James Wilby
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1958-02-20 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
- Also known as
- جیمز ویلبی
Biography
James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988).
Known For
TV Shows (34)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Edward Milton
Death in Paradise
2011
as Elias Thomson
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Andrew Restarick
Casualty
1986
as Archie Grayling
Silent Witness
1996
Father Brown
2013
as Sefton Scott
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Stanley Kirkwood
The Bill
1984
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Nick Marvin
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Young Barclay
Foyle's War
2002
as Major Cornwall
Poldark
2015
as Lord Falmouth
Victoria
2016
as Sir Piers Gifford
Ripper Street
2012
as Charles Broadwick
Legends
2014
as Headmaster
Lady Chatterley
1993
as Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007
as Henry
The Storyteller
1988
as Prince
Murder in Mind
2001
as Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton
The Marlow Murder Club
2024
as Sir Peter Bailey
Screen One
1989
as Arthur Donnithorne / Michael Evans
Titanic
2012
as Bruce Ismay
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Ofonius Tigellinus
Crocodile Shoes
1994
I, Jack Wright
2025
as Max Preston
Jericho
2005
as Alan Mills
The Great Train Robbery
2013
as John Wheater
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016
as Pawkins
Original Sin
1997
as Gerard Etienne
Island at War
2004
as Sen. James Dorr
A Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Sydney Carton
Mother Love
1989
as Christopher "Kit" Vesey
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
2001
The Dark Room
1999
as Dr. Alan Protheroe
Movies (50)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024
as Viscount Algernon
Gosford Park
2001
as Freddie Nesbitt
A Room with a View
1986
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Howards End
1992
as Charles Wilcox
Maurice
1987
as Maurice Hall
De-Lovely
2004
as Edward Thomas
The Duke
2021
as Judge Aarvold
Masquerade
2022
as Thomas
The Sense of an Ending
2017
as David Ford
Cotton Mary
1999
as John MacIntosh
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self (uncredited)
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Tony Last
Regeneration
1997
as 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
Sparkling Cyanide
2003
as Stephen Farraday
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Brendan Bracken
Clapham Junction
2007
as Julian Rowan
The Woman In White
1997
as Sir Percival Glyde
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as Helmuth James von Moltke
Adam Bede
1992
as Arthur Donnithorne
Merchant Ivory
2024
as Self
Shadows in the Sun
2009
as Robert
A Summer Story
1988
as Frank Ashton
The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Henry Carlisle
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
as Uncle Alan Kitson
Jump Tomorrow
2001
as Nathan
The Siege of Venice
1991
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002
as Herbert Spencer
Privileged
1982
as Jamie
It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
2007
as John Locke
ChickLit
2016
as Geoffrey
Immaculate Conception
1992
as Alistair
The Dark Room
1999
as Dr Alan Protheroe
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012
as Wilfred De'Ath
Dreamchild
1985
as Baker
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
as Michael Evans
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
2019
as Narrator
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
Lady Godiva
2008
as Earl of Mercia, Leofric
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
2024
as Mr. Vincent
Vindication Swim
2024
as Mr. Havers
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988
as Prince
Dutch Girls
1985
as Dundine
An Ideal Husband
1999
as Sir Robert Chiltern
The Last Days of the Raj
2007
as Lord Mountbatten
The Chess Game
1994
as Lord Staunton
A Risk Worth Taking
2008
as Patrick Trenchard
Conspiracy
1989
Vincent
2013
as The Man
Salt
2019
as Conrad
We Need to Talk About Kieran
2011
as Professor Hugh Merrill
About James Wilby
James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988). With 84 credits spanning from 1982 to 2025, James Wilby has appeared in 50 films and 34 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Wilby Movies
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) — as Viscount Algernon
- Gosford Park (2001) — as Freddie Nesbitt
- A Room with a View (1986) — as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Howards End (1992) — as Charles Wilcox
- Maurice (1987) — as Maurice Hall
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