James Wilby: movies and TV shows
James Wilby has 90 credits in the archive: 50 films and 40 TV series, from 1982 to 2025. Highest rated: Murder in Mind (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1982 – 2025 · busiest year: 1989 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | I, Jack Wright | Max Preston | TV | 5.4 | 67 |
| 2024 | The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Viscount Algernon | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2024 | The Marlow Murder Club | Sir Peter Bailey | TV | 5.8 | 66 |
| 2024 | Merchant Ivory | Self | Film | 7.7 | 66 |
| 2024 | Mystery at the Prospect Hotel | Mr. Vincent | Film | — | 66 |
| 2024 | Vindication Swim | Mr. Havers | Film | 5.2 | 66 |
| 2022 | Masquerade | Thomas | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 2021 | The Duke | Judge Aarvold | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 2019 | E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2019 | Salt | Conrad | Film | — | 61 |
| 2017 | The Sense of an Ending | David Ford | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2016 | Victoria | Sir Piers Gifford | TV | 7.4 | 58 |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret | Brendan Bracken | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 2016 | The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells | Pawkins | TV | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2016 | ChickLit | Geoffrey | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 2015 | Poldark | Lord Falmouth | TV | 7.7 | 57 |
| 2014 | Legends | Headmaster | TV | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Sefton Scott | TV | 7.6 | 55 |
| 2013 | The Great Train Robbery | John Wheater | TV | 6.7 | 55 |
| 2013 | Vincent | The Man | Film | — | 55 |
| 2012 | Ripper Street | Charles Broadwick | TV | 7.4 | 54 |
| 2012 | Titanic | Bruce Ismay | TV | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2012 | Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story | Wilfred De'Ath | Film | 4.6 | 54 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Elias Thomson | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2011 | We Need to Talk About Kieran | Professor Hugh Merrill | Film | 2.0 | 53 |
| 2009 | Shadows in the Sun | Robert | Film | 4.6 | 51 |
| 2008 | Lady Godiva | Earl of Mercia, Leofric | Film | 1.0 | 50 |
| 2008 | A Risk Worth Taking | Patrick Trenchard | Film | 3.5 | 50 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Hugh Mallory | TV | 7.6 | 49 |
| 2007 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Henry | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 2007 | Clapham Junction | Julian Rowan | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 2007 | It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You | John Locke | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2007 | The Last Days of the Raj | Lord Mountbatten | Film | — | 49 |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Ofonius Tigellinus | TV | 7.6 | 48 |
| 2005 | Jericho | Alan Mills | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Stanley Kirkwood | TV | 7.8 | 46 |
| 2004 | De-Lovely | Edward Thomas | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 2004 | Island at War | Sen. James Dorr | TV | 7.9 | 46 |
| 2003 | Sparkling Cyanide | Stephen Farraday | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Major Cornwall | TV | 7.9 | 44 |
| 2002 | The Making of Gosford Park | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 2002 | Bertie and Elizabeth | King George VI, aka 'Bertie' | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 2002 | George Eliot: A Scandalous Life | Herbert Spencer | Film | 4.0 | 44 |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind | Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton | TV | 8.3 | 43 |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Freddie Nesbitt | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 2001 | Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years | TV | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 2001 | Jump Tomorrow | Nathan | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1999 | Tom's Midnight Garden | Uncle Alan Kitson | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1999 | The Dark Room | Dr. Alan Protheroe | TV | — | 41 |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband | Sir Robert Chiltern | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1999 | The Dark Room | Dr Alan Protheroe | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1999 | Cotton Mary | John MacIntosh | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Edward Milton | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | James McCready | TV | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1997 | Original Sin | Gerard Etienne | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1997 | The Woman In White | Sir Percival Glyde | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1997 | The Woman In White | Sir Percival Glyde | TV | — | 39 |
| 1997 | Regeneration | 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | TV | 7.6 | 38 | |
| 1996 | The Treasure Seekers | Henry Carlisle | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1996 | Witness Against Hitler | Helmuth James von Moltke | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1994 | Crocodile Shoes | TV | 7.3 | 36 | |
| 1994 | The Chess Game | Lord Staunton | Film | 4.8 | 36 |
| 1993 | Lady Chatterley | Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt | TV | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1993 | You, Me and It | Charles Henderson | TV | — | 35 |
| 1992 | Howards End | Charles Wilcox | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1992 | Immaculate Conception | Alistair | Film | 5.4 | 34 |
| 1992 | Adam Bede | Arthur Donnithorne | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1991 | Tell Me That You Love Me | Michael Evans | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1991 | The Siege of Venice | Milord Runbiff | Film | 4.9 | 33 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Andrew Restarick | TV | 8.2 | 31 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Nick Marvin | TV | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Arthur Donnithorne | TV | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Michael Evans | TV | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two Cities | Sydney Carton | TV | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1989 | Mother Love | Christopher "Kit" Vesey | TV | 5.9 | 31 |
| 1989 | Conspiracy | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1988 | The Storyteller | Prince | TV | 8.2 | 30 |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust | Tony Last | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1988 | A Summer Story | Frank Ashton | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1988 | The Storyteller: Sapsorrow | Prince | Film | — | 30 |
| 1987 | Maurice | Maurice Hall | Film | 7.6 | 29 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Archie Grayling | TV | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1986 | A Room with a View | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1985 | Dreamchild | Baker | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1985 | Dutch Girls | Dundine | Film | 4.1 | 27 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Young Barclay | TV | 8.2 | 26 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 26 | |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Young James | TV | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1982 | Privileged | Jamie | Film | 7.5 | 24 |