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