Ian McNeice
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Ian McNeice is a prolific English
screen, stage, and television character actor
.
in Hampshire
. McNeice's acting training started at the Taunton School
in Somerset
, followed by two years at the Salisbury Playhouse
. The next few years were spent in theatre, including a four-year career with the Royal Shakespeare Company
, and a production of Nicholas Nickleby
on Broadway
.
. He played the alcoholic sous chef Gustave LaRoche on the television series Chef!
. He went on to appear in the 2000 television miniseries
Frank Herbert's Dune
as the evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
– a role he later reprised for the 2003 sequel Children of Dune. His television appearances have included all four series of Doc Martin
(in which he plays Bert Large), the third episode of the second series of Lewis and as the recurring minor character of Forum crier ("Newsreader") in the joint HBO/BBC
production Rome
.
McNeice has also appeared in a number of films, including 84 Charing Cross Road
, Day of the Dead, No Escape
, From Hell
and The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
. His breakthrough into American films occurred when he played opposite Jim Carrey
as Fulton Greenwall in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
(1995). He played Nazi Gerhard Klopfer
in the 2001 BBC/HBO TV movie Conspiracy, dramatising the Wannsee Conference
. Since then he has been in Around the World in 80 Days
(2004), and the 2005 drama
/supernatural thriller White Noise
. He also appeared as Potiphar
in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
.
He has also applied his distinctive voice and accent to voice-acting roles: the Vogon
character Kwaltz — director of the Vogon Constructor Fleet — in the 2005 film adaptation
of Douglas Adams
' multi-format creation The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
; and in 2007 when he made his Doctor Who
debut guest-starring as villain Zeus in the Big Finish
BBC Digital Radio 7 / CD-released drama Immortal Beloved
, starring Paul McGann
(as the Eighth Doctor
). He had a cameo role of Joachim von Kortzfleisch
, a German general who refused to put his troops under the command of officers plotting to depose Hitler's government in Valkyrie
.
On October 21, it was announced that Ian McNeice would be playing the role of Illyrio Mopatis in the HBO pilot of Game of Thrones
, based on the series of books A Song of Ice and Fire
by George R. R. Martin
. A month later the role was recast to Roger Allam
because of scheduling conflicts. He appears as Winston Churchill
in four episodes of Doctor Who
in 2010 and 2011. He had previously played Churchill in the 2008 premiere production of the Howard Brenton
play Never So Good
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
screen, stage, and television character actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Early life
McNeice was born in BasingstokeBasingstoke
Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, in south central England. It lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon. It is southwest of London, northeast of Southampton, southwest of Reading and northeast of the county town, Winchester. In 2008 it had an estimated population of...
in Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
. McNeice's acting training started at the Taunton School
Taunton School
Taunton School is a co-educational independent school in the county town of Taunton in Somerset in South West England. It serves boarding and day-school pupils from the ages of 13 to 18....
in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, followed by two years at the Salisbury Playhouse
Salisbury Playhouse
Salisbury Playhouse is a theatre in the county of Wiltshire, it was built in 1976 and has two theatre spaces – the Main House and Salberg Studio ....
. The next few years were spent in theatre, including a four-year career with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
, and a production of Nicholas Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is an eight-hour stage play, presented over two performances, adapted from the Charles Dickens novel of the same name by David Edgar. Directed by John Caird and Trevor Nunn, it opened on 5 June 1980 at the Aldwych Theatre in London. The music and lyrics...
on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
.
Career
His television breakthrough was as Harcourt in the award-winning series Edge of DarknessEdge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness is a British television drama serial, produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International and originally broadcast in six fifty-five minute episodes in late 1985...
. He played the alcoholic sous chef Gustave LaRoche on the television series Chef!
Chef!
Chef! is a British situation comedy starring Lenny Henry that aired as twenty episodes over three series from 1993 to 1996 on the BBC. The show was created and primarily written by Peter Tilbury based on an idea from Lenny Henry and produced for the BBC by Henry's production company, Crucial...
. He went on to appear in the 2000 television miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
Frank Herbert's Dune
Frank Herbert's Dune
Frank Herbert's Dune is a 2001 3D video game based on the 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries of the same name. The game was not a commercial or critical success, and was the last product by Cryo Interactive, which went bankrupt shortly after the game's failure.As Paul, the son of the Duke Atreides's...
as the evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Vladimir Harkonnen
The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is primarily featured in the 1965 novel Dune, in which he is the secondary antagonist, and is also a major character in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson...
– a role he later reprised for the 2003 sequel Children of Dune. His television appearances have included all four series of Doc Martin
Doc Martin
Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Mark Crowdy, Craig Ferguson and Dominic Minghella. The show is filmed on location in the fishing village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, United Kingdom, with filming of most interior scenes...
(in which he plays Bert Large), the third episode of the second series of Lewis and as the recurring minor character of Forum crier ("Newsreader") in the joint HBO/BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
production Rome
Rome (TV series)
Rome is a British-American–Italian historical drama television series created by Bruno Heller, John Milius and William J. MacDonald. The show's two seasons premiered in 2005 and 2007, and were later released on DVD. Rome is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic...
.
McNeice has also appeared in a number of films, including 84 Charing Cross Road
84 Charing Cross Road (film)
84 Charing Cross Road is a 1987 British/American drama film directed by David Hugh Jones. The screenplay by Hugh Whitemore is based on a play by James Roose-Evans, which itself was an adaptation of the 1970 epistolary memoir of the same name by Helene Hanff, a compilation of letters between herself...
, Day of the Dead, No Escape
No Escape
No Escape, released in some territories as Escape from Absolom is a 1994 action/science fiction film shot in Queensland starring Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson and Kevin Dillon....
, From Hell
From Hell (film)
From Hell is a 2001 American crime drama horror mystery film directed by the Hughes brothers. It is an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders.-Plot:...
and The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is a 1995 film written by Ivor Monger and directed by Christopher Monger. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival....
. His breakthrough into American films occurred when he played opposite Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...
as Fulton Greenwall in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls is the sequel to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective . Jim Carrey reprises his role as the title character Ace Ventura, a detective who specializes in retrieval of tame or captive animals. This is the only sequel to a film starring Carrey in which Carrey reprised his role...
(1995). He played Nazi Gerhard Klopfer
Gerhard Klopfer
Gerhard Klopfer was an official of the Nazi Party and assistant to Martin Bormann in the Office of the Party Chancellery....
in the 2001 BBC/HBO TV movie Conspiracy, dramatising the Wannsee Conference
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. The purpose of the conference was to inform administrative leaders of Departments responsible for various policies relating to Jews, that Reinhard Heydrich...
. Since then he has been in Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film)
Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 American comedy adventure film based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name. It stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France. The film is set in 19th-century Britain and centers on Phileas Fogg , here reimagined as an eccentric inventor, and his...
(2004), and the 2005 drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
/supernatural thriller White Noise
White Noise (film)
White Noise is a 2005 supernatural horror film, directed by Geoffrey Sax. The title refers to electronic voice phenomena , where voices, which some believe to be from the "other side," can be heard on audio recordings...
. He also appeared as Potiphar
Potiphar
Potiphar or Potifar is a person in the Book of Genesis's account of Joseph. Potiphar is said to be the captain of the palace guard and is referred to without name in the Quran. Joseph, sold into slavery by his brothers, is taken to Egypt where he is sold to Potiphar as a household slave...
in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly...
.
He has also applied his distinctive voice and accent to voice-acting roles: the Vogon
Vogon
The Vogons are a fictional alien race from the planet Vogsphere in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams, who are responsible for the destruction of the Earth, in order to facilitate an intergalactic highway construction project. Vogons are slug-like but vaguely humanoid, are...
character Kwaltz — director of the Vogon Constructor Fleet — in the 2005 film adaptation
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 2005 comic science fiction film based on the book of the same name by Douglas Adams. Shooting was completed in August 2004 and the movie was released on April 28, 2005 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and on the following day in Canada and the United...
of Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...
' multi-format creation The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon...
; and in 2007 when he made his Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
debut guest-starring as villain Zeus in the Big Finish
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
BBC Digital Radio 7 / CD-released drama Immortal Beloved
Immortal Beloved (Doctor Who audio)
Immortal Beloved is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions and was broadcast on BBC 7 on 21 January 2007.-Plot:...
, starring Paul McGann
Paul McGann
Paul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role...
(as the Eighth Doctor
Eighth Doctor
The Eighth Doctor is the eighth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Paul McGann...
). He had a cameo role of Joachim von Kortzfleisch
Joachim von Kortzfleisch
General Joachim Otto August Achatius Kortzfleisch was a German army officer who was the commander of the defense group III and had a role in ensuring the failure of the attempted coup after the July 20 Plot attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.-Biography:Joachim von Kortzfleisch was born into an...
, a German general who refused to put his troops under the command of officers plotting to depose Hitler's government in Valkyrie
Valkyrie (film)
Valkyrie is a 2008 American historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country...
.
On October 21, it was announced that Ian McNeice would be playing the role of Illyrio Mopatis in the HBO pilot of Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones (TV series)
Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones, the television series debuted in...
, based on the series of books A Song of Ice and Fire
A Song of Ice and Fire
A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the series in 1991 and the first volume was published in 1996. Originally planned as a trilogy, the series now consists of five published volumes; a further two...
by George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...
. A month later the role was recast to Roger Allam
Roger Allam
Roger Allam is an English actor, known primarily for his stage career, although he has performed in film and television. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical Les Misérables....
because of scheduling conflicts. He appears as Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
in four episodes of Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
in 2010 and 2011. He had previously played Churchill in the 2008 premiere production of the Howard Brenton
Howard Brenton
-Early years:Brenton was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, son of Methodist minister Donald Henry Brenton and his wife Rose Lilian . He was educated at Chichester High School For Boys and read English Literature at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. In 1964 he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal...
play Never So Good
Never So Good (play)
Never So Good is a 2008 play by Howard Brenton, which portrays the life and career of Harold Macmillan, a 20th-century Conservative British politician who served as Prime Minister...
.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Wackford Squeers / Scaley / Croupier | TV series | ||
| 1983 | The Cleopatras The Cleopatras The Cleopatras is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1983.The eight-part serial was a historical drama set in ancient Egypt and charted the ruling dynasty of the Cleopatras... |
Alexander | TV series | |
| 1983 | Voice Over | 'Fats' Bannerman | ||
| 1984 | Top Secret! Top Secret! Top Secret! is a 1984 comedy film directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. It stars Val Kilmer , Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough and Jeremy Kemp. The film is a parody of the GDR era and Elvis films... |
Blind Souvenir Salesman | ||
| 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road 84 Charing Cross Road (film) 84 Charing Cross Road is a 1987 British/American drama film directed by David Hugh Jones. The screenplay by Hugh Whitemore is based on a play by James Roose-Evans, which itself was an adaptation of the 1970 epistolary memoir of the same name by Helene Hanff, a compilation of letters between herself... |
Bill Humphries | ||
| 1987 | Personal Services Personal Services Personal Services is a 1987 British comedy film directed by Terry Jones and written by David Leland. It is the story of the rise of a madam of a suburban brothel which caters to older men. The story is inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne, the legendary "House of Cyn" madam. The film... |
Harry | ||
| 1987 | Bernard Rice | |||
| 1988 | Whoops Apocalypse | Thrush | ||
| 1988 | The Farmer | |||
| 1989 | Valmont Valmont (film) Valmont is a 1989 drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos. It was adapted for the screen with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière... |
Azolan | ||
| 1990 | Merrydew | |||
| 1990 | 1871 1871 (film) 1871 is a 1990 period film about the rise and fall of the Paris Commune in 1871. It was directed by Ken McMullen and produced by Stewart Richards. The writers were McMullen, James Leahy and Terry James... |
Prince of Wales | ||
| 1991 | Secret Friends Secret Friends Secret Friends is a 1991 British drama films directed by Dennis Potter and starring Alan Bates, Gina Bellman and Ian McNeice. It was based on the novel Ticket to Ride by Dennis Potter... |
First Businessman | ||
| 1992 | B & B | Horace Gilbert | ||
| 1992 | Year of the Comet Year of the Comet Year of the Comet is a 1992 romantic comedy adventure film about the pursuit of the most valuable bottle of wine in history. The title refers to the year it was bottled, 1811, which was known for the Great Comet of 1811, and also as one of the best years in history for European wine... |
Ian | ||
| 1992 | Dick Baker | TV film | ||
| 1992 | George Collard | TV film | ||
| 1993 | Age of Treason | Casca | TV film | |
| 1993 | Don't Leave Me This Way | Oscar Ghilardi | ||
| 1994 | No Escape No Escape No Escape, released in some territories as Escape from Absolom is a 1994 action/science fiction film shot in Queensland starring Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson and Kevin Dillon.... |
King | ||
| 1995 | Funny Bones Funny Bones Funny Bones is a 1995 comedy-drama film from Disney's Hollywood Pictures. It was written, directed and produced by Peter Chelsom, co-produced by Simon Fields, and co-written by Peter Flannery. The music score was by John Altman and the cinematography by Eduardo Serra... |
Stanley Sharkey | ||
| 1995 | George Garrad | |||
| 1995 | Sharpe's Battle | Wagonmaster-General Colonel Runciman | TV film | |
| 1995 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls is the sequel to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective . Jim Carrey reprises his role as the title character Ace Ventura, a detective who specializes in retrieval of tame or captive animals. This is the only sequel to a film starring Carrey in which Carrey reprised his role... |
Fulton Greenwall | ||
| 1996 | Chef! Chef! Chef! is a British situation comedy starring Lenny Henry that aired as twenty episodes over three series from 1993 to 1996 on the BBC. The show was created and primarily written by Peter Tilbury based on an idea from Lenny Henry and produced for the BBC by Henry's production company, Crucial... |
Gustave LaRoche | TV series | |
| 1996 | Cadfael Cadfael Brother Cadfael is the fictional main character in a series of historical murder mysteries written between 1977 and 1994 by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter under the name "Ellis Peters". The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey, in western England,... : The Devil's Novice The Devil's Novice The Devil's Novice is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters. It is the eighth in the Brother Cadfael series.-Plot summary:Meriet Aspley, the younger son of country nobleman Leoric Aspley, petitions Shrewsbury Abbey to become a monk... |
Canon Eluard | TV series | |
| 1997 | Iva Grushinsky | |||
| 1997 | Mayhew | |||
| 1998 | How to Make the Cruelest Month How to Make the Cruelest Month How to Make the Cruelest Month is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kip Koenig and starring Clea DuVall.-Cast:*Clea DuVall as Bell Bryant*Gabriel Mann as Leonard Crane*J.D... |
Peggy Asks | ||
| 1998 | Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant Hornblower (TV series) Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Naval officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.... |
Mr. Tapling | TV film | |
| 1999 | Sir Maximilian Fair Brown | |||
| 1999 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Potiphar Potiphar Potiphar or Potifar is a person in the Book of Genesis's account of Joseph. Potiphar is said to be the captain of the palace guard and is referred to without name in the Quran. Joseph, sold into slavery by his brothers, is taken to Egypt where he is sold to Potiphar as a household slave... |
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| 1999 | Pishchik | |||
| 1999 | Albert Fezziwig | TV film | ||
| 1999 | David Copperfield David Copperfield (1999 film) David Copperfield is a two part BBC television drama adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield, adapted by Adrian Hodges. The first part was shown on Christmas Day and the second on Boxing Day in 1999... |
Mr Dick | TV film | |
| 2000 | Longitude | Doctor | TV series | |
| 2000 | Frank Herbert's Dune Frank Herbert's Dune Frank Herbert's Dune is a 2001 3D video game based on the 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries of the same name. The game was not a commercial or critical success, and was the last product by Cryo Interactive, which went bankrupt shortly after the game's failure.As Paul, the son of the Duke Atreides's... |
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen Vladimir Harkonnen The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is primarily featured in the 1965 novel Dune, in which he is the secondary antagonist, and is also a major character in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson... |
TV miniseries | |
| 2000 | Mr Tarburck | TV film | ||
| 2000 | The Inspector | |||
| 2001 | Anazapta | Bishop | ||
| 2001 | Dr. Sproul | |||
| 2001 | Conspiracy | Dr. Gerhard Klopfer Gerhard Klopfer Gerhard Klopfer was an official of the Nazi Party and assistant to Martin Bormann in the Office of the Party Chancellery.... |
TV film | |
| 2001 | From Hell From Hell (film) From Hell is a 2001 American crime drama horror mystery film directed by the Hughes brothers. It is an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders.-Plot:... |
Dr. Robert Drudge | ||
| 2001 | Town & Country Town & Country (film) Town & Country is a 2001 film starring Goldie Hawn, Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton and Garry Shandling and directed by Peter Chelsom. It is a romantic comedy in which Beatty plays New York City architect Porter Stoddard, with Keaton as his wife and Hawn and Shandling as their best friends. It holds... |
Peter Principal | ||
| 2001 | MI5 officer | |||
| 2002 | Amnèsia | Doug Chandler | ||
| 2002 | Man and Boy Man and Boy (2002 film) Man and Boy is a 2002 British television drama film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Ioan Gruffudd, Elizabeth Mitchell and Natasha Little. After a man becomes involved in a brief affair his wife decides to leave him and he is left to bring up their young son by himself... |
Nigel Batty | ||
| 2002 | Priest | |||
| 2003 | Chaos and Cadavers | Harry Kane | ||
| 2003 | Frank Herbert's Children of Dune | Baron Vladimir Harkonnen Vladimir Harkonnen The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is primarily featured in the 1965 novel Dune, in which he is the secondary antagonist, and is also a major character in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson... |
TV miniseries | |
| 2003 | Blackball Blackball (film) Blackball is a 2003 British comedy sports film, borrowed from the Australian film, Crackerjack about Cliff Starkey , a fictional rebellious young bowls player. His dream is to play for his country, but always preferred to play by his own rules, much to the disapproval of the local bowls club... |
Hugh the Sideburns | ||
| 2003 | I'll Be There | Graham | ||
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film) # Will Young - "Your Love Is King"# Jamelia - "Stop"# Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out of My Head"# Joss Stone - "Super Duper Love Pt. 1"# Mary J... |
The Quizmaster | ||
| 2004 | Spartacus Spartacus (2004 film) Spartacus is a 2004 North American Movie directed by Robert Dornhelm and produced by Ted Kurdyla from a teleplay by Robert Schenkkan. It stars Goran Visjnic, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen, Rhona Mitra, Ian McNeice, Ross Kemp and Ben Cross. It is based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast... |
Lentulus Batiatus Lentulus Batiatus Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus was the Roman owner of a gladiatorial school in Capua , in southern Italy. It was from this school that in 73 BC, the Thracian slave, Spartacus, and about 70 to 78 followers, escaped... |
TV movie | |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film) Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 American comedy adventure film based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name. It stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France. The film is set in 19th-century Britain and centers on Phileas Fogg , here reimagined as an eccentric inventor, and his... |
Kitchener | ||
| 2004 | Alex Miln | |||
| 2004 | Freeze Frame Freeze Frame (film) Freeze Frame is a psychological thriller film written and directed by John Simpson, and starring comedian Lee Evans in a rare dramatic role.-Production:The film was shot in Crumlin Road Jail in Belfast Northern Ireland.... |
Forensic Profiler Saul Seger | ||
| 2004–present | Doc Martin Doc Martin Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Mark Crowdy, Craig Ferguson and Dominic Minghella. The show is filmed on location in the fishing village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, United Kingdom, with filming of most interior scenes... |
Bert Large | TV series | |
| 2005 | Kwaltz | Voice | ||
| 2005 | White Noise White Noise (film) White Noise is a 2005 supernatural horror film, directed by Geoffrey Sax. The title refers to electronic voice phenomena , where voices, which some believe to be from the "other side," can be heard on audio recordings... |
Raymond Price | ||
| 2005 | Cherished Cherished (film) Cherished is a 2005 British film based on the wrongful conviction of Angela Cannings for the deaths of her three children. It was a joint production by BBC's drama and current affairs wings.-Synopsis:... |
Bill Bache | TV film | |
| 2005 | Oliver Twist Oliver Twist (2005 film) Oliver Twist is a 2005 British drama film directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the 1838 novel of the same title by Charles Dickens.... |
Limbkins | ||
| 2005–2007 | Rome Rome (TV series) Rome is a British-American–Italian historical drama television series created by Bruno Heller, John Milius and William J. MacDonald. The show's two seasons premiered in 2005 and 2007, and were later released on DVD. Rome is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic... |
The Newsreader | TV series | |
| 2006 | Coroner | |||
| 2008 | Day of the Dead | Paul – D.J. | ||
| 2008 | Valkyrie Valkyrie (film) Valkyrie is a 2008 American historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country... |
Pompous General (Joachim von Kortzfleisch Joachim von Kortzfleisch General Joachim Otto August Achatius Kortzfleisch was a German army officer who was the commander of the defense group III and had a role in ensuring the failure of the attempted coup after the July 20 Plot attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.-Biography:Joachim von Kortzfleisch was born into an... ) |
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