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acting
- The Reformation of Sister Edith → Abbot Pentecost
- Eternal Return → Malcolm
- The Man with the Plan → William Beveridge
- Étoile (TV) → Crispin Shamblee
- Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 → Cavendish
- The Boy That Never Was (TV) → Cozimo
- Merchant Ivory → Self
- Alec Guinness: A Class Act → self
- Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration → Self
- It's Christmas! → Samuel
- Surprised by Oxford → Dr. Sterling
- Dodger Special: Coronation → Archbishop of Canterbury
- Doctor Jekyll → Journalist
- Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll → Richard O'Keefe
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
- The Fringe, Fame and Me → Self
- Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors (TV) → Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration → Self
- The Pay Day → Gates
- Judi Dench: Our National Treasure → Narrator
- American: An Odyssey to 1947 → Self
- Hawkeye (TV) → Armand Duquesne III
- The Cleaner (TV) → Mr. Abahassine
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden → Mr. Blunden
- Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius → Alexander Pope
- Classical Destinations: The Great Composers (TV) → narrator
- Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet → Narrator
- The Witcher (TV) → Codringher
- Blue Iguana → Uncle Martin
- They'll Love Me When I'm Dead → Self
- The Dead Room → Aubrey Judd
- A Christmas Carol
- Tate Britain's Great Art Walks (TV) → Self
- The Man Who Invented Christmas → Leech
- Victoria & Abdul → Mr. Puccini
- Hampstead → Judge
- Viceroy's House → Cyril Radcliffe
- Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
- 50 Years Legal → Self
- Born Silly → Narrator (voice)
- The Rebel (TV) → Henry Palmer
- There's Something About Romcoms → Self
- Mindhorn → Himself
- Golden Years → Royston
- Galavant (TV) → Edwin the Magnificent
- Creditors
- Outlander (TV) → Duke of Sandringham
- Inside No. 9 (TV) → Dick
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles → Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
- Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule → Narrator (voice)
- Miss in Her Teens → The Author
- The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World → Self - Host - Narrator
- Plebs (TV)
- A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley (TV) → Self
- The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 → Self
- Playhouse Presents (TV) → Dudley
- Them From That Thing (TV) → Various
- Acts of Godfrey → Godfrey
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story → Dickie Attenborough
- Being Shakespeare
- Death in Paradise (TV) → Larry South
- Ice (TV) → Prime Minister
- Ice → Prime Minister
- Love's Kitchen → Guy Witherspoon
- Late Bloomers → Richard
- Jamie's Dream School (TV) → Himself
- Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags (TV) → Narrator
- The British Guide to Showing Off → Self
- Art of Freedom → Self
- Arn: The Knight Templar (TV) → Fader Henry
- The Unforgettable Harry Secombe → Self
- Save Our Bacon → The Swinesbury's Boss (voice)
- Theatreland → Self
- The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words (TV) → Readings (voice)
- Orson Welles Over Europe → Himself - Presenter
- Q&A (TV) → Self - Panellist
- Chemical Wedding → Haddo
- Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait → Self
- The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV) → Tree Blathereen (voice)
- The Company (TV) → MI6 liaison officer Elihu
- Arn: The Knight Templar → Father Henry
- Derren Brown: Trick or Treat (TV) → Himself
- Roman Mysteries (TV) → Pliny
- How Gay Sex Changed the World → Self
- Surveillance 24/7 → St John
- Great British Menu (TV) → Self - Guest Judge
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (TV) → George Russell
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb → George Russell
- The Madness of Boy George → Narrator (voice)
- Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask → Self
- Reviving Harry Lime → Himself
- Men of Mystery → Himself
- Doctor Who (TV) → Charles Dickens
- The Best Man → Big-Time Publisher
- Bob the Butler → Mr. Butler
- Ripley Under Ground → Dean Bentliffe
- Rag Tale → Cormac Rourke
- The Civilization of Maxwell Bright → Mr. Wroth
- Revisiting Brideshead → Narrator
- A Tribute To Ismail Merchant → Self (archive footage)
- Agatha Christie's Marple (TV) → Colonel Melchett
- Shoebox Zoo (TV) → Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
- The Phantom of the Opera → Andre
- George and the Dragon → King Edgar
- Thank You, Doctor Rey → Bob
- Angels in America (TV) → Prior 2
- Angels in America (TV) → Prior Walter Ancestor #2 (uncredited)
- Bright Young Things → King of Anatolia
- Thunderpants → Sir John Osgood
- Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (TV) → Charles Dickens
- Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens → Galileo
- The Mystery of Charles Dickens → Charles Dickens
- Don't Eat the Neighbours (TV)
- No Man's Land → Colonel Soft
- Christmas Carol: The Movie → Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
- Deadly Appearances → Rick Spencer
- Around The World In 80 Days → Phileas Fogg (voice)
- Animated Epics: Don Quixote → Don Quixote
- Loose Women (TV) → Self
- Notting Hill → Simon Callow (uncredited)
- Parkinson (TV) → Self
- Shakespeare in Love → Tilney
- Bedrooms and Hallways → Keith
- The Scarlet Tunic → Captain Fairfax
- Midsomer Murders (TV) → Dr. Wellow
- The Woman In White → Count Fosco
- Testament: The Bible in Animation (TV) → Meneptah (voice)
- James and the Giant Peach → Grasshopper (voice)
- Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (TV) → Hugo Trenchfoot (voice)
- Victory → Zangiacomo
- Moses → Meneptah II (voice)
- An Audience with Charles Dickens → Charles Dickens
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls → Vincent Cadby
- Jefferson in Paris → Richard Cosway
- England, My England → Charles II
- El pasajero clandestino → Major Owens
- Four Weddings and a Funeral → Gareth
- Street Fighter → A. N. Official
- Little Napoleons (TV) → Edward Feathers
- Soft Top Hard Shoulder → Eddie Cherdowski
- Femme Fatale → Vicar Ronnie
- Camp Christmas
- Howards End → Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
- Performance (TV) → John Mortimer
- The Crucifer of Blood → Inspector Lestrade
- The Trials of Oz → John Mortimer
- Postcards from the Edge → Simon Asquith
- Mr. & Mrs. Bridge → Dr. Alex Sauer
- Old Flames → Nathanial Quass
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV) → Dr. Lutz
- Revolutionary Witness → Franciscus Palloy
- Manifesto → Police Chief Hunt
- Inspector Morse (TV) → Theodore Kemp
- Maurice → Mr. Ducie
- Acting (TV)
- Cariani and the Courtesans → Raimondi
- The Reluctant Dragon → Dragon (voice)
- A Room with a View → The Reverend Mr. Beebe
- Dead Head (TV) → Hugo Silver
- David Copperfield (TV) → Wilkins Micawber
- The Christmas Tree → Jacob Weinberg
- The Good Father → Mark Varda
- Honour, Profit & Pleasure → George Frideric Handel
- Amadeus → Emanuel Schikaneder
- Chance in a Million (TV) → Tom Chance
- Saturday Review (TV) → Self
- Royal Variety Performance 1984
- The Man of Destiny → Napoleon
- Question Time (TV) → Himself - Panellist
- Instant Enlightenment Including VAT → Maximillian
- The Sunday Drama (TV) → The Prince
- Victorian Scandals (TV) → Duval
- The Sweeney (TV) → Detective Sergeant
- Carry On Laughing (TV) → Crew Member
- NOVA (TV) → Galileo
- A Ghost Story for Christmas (TV) → Aubrey Judd
- Omnibus (TV) → Self