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