James Faulkner
Acting
- Born:
- 1948-07-18
- Place of birth:
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
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
Known For
Filmography
A Talent for Murder
Manipulation
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Hotel Costiera
The Last Supper
Chief of Station
Boudica
Repeater
The Devil Conspiracy
Jolly Good Christmas
Hounded
The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife
Slow Horses
Never Back Down: Revolt
All Those Small Things
Tribes of Europa
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
As I Am
Watership Down
The Sonata
Paul, Apostle of Christ
The Alienist
Final Portrait
Atomic Blonde
Underworld: Blood Wars
Bridget Jones's Baby
Home & Family
Death in Paradise
X-Men: First Class
Game of Thrones
Downton Abbey
Ben Hur
Machotaildrop
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle
Franklyn
Der Bibelcode
The Bank Job
Hitman
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island
The Good Shepherd
The Conclave
Day of Wrath
Colour Me Kubrick
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
I Capture the Castle
The Royal
The Piano Player
The Wolf of the West Coast
Spooks
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Lost Empire
Hell Swarm
Relic Hunter
All the Little Animals
The Octopus
Vigo
The Commissioner
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
A Kid in Aladdin's Palace
La Femme Nikita
Crimetime
Nuremberg
E=MC²
Hamish Macbeth
The Trial of Lord Lucan
Wycliffe
Chandler & Co
Pie in the Sky
The Blackheath Poisonings
The Blackheath Poisonings
A Touch of Frost
Highlander: The Series
Carry On Columbus
Covington Cross
Heartbeat
The Maid
Napoleon
Devices and Desires
The Yellow Wallpaper
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Just Another Secret
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Catherine
The Bourne Identity
The Contract
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Inspector Morse
First Among Equals
Lovejoy
Lace 2
Deceptions
Deceptions
The Bill
Real Life
Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Eureka
Muck and Brass
Zero Point
Bergerac
Priest of Love
Peter and Paul
Wetten, dass..?
The Martian Chronicles
Flashpoint Africa
Minder
Zulu Dawn
Tales of the Unexpected
Hazell
The Professionals
I, Claudius
Albino
Conduct Unbecoming
Chips with Everything
The Abdication
Great Expectations
Miss Nightingale
The Great Waltz
Scene of the Crime
Softly Softly: Task Force
Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms
The Mystery of the Giant Birds
Uncle Douglas