Robert Lindsay
Acting • Born 1949-12-13
Biography
Robert Lindsay Stevenson, better known as Robert Lindsay, is an English actor known for his stage and television work, including appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in musical theatre, and his roles as Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Captain Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family. He has won a BAFTA, a Tony Award and three Olivier Awards for his work.
Filmography
112 credits
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie • 2007
Self
Anything Goes
Movie • 2021
Moonface Martin
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Movie • 2004
Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")
Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Movie • 2018
Narrator
Fierce Creatures
Movie • 1997
Sydney Lotterby
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Movie • 1998
Sir Edward Pellew
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Movie • 2023
Narrator
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
Movie • 1999
Captain Pellew
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Movie • 1999
Sir Edward Pellew
Hornblower: Mutiny
Movie • 2001
Sir Edward Pellew
The Trial of Tony Blair
Movie • 2007
Tony Blair
Divorcing Jack
Movie • 1998
Michael Brinn
Hornblower: Loyalty
Movie • 2003
Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
Hornblower: Duty
Movie • 2003
Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
Hawkins
Movie • 2001
Luke Hawkins
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Movie • 1998
Captain Sir Edward Pellew
Hornblower: Retribution
Movie • 2001
Sir Edward Pellew
Strike It Rich
Movie • 1990
Bertram
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Movie • 1989
Bert Rigby
Friends & Crocodiles
Movie • 2005
William Sneath
Grace of Monaco
Movie • 2014
Aristotle Onassis
The Job
Movie • 1992
Narrator (voice)
Three for All
Movie • 1975
Tom
Twelfth Night
Movie • 1980
Fabian
Remember Me?
Movie • 1997
Jamie
Adventures of a Taxi Driver
Movie • 1976
Tom
A Very Social Secretary
Movie • 2005
Tony Blair
Gideon's Daughter
Movie • 2005
Sneath
Genghis Cohn
Movie • 1993
Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police
Dodger Special: Christmas
Movie • 2022
William Lamb
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Movie • 1984
Mickey Noades
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 2022
Oberon
The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
Movie • 2015
King Lear
Movie • 1983
Edmund
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie • 2000
Various Characters
The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl
Movie • 2016
Self
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Movie • 2004
Narrator (Voice)
Brazen Hussies
Movie • 1996
Billy Bowman
That'll Be The Day
Movie • 1973
Terry Sutcliffe
Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery
Movie • 2000
Narrator
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Movie • 2019
King John
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1981
Lysander
Wimbledon
Movie • 2004
Ian Frazier
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
Movie • 2017
Cymbeline
Movie • 1983
Iachimo
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie • 1984
Benedick
All's Well That Ends Well
Movie • 1981
First French Lord
The Best of the Adventures
Movie • 1981
Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Crazy Kill
Movie • 1975
Policeman at Roadblock
Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf
Movie • 1994
Narrator
Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome
Movie • 2000
Narrator
Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch
Movie
Narrator
Babies at 50
Movie • 2000
Narrator
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Movie • 1996
Narrator
Bosses From Hell
Movie • 1989
Communicators From Hell
Movie • 1989
Employees From Hell
Movie • 1989
Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army
Movie • 2013
(archive footage)
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Movie • 1984
The Office
Movie • 1996
Norman Platt
Teams from Hell
Movie • 1989
Sales People from Hell
Movie • 1989
Colleagues From Hell
Movie • 1989
Hornblower
TV • 1998
Sir Edward Pellew
G.B.H.
TV • 1991
Michael Murray
My Family
TV • 2000
Ben Harper
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Glynn Fennell
Get Some In!
TV • 1975
Jakey Smith
The Good Life
TV • 1975
Reform School Youth
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Self
Castaway 2000
TV • 2000
Narrator (voice)
Citizen Smith
TV • 1977
Wolfie Smith
Nightingales
TV • 1990
Carter
Don't Eat the Neighbours
TV • 2001
Rabbit
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
TV • 2003
Self - Narrator
Oliver Twist
TV • 1999
Fagin
Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes
TV • 2021
Narrator
Jake's Progress
TV • 1995
Jamie Diadoni
Natural World
TV • 1983
The Val Doonican Music Show
TV • 1977
Doctors and Nurses at War
TV • 2009
Seconds Out
TV • 1981
Pete Dodds
Spy
TV • 2011
The Examiner
Jericho
TV • 2005
D.I. Michael Jericho
Confessional
TV • 1989
Thomas Kelly
The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes
TV • 2021
Narrator
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
TV • 2017
Self
Atlantis
TV • 2013
Daedalus
Extras
TV • 2005
Robert Lindsay
Galavant
TV • 2015
Chester Wormwood
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Generation Z
TV • 2024
Morgan
The Wimbledon Poisoner
TV • 1994
Henry Farr
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV
Self - Presenter
Walks with My Dog
TV • 2017
Self
The Secret Life of Owls
TV • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
Genius
TV • 2017
Hermann Einstein
Give us a Break
TV • 1983
Mickey Noades
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
TV • 2014
Self
Sherwood
TV • 2022
Franklin Warner
McDonald & Dodds
TV • 2020
Max Crockett
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
TV • 1996
Narrator (voice)
The BAFTA Awards
TV • 1949
Self - Nominee
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self - Host
Missed Call
TV
Centre Play
TV • 1973
Toby
Centre Play
TV • 1973
Ken
Absolutely Fabulous
TV • 1992
Pete
Space Race
TV • 2005
Narrator (voice)