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James Faulkner

James Faulkner

Birthday: 1948-07-18 | Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Faulkner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
The Last Supper

as    Caiaphas

2024
Chief of Station

as    Deputy Director Williams

2023
The Devil Conspiracy

as    Cardinal Vincini

2023
Boudica

as    Old Druid

2023
Repeater

as    Richard Silver

2022
The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife

as    Dr. Fritz

2022
Hounded

as    Remington Redwick

2022
Jolly Good Christmas

as    Simon

2021
Tribes of Europa

as    General Francis F. Cameron

2021
All Those Small Things

as    Jonathan Robbins

2021
Never Back Down: Revolt

as    Julian

2020
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

as    King Arthur (voice)

2019
As I Am

as    Mr. Hurt

2018
Paul, Apostle of Christ

as    Paul

2018
Final Portrait

as    Pierre Matisse

2018
The Sonata

as    Sir Victor Ferdinand

2017
Atomic Blonde

as    Chief "C"

2016
Underworld: Blood Wars

as    Cassius

2010
Ben Hur

as    Marcellus

2010
Ben Hur

as    Marcellus

2009
Machotaildrop

as    The Baron

2008
The Bank Job

as    Guy Singer

2008
Der Bibelcode

as    Kardinal Emad Rhades

2007
The Conclave

as    Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville

2007
Hitman

as    Smith Jamison