Brian Cox: movies and TV shows
Brian Cox has 312 credits in the archive: 207 films and 105 TV series, from 1964 to 2026. Highest rated: Dexter: Resurrection (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1964 – 2026 · busiest year: 2002 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Glenrothan | Sandy | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 2026 | Glenrothan | Film | 6.0 | 80 | |
| 2026 | Glenrothan | Film | 6.0 | 80 | |
| 2026 | Super Troopers 3 | Capt. John O’Hagan | Film | — | 80 |
| 2026 | The Sunrise File | Oded Ailam (voice) | Film | — | 80 |
| 2025 | Dexter: Resurrection | New York Ripper | TV | 8.6 | 79 |
| 2025 | The Electric State | Popfly (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 79 |
| 2025 | The Parenting | Frank | Film | 6.0 | 79 |
| 2025 | VE Day 80 | Self | TV | 7.0 | 79 |
| 2025 | The Marbles | Self - Interviewee | Film | — | 79 |
| 2025 | Seven Jewish Children | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2025 | Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction | Gustaf Wallenberg (voice) | Film | — | 79 |
| 2025 | AMR: Dying to Change the World | AMR | Film | — | 79 |
| 2024 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Helm Hammerhand (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 78 |
| 2024 | That Christmas | Santa (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 78 |
| 2024 | Unsinkable | Robert Dodds | TV | 10.0 | 78 |
| 2024 | Skelly | Grandpa | Film | 6.2 | 78 |
| 2024 | Little Wing | Jaan Vari | Film | 6.6 | 78 |
| 2024 | Little Wing | Film | 6.6 | 78 | |
| 2023 | Mending the Line | Ike Fletcher | Film | 6.6 | 77 |
| 2023 | 007: Road to a Million | The Controller | TV | 7.1 | 77 |
| 2023 | Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius | Self | TV | 5.3 | 77 |
| 2023 | Prisoner's Daughter | Max | Film | 6.2 | 77 |
| 2023 | Quasi | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.1 | 77 |
| 2023 | An Interview with Brian Cox | Himself | Film | — | 77 |
| 2023 | Bill Douglas: My Best Friend | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2023 | Made of Money with Brian Cox | TV | — | 77 | |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self – Actor | TV | 2.8 | 76 |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self - Actor | TV | 2.8 | 76 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | TV | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 2022 | Bonnie | Self | Film | 5.3 | 76 |
| 2022 | Piers Morgan Uncensored | Self | TV | 2.3 | 76 |
| 2022 | The Independent | Nick Booker | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2022 | Ukraine: Answering the Call | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2022 | Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self | Film | 7.8 | 76 |
| 2022 | Ooh the Banter! | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2022 | Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live | Presenter | TV | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2021 | Blade Runner: Black Lotus | Niander Wallace Sr. (voice) | TV | 7.1 | 75 |
| 2021 | The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders | Kostas Becker (voice) | Film | — | 75 |
| 2021 | Amol Rajan Interviews | Self - Interviewed Guest | TV | — | 75 |
| 2021 | Separation | Rivers | Film | 5.6 | 75 |
| 2021 | Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 75 |
| 2020 | Last Moment of Clarity | Gilles | Film | 5.2 | 74 |
| 2020 | The Bay of Silence | Milton | Film | 4.4 | 74 |
| 2020 | Lawrence After Arabia | Father (Voice) | Film | 4.2 | 74 |
| 2020 | John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues | John Rebus | Film | — | 74 |
| 2019 | Good Omens | Death (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 73 |
| 2019 | Strange but True | Bill | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2019 | Remember Me | Shane | Film | 6.3 | 73 |
| 2019 | The Last Right | Father Reilly | Film | 6.1 | 73 |
| 2019 | Pretenders | Henry | Film | 5.2 | 73 |
| 2018 | Succession | Logan Roy | TV | 8.3 | 72 |
| 2018 | Super Troopers 2 | John O'Hagen | Film | 5.9 | 72 |
| 2018 | The Etruscan Smile | Rory MacNeil | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 2018 | Widdershins | voice | Film | 7.5 | 72 |
| 2018 | Kubrick by Candlelight | The Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2017 | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Self | TV | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2017 | The Russell Howard Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 2017 | Bob Constructorul: Mega Mașini | Conrad / Crunch (voice) | Film | 8.3 | 71 |
| 2017 | Churchill | Winston Churchill | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2017 | Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation | Narrator | Film | — | 71 |
| 2017 | An Evening with Brian Cox | Himself | Film | — | 71 |
| 2017 | Brian Cox's Russia | Host | TV | — | 71 |
| 2016 | The Autopsy of Jane Doe | Tommy Tilden | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 2016 | Medici: Masters of Florence | Bernardo Guadagni | TV | 7.7 | 70 |
| 2016 | War and Peace | Mikhail Kutuzov | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2016 | Morgan | Jim Bryce | Film | 5.8 | 70 |
| 2016 | The Carer | Sir Michael | Film | 6.6 | 70 |
| 2016 | Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2016 | Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2015 | Pixels | Admiral Porter | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 2015 | The Slap | Manolis | TV | 5.9 | 69 |
| 2015 | Forsaken | James McCurdy | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 2015 | Killing Thyme | Norman | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2015 | Pacific Warriors | Narrator | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2015 | Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace | Andrew Carnegie (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 68 |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | God | TV | 7.8 | 68 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 68 |
| 2014 | Penny Dreadful | Jared Talbot | TV | 7.8 | 68 |
| 2014 | The Game | Daddy | TV | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2014 | The Anomaly | Dr. Langham | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 2014 | The Great War: The People's Story | Rev. Andrew Clark | TV | 6.6 | 68 |
| 2014 | The Gospel of John | Narrator (voice) – King James Version | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2014 | Scotland In A Day | Film | — | 68 | |
| 2013 | Shetland | Magnus Bain | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | TV | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2013 | Her | Alan Watts (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 67 |
| 2013 | RED 2 | Ivan | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2013 | Anna | Sebastian | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2013 | Bob Servant | Bob Servant | TV | 6.6 | 67 |
| 2013 | Blumenthal | Harold Blumenthal | Film | 4.0 | 67 |
| 2013 | An Adventure in Space and Time | Sydney Newman | Film | 7.7 | 67 |
| 2013 | Believe | Matt Busby | Film | 6.1 | 67 |
| 2013 | The Curse of Edgar | Edgar Hoover | Film | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2012 | The Campaign | Raymond | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 2012 | A Touch of Cloth | Bill Ball | TV | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2012 | Tooned | The Mechanic | TV | — | 66 |
| 2012 | The Straits | Harry Montebello | TV | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2012 | Blood | Lenny Fairburn | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 2012 | I Missed My Mother's Funeral | Old Man | Film | — | 66 |
| 2012 | All at Sea | Wally | Film | 4.5 | 66 |
| 2012 | Addicted to Pleasure | Self - Host | TV | — | 66 |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | TV | 5.2 | 65 |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.2 | 65 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | John Landon | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2011 | The Sinking of the Laconia | Captain Sharp | TV | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2011 | Ironclad | Albany | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2011 | Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster | Glover | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 2011 | Coriolanus | Menenius | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 2011 | The Veteran | Gerry | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 2011 | The Key Man | Irving | Film | 3.7 | 65 |
| 2011 | Exit Humanity | Malcolm Young (voice) | Film | 5.2 | 65 |
| 2010 | RED | Ivan Simanov | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 2010 | As Good As Dead | Reverend Kalahan | Film | 5.0 | 64 |
| 2010 | On Expenses | Michael Martin | Film | — | 64 |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Action 12 Reporter (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 63 |
| 2009 | Kings | King Vesper Abaddon | TV | 7.6 | 63 |
| 2009 | The Take | Ozzy | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2009 | The Day of the Triffids | Dennis Masen | TV | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2009 | The Good Heart | Jacques | Film | 6.4 | 63 |
| 2009 | Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword | Green Dragon (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 63 |
| 2009 | Tell-Tale | Van Doren | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 2009 | Brian Cox's Jute Journey | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Narrator | TV | 6.7 | 62 |
| 2008 | Red | Avery Ludlow | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 2008 | Red | Film | 6.3 | 62 | |
| 2008 | The Escapist | Frank Perry | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 2008 | The Escapist | Film | 6.2 | 62 | |
| 2008 | The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 | Narrator | Film | — | 62 |
| 2008 | The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 | Narrator | Film | — | 62 |
| 2008 | Agent Crush | Spanners (voice) | Film | 4.8 | 62 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2007 | Zodiac | Melvin Belli | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 61 |
| 2007 | M.I. High | Voice of the Mastermind | TV | 6.1 | 61 |
| 2007 | Trick 'r Treat | Mr. Kreeg | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2007 | The Water Horse | Old Angus | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2007 | Battle for Terra | General Hemmer (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 2007 | Shoot on Sight | Daniel Tennant | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 2007 | A Woman in Winter | Dr. Hunt | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 2007 | The Secret of the Nutcracker | Drosselmeyer | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.4 | 60 |
| 2006 | The Flying Scotsman | Douglas Baxter | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 2006 | Running with Scissors | Dr. Finch | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 2006 | The Outsiders | Gabriel | Film | 4.0 | 60 |
| 2006 | Carry On Ken | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | TV | 6.9 | 59 | |
| 2005 | Match Point | Alec Hewett | Film | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2005 | Red Eye | Joe Reisert | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2005 | The Ringer | Gary Barker | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 2005 | Hitler in Colour | Narrator | Film | 7.9 | 59 |
| 2005 | Japan's War in Colour | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2005 | The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Joseph Bell | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 2005 | Blue/Orange | Dr. Robert Smith | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 2004 | Troy | Agamemnon | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 2004 | Deadwood | Jack Langrishe | TV | 8.1 | 58 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | Ward Abbott | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 2004 | The Reckoning | Tobias | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2004 | Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 2004 | Murder by Numbers | Self | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 57 |
| 2003 | One Life | TV | — | 57 | |
| 2003 | Sin | Captain Oakes | Film | 4.9 | 57 |
| 2003 | The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 | Self | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2003 | The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | Film | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2003 | X2 | William Stryker | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Self | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity | Ward Abbott | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 2002 | The Ring | Richard Morgan | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Robert McKee | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 2002 | The Rookie | Jim Morris Sr. | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 2002 | 25th Hour | James Brogan | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 2002 | The Biographer | Michael O'Mara | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 2002 | Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon | Narrator | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2002 | Bug | Cyr | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 2002 | Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2002 | Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2002 | Masters of Darkness | Narrator | TV | — | 56 |
| 2002 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | Self | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 2002 | Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy | Self | TV | 3.4 | 55 |
| 2001 | Super Troopers | Captain O'Hagen | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 2001 | The Affair of the Necklace | Minister Breteuil | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 2001 | Inside 'Manhunter' | Himself | Film | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2001 | L.I.E. | Big John Harrigan | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 2001 | Strictly Sinatra | Chisolm | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 2000 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Anubis (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Herman Wilhelm Goering | TV | 7.4 | 54 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Lord Morton | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2000 | A Shot at Glory | Martin Smith | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 2000 | The Making of 'Rushmore' | Self | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Lord Morton | Film | 7.4 | 54 |
| 2000 | The Invention of Dr. Morel | Dr. Morel | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2000 | Saltwater | George Beneventi | Film | 7.1 | 54 |
| 2000 | Mad About Mambo | Sidney McLoughlin | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 2000 | Complicity | Inspector McDunn | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1999 | For Love of the Game | Gary Wheeler | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1999 | The Corruptor | Sean Wallace | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1999 | The Minus Man | Doug | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1999 | The History of the British Police Force | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 53 |
| 1998 | Rushmore | Dr. Nelson Guggenheim | Film | 7.4 | 52 |
| 1998 | Desperate Measures | Captain Jeremiah Cassidy | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1998 | Poodle Springs | Clayton Blackstone | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1998 | Merchants of Venus | Uncle Vladimir | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1998 | Battle of the Clans | Narrator | Film | — | 52 |
| 1997 | Oz | TV | 8.0 | 51 | |
| 1997 | Kiss the Girls | Chief Hatfield, Durham PD | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1997 | Sharpe: The Legend | Hogan | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1997 | The Boxer | Joe Hamill | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1997 | Food for Ravens | Aneurin Bevan | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1997 | I, Caesar – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire | Narrator | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Dr. Earl Garver (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1996 | Chain Reaction | Lyman Earl Collier | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1996 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Dr. Nathan Waldman | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1996 | The Glimmer Man | Mr. Smith | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1996 | Witness Against Hitler | Judge Freisler | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Argyle Wallace | Film | 7.9 | 49 |
| 1995 | Rob Roy | Killearn | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1994 | Iron Will | Angus McTeague | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1994 | The Negotiator | Charlie King | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1994 | Prince of Jutland | Aethelwine | Film | 5.4 | 48 |
| 1994 | The Maltese Double Cross | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1994 | Grushko | Colonel Yevgeni Grushko | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Harry Moon | TV | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Major Hogan | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1993 | Sharpe's Rifles | Major Michael Hogan | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1993 | Sharpe's Eagle | Major Michael Hogan | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Macbeth (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1992 | The Cutter | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1992 | The Cloning of Joanna May | Carl May | TV | — | 46 |
| 1992 | The Big Battalions | Edward Hoyland | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1992 | The Lost Language of Cranes | Owen Benjamin | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1992 | The Cloning of Joanna May | Carl May | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1992 | Six Characters in Search of An Author | The Director | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1992 | Deceptions | Carlton Heard | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1991 | Performance | The Director | TV | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1991 | Red Fox | Geoffrey Harrison | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Father Amedy | TV | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1990 | Hidden Agenda | Peter Kerrigan | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1990 | Secret Weapon | Andrew Neil | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1990 | The Making of 'Hidden Agenda' | self | Film | — | 44 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Kostas Becker (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1989 | The Blasphemers' Banquet | Rev. Wallace (voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 1989 | Murder on the Moon | Voronov | Film | 3.8 | 43 |
| 1989 | Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | The King | TV | 8.1 | 42 |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Henrik Ibsen (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1988 | Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky | Voiceover Narrator | Film | 7.6 | 42 |
| 1988 | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Jack Purves | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Michael Steppings | TV | 7.9 | 41 |
| 1987 | French & Saunders | King Lear | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1987 | Acting | TV | — | 41 | |
| 1987 | Rat in the Skull | Detective Inspector Nelson | Film | — | 41 |
| 1987 | Shoot for the Sun | Dunny | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1987 | Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People | Narrator | Film | — | 41 |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes | Vic | TV | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1986 | Home Cooking | Vic | Film | — | 40 |
| 1986 | Manhunter | Dr. Hannibal Lecktor | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1985 | Florence Nightingale | Dr. McGregor | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1985 | The Cantor of St Thomas's | Johann Sebastian Bach | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1984 | Pope John Paul II | Father Góra | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1983 | King Lear | Burgundy | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1982 | The Privilege | Young Laird | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1982 | A Cotswold Death | Dr. Gillespie | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1981 | House on the Hill | Leon Douglas | TV | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Chuck | TV | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1980 | Dalhousie's Luck | Dalhousie | Film | — | 34 |
| 1980 | Therese Raquin | Laurent LeClaire | TV | 5.5 | 34 |
| 1979 | Question Time | Self - Panellist | TV | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1979 | Minder | Frank | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1978 | Out | McGrath | TV | 7.8 | 32 |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown | Henry II | TV | 7.8 | 32 |
| 1977 | Target | Billy Voss | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1976 | Clay, Smeddum and Greenden | George Simpson | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1975 | Shades of Greene | Harry | TV | 8.5 | 29 |
| 1975 | The Master of Ballantrae | Henry Durie | TV | — | 29 |
| 1975 | In Celebration | Steven Shaw | Film | 5.2 | 29 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Dalhousie | TV | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | William Wallace | TV | 5.0 | 28 |
| 1974 | The Changeling | Alsemero | Film | 8.5 | 28 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Stefan Szabo | TV | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self - Narration (voice) | TV | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Trotsky | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1971 | Stage 2 | Hastings | TV | — | 25 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Dr. Gillespie | TV | 6.6 | 24 |
| 1970 | Manhunt | Anton | TV | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1968 | The Year of the Sex Olympics | Lasar Opie | Film | 5.2 | 22 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Apeman | TV | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1967 | The Gamblers | Mickey | TV | 10.0 | 21 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Alsemero | TV | 5.3 | 19 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Josef Stalin | TV | 4.2 | 19 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Rod | TV | 4.2 | 19 |
| 1965 | A Knight in Tarnished Armour | Nelson | Film | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Nelson | TV | 5.2 | 18 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Lasar Opie | TV | 7.2 | 18 |
| Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Himself - Panellist | TV | 7.1 | — | |
| Old Pals | Jimmy | Film | — | — | |
| A Modern Magician | The Voice | Film | — | — | |
| Wittgenstein's Poker | Bertrand Russell (voice) | Film | — | — | |
| The Planets | Film | — | — | ||
| The Glove | Film | — | — |