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Acting

James Faulkner

Career: Active from 1975 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 19
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: I, Claudius
92/100

Characters

6

The characters James Faulkner played, best-known titles first.

James Faulkner as Chief 'C'

James Faulkner as Pope Sixtus IV/Francesco & Alessandro della Rovere

James Faulkner as Herod Agrippa

James Faulkner as King Arthur

James Faulkner as John Mullens

James Faulkner as Roger Vandervent

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 86 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Faulkner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.0, average 5.4
Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2
Showbiz
0.4, average 1.2
Coming of Age
2.2, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 4
Character Study 4
Character-Driven Narrative 3
Social Commentary 3
Intrigue 3
Psychological Drama 3
Private Investigator 2
Historical Setting 2
Political Corruption 2
Family Saga 2
Character-Driven 2
Biographical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

122

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

Uncle Douglas

as Douglas Phillips

The Mystery of the Giant Birds

as Narrator

2020s

17 titles · average score 59

A Talent for Murder

59

as Douglas Balfour

The Last Supper

44

as Caiaphas

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

76

as Rev. Prentice Wicks

Boudica

41

as Old Druid

Repeater

37

as Richard Silver

Hounded

38

as Remington Redwick

Slow Horses

85

TV show · as Charles Partner

Jolly Good Christmas

63

as Simon

Tribes of Europa

80

TV show · as General Francis F. Cameron

Never Back Down: Revolt

46

as Julian

All Those Small Things

as Jonathan Robbins

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

92

TV show · as King Arthur / Green Knight (voice)

2010s

15 titles · average score 64

As I Am

56

as Mr. Hurt

Paul, Apostle of Christ

62

as Paul

The Sonata

51

as Sir Victor Ferdinand

The Alienist

71

TV show · as Cornelius Vanderbilt

Watership Down

72

TV show · as Frith (voice)

Atomic Blonde

68

as Chief "C"

Final Portrait

64

as Pierre Matisse

Underworld: Blood Wars

37

as Cassius

Bridget Jones's Baby

66

as Uncle Geoffrey

Game of Thrones

86

TV show · as Randyll Tarly

Death in Paradise

59

TV show · as Frank O'Toole

Downton Abbey

86

TV show · as Lord Sinderby

2000s

21 titles · average score 55

The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle

56

as Victor Hugenay

Machotaildrop

64

as The Baron

The Bank Job

72

as Guy Singer

Der Bibelcode

59

TV show · as Kardinal Emad Rhades

Hitman

41

as Smith Jamison

The Conclave

64

as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville

Day of Wrath

46

as Friar Anselmo

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

48

as Uncle Geoffrey

The Wolf of the West Coast

as Lew Millar

Spooks

80

TV show · as Robert Westhouse

The Piano Player

36

as Nicholas Farrel

Bridget Jones's Diary

72

as Uncle Geoffrey

1990s

26 titles · average score 60

All the Little Animals

53

as Mr. Stuart Whiteside

Relic Hunter

66

TV show · as Guy Rocher

A Kid in Aladdin's Palace

49

as Luxor

La Femme Nikita

71

TV show · as Dominic/Inquisitor

as Narrator

The Blackheath Poisonings

TV show · as Roger Vandervent

Covington Cross

72

TV show · as John Mullens

Highlander: The Series

80

TV show · as Marcus Constantine

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Ronald Meeks

A Touch of Frost

51

TV show · as Clifford Hastings

Devices and Desires

69

TV show · as Dr. Alex Mair

The Maid

56

as Laurent Leclair

1980s

26 titles · average score 68

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Major Eustace

Just Another Secret

as Markus Vogel

The Contract

TV show · as Charles Mawby

Catherine

as John Dunbar

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Basilios Vasilakis

First Among Equals

TV show · as Simon Kerslake

Deceptions

65

TV show · as Richard Blackwell

The Bill

77

TV show

Sherlock Holmes

84

TV show · as Stapleton

Muck and Brass

TV show · as Maurice Taylor

Bergerac

69

TV show · as Anton Charet

Flashpoint Africa

as Ramon Funes

1970s

14 titles · average score 66

Minder

75

TV show · as Apsimon / Ted Moore

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Patrick

Zulu Dawn

61

as Lt. Melvill

Hazell

62

TV show · as Gordon Gregory

The Professionals

78

TV show · as Major Nairn

I, Claudius

92

TV show · as Herod Agrippa

Albino

51

as Terrick

Conduct Unbecoming

62

as 2nd Lieutenant Edward Millington

Chips with Everything

as Pilot Officer

Great Expectations

59

as Bentley Drummle

The Abdication

58

as Magnus

Scene of the Crime

66

TV show · as Rupert Farr

1960s

1 title · average score 66

Softly Softly: Task Force

66

TV show · as Clive Hornsby-Hyatt