smith Jamison

2007
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island poster

The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island

Movie · as Bill/Victor Hugenay

2006
The Conclave poster

The Conclave

Movie · as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville

2006
Day of Wrath poster

Day of Wrath

Movie · as Friar Anselmo

2006
The Good Shepherd poster

The Good Shepherd

Movie · as Lord Cooper

2005
Colour Me Kubrick poster

Colour Me Kubrick

Movie · as Oliver

2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason poster

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Movie · as Uncle Geoffrey

2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London poster

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

Movie · as Kenworth

2003
I Capture the Castle poster

I Capture the Castle

Movie · as Aubrey Fox-Cotton

2003
The Royal poster

The Royal

TV · as Sir Charles · 1 ep

2002
The Piano Player poster

The Piano Player

Movie · as Nicholas Farrel

2002
The Wolf of the West Coast poster

The Wolf of the West Coast

Movie · as Lew Millar

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Robert Westhouse · 1 ep

2001
Bridget Jones's Diary poster

Bridget Jones's Diary

Movie · as Uncle Geoffrey

2001
The Lost Empire poster

The Lost Empire

TV · as Marcus Harding · 2 eps

2000
Hell Swarm poster

Hell Swarm

Movie · as Albion

1999
All the Little Animals poster

All the Little Animals

Movie · as Mr. Stuart Whiteside

1999
Relic Hunter poster

Relic Hunter

TV · as Guy Rocher · 1 ep

1998
The Octopus poster

The Octopus

Movie · as Thomas

1998
The Commissioner poster

The Commissioner

Movie · as Gordon Cartwright

1998
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord poster

Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord

Movie · as John Aspinall

1998
Vigo poster

Vigo

Movie · as Dr. Gerard

1997
A Kid in Aladdin's Palace poster

A Kid in Aladdin's Palace

Movie · as Luxor

1997
La Femme Nikita poster

La Femme Nikita

TV · as Dominic/Inquisitor · 1 ep

1996
Crimetime poster

Crimetime

Movie · as Crowley

1996
E=MC² poster

E=MC²

Movie · as Dr. Eric Amore

1996
Nuremberg

Nuremberg

Movie · as Narrator

1995
Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms poster

Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms

Movie

1995
Hamish Macbeth poster

Hamish Macbeth

TV · as Colonel Don Maxwell · 1 ep

1994
The Trial of Lord Lucan poster

The Trial of Lord Lucan

Movie · as Sir James Hallows

1994
Wycliffe poster

Wycliffe

TV · as Steven Lander · 1 ep

1994
Pie in the Sky poster

Pie in the Sky

TV · as Ronald Quicke · 1 ep

1994
Chandler & Co poster

Chandler & Co

TV · as Giles Cotham · 1 ep

1993
The Blackheath Poisonings poster

The Blackheath Poisonings

TV · as Roger Vandervent · 3 eps

1992
The Blackheath Poisonings poster

The Blackheath Poisonings

Movie · as Roger Vandervent

1992
Carry On Columbus poster

Carry On Columbus

Movie · as Torquemada

1992
A Touch of Frost poster

A Touch of Frost

TV · as Clifford Hastings · 1 ep

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Ronald Meeks · 1 ep

1992
Covington Cross poster

Covington Cross

TV · as John Mullens · 13 eps

1992
Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series

TV · as Marcus Constantine · 1 ep

1991
The Maid poster

The Maid

Movie · as Laurent Leclair

1991
Devices and Desires poster

Devices and Desires

TV · as Dr. Alex Mair · 6 eps

1991
Napoleon poster

Napoleon

TV · as Maitland · 6 eps

1989
The Yellow Wallpaper poster

The Yellow Wallpaper

Movie · as Charles Stark

1989
Just Another Secret poster

Just Another Secret

Movie · as Markus Vogel

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Major Eustace · 1 ep

1988
Catherine poster

Catherine

Movie · as John Dunbar

1988
The Hound of the Baskervilles poster

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Movie · as Stapleton

1988
The Contract poster

The Contract

TV · as Charles Mawby · 3 eps

1988
The Bourne Identity poster

The Bourne Identity

TV · as D'Anjou · 1 ep

1987
Still Crazy Like a Fox

Still Crazy Like a Fox

Movie · as The Duke of Trent

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Basilios Vasilakis · 1 ep

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Alfredo Pereira · 1 ep

1986
First Among Equals poster

First Among Equals

TV · as Simon Kerslake · 10 eps

1985
Lace 2 poster

Lace 2

Movie · as Charles Chazelle

1985
Deceptions poster

Deceptions

Movie · as Richard Blackwell

1985
Deceptions poster

Deceptions

TV · as Richard Blackwell · 2 eps

1984
Real Life poster

Real Life

Movie · as Robin

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1984
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Stapleton · 1 ep

1984
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster poster

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

TV · as Reisman · 1 ep

1983
Eureka poster

Eureka

Movie · as Roger

1982
Zero Point poster

Zero Point

Movie · as Felix

1982
Muck and Brass poster

Muck and Brass

TV · as Maurice Taylor · 6 eps

1981
Priest of Love poster

Priest of Love

Movie · as Aldous Huxley

1981
Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

TV · as Anton Charet · 1 ep

1981
Peter and Paul poster

Peter and Paul

TV · as Menachem · 2 eps

1980
Flashpoint Africa poster

Flashpoint Africa

Movie · as Ramon Funes

1980
The Martian Chronicles poster

The Martian Chronicles

TV · as Mr. K · 1 ep

1979
Zulu Dawn poster

Zulu Dawn

Movie · as Lt. Melvill

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Patrick · 1 ep

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Apsimon, Ted Moore · 1 ep

1978
Hazell poster

Hazell

TV · as Gordon Gregory · 6 eps

1977
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

TV · as Major Nairn · 1 ep

1976
Albino poster

Albino

Movie · as Terrick

1976
I, Claudius poster

I, Claudius

TV · as Herod Agrippa · 6 eps

1975
Conduct Unbecoming poster

Conduct Unbecoming

Movie · as 2nd Lieutenant Edward Millington

1975
Chips with Everything poster

Chips with Everything

Movie · as Pilot Officer

1974
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

Movie · as Bentley Drummle

1974
Miss Nightingale

Miss Nightingale

Movie · as Henry Nicholson

1974
The Abdication poster

The Abdication

Movie · as Magnus

1972
The Great Waltz poster

The Great Waltz

Movie · as Josef Strauss

1970
Scene of the Crime poster

Scene of the Crime

TV · as Rupert Farr · 1 ep

1969
Softly Softly: Task Force poster

Softly Softly: Task Force

TV · as Clive Hornsby-Hyatt · 1 ep