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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Acting
TV
Game of Thrones
as Randyll Tarly
2011
Movie
X-Men: First Class
as Swiss Bank Manager
2011
Movie
Atomic Blonde
as Chief "C"
2017
Movie
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Uncle Geoffrey
2001
Movie
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Cassius
2016
Movie
Hitman
as Smith Jamison
2007
Movie
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Uncle Geoffrey
2016
Movie
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Uncle Geoffrey
2004
Movie
The Bank Job
as Guy Singer
2008
Movie
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Rev. Prentice Wicks
2025
Movie
The Good Shepherd
as Lord Cooper
2006
TV
Downton Abbey
as Lord Sinderby
2010
TV
Slow Horses
as Charles Partner
2022
TV
The Alienist
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
2018
Movie
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as Kenworth
2004
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Major Eustace
1989
Movie
The Devil Conspiracy
as Cardinal Vincini
2023
TV
Highlander: The Series
as Marcus Constantine
1992
Movie
Paul, Apostle of Christ
as Paul
2018
TV
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
as King Arthur (voice)
2020
TV
Tribes of Europa
as General Francis F. Cameron
2021
Movie
Franklyn
as Pastor Bone
2008
TV
Death in Paradise
as Frank O'Toole
2011
TV
Sherlock Holmes
as Stapleton
1984
