- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1948
- Place of Birth
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
James Faulkner
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 Dalg…
Filmography
movieManipulation
2026 · Archbishop
movieWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 · Rev. Prentice Wicks
tvHotel Costiera
2025 · Aaron Tarsky
movieThe Last Supper
2025 · Caiaphas
movieChief of Station
2024 · Deputy Director Williams
movieBoudica
2023 · Old Druid
movieRepeater
2023 · Richard Silver
movieThe Devil Conspiracy
2023 · Cardinal Vincini
movieJolly Good Christmas
2022 · Simon
movieHounded
2022 · Remington Redwick
movieThe Surgeon of the Rusty Knife
2022 · Dr. Fritz
tvSlow Horses
2022 · Charles Partner
movieNever Back Down: Revolt
2021 · Julian
movieAll Those Small Things
2021 · Jonathan Robbins
tvTribes of Europa
2021 · General Francis F. Cameron
tvWizards: Tales of Arcadia
2020 · King Arthur (voice)
movieAs I Am
2019 · Mr. Hurt
tvWatership Down
2018 · Frith (voice)
movieThe Sonata
2018 · Sir Victor Ferdinand
moviePaul, Apostle of Christ
2018 · Paul
tvThe Alienist
2018 · Cornelius Vanderbilt
movieFinal Portrait
2017 · Pierre Matisse
movieAtomic Blonde
2017 · Chief "C"
movieUnderworld: Blood Wars
2016 · Cassius
movieBridget Jones's Baby
2016 · Uncle Geoffrey
tvHome & Family
2012
tvDeath in Paradise
2011 · Frank O'Toole
movieX-Men: First Class
2011 · Swiss Bank Manager
tvGame of Thrones
2011 · Randyll Tarly
tvDownton Abbey
2010 · Lord Sinderby
tvBen Hur
2010 · Marcellus
movieMachotaildrop
2009 · The Baron
movieThe Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle
2009 · Victor Hugenay
movieFranklyn
2008 · Pastor Bone
tvDer Bibelcode
2008 · Kardinal Emad Rhades
movieThe Bank Job
2008 · Guy Singer
movieHitman
2007 · Smith Jamison
movieThe Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island
2007 · Bill/Victor Hugenay
movieThe Good Shepherd
2006 · Lord Cooper
movieThe Conclave
2006 · Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
movieDay of Wrath
2006 · Friar Anselmo
movieColour Me Kubrick
2005 · Oliver
movieBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 · Uncle Geoffrey
movieAgent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004 · Kenworth
movieI Capture the Castle
2003 · Aubrey Fox-Cotton
tvThe Royal
2003 · Sir Charles
movieThe Piano Player
2002 · Nicholas Farrel
movieThe Wolf of the West Coast
2002 · Lew Millar
tvSpooks
2002 · Robert Westhouse
movieBridget Jones's Diary
2001 · Uncle Geoffrey
tvThe Lost Empire
2001 · Marcus Harding
movieHell Swarm
2000 · Albion
tvRelic Hunter
1999 · Guy Rocher
movieAll the Little Animals
1999 · Mr. Stuart Whiteside
movieThe Octopus
1998 · Thomas
movieVigo
1998 · Dr. Gerard
movieThe Commissioner
1998 · Gordon Cartwright
movieBloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998 · John Aspinall
movieA Kid in Aladdin's Palace
1997 · Luxor
movieCrimetime
1996 · Crowley
Nuremberg
movieNuremberg
1996 · Narrator
movieE=MC²
1996 · Dr. Eric Amore
tvHamish Macbeth
1995 · Colonel Don Maxwell
movieThe Trial of Lord Lucan
1994 · Sir James Hallows
tvWycliffe
1994 · Steven Lander
tvChandler & Co
1994 · Giles Cotham
tvPie in the Sky
1994 · Ronald Quicke
tvThe Blackheath Poisonings
1993 · Roger Vandervent
movieThe Blackheath Poisonings
1992 · Roger Vandervent
tvA Touch of Frost
1992 · Clifford Hastings
tvHighlander: The Series
1992 · Marcus Constantine
movieCarry On Columbus
1992 · Torquemada
tvCovington Cross
1992 · John Mullens
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Ronald Meeks
movieThe Maid
1991 · Laurent Leclair
tvNapoleon
1991 · Maitland
tvDevices and Desires
1991 · Dr. Alex Mair
movieThe Yellow Wallpaper
1989 · Charles Stark
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Major Eustace
movieJust Another Secret
1989 · Markus Vogel
movieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
1988 · Stapleton
movieCatherine
1988 · John Dunbar
tvThe Bourne Identity
1988 · D'Anjou
tvThe Contract
1988 · Charles Mawby
Still Crazy Like a Fox
movieStill Crazy Like a Fox
1987 · The Duke of Trent
tvInspector Morse
1987 · Basilios Vasilakis
tvFirst Among Equals
1986 · Simon Kerslake
tvLovejoy
1986 · Alfredo Pereira
movieLace 2
1985 · Charles Chazelle
movieDeceptions
1985 · Richard Blackwell
tvDeceptions
1985 · Richard Blackwell
tvThe Bill
1984
movieReal Life
1984 · Robin
tvSherlock Holmes
1984 · Stapleton
tvMr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984 · Reisman
movieEureka
1983 · Roger
tvMuck and Brass
1982 · Maurice Taylor
movieZero Point
1982 · Felix
tvBergerac
1981 · Anton Charet
moviePriest of Love
1981 · Aldous Huxley
tvPeter and Paul
1981 · Menachem
tvWetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
tvThe Martian Chronicles
1980 · Mr. K
movieFlashpoint Africa
1980 · Ramon Funes
tvMinder
1979 · Apsimon, Ted Moore
movieZulu Dawn
1979 · Lt. Melvill, Co-Producer
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Patrick
tvHazell
1978 · Gordon Gregory
tvThe Professionals
1977 · Major Nairn
tvI, Claudius
1976 · Herod Agrippa
movieAlbino
1976 · Terrick
movieConduct Unbecoming
1975 · 2nd Lieutenant Edward Millington
movieChips with Everything
1975 · Pilot Officer
movieThe Abdication
1974 · Magnus
movieGreat Expectations
1974 · Bentley Drummle
Miss Nightingale
movieMiss Nightingale
1974 · Henry Nicholson
movieThe Great Waltz
1972 · Josef Strauss
tvScene of the Crime
1970 · Rupert Farr
movieChurchill and the Cabinet War Rooms
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The Mystery of the Giant Birds
movieThe Mystery of the Giant Birds
— · Narrator
movieUncle Douglas
— · Douglas Phillips