Filmography101 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Wife & DogMovie | — | 51 |
| 2026 | David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet EarthMovie | Self | 50 |
| 2025 | The Phoenician SchemeMovie | Uncle Nubar | 49 |
| 2025 | Good Hang with Amy PoehlerSeries | Self - Guest | 49 |
| 2025 | The RosesMovie | Theo Rose | 49 |
| 2024 | EricSeries | Vincent | 48 |
| 2024 | The Book of ClarenceMovie | Benjamin | 48 |
| 2024 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three MoreMovie | Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage) | 48 |
| 2023 | The End We Start FromMovie | AB | 47 |
| 2023 | James Blunt: One Brit WonderMovie | Self (archive footage) | 47 |
| 2023 | PoisonMovie | Harry Pope | 47 |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessMovie | Doctor Stephen Strange | 46 |
| 2022 | Behind the Scenes with Jane CampionMovie | Self (archive footage) | 46 |
| 2022 | Minions & More Volume 1Movie | The Grinch (voice) | 46 |
| 2022 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessMovie | Self - Doctor Stephen Strange | 46 |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way HomeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 46 |
| 2022 | Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the DogMovie | — | 46 |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios LegendsSeries | Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited) | 45 |
| 2021 | What If...?Series | Doctor Strange (voice) | 45 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way HomeMovie | Doctor Strange | 45 |
| 2021 | The Power of the DogMovie | Phil Burbank | 45 |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialMovie | Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage) | 45 |
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis WainMovie | Louis Wain | 45 |
| 2021 | Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelMovie | Self | 45 |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingMovie | Self | 44 |
| 2020 | The CourierMovie | Greville Wynne | 44 |
| 2019 | Avengers: EndgameMovie | Doctor Strange | 43 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson ShowSeries | Self | 43 |
| 2019 | Good OmensSeries | Satan (voice) | 43 |
| 2019 | Between Two Ferns: The MovieMovie | Benedict Cumberbatch | 43 |
| 2019 | Brexit: The Uncivil WarMovie | Dominic Cummings | 43 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity WarMovie | Doctor Strange | 42 |
| 2018 | Mowgli: Legend of the JungleMovie | Shere Khan (voice) | 42 |
| 2018 | Patrick MelroseSeries | Patrick Melrose | 42 |
| 2018 | The GrinchMovie | Grinch (voice) | 42 |
| 2018 | The Current WarMovie | Thomas Edison | 42 |
| 2017 | Thor: RagnarokMovie | Doctor Strange | 41 |
| 2016 | Doctor StrangeMovie | Dr. Stephen Strange | 40 |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2Movie | All | 40 |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSCMovie | Self - Performer | 40 |
| 2016 | Sherlock: The Abominable BrideMovie | Sherlock Holmes | 40 |
| 2016 | Mark Gatiss: A Study in SherlockMovie | Himself | 40 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries | Self - Guest | 39 |
| 2015 | Black MassMovie | Billy Bulger | 39 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesMovie | Smaug / Sauron (voice) | 38 |
| 2014 | The Imitation GameMovie | Alan Turing | 38 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeries | Self - Guest | 38 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSeries | Self | 38 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries | Self | 38 |
| 2014 | 9 KissesMovie | Man at Costume Party | 38 |
| 2014 | Penguins of MadagascarMovie | Classified (voice) | 38 |
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His FeetMovie | Narrator | 38 |
| 2014 | How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master DetectiveMovie | Self | 38 |
| 2014 | Unlocking SherlockMovie | Himself / Sherlock Holmes | 38 |
| 2013 | 12 Years a SlaveMovie | William Ford | 37 |
| 2013 | August: Osage CountyMovie | Little Charles Aiken | 37 |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into DarknessMovie | John Harrison / Khan | 37 |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugMovie | Smaug / Sauron | 37 |
| 2013 | The Fifth EstateMovie | Julian Assange | 37 |
| 2013 | Sherlock: Many Happy ReturnsMovie | Sherlock Holmes | 37 |
| 2012 | The Hollow CrownSeries | Richard III | 36 |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyMovie | Necromancer | 36 |
| 2012 | Parade's EndSeries | Christopher Tietjens | 36 |
| 2012 | Girlfriend in a ComaMovie | Dante (voice) | 36 |
| 2012 | Why did you come to Japan?Series | Self | 36 |
| 2012 | Frankenstein: A Modern MythMovie | Self / Frankenstein / The Monster | 36 |
| 2011 | War HorseMovie | Maj. Jamie Stewart | 35 |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross ShowSeries | Self | 35 |
| 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyMovie | Peter Guillam | 35 |
| 2011 | WreckersMovie | David | 35 |
| 2010 | SherlockSeries | Sherlock Holmes | 34 |
| 2010 | Unlocking SherlockMovie | Himself | 34 |
| 2009 | CreationMovie | Joseph Dalton Hooker | 33 |
| 2009 | Small IslandSeries | Bernard | 33 |
| 2008 | The Other Boleyn GirlMovie | William Carey | 32 |
| 2007 | AtonementMovie | Paul Marshall | 31 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSeries | Self | 31 |
| 2006 | Starter for 10Movie | Patrick Watts | 30 |
| 2006 | Amazing GraceMovie | William Pitt | 30 |
| 2005 | To the Ends of the EarthSeries | Edmund Talbot | 29 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries | Luke Fitzwilliam | 28 |
| 2004 | DunkirkSeries | Lt Jimmy Langley | 28 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series | Self - Guest | 27 |
| 2003 | Cambridge SpiesSeries | Edward Hand | 27 |
| 2003 | To Kill a KingMovie | Royalist | 27 |
| 2002 | SpooksSeries | Jim North | 26 |
| 2002 | Tipping the VelvetSeries | Freddy | 26 |
| 2002 | TimeshiftSeries | self | 26 |
| 2002 | Hills Like White ElephantsMovie | The Man | 26 |
| 1997 | The ViewSeries | Self | 21 |
| 1997 | Leute heuteSeries | Self | 21 |
| 1997 | GlastonburySeries | Self | 21 |
| 1996 | Silent WitnessSeries | Warren Reid | 20 |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSeries | Self | 20 |
| 1992 | HeartbeatSeries | Toby Fisher | 16 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for YouSeries | Self - Host | 14 |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsSeries | Quilloughby (voice) | 13 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries | Self | 12 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSeries | Self - Host | — |
| 1953 | The OscarsSeries | Self | — |
| 0 | Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSeries | Self - Presenter | — |