James Laurenson: movies and TV shows
James Laurenson has 106 credits in the archive: 50 films and 56 TV series, from 1951 to 2022. Highest rated: Born and Bred (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2022 · busiest year: 1996 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical | Ancient / Sleeping Teacher | Film | 6.8 | 82 |
| 2016 | The Crown | Doctor Weir | TV | 8.2 | 76 |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Earl of Shrewsbury | TV | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2015 | The Comedy of Errors - Live at Shakespeare's Globe | Egeon | Film | — | 75 |
| 2014 | The Widower | Brian Drumm | TV | 7.2 | 74 |
| 2014 | The Riot Club | College President | Film | 5.9 | 74 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Professor Hilary Ambrose | TV | 7.6 | 73 |
| 2013 | Endeavour | Professor George Amory | TV | 8.1 | 73 |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Westmoreland | TV | 7.4 | 72 |
| 2012 | Private Peaceful | Major Fitzpatrick | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 2011 | One Day | Mr. Cope | Film | 7.4 | 71 |
| 2011 | Holy Flying Circus | Archbishop of York | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard | Gaev | Film | 8.5 | 71 |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Ghost / Player King | Film | 7.8 | 70 |
| 2008 | Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley | Leslie Thomas | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 2004 | Hustle | Peter Williams | TV | 7.7 | 64 |
| 2003 | AfterLife | Film | 5.5 | 63 | |
| 2003 | Three Blind Mice | William Storbest | Film | 4.1 | 63 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Lord Young | TV | 7.7 | 62 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Sholto | TV | 7.7 | 62 |
| 2002 | Born and Bred | Brigadier Arbuthnot | TV | 9.0 | 62 |
| 2002 | The Cry | Richard Crossdyke | TV | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2002 | The Cry | Richard Crossdyke | Film | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2001 | The Cat's Meow | Dr. Daniel Goodman | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 2000 | This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper | Chief Const. Ronald Gregory | TV | 7.4 | 60 |
| 2000 | This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper | Chief Constable Ronald Gregory | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1999 | Dead Bolt Dead | The Boss | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | James Tate | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1997 | The Vanishing Man | Moreau | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1997 | Sharpe's Revenge | Major General Hector Ross | Film | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1997 | Sharpe: The Legend | Ross (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1997 | The Vanishing Man | Moreau | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | Professor Peter Sachs | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Regiment | Major General Hector Ross | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Mission | Major General Hector Ross | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1996 | The Cold Light of Day | Pavel Novak | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Siege | Major General Hector Ross | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Maj. Gen. Hector Ross | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Major General Hector Ross | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1993 | A House in the Hills | Mr. Rankin | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Det. Ch. Supt. Tatton | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | Supt. Pat Salter | TV | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect | Paul Endicott | TV | 7.8 | 51 |
| 1990 | Capital News | TV | 6.5 | 50 | |
| 1990 | Rainbow Drive | Hans Roerhrig | Film | 5.0 | 50 |
| 1990 | The Care of Time | General Newell | Film | 4.8 | 50 |
| 1990 | Project: Tinman | Wheeler | Film | 4.5 | 50 |
| 1989 | Countdown to War | Ciano | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1989 | Thieves in the Night | Gordon-Smith | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1988 | The Bourne Identity | Gillette | TV | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1988 | Codename: Kyril | Sikarov | Film | — | 48 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Tony Richards | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1987 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Felix Hawthorne | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Greg Veitch | TV | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1986 | Artists and Models | Jacques-Louis David | TV | — | 46 |
| 1985 | Stingray | TV | 7.2 | 45 | |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Luke Lorenz | TV | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1984 | Heartbreakers | Terry Ray | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1984 | Paint Me a Murder | Luke Lorenz | Film | 8.5 | 44 |
| 1983 | Taggart | Maurice Bain | TV | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1983 | Taggart | Tony Sabina | TV | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | TV | 6.9 | 42 | |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | Raymond Merleau | TV | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1982 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | Pink's Father | Film | 7.9 | 42 |
| 1981 | The Monster Club | Raven (the Shadmock) | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1981 | A Spy at Evening | Tom Hart | TV | — | 41 |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Mr. Rayburn | TV | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1980 | Jude | Dick | Film | — | 40 |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Alexander Skarbek | TV | 4.2 | 38 |
| 1978 | Quiet as a Nun | Alexander Skarbek | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Meredith | TV | 7.6 | 37 |
| 1977 | Romance | Logan Rossiter | TV | — | 37 |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Culliford | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1976 | The Winter Warrior | Theodric | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1976 | The Witches of Pendle | Abraham Law | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1976 | Old Man March Is Dead | Bert | Film | — | 36 |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Patrick Osgood | TV | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1975 | The Girls of Slender Means | Nicholas Farringdon | TV | 3.7 | 35 |
| 1975 | Children of the Sun | Howard | Film | — | 35 |
| 1974 | Armchair Cinema | Alain Poitaud | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1974 | The Prison | Alain Poitaud | Film | — | 34 |
| 1974 | The Turn of the Screw | Peter Quint | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1974 | The Lady from the Sea | The Stranger | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1973 | Centre Play | Bert | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | TV | 5.7 | 32 | |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Paul Kortman | TV | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1972 | Boney | TV | 6.7 | 32 | |
| 1972 | The Shadow of the Tower | TV | 5.7 | 32 | |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R | Simier | TV | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1971 | Assault | Greg Lomax | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1971 | Fathers and Sons | Yevgeny Bazarov | TV | — | 31 |
| 1971 | The Man in the Sidecar | Gerald | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Dick | TV | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1970 | Hamlet | Rosencrantz | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1970 | Edward II | Piers Gaveston | Film | 4.9 | 30 |
| 1970 | The Tragedy of King Richard II | Sir Pierce of Exton | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Rosencrantz | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1969 | Women in Love | Minister | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian | Oxford Crew | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1968 | The Expert | Norry | TV | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1968 | Treasure Island | Dick Johnson | TV | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Alan Black | TV | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Michael | TV | 4.2 | 25 |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Ken | TV | 8.2 | 25 |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Rev. Peter Hope | TV | 5.3 | 20 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Rosencrantz | TV | 8.8 | 11 |