Filmography100 titles
Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the BoyMovie | Colin Jones | 76 |
| 2025 | What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud AtlasMovie | Self - Interviewee | 76 |
| 2024 | My Lady JaneSeries | Duke of Leicester | 75 |
| 2023 | Blackadder: A Cunning StoryMovie | Self - Contributor | 74 |
| 2023 | 2022 Wimbledon Official FilmMovie | Narrator | 74 |
| 2022 | CharlotteMovie | Grosspapa (voice) | 73 |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeries | Snaggleroot (voice) | 73 |
| 2021 | A Boy Called ChristmasMovie | King | 72 |
| 2020 | DolittleMovie | Lord Thomas Badgley | 71 |
| 2020 | TryingSeries | George | 71 |
| 2019 | Love, Death & RobotsSeries | Christopher the Poet (voice) | 70 |
| 2018 | King LearMovie | Earl of Gloucester | 69 |
| 2018 | King of ThievesMovie | Terry Perkins | 69 |
| 2017 | Paddington 2Movie | Samuel Gruber | 68 |
| 2016 | War and PeaceSeries | Prince Bolkonsky | 67 |
| 2016 | The Legend of TarzanMovie | Prime Minister | 67 |
| 2016 | Eddie the EagleMovie | BBC Commentator | 67 |
| 2016 | Ethel & ErnestMovie | Ernest Briggs (voice) | 67 |
| 2015 | The Weather InsideMovie | Britischer Botschafter | 66 |
| 2015 | London SpySeries | Scottie | 66 |
| 2015 | The Lady in the VanMovie | Underwood | 66 |
| 2014 | PaddingtonMovie | Samuel Gruber | 65 |
| 2014 | Big GameMovie | Herbert | 65 |
| 2013 | Closed CircuitMovie | Attorney General | 64 |
| 2013 | The FrameSeries | Professor Horace Slughorn | 64 |
| 2013 | FilthMovie | Dr Rossi | 64 |
| 2012 | Cloud AtlasMovie | Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2 | 63 |
| 2012 | Nina Conti: Her Master's VoiceMovie | Self | 63 |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Movie | Horace Slughorn | 62 |
| 2011 | Game of ThronesSeries | Archmaester Ebrose | 62 |
| 2011 | Comedy BlapsSeries | DCI Ponk | 62 |
| 2011 | The Iron LadyMovie | Denis Thatcher | 62 |
| 2010 | Perrier's BountyMovie | Jim McCrea | 61 |
| 2010 | Any Human HeartSeries | Logan Mountstuart (Older) | 61 |
| 2010 | Another YearMovie | Tom | 61 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceMovie | Horace Slughorn | 60 |
| 2009 | The Young VictoriaMovie | King William IV | 60 |
| 2009 | The Damned UnitedMovie | Sam Longson | 60 |
| 2008 | InkheartMovie | Fenoglio | 59 |
| 2008 | Einstein and EddingtonMovie | Sir Oliver Lodge | 59 |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullMovie | Dean Charles Stanforth | 59 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSeries | Self | 58 |
| 2006 | The StreetSeries | Stan McDermott | 57 |
| 2006 | Art School ConfidentialMovie | Jimmy | 57 |
| 2005 | RobotsMovie | Madame Gasket (voice) | 56 |
| 2005 | ValiantMovie | Sergeant (voice) | 56 |
| 2005 | The Magic RoundaboutMovie | Brian (voice) | 56 |
| 2004 | Brambly Hedge: Classic CollectionMovie | Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice) | 55 |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 DaysMovie | Lord Kelvin | 55 |
| 2004 | Vera DrakeMovie | Judge | 55 |
| 2004 | Vanity FairMovie | Mr. Osborne | 55 |
| 2004 | ToothMovie | The Rabbit (voice) | 55 |
| 2003 | Bright Young ThingsMovie | The Drunken Major | 54 |
| 2002 | Gangs of New YorkMovie | Boss Tweed | 53 |
| 2002 | The Gathering StormMovie | Desmond Morton | 53 |
| 2001 | IrisMovie | John Bayley | 52 |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge!Movie | Harold Zidler | 52 |
| 2001 | The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'Movie | Self | 52 |
| 1998 | Little VoiceMovie | Mr. Boo | 49 |
| 1998 | The AvengersMovie | Mother | 49 |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of SnowMovie | Dr. Lagermann | 48 |
| 1997 | The BorrowersMovie | Pod Clock | 48 |
| 1997 | The Peter PrincipleSeries | Peter Duffley | 48 |
| 1996 | The Enchanted World of Brambly HedgeSeries | Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice) | 47 |
| 1996 | The Secret AgentMovie | Chief Inspector Heat | 47 |
| 1995 | Richard IIIMovie | The Duke of Buckingham | 46 |
| 1995 | The Last EnglishmanMovie | Col. Alfred D. Wintle | 46 |
| 1992 | Gone to SeedSeries | Monty Plant | 43 |
| 1992 | The Crying GameMovie | Col | 43 |
| 1991 | PerformanceSeries | Carmello | 42 |
| 1991 | Murder Most HorridSeries | Selwyn Proops | 42 |
| 1989 | Screen OneSeries | Deric Longden | 40 |
| 1989 | Erik the VikingMovie | Ernest the Viking (a Rapist) | 40 |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great WritersSeries | Ossipon | 39 |
| 1988 | VroomMovie | Donald | 39 |
| 1987 | Inspector MorseSeries | Charlie Bennett | 38 |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceMovie | Jean Pierre Dubois | 38 |
| 1986 | The Insurance ManMovie | Gutling | 37 |
| 1985 | Silas MarnerMovie | Jem Rodney | 36 |
| 1985 | BrazilMovie | Dr. Jaffe | 36 |
| 1985 | The Good FatherMovie | Roger Miles | 36 |
| 1983 | BlackadderSeries | Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter | 34 |
| 1983 | DramaramaSeries | Uncle Keith | 34 |
| 1983 | Walter and JuneMovie | Orderly | 34 |
| 1982 | Mike Leigh: Making PlaysMovie | Self (archive footage) | 33 |
| 1982 | Objects of AffectionSeries | Second Attendant | 33 |
| 1982 | Our WinnieMovie | Second Attendant | 33 |
| 1982 | UliissesMovie | — | 33 |
| 1981 | Only Fools and HorsesSeries | Roy Slater | 32 |
| 1981 | Time BanditsMovie | Compere | 32 |
| 1980 | The Dogs of WarMovie | Film Crew | 31 |
| 1979 | Tales of the UnexpectedSeries | Mr Lovejoy | 30 |
| 1979 | PhoelixMovie | — | 30 |
| 1978 | The ShoutMovie | Fielder in Cowpat | 29 |
| 1974 | PlayhouseSeries | Stewart | 25 |
| 1971 | The Go-BetweenMovie | Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited) | 22 |
| 1970 | Play for TodaySeries | Mr. Champing | 21 |
| 1967 | OmnibusSeries | Roulin | 18 |
| 1953 | The OscarsSeries | Self | 4 |
| 0 | DennisMovie | — | — |