James Faulkner
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1948-07-18 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- James Sebastian Faulkner · 제임스 폴크너
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (48)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Randyll Tarly
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Rupert Farr
Death in Paradise
2011
as Frank O'Toole
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Major Eustace
Downton Abbey
2010
as Lord Sinderby
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Marcus Constantine
Heartbeat
1992
as Ronald Meeks
Minder
1979
as Apsimon / Ted Moore
Spooks
2002
as Robert Westhouse
Slow Horses
2022
as Charles Partner
The Bill
1984
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Patrick
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Bergerac
1981
as Anton Charet
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Stapleton
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Clifford Hastings
The Professionals
1977
as Major Nairn
Inspector Morse
1987
as Basilios Vasilakis
Relic Hunter
1999
as Guy Rocher
The Alienist
2018
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Lovejoy
1986
as Alfredo Pereira
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Ronald Quicke
Wycliffe
1994
as Steven Lander
I, Claudius
1976
as Herod Agrippa
Hamish Macbeth
1995
as Colonel Don Maxwell
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
2020
as King Arthur (voice)
Watership Down
2018
as Frith (voice)
The Bourne Identity
1988
as D'Anjou
Home & Family
2012
Hotel Costiera
2025
as Aaron Tarsky
Tribes of Europa
2021
as General Francis F. Cameron
Ben Hur
2010
as Marcellus
Hazell
1978
as Gordon Gregory
Covington Cross
1992
as John Mullens
The Martian Chronicles
1980
as Mr. K
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
as Reisman
The Lost Empire
2001
as Marcus Harding
Chandler & Co
1994
as Giles Cotham
First Among Equals
1986
as Simon Kerslake
Deceptions
1985
as Richard Blackwell
Peter and Paul
1981
as Menachem
The Blackheath Poisonings
1993
as Roger Vandervent
Muck and Brass
1982
as Maurice Taylor
Devices and Desires
1991
as Dr. Alex Mair
The Contract
1988
as Charles Mawby
Napoleon
1991
as Maitland
The Royal
2003
as Sir Charles
Der Bibelcode
2008
as Kardinal Emad Rhades
Movies (73)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Rev. Prentice Wicks
Atomic Blonde
2017
as Chief "C"
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
as Cassius
Hitman
2007
as Smith Jamison
The Bank Job
2008
as Guy Singer
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Uncle Geoffrey
The Good Shepherd
2006
as Lord Cooper
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Uncle Geoffrey
The Devil Conspiracy
2023
as Cardinal Vincini
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Uncle Geoffrey
Chief of Station
2024
as Deputy Director Williams
Zulu Dawn
1979
as Lt. Melvill
The Last Supper
2025
as Caiaphas
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
as Kenworth
Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018
as Paul
Boudica
2023
as Old Druid
Never Back Down: Revolt
2021
as Julian
The Maid
1991
as Laurent Leclair
Final Portrait
2017
as Pierre Matisse
Franklyn
2008
as Pastor Bone
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island
2007
as Bill/Victor Hugenay
Eureka
1983
as Roger
I Capture the Castle
2003
as Aubrey Fox-Cotton
A Kid in Aladdin's Palace
1997
as Luxor
Deceptions
1985
as Richard Blackwell
Hell Swarm
2000
as Albion
Vigo
1998
as Dr. Gerard
Carry On Columbus
1992
as Torquemada
Hounded
2022
as Remington Redwick
Day of Wrath
2006
as Friar Anselmo
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1988
as Stapleton
All the Little Animals
1999
as Mr. Stuart Whiteside
The Octopus
1998
as Thomas
The Conclave
2006
as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as Tenente Edward Millington
Crimetime
1996
as Crowley
The Sonata
2018
as Sir Victor Ferdinand
The Piano Player
2002
as Nicholas Farrel
The Commissioner
1998
as Gordon Cartwright
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Oliver
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle
2009
as Victor Hugenay
Priest of Love
1981
as Aldous Huxley
Great Expectations
1974
as Bentley Drummle
Repeater
2023
as Richard Silver
Just Another Secret
1989
as Markus Vogel
Jolly Good Christmas
2022
as Simon
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987
as The Duke of Trent
The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife
2022
as Dr. Fritz
Lace 2
1985
as Charles Chazelle
As I Am
2019
as Mr. Hurt
X-Men: First Class
2011
as Swiss Bank Manager
E=MC²
1996
as Dr. Eric Amore
Miss Nightingale
1974
as Henry Nicholson
Albino
1976
as Terrick
Manipulation
2026
as Archbishop
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994
as Sir James Hallows
Real Life
1984
as Robin
Zero Point
1982
as Felix
The Wolf of the West Coast
2002
as Lew Millar
The Abdication
1974
as Magnus
Machotaildrop
2009
as The Baron
The Blackheath Poisonings
1992
as Roger Vandervent
Catherine
1988
as John Dunbar
Nuremberg
1996
as Narrator
Flashpoint Africa
1980
as Ramon Funes
The Great Waltz
1972
as Josef Strauss
All Those Small Things
2021
as Jonathan Robbins
Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms
The Yellow Wallpaper
1989
as Charles Stark
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
as John Aspinall
Chips with Everything
1975
as Pilot Officer
Uncle Douglas
as Douglas Phillips
The Mystery of the Giant Birds
as Narrator
About James Faulkner
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, Claud… With 121 credits spanning from 1970 to 2026, James Faulkner has appeared in 73 films and 48 TV shows.
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- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) — as Rev. Prentice Wicks
- Atomic Blonde (2017) — as Chief "C"
- Underworld: Blood Wars (2016) — as Cassius
- Hitman (2007) — as Smith Jamison
- The Bank Job (2008) — as Guy Singer
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