Stuart Milligan

Stuart Milligan

Known for
Acting
Born
September 10, 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Stuart Milligan (born September 10, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor and voice actor, 6′ ½″ (184 cm) tall, who relocated to the United Kingdom in 1979 and has been based there since. His parents, Phyllis and Charles Milligan, were both teachers. He is married to Rosie (Dutch-born) and they have two daughters, Sjanneke and Maaike. He is best known for his recurring role as flamboyant illusionist Adam Klaus in the BBC mystery-comedy Jonathan Creek (1998–2010, 15 episodes). His most notable film credits include an uncredited Salvage Team Leader in Aliens (1986, directed by James Cameron), Officer Walters in Outland (1981), Captain in Spy Game (2001, with Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt), Police Sergeant in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Taylor Scott in Red Joan (2018, with Cate Blanchett), Secretary of State in Hunter Killer (2018, with Ashton Kutcher), and US President in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). On television he appeared as CIA analyst Arthur O'Neill in The Assets (2014, 8 episodes), President Richard Nixon in Doctor Who (2011, 3 episodes), Terrance Penbrook in Silo (2023, Apple TV+), Major Mackay in The English (2022), and in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) and Berlin Station (2016). As a voice actor he voiced Superman in BBC Radio 4's Superman On Trial (1988), Taki in Wicked City (1987, anime dub), Shunsuke Sengoku in Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990), Zack in Chuggington (US dub), and Mr. Green in the Clue video game (1997). On stage he performed in the original London production of Marilyn! (1983), Cord Elam in Oklahoma! (1998, with Hugh Jackman, West End), and Mr. Robinson in The Graduate (1991, Gielgud Theatre).

Known For

Filmography

2026
Scotty poster

Scotty

Movie · as Hilton (voice)

2025
Death by Lightning poster

Death by Lightning

TV · as Chairman Hoar · 2 eps

2023
Silo poster

Silo

TV · as Terrance Penbrook · 1 ep

2022
Toast of Tinseltown poster

Toast of Tinseltown

TV · as Old Timer Bill · 1 ep

2022
The English poster

The English

TV · as Major MacKay · 1 ep

2021
Where Is Anne Frank poster

Where Is Anne Frank

Movie · as Herman Van Daan (voice)

2021
The Trick poster

The Trick

Movie · as Senator James Inhofe

2020
Wonder Woman 1984 poster

Wonder Woman 1984

Movie · as POTUS

2020
Avenue 5 poster

Avenue 5

TV · as Grandpa Passenger · 1 ep

2018
Red Joan poster

Red Joan

Movie · as Taylor Scott

2018
Hunter Killer poster

Hunter Killer

Movie · as Secretary of State

2018
Black Earth Rising poster

Black Earth Rising

TV · as Scott Moncrieff · 1 ep

2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan poster

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

TV · as Bruno Ramos · 1 ep

2016
Angel of Decay poster

Angel of Decay

Movie · as Pathologist

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Harding Lawrence · 1 ep

2015
Re-Kill poster

Re-Kill

Movie · as Captain Mcadam

2014
The Assets poster

The Assets

TV · as Arthur O'Neill · 8 eps

2011
Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut Prequel poster

Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut Prequel

Movie · as Richard Nixon

2009
Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man poster

Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man

Movie · as Adam Klaus

2009
Doctor Who: Dreamland poster

Doctor Who: Dreamland

TV · as Colonel Stark (voice) · 6 eps

2007
Benidorm poster

Benidorm

TV · as Rutger · 1 ep

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Webster · 1 ep

2006
The Detonator poster

The Detonator

Movie · as Greenfield

2006
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial poster

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

TV · as John Monigan · 3 eps

2005
Festival poster

Festival

Movie · as Arnold Weiss

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as President Richard Nixon · 2 eps

2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow poster

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Movie · as Police Sergeant

2002
The Basil Brush Show poster

The Basil Brush Show

TV · as Archie Bison · 1 ep

2001
Spy Game poster

Spy Game

Movie · as Captain

2001
Crossroads

Crossroads

TV · 97 eps

1999
Oklahoma! poster

Oklahoma!

Movie · as Cord Elam

1999
The Visitor poster

The Visitor

Movie · as Mr. Jefferson

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure

Movie · as Lt. George Patton

1999
Shockers poster

Shockers

TV · as Mr Jefferson · 1 ep

1999
Daylight Robbery poster

Daylight Robbery

TV · as Liebermann · 2 eps

1998
Prague Duet poster

Prague Duet

Movie · as Gary Beinhart

1997
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest poster

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

Movie · as Dale Kruse

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Mr. Hundsecker, Victor Karras · 1 ep

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Adam Klaus · 11 eps

1991
Seduction

Seduction

Movie · as Art Pepper (Segment "But Beautiful")

1991
Robin Hood poster

Robin Hood

Movie · as Gilbert/ Robin's Father (voice)

1991
Robin Hood IV, King's Return poster

Robin Hood IV, King's Return

Movie · as Gilbert/ Robin's Father (voice)

1991
Robin Hood III: Enemies Forever poster

Robin Hood III: Enemies Forever

Movie

1990
The Chief poster

The Chief

TV · as Walter J. Walcott · 1 ep

1989
Murder on the Moon poster

Murder on the Moon

Movie · as Contarini

1989
A Quiet Conspiracy

A Quiet Conspiracy

TV · as Lt. Mitch Kahlmann · 4 eps

1988
The Fortunate Pilgrim poster

The Fortunate Pilgrim

TV · as Lefty Fay · 2 eps

1987
Three Wishes for Jamie poster

Three Wishes for Jamie

Movie · as Big Tom

1985
Spies Like Us poster

Spies Like Us

Movie · as WAMP Technician

1985
Santa Claus: The Movie poster

Santa Claus: The Movie

Movie · as Senator (uncredited)

1985
Lifeforce poster

Lifeforce

Movie · as NASA Technician (uncredited)

1985
Dempsey and Makepeace poster

Dempsey and Makepeace

TV · as Schwartz · 1 ep

1982
We'll Meet Again poster

We'll Meet Again

TV · as Pilot · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Herbert Marks, Arnold Glimcher · 1 ep

1981
Outland poster

Outland

Movie · as Walters

1981
Ragtime poster

Ragtime

Movie · as Marksman

1980
Oppenheimer poster

Oppenheimer

TV · as Herbert Marks · 1 ep

1977
Secret Army poster

Secret Army

TV · as Corporal Lewis · 1 ep