James Fox: movies and TV shows
James Fox has 119 credits in the archive: 81 films and 38 TV series, from 1950 to 2021. Highest rated: Agatha Christie's Poirot (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 2021 · busiest year: 2001 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Souvenir: Part II | Narrator Patrick's Musical | Film | 6.4 | 82 |
| 2018 | Surviving Christmas with the Relatives | Uncle John | Film | 5.1 | 79 |
| 2015 | London Spy | James | TV | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2014 | Effie Gray | Sir Charles Eastlake | Film | 5.9 | 75 |
| 2014 | The Double | The Colonel | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2014 | 1864 | Lord Palmerton | TV | 6.3 | 75 |
| 2014 | Unknown Heart | Ludlow | Film | 3.8 | 75 |
| 2013 | Utopia | The Assistant | TV | 7.9 | 74 |
| 2013 | The Great Train Robbery | Henry Brooke, Home Secretary | TV | 6.7 | 74 |
| 2013 | A Long Way From Home | Joseph | Film | 5.5 | 74 |
| 2012 | Cleanskin | Scott Catesby | Film | 5.6 | 73 |
| 2012 | All at Sea | George | Film | 4.5 | 73 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Martin Goodman QC (voice) (uncredited) | TV | 7.5 | 72 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Martin Goodman QC | TV | 7.5 | 72 |
| 2011 | W.E. | King George V | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 2010 | The Kid | Alan | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Sir Thomas Rotheram | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2009 | Red Riding | TV | 6.8 | 70 | |
| 2009 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 | Philip Evans | Film | 6.9 | 70 |
| 2009 | Bunny and the Bull | Narrator | Film | 6.1 | 70 |
| 2009 | Margaret | Charles Powell | Film | 5.7 | 70 |
| 2008 | Merlin | King Rodor | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 2008 | Mister Lonely | The Pope | Film | 6.6 | 69 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Professor Norman Deering | TV | 7.6 | 68 |
| 2007 | Celebration | Richard | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 2006 | Goodbye Mr Snuggles | Mr. Tomly | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Mr. Salt | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2005 | Colditz | Lt. Colonel Fordham | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2005 | Colditz | Lt. Colonel Fordham | TV | 6.1 | 66 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Colonel Arthur Bantry | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | TV | 7.3 | 65 | |
| 2004 | The Prince & Me | King Haraald | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2003 | Cambridge Spies | Lord Halifax | TV | 6.4 | 64 |
| 2003 | Doctor Who: Shada | Professor Chronotis (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2002 | Hideous Man | Film | 4.0 | 63 | |
| 2002 | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale | Jonas Collin | TV | 7.1 | 63 |
| 2002 | The Falklands Play | Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary) | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Dr Bruno Rivelli | TV | 7.2 | 62 |
| 2001 | Sexy Beast | Harry | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2001 | All Forgotten | Old Vladimir (voice) | Film | 4.3 | 62 |
| 2001 | The Lost World | Prof. Summerlee | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2001 | The Mystic Masseur | Mr. Stewart | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 2001 | The Lost World | Professor Summerlee | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2001 | The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey | Self | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2001 | Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw | Self | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2000 | The Golden Bowl | Colonel Bob Assingham | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 2000 | Up at the Villa | Sir Edgar Swift | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1999 | Mickey Blue Eyes | Philip Cromwell | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 1999 | The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1998 | Shadow Run | Landon-Higgins | Film | 4.2 | 59 |
| 1998 | Jinnah | Mountbatten | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 1998 | Kings in Grass Castles | Longman | TV | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Sir Michael Fielding | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1997 | Anna Karenina | Karenin | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1997 | Never Ever | Arthur Trevane | Film | 4.0 | 58 |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Dr. Bates | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1995 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Single Gentleman | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1995 | The Choir | Hugh Cavendish | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1994 | Doomsday Gun | Sir James Whittington | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1994 | Headhunters | Simon Hall | TV | — | 55 |
| 1994 | The Dwelling Place | Lord Fischel | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1994 | An Audience with Ken Dodd | Self | Film | 7.7 | 55 |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Lord Darlington | Film | 7.4 | 54 |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1993 | Heart of Darkness | Gosse | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1992 | Patriot Games | Lord William Holmes | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1992 | Hostage | Hugo Paynter | Film | 3.8 | 53 |
| 1992 | As You Like It | Jaques | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1991 | Afraid of the Dark | Frank | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1991 | A Question of Attribution | Sir Anthony Blunt | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1991 | A Perfect Hero | Angus Meikle | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1990 | Chillers | Skipperton | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1990 | The Russia House | Ned | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1990 | Never Come Back | Foster | TV | — | 51 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Colonel Race | TV | 8.2 | 50 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Sir Anthony Blunt | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1989 | Farewell to the King | Col. Ferguson | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1989 | The Mighty Quinn | Thomas Elgin | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1989 | She's Been Away | Hugh Ambrose | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1989 | These Foolish Things | Nick Verney | Film | — | 50 |
| 1989 | Boys in the Island | George Farrell | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Nick Verney | TV | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1988 | Sun Child | Film | 8.5 | 49 | |
| 1988 | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Mansfield Markham | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1987 | High Season | Patrick | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 1987 | Comrades | William Norfolk, Governor of New South Wales | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1986 | Absolute Beginners | Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 1986 | The Whistle Blower | Lord | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Lord Charles Esker | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1984 | A Passage to India | Richard Fielding | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1984 | The Road to 1984 | Eric Blair/George Orwell/Winston Smith | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1983 | Anna Pavlova | Victor Dandré(as Dzheims Foks) | TV | — | 44 |
| 1983 | Runners | Tom Lindsay | Film | 5.4 | 44 |
| 1983 | Anna Pavlova | Victor d'André | Film | 4.9 | 44 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1982 | Nancy Astor | Waldorf Astor | TV | 7.7 | 43 |
| 1982 | Love Is Old, Love Is New | Martyn | TV | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1981 | Country | Philip Carlion | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 39 |
| 1978 | No Longer Alone | Alan Richards | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 31 | |
| 1970 | Performance. | Chas | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1968 | Sympathy for the Devil | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1968 | Duffy | Stefane Calvert | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1968 | Isadora | Gordon Craig | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1967 | Arabella | Giorgio | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1967 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Jimmy Smith | Film | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1966 | The Chase | Jason 'Jake' Rogers | Film | 7.1 | 27 |
| 1965 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | Richard Mays | Film | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1965 | King Rat | Peter Marlowe | Film | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1963 | Espionage | Paul | TV | 10.0 | 24 |
| 1963 | Tamahine | Oliver | Film | 5.0 | 24 |
| 1963 | The Servant | Tony | Film | 7.6 | 24 |
| 1962 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 23 |
| 1958 | The Verdict Is Yours | Council for the Prosecution | TV | — | 19 |
| 1951 | One Wild Oat | Porter | Film | 5.2 | 12 |
| 1950 | The Miniver Story | Toby Miniver | Film | 6.3 | 11 |
| 1950 | The Magnet | Johnny Brent | Film | 6.4 | 11 |