Rupert Vansittart
Acting • Born 1958-02-10
Biography
Rupert Nicholas Vansittart is an English character actor. He has appeared in a variety of roles in film, television, stage and radio, often playing comic characters. He is best known for his role as Lord Ashfordly in the ITV drama Heartbeat and for playing Lord Yohn Royce in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Filmography
82 credits
Braveheart
Movie • 1995
Lord Bottoms
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Movie • 1994
George the Boor at The Boatman - Wedding One
Coup!
Movie • 2006
Roddy Hamilton
Monk Dawson
Movie • 1998
Fr Timothy
Austenland
Movie • 2013
Mr. Wattlesbrook
The Bank Job
Movie • 2008
Sir Leonard Plugge
The Remains of the Day
Movie • 1993
Sir Geoffrey Wren
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Movie • 1986
Jeremy
Half Moon Street
Movie • 1986
Alan Platts-Williams
Sword of Honour
Movie • 2001
Eviction
Movie • 1999
The Landlord
Eat the Rich
Movie • 1987
Rupert
Margaret
Movie • 2009
Peter Morrison
Buster
Movie • 1988
Fairclough
Wilderness
Movie • 1996
Jeremy
One Last Chance
Movie • 2004
Alisdair Robb
Johnny English Reborn
Movie • 2011
Derek
The Perfect Blue
Movie • 1998
Flashback Date #2
Roman Road
Movie • 2004
Farmer
Cutthroat Island
Movie • 1995
Captain Perkins
A United Kingdom
Movie • 2016
Sir Ian Fraser
The Children Act
Movie • 2018
Sherwood Runcie
The Iron Lady
Movie • 2011
Cabinet Minister
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Movie • 2000
Bank Manager
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Movie • 2019
George the Boor
Plenty
Movie • 1985
Client's Asst.
Misbehaviour
Movie • 2020
Lord Bly
National Theatre Live: This House
Movie • 2013
Esher / Belfast West
The Falklands Play
Movie • 2002
Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)
Diana & Me
Movie • 1997
Chef
Frenchman's Creek
Movie • 1998
Lord Godolphin
Holy Flying Circus
Movie • 2011
Bernard Barnard QC
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie • 2005
Diner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Desmond Harcourt
Chef
TV • 1993
Diner
Birds of a Feather
TV • 1989
Wayne
The Bill
TV • 1984
The Thin Blue Line
TV • 1995
Commander Crow
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Lord Ashfordly
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV • 2000
Pride and Prejudice
TV • 1995
Mr Hurst
Mr. Bean
TV • 1990
Hubert
The Nevers
TV • 2021
Lord Broughton
CI5: The New Professionals
TV • 1999
Celeb
TV • 2002
Frank Stubbs Promotes
TV • 1993
Businessman
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
World's Craziest Fools
TV • 2011
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
TV • 2000
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
General Asquith
Casualty
TV • 1986
Kenneth Stair
The Diplomat
TV • 2023
Hoope
Spine Chillers
TV • 2003
Father Brown
TV • 2013
Arthur Le Broc
Hustle
TV • 2004
Jonathan Mortimer-Howe
Wilderness
TV • 1996
Jeremy
Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Yohn Royce
Outlander
TV • 2014
Lord William Dunsany
Bridgerton
TV • 2020
Mr. Brookes
The Chelsea Detective
TV • 2022
Patrick Blythe
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Alistair Kingslake
Black Books
TV • 2000
Rich Guy
Belgravia: The Next Chapter
TV • 2024
Lord Netherbury
Bad Education
TV • 2012
Mr. Humpage
Gentleman Jack
TV • 2019
Charles Lawton
Andor
TV • 2022
Chief Hyne
My Family
TV • 2000
Mr. Davis
The Crown
TV • 2016
Cecil King
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV • 1995
Timothy Ealand
Chewing Gum
TV • 2015
Big Boss
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Colin Campbell
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Jeremy
Unsinkable
TV • 2024
Morris Hawkins
Mr. Bean
TV • 1990
Guardsman
How Not to Live Your Life
TV • 2008
Harrison
Foyle's War
TV • 2002
Sir Alec Meyerson
Foyle's War
TV • 2002
Sir Alec Myerson
Twisted Tales
TV • 2005
Dr Mantle
The Piglet Files
TV • 1990
Zemskov
The Piglet Files
TV • 1990
KGB Officer
Take a Girl Like You
TV • 2000
Headmaster
Vanity Fair
TV • 1998
Smith