James Faulkner

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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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Filmography (120 Appearances)

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Upcoming (2026)

Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms

TBA

The Mystery of the Giant Birds

TBA

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

2025

Hotel Costiera

2025

The Last Supper

2025

Chief of Station

2024

Boudica

2023

Repeater

2023

The Devil Conspiracy

2023

Jolly Good Christmas

2022

Hounded

2022

The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife

2022

Slow Horses

2022

Never Back Down: Revolt

2021

All Those Small Things

2021

Tribes of Europa

2021

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

2020

As I Am

2019

Watership Down

2018

The Sonata

2018

Paul, Apostle of Christ

2018

The Alienist

2018

Final Portrait

2017

Atomic Blonde

2017

Underworld: Blood Wars

2016

Bridget Jones's Baby

2016

Home & Family

2012

Death in Paradise

2011

X-Men: First Class

2011

Game of Thrones

2011

Downton Abbey

2010

Ben Hur

2010

Machotaildrop

2009

The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle

2009

Franklyn

2008

Der Bibelcode

2008

The Bank Job

2008

Hitman

2007

The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island

2007

The Good Shepherd

2006

The Conclave

2006

Day of Wrath

2006

Colour Me Kubrick

2005

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

2004

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

2004

I Capture the Castle

2003

The Royal

2003

The Piano Player

2002

The Wolf of the West Coast

2002

Spooks

2002

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001

The Lost Empire

2001

Hell Swarm

2000

Relic Hunter

1999

All the Little Animals

1999

The Octopus

1998

Vigo

1998

The Commissioner

1998

Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord

1998

A Kid in Aladdin's Palace

1997

Crimetime

1996

Nuremberg

1996

E=MC²

1996

Hamish Macbeth

1995

The Trial of Lord Lucan

1994

Wycliffe

1994

Chandler & Co

1994

Pie in the Sky

1994

The Blackheath Poisonings

1993

The Blackheath Poisonings

1992

A Touch of Frost

1992

Highlander: The Series

1992

Carry On Columbus

1992

Covington Cross

1992

Heartbeat

1992

The Maid

1991

Napoleon

1991

Devices and Desires

1991

The Yellow Wallpaper

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Just Another Secret

1989

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1988

Catherine

1988

The Bourne Identity

1988

The Contract

1988

Still Crazy Like a Fox

1987

Inspector Morse

1987

First Among Equals

1986

Lovejoy

1986

Lace 2

1985

Deceptions

1985

Deceptions

1985

The Bill

1984

Real Life

1984

Sherlock Holmes

1984

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

1984

Eureka

1983

Muck and Brass

1982

Zero Point

1982

Bergerac

1981

Priest of Love

1981

Peter and Paul

1981

Wetten, dass..?

1981

The Martian Chronicles

1980

Flashpoint Africa

1980

Minder

1979

Zulu Dawn

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Hazell

1978

The Professionals

1977

I, Claudius

1976

Albino

1976

Conduct Unbecoming

1975

Chips with Everything

1975

The Abdication

1974

Miss Nightingale

1974

Great Expectations

1974

The Great Waltz

1972 Debut

Scene of the Crime

1970
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