Portrait of James Wilby

Acting

James Wilby

Career

Active from 1982 to 2024, busiest in 1999 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Maurice
Maurice
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James Wilby Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4
  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 5
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • LGBTQ+ Themes 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Murder Mystery 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

8 titles ยท average score 64
I, Jack Wright
I, Jack Wright (2025)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Max Preston

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

as Viscount Algernon

The Marlow Murder Club
The Marlow Murder Club (2024)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Sir Peter Bailey

Vindication Swim
Vindication Swim (2024)
GoodWatch score 48

as Mr. Havers

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel (2024)

as Mr. Vincent

The Famous Five
The Famous Five (2023)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show ยท as Mr. Vincent

Masquerade
Masquerade (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

as Thomas

The Duke
The Duke (2021)
GoodWatch score 79

as Judge Aarvold

2010s

17 titles ยท average score 64
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey (2019)

as Narrator

The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending (2017)
GoodWatch score 63

as David Ford

Victoria
Victoria (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Sir Piers Gifford

Poldark
Poldark (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Lord Falmouth

Legends
Legends (2014)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Headmaster

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Sefton Scott

The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as John Wheater

Ripper Street
Ripper Street (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Charles Broadwick

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story (2012)

as Wilfred De'Ath

Titanic
Titanic (2012)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Bruce Ismay

We Need to Talk About Kieran
We Need to Talk About Kieran (2011)

as Professor Hugh Merrill

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

TV show ยท as Elias Thomson

2000s

21 titles ยท average score 68
Shadows in the Sun
Shadows in the Sun (2009)
GoodWatch score 52

as Robert

Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva (2008)

as Earl of Mercia, Leofric

A Risk Worth Taking
A Risk Worth Taking (2008)

as Patrick Trenchard

It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

as John Locke

Clapham Junction
Clapham Junction (2007)
GoodWatch score 67

as Julian Rowan

The Last Days of the Raj
The Last Days of the Raj (2007)

as Lord Mountbatten

Lewis
Lewis (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Hugh Mallory

Island at War
Island at War (2004)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Sen. James Dorr

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Stanley Kirkwood

Sparkling Cyanide
Sparkling Cyanide (2003)
GoodWatch score 54

as Stephen Farraday

Bertie and Elizabeth
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
GoodWatch score 69

as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'

Foyle's War
Foyle's War (2002)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Major Cornwall

1990s

23 titles ยท average score 65
The Dark Room
The Dark Room (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Dr. Alan Protheroe

An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband (1999)

as Sir Robert Chiltern

The Dark Room
The Dark Room (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

as Dr Alan Protheroe

Cotton Mary
Cotton Mary (1999)
GoodWatch score 40

as John MacIntosh

Regeneration
Regeneration (1997)
GoodWatch score 62

as 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Edward Milton

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

Crocodile Shoes
Crocodile Shoes (1994)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Lady Chatterley
Lady Chatterley (1993)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt

You, Me and It
You, Me and It (1993)

TV show ยท as Charles Henderson

Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception (1992)
GoodWatch score 59

as Alistair

The Siege of Venice
The Siege of Venice (1991)

as Milord Runbiff

1980s

19 titles ยท average score 74
Mother Love
Mother Love (1989)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Christopher "Kit" Vesey

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Andrew Restarick

A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (1989)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Sydney Carton

Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Nick Marvin

A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust (1988)
GoodWatch score 69

as Tony Last

A Summer Story
A Summer Story (1988)
GoodWatch score 77

as Frank Ashton

Maurice
Maurice (1987)
GoodWatch score 78

as Maurice Hall

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Archie Grayling

Dutch Girls
Dutch Girls (1985)
GoodWatch score 44

as Dundine

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show ยท as Young Barclay

Privileged
Privileged (1982)

as Jamie