James Faulkner
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
Known For

Game of Thrones

Death in Paradise

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Scene of the Crime

Downton Abbey

Heartbeat

Slow Horses

Minder
All Movies (73)
- Manipulation2026 · as Archbishop
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025 · as Rev. Prentice Wicks
- The Last Supper2025 · as Caiaphas
- Chief of Station2024 · as Deputy Director Williams
- Boudica2023 · as Old Druid
- Repeater2023 · as Richard Silver
- The Devil Conspiracy2023 · as Cardinal Vincini
- Jolly Good Christmas2022 · as Simon
- Hounded2022 · as Remington Redwick
- The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife2022 · as Dr. Fritz
- Never Back Down: Revolt2021 · as Julian
- All Those Small Things2021 · as Jonathan Robbins
- As I Am2019 · as Mr. Hurt
- The Sonata2018 · as Sir Victor Ferdinand
- Paul, Apostle of Christ2018 · as Paul
- Final Portrait2017 · as Pierre Matisse
- Atomic Blonde2017 · as Chief "C"
- Underworld: Blood Wars2016 · as Cassius
- Bridget Jones's Baby2016 · as Uncle Geoffrey
- X-Men: First Class2011 · as Swiss Bank Manager
- Machotaildrop2009 · as The Baron
- The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle2009 · as Victor Hugenay
- Franklyn2008 · as Pastor Bone
- The Bank Job2008 · as Guy Singer
- Hitman2007 · as Smith Jamison
- The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island2007 · as Bill/Victor Hugenay
- The Good Shepherd2006 · as Lord Cooper
- The Conclave2006 · as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
- Day of Wrath2006 · as Friar Anselmo
- Colour Me Kubrick2005 · as Oliver
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason2004 · as Uncle Geoffrey
- Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London2004 · as Kenworth
- I Capture the Castle2003 · as Aubrey Fox-Cotton
- The Piano Player2002 · as Nicholas Farrel
- The Wolf of the West Coast2002 · as Lew Millar
- Bridget Jones's Diary2001 · as Uncle Geoffrey
- Hell Swarm2000 · as Albion
- All the Little Animals1999 · as Mr. Stuart Whiteside
- The Octopus1998 · as Thomas
- Vigo1998 · as Dr. Gerard
- The Commissioner1998 · as Gordon Cartwright
- Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord1998 · as John Aspinall
- A Kid in Aladdin's Palace1997 · as Luxor
- Crimetime1996 · as Crowley
- Nuremberg1996 · as Narrator
- E=MC²1996 · as Dr. Eric Amore
- The Trial of Lord Lucan1994 · as Sir James Hallows
- The Blackheath Poisonings1992 · as Roger Vandervent
- Carry On Columbus1992 · as Torquemada
- The Maid1991 · as Laurent Leclair
- The Yellow Wallpaper1989 · as Charles Stark
- Just Another Secret1989 · as Markus Vogel
- The Hound of the Baskervilles1988 · as Stapleton
- Catherine1988 · as John Dunbar
- Still Crazy Like a Fox1987 · as The Duke of Trent
- Lace 21985 · as Charles Chazelle
- Deceptions1985 · as Richard Blackwell
- Real Life1984 · as Robin
- Eureka1983 · as Roger
- Zero Point1982 · as Felix
- Priest of Love1981 · as Aldous Huxley
- Flashpoint Africa1980 · as Ramon Funes
- Zulu Dawn1979 · as Lt. Melvill
- Albino1976 · as Terrick
- Conduct Unbecoming1975 · as 2nd Lieutenant Edward Millington
- Chips with Everything1975 · as Pilot Officer
- The Abdication1974 · as Magnus
- Great Expectations1974 · as Bentley Drummle
- Miss Nightingale1974 · as Henry Nicholson
- The Great Waltz1972 · as Josef Strauss
- Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms—
- The Mystery of the Giant Birds— · as Narrator
- Uncle Douglas— · as Douglas Phillips
All TV Shows (49)
- Hotel Costiera2025 · as Aaron Tarsky
- Slow Horses2022 · as Charles Partner
- Tribes of Europa2021 · as General Francis F. Cameron
- Wizards: Tales of Arcadia2020 · as King Arthur (voice)
- Watership Down2018 · as Frith (voice)
- The Alienist2018 · as Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Home & Family2012
- Death in Paradise2011 · as Frank O'Toole
- Game of Thrones2011 · as Randyll Tarly
- Downton Abbey2010 · as Lord Sinderby
- Ben Hur2010 · as Marcellus
- Der Bibelcode2008 · as Kardinal Emad Rhades
- The Royal2003 · as Sir Charles
- Spooks2002 · as Robert Westhouse
- The Lost Empire2001 · as Marcus Harding
- Relic Hunter1999 · as Guy Rocher
- Hamish Macbeth1995 · as Colonel Don Maxwell
- Wycliffe1994 · as Steven Lander
- Chandler & Co1994 · as Giles Cotham
- Pie in the Sky1994 · as Ronald Quicke
- The Blackheath Poisonings1993 · as Roger Vandervent
- A Touch of Frost1992 · as Clifford Hastings
- Highlander: The Series1992 · as Marcus Constantine
- Covington Cross1992 · as John Mullens
- Heartbeat1992 · as Ronald Meeks
- Napoleon1991 · as Maitland
- Devices and Desires1991 · as Dr. Alex Mair
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Major Eustace
- The Bourne Identity1988 · as D'Anjou
- The Contract1988 · as Charles Mawby
- Inspector Morse1987 · as Basilios Vasilakis
- First Among Equals1986 · as Simon Kerslake
- Lovejoy1986 · as Alfredo Pereira
- Deceptions1985 · as Richard Blackwell
- The Bill1984
- Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Stapleton
- Mr. Palfrey of Westminster1984 · as Reisman
- Muck and Brass1982 · as Maurice Taylor
- Bergerac1981 · as Anton Charet
- Peter and Paul1981 · as Menachem
- Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
- The Martian Chronicles1980 · as Mr. K
- Minder1979 · as Apsimon
- Minder1979 · as Ted Moore
- Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Patrick
- Hazell1978 · as Gordon Gregory
- The Professionals1977 · as Major Nairn
- I, Claudius1976 · as Herod Agrippa
- Scene of the Crime1970 · as Rupert Farr