Name
James Faulkner
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-07-18 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Biography
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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.
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Known For
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- 2007 Hitman as Smith Jamison
- 2007 The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island as Bill/Victor Hugenay
- 2002 The Piano Player as Nicholas Farrel
- 2008 The Bank Job as Guy Singer
- 2009 The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle as Victor Hugenay
- 1998 The Octopus as Thomas
- 1974 Great Expectations as Bentley Drummle
- 1999 All the Little Animals as Mr. Stuart Whiteside
- 1974 Miss Nightingale as Henry Nicholson
- 2006 The Conclave as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
- 1988 Catherine as John Dunbar
- 2022 Hounded as Remington Redwick
- 2009 Machotaildrop as The Baron
- Soon Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms
- 1975 Conduct Unbecoming as 2nd Lieutenant Edward Millington
- 1991 The Maid as Laurent Leclair
- 1996 Crimetime as Crowley
- 2000 Hell Swarm as Albion
- 1976 Albino as Terrick
- 1989 The Yellow Wallpaper as Charles Stark
- 2022 Jolly Good Christmas as Simon
- 2023 Boudica as Old Druid
- 1983 Eureka as Roger
- 1996 E=MC² as Dr. Eric Amore
- 2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Uncle Geoffrey
- 2008 Franklyn as Pastor Bone
- 1972 The Great Waltz as Josef Strauss
- 1996 Nuremberg as Narrator
- 1974 The Abdication as Magnus
- 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary as Uncle Geoffrey
- 2006 Day of Wrath as Friar Anselmo
- 1992 The Blackheath Poisonings as Roger Vandervent
- 2002 The Wolf of the West Coast as Lew Millar
- 2023 Repeater as Richard Silver
- 1979 Zulu Dawn as Lt. Melvill
- 1985 Lace 2 as Charles Chazelle
- 2003 I Capture the Castle as Aubrey Fox-Cotton
- 2004 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as Kenworth
- 2017 Atomic Blonde as Chief "C"
- 1989 Just Another Secret as Markus Vogel
- 2024 Chief of Station as Deputy Director Williams
- 2011 X-Men: First Class as Swiss Bank Manager
- 2017 Final Portrait as Pierre Matisse
- 1987 Still Crazy Like a Fox as The Duke of Trent
- 2016 Underworld: Blood Wars as Cassius
- 1981 Priest of Love as Aldous Huxley
- 2005 Colour Me Kubrick as Oliver
- 1980 Flashpoint Africa as Ramon Funes
- 2018 Paul, Apostle of Christ as Paul
- 2016 Bridget Jones's Baby as Uncle Geoffrey
- 1982 Zero Point as Felix
- 1992 Carry On Columbus as Torquemada
- 2018 The Sonata as Sir Victor Ferdinand
- 2022 The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife as Dr. Fritz
- 2019 As I Am as Mr. Hurt
- 1984 Real Life as Robin
- 2023 The Devil Conspiracy as Cardinal Vincini
- 1985 Deceptions as Richard Blackwell
- 1998 The Commissioner as Gordon Cartwright
- 1998 Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord as John Aspinall
- 2006 The Good Shepherd as Lord Cooper
- 2021 Never Back Down: Revolt as Julian
- 1997 A Kid in Aladdin's Palace as Luxor
- 1988 The Hound of the Baskervilles as Stapleton
- 2021 All Those Small Things as Jonathan Robbins
- 1998 Vigo as Dr. Gerard
- 2025 The Last Supper as Caiaphas
- 1994 The Trial of Lord Lucan as Sir James Hallows
- Soon The Mystery of the Giant Birds as Narrator
- 1975 Chips with Everything as Pilot Officer
- 2025 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Rev. Prentice Wicks
- 2026 Manipulation as Archbishop
- Soon Uncle Douglas as Douglas Phillips
- 1994 Wycliffe ( 1 episode ) as Steven Lander
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Tales of the Unexpected ( 1 episode ) as Patrick
- 1992 A Touch of Frost ( 1 episode ) as Clifford Hastings
- 1980 The Martian Chronicles ( 1 episode ) as Mr. K
- 1977 The Professionals ( 1 episode ) as Major Nairn
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Ronald Meeks
- 1987 Inspector Morse ( 1 episode ) as Basilios Vasilakis
- 1984 Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Stapleton
- 1976 I, Claudius ( 6 episodes ) as Herod Agrippa
- 1986 Lovejoy ( 1 episode ) as Alfredo Pereira
- 1992 Covington Cross ( 13 episodes ) as John Mullens
- 2008 Der Bibelcode ( 2 episodes ) as Kardinal Emad Rhades
- 1986 First Among Equals ( 10 episodes ) as Simon Kerslake
- 2010 Ben Hur ( 2 episodes ) as Marcellus
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Rupert Farr
- 1991 Devices and Desires ( 6 episodes ) as Dr. Alex Mair
- 1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Apsimon
- 1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Ted Moore
- 1999 Relic Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Guy Rocher
- 2010 Downton Abbey ( 3 episodes ) as Lord Sinderby
- 2003 The Royal ( 1 episode ) as Sir Charles
- 2011 Game of Thrones ( 5 episodes ) as Randyll Tarly
- 1985 Deceptions ( 2 episodes ) as Richard Blackwell
- 2022 Slow Horses ( 2 episodes ) as Charles Partner
- 1988 The Contract ( 3 episodes ) as Charles Mawby
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Major Eustace
- 1982 Muck and Brass ( 6 episodes ) as Maurice Taylor
- 1994 Pie in the Sky ( 1 episode ) as Ronald Quicke
- 1981 Bergerac ( 1 episode ) as Anton Charet
- 2011 Death in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Frank O'Toole
- 2018 Watership Down ( 2 episodes ) as Frith (voice)
- 2012 Home & Family ( 1 episode )
- 1992 Highlander: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Marcus Constantine
- 2002 Spooks ( 1 episode ) as Robert Westhouse
- 1981 Peter and Paul ( 2 episodes ) as Menachem
- 2001 The Lost Empire ( 2 episodes ) as Marcus Harding
- 1993 The Blackheath Poisonings ( 3 episodes ) as Roger Vandervent
- 2018 The Alienist ( 1 episode ) as Cornelius Vanderbilt
- 2020 Wizards: Tales of Arcadia ( 10 episodes ) as King Arthur (voice)
- 2021 Tribes of Europa ( 6 episodes ) as General Francis F. Cameron
- 1995 Hamish Macbeth ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Don Maxwell
- 1988 The Bourne Identity ( 1 episode ) as D'Anjou
- 1984 Mr. Palfrey of Westminster ( 1 episode ) as Reisman
- 2025 Hotel Costiera ( 1 episode ) as Aaron Tarsky
- 1978 Hazell ( 6 episodes ) as Gordon Gregory
- 1994 Chandler & Co ( 1 episode ) as Giles Cotham
- 1991 Napoleon ( 6 episodes ) as Maitland
