Portrait of John Sessions

Acting

John Sessions

Career

Active from 1984 to 2019, busiest in 1987 and 1994 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
21
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Sessions Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.4, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Character Study 4
  • Biographical Drama 3
  • Fast-Paced 3
  • British Humor 3
  • Celebrity Impressions 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Witty Dialogue 2
  • Situational Humor 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Contemporary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

131
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles ยท average score 79
Belfast
Belfast (2021)
GoodWatch score 76

as Joseph Tomelty as Marley

The Great
The Great (2020)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Bishop Tarcinkus

2010s

37 titles ยท average score 66
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
Intrigo: Dear Agnes (2019)
GoodWatch score 36

as Pumpermann

Loving Vincent
Loving Vincent (2017)
GoodWatch score 77

as Pere Tanguy

The Loch
The Loch (2017)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as DCI Frank Smilie

Finding Your Feet
Finding Your Feet (2017)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mike Abbott

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story (2015)
GoodWatch score 71

as Arthur Lowe

Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Sean Connery: In His Own Words (2015)

as Narrator

Outlander
Outlander (2014)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Arthur Duncan

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Reverend Adam Gillespie

The Real American: Joe McCarthy
The Real American: Joe McCarthy (2011)

as Joe McCarthy

Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise (2011)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Hugh Davenport

Sherlock
Sherlock (2010)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Kenny Prince

Spies and Lies
Spies and Lies (2010)

as Folkes

2000s

39 titles ยท average score 63
The Last Station
The Last Station (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

as Dushan

Skins
Skins (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Geoff Fitzgerald

Ronni Ancona & Co
Ronni Ancona & Co (2007)

TV show

Lewis
Lewis (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Professor Rufus Strickfaden

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Gus

Stella Street
Stella Street (2004)
GoodWatch score 35

Writer

Hawking
Hawking (2004)
GoodWatch score 76

as Dennis Sciama

Shameless
Shameless (2004)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Father McGinn

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002)

as George Henry Lewes

Gormenghast
Gormenghast (2000)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Dr Alfred Prunesquallor

1990s

32 titles ยท average score 60
Faeries
Faeries (1999)
GoodWatch score 59

as Chudley (voice)

Stella Street
Stella Street (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Henry Fielding

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Barrett Filby

My Night with Reg
My Night with Reg (1997)
GoodWatch score 57

as Daniel

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Charlie Penn

In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
GoodWatch score 79

as Terry Du Bois

Nice Day at the Office
Nice Day at the Office (1994)

TV show

The Pope Must Die
The Pope Must Die (1991)
GoodWatch score 38

as Dino

Jute City
Jute City (1991)

TV show ยท as McMurdo

Single Voices
Single Voices (1990)

TV show ยท as Bobby Buffet

Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge (1990)
GoodWatch score 44

as John

1980s

21 titles ยท average score 66
Henry V
Henry V (1989)
GoodWatch score 82

as Macmorris

Menace Unseen
Menace Unseen (1988)

TV show ยท as Larry Knight

Spitting Image: Bumbledown โ€“ The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
Spitting Image: Bumbledown โ€“ The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan (1988)

as Various Roles

Porterhouse Blue
Porterhouse Blue (1987)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Zipser

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People (1987)

as Antonio Gramsci

The New Statesman
The New Statesman (1987)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Lord Penistone

Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards (1987)

as Various Roles

Castaway
Castaway (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

as Man in Pub

Boon
Boon (1986)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Barney Spitz

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House (1986)

as Various Roles

Spitting Image
Spitting Image (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

The Bounty
The Bounty (1984)
GoodWatch score 69

as John Smith