James Faulkner (actor)

James Sebastian Faulkner (born 18 July 1948) is an English actor, known for his many various appearance on television and in films, 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, Murder 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 Agrippa in the BBC's 1976 television adaptation of I, Claudius and portrayed Aldous Huxley in 1981's Priest of Love.

In 1988 he portrayed one of the biggest enemies of Sherlock Holmes, 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 Anglo-American 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.

Faulkner played Cardinal Rhades in the German thriller Bibelkode (The Bible Code) 2008.

James Faulkner was cast as Pope Sixtus IV - Francesco & Alessandro della Rovere in BBC Worldwide's historical fantasy drama series Da Vinci's Demons in 2013.

He was also cast to play Lord Daniel Sinderby in the highly acclaimed Edwardian costume drama Downton Abbey produced by ITV in 2014.

In 2016 he will join the HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 6 as Randyll Tarly, the father of Samwell Tarly.^[1]

Select filmography

• The Great Waltz (1972)
• The Abdication (1974)
• Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
• Whispering Death (1976)
• Zulu Dawn (1979)
• Flashpoint Africa (1980)
• Priest of Love (1981)
• Eureka (1983)
• The Shadow Trader (1989)
• Carry On Columbus (1992)
• Crimetime (1996)
• Burning Down the House (2001)
• Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
• I Capture the Castle (2003)
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
• Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
• Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
• The Conclave (2006)
• The Good Shepherd (2006)
• Hitman (2007)
• X-Men: First Class (2011)
• Da Vinci's Demons (2013)
• Downton Abbey (2014)
• Game of Thrones (2016)
• Underworld: Next Generation (2016)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Faulkner.

• The Official James Faulkner Website
• James Faulkner at the Internet Movie Database