James Wilby
Known for Acting · 89 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 (39)
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
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Young Barclay
Lady Chatterley
1993
as Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt
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
Foyle's War
2002
as Major Cornwall
Lewis
2007
as Hugh Mallory
Ripper Street
2012
as Charles Broadwick
Victoria
2016
as Sir Piers Gifford
Poldark
2015
as Lord Falmouth
Murder in Mind
2001
as Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton
Trial & Retribution
1997
as James McCready
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007
as Henry
Legends
2014
as Headmaster
The Storyteller
1988
as Prince
The Marlow Murder Club
2024
as Sir Peter Bailey
I, Jack Wright
2025
as Max Preston
Screen One
1989
as Arthur Donnithorne / Michael Evans
The Great Train Robbery
2013
as John Wheater
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Ofonius Tigellinus
Titanic
2012
as Bruce Ismay
Crocodile Shoes
1994
Jericho
2005
as Alan Mills
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Young James
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016
as Pawkins
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
2001
Island at War
2004
as Sen. James Dorr
The Woman In White
1997
as Sir Percival Glyde
Original Sin
1997
as Gerard Etienne
A Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Sydney Carton
Mother Love
1989
as Christopher "Kit" Vesey
The Dark Room
1999
as Dr. Alan Protheroe
You, Me and It
1993
as Charles Henderson
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)
Maurice
1987
as Maurice Hall
Howards End
1992
as Charles Wilcox
The Duke
2021
as Judge Aarvold
Merchant Ivory
2024
as Self
Dutch Girls
1985
as Dundine
Dreamchild
1985
as Baker
The Sense of an Ending
2017
as David Ford
An Ideal Husband
1999
as Sir Robert Chiltern
The Woman In White
1997
as Sir Percival Glyde
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
Lady Godiva
2008
as Earl of Mercia, Leofric
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Tony Last
The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Henry Carlisle
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
as Uncle Alan Kitson
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Brendan Bracken
Clapham Junction
2007
as Julian Rowan
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988
as Prince
We Need to Talk About Kieran
2011
as Professor Hugh Merrill
Regeneration
1997
as 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as Helmuth James von Moltke
De-Lovely
2004
as Edward Thomas
Immaculate Conception
1992
as Alistair
Sparkling Cyanide
2003
as Stephen Farraday
A Summer Story
1988
as Frank Ashton
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self (uncredited)
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002
as Herbert Spencer
ChickLit
2016
as Geoffrey
The Dark Room
1999
as Dr Alan Protheroe
Adam Bede
1992
as Arthur Donnithorne
Shadows in the Sun
2009
as Robert
Privileged
1982
as Jamie
Vindication Swim
2024
as Mr. Havers
Masquerade
2022
as Thomas
Cotton Mary
1999
as John MacIntosh
A Risk Worth Taking
2008
as Patrick Trenchard
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012
as Wilfred De'Ath
It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
2007
as John Locke
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
as Michael Evans
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
2024
as Mr. Vincent
The Chess Game
1994
as Lord Staunton
The Last Days of the Raj
2007
as Lord Mountbatten
Jump Tomorrow
2001
as Nathan
The Siege of Venice
1991
as Milord Runbiff
Salt
2019
as Conrad
Conspiracy
1989
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
2019
as Narrator
Vincent
2013
as The Man
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 89 credits spanning from 1982 to 2025, James Wilby has appeared in 50 films and 39 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)
- Maurice (1987) — as Maurice Hall
- Howards End (1992) — as Charles Wilcox
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