James Faulkner
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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
Known for
Credits
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
as Rev. Prentice Wicks
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
as Cassius
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
as Uncle Geoffrey
Atomic Blonde (2017)
as Chief "C"
The Bank Job (2008)
as Guy Singer
The Good Shepherd (2006)
as Lord Cooper
Hitman (2007)
as Smith Jamison
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
as Uncle Geoffrey
Chief of Station (2024)
as Deputy Director Williams
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
as Uncle Geoffrey
Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)
as Paul
The Devil Conspiracy (2023)
as Cardinal Vincini
Never Back Down: Revolt (2021)
as Julian
Boudica (2023)
as Old Druid
Franklyn (2008)
as Pastor Bone
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
as Kenworth
The Last Supper (2025)
as Caiaphas
Final Portrait (2017)
as Pierre Matisse
Jolly Good Christmas (2022)
as Simon
Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Lt. Melvill
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
as Stapleton
Day of Wrath (2006)
as Friar Anselmo
Hounded (2022)
as Remington Redwick
Albino (1976)
as Terrick
I Capture the Castle (2003)
as Aubrey Fox-Cotton
As I Am (2019)
as Mr. Hurt
Eureka (1983)
as Roger
Manipulation (2026)
as Archbishop
The Maid (1991)
as Laurent Leclair
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island (2007)
as Bill/Victor Hugenay
Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
as Oliver
Great Expectations (1974)
as Bentley Drummle
Priest of Love (1981)
as Aldous Huxley
The Sonata (2018)
as Sir Victor Ferdinand
A Kid in Aladdin's Palace (1997)
as Luxor
All the Little Animals (1999)
as Mr. Stuart Whiteside
Carry On Columbus (1992)
as Torquemada
The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife (2022)
as Dr. Fritz
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
as 2nd Lieutenant Edward Millington
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle (2009)
as Victor Hugenay
The Piano Player (2002)
as Nicholas Farrel
Deceptions (1985)
as Richard Blackwell
Lace 2 (1985)
as Charles Chazelle
The Commissioner (1998)
as Gordon Cartwright
Flashpoint Africa (1980)
as Ramon Funes
Vigo (1998)
as Dr. Gerard
All Those Small Things (2021)
as Jonathan Robbins
Crimetime (1996)
as Crowley
Zero Point (1982)
as Felix
The Great Waltz (1972)
as Josef Strauss
The Octopus (1998)
as Thomas
The Abdication (1974)
as Magnus
X-Men: First Class (2011)
as Swiss Bank Manager
Just Another Secret (1989)
as Markus Vogel
The Conclave (2006)
as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
Repeater (2023)
as Richard Silver
Hell Swarm (2000)
as Albion
Still Crazy Like a Fox (1987)
as The Duke of Trent
Real Life (1984)
as Robin
The Blackheath Poisonings (1992)
as Roger Vandervent
Nuremberg (1996)
as Narrator
The Yellow Wallpaper (1989)
as Charles Stark
Uncle Douglas (—)
as Douglas Phillips
The Trial of Lord Lucan (1994)
as Sir James Hallows
Chips with Everything (1975)
as Pilot Officer
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (1998)
as John Aspinall
E=MC² (1996)
as Dr. Eric Amore
Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms (—)
Actor
Machotaildrop (2009)
as The Baron
The Wolf of the West Coast (2002)
as Lew Millar
Catherine (1988)
as John Dunbar
Miss Nightingale (1974)
as Henry Nicholson
The Mystery of the Giant Birds (—)
as Narrator