John Sessions: movies and TV shows
John Sessions has 149 credits in the archive: 91 films and 58 TV series, from 1979 to 2021. Highest rated: Sherlock (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1979 – 2021 · busiest year: 2004 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Belfast | Joseph Tomelty as Marley | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2020 | The Great | Bishop Tarcinkus | TV | 8.1 | 67 |
| 2019 | Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream | Self | Film | 7.8 | 66 |
| 2019 | Intrigo: Dear Agnes | Pumpermann | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 2018 | Balls | Brownlow | Film | — | 65 |
| 2018 | The Town That Floored the World | Presenter | Film | — | 65 |
| 2017 | Loving Vincent | Pere Tanguy | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 2017 | The Loch | DCI Frank Smilie | TV | 6.6 | 64 |
| 2017 | Finding Your Feet | Mike Abbott | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 2016 | Victoria | Lord John Russell | TV | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2016 | Upstart Crow | Lord Inquisitor | TV | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Dr. Hermann | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2016 | Denial | Prof. Richard Evans | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2016 | Red Top | The Accountant | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 2016 | Whisky Galore | Doctor McLaren | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2016 | The Rack Pack | Ted Lowe | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 2015 | Legend | Lord Boothby | Film | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2015 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | John Murray | TV | 7.4 | 62 |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2015 | We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story | Arthur Lowe | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2015 | Sean Connery: In His Own Words | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2015 | Hiroshima: The Aftermath | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.1 | 62 |
| 2014 | Outlander | Arthur Duncan | TV | 8.2 | 61 |
| 2014 | The Silent Storm | Mr. Smith | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 2014 | Pudsey the Dog: The Movie | Thorne | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Reverend Adam Gillespie | TV | 7.6 | 60 |
| 2013 | Filth | Toal | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 2013 | Blandings | Lord Didcot | TV | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2012 | Moone Boy | TV | 7.5 | 59 | |
| 2012 | Dead Boss | Sir Humphreys | TV | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2012 | The Domino Effect | Talk Show Host | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 2012 | 30 Years of Comic Strip | Film | 5.0 | 59 | |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Hugh Davenport | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2011 | Friday Night Dinner | Mr. Murray | TV | 7.8 | 58 |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Edward Heath | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2011 | The Hunt for Tony Blair | Norman Tebbit | Film | 7.8 | 58 |
| 2011 | The Hunt for Tony Blair | Tebbit | Film | 7.8 | 58 |
| 2011 | The Real American: Joe McCarthy | Joe McCarthy | Film | — | 58 |
| 2010 | Sherlock | Kenny Prince | TV | 8.5 | 57 |
| 2010 | Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge | TV | 7.3 | 57 | |
| 2010 | Made in Dagenham | Harold Wilson | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2010 | The Making of Plus One | Derek - the line producer | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2010 | Gerard Kelly: A Celebration | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2010 | Spies and Lies | Folkes | Film | 3.5 | 57 |
| 2009 | The Last Station | Dushan | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2009 | Nativity! | Mr. Lore | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2009 | Margaret | Geoffrey Howe | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 2009 | Breaking the Mould | Edward Mellanby | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 2008 | Inconceivable | Finbar 'Finn' Darrow | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 2007 | Skins | Geoff Fitzgerald | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Professor Rufus Strickfaden | TV | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2007 | Oliver Twist | Mr Sowerberry | TV | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2007 | British Film Forever | TV | 5.5 | 54 | |
| 2007 | Ronni Ancona & Co | TV | 6.0 | 54 | |
| 2007 | Reichenbach Falls | Professor Bell | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon | TV | 7.3 | 53 | |
| 2006 | Scoop | Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 2006 | Low Winter Sun | Prof Barry Lennox | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Gus | TV | 7.6 | 52 |
| 2005 | Rag Tale | Felix Miles Sty | Film | 3.3 | 52 |
| 2005 | The English Harem | Ridley | Film | 3.5 | 52 |
| 2004 | Shameless | Father McGinn | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | TV | 7.3 | 51 | |
| 2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Salerio | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 2004 | Five Children and It | Peasemarsh | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 2004 | Hawking | Dennis Sciama | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 2004 | Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Film | 5.3 | 51 | |
| 2004 | Stella Street | Film | 6.4 | 51 | |
| 2004 | Stella Street | Film | 6.4 | 51 | |
| 2004 | The Legend of the Tamworth Two | Rival Newspaper Editor | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 2004 | Lighthouse Hill | Mr. Reynard | Film | 9.5 | 51 |
| 2003 | QI | Self | TV | 7.9 | 50 |
| 2003 | Celebrity Mastermind | Himself | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2003 | The Key | Film | 8.0 | 50 | |
| 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | John Corntel | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Harry Watkins / Lincoln | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 2002 | One of the Hollywood Ten | Paul Jarrico | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2002 | George Eliot: A Scandalous Life | George Henry Lewes | Film | 4.0 | 49 |
| 2002 | Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time | General Tannis | Film | 8.7 | 49 |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed | TV | 6.8 | 48 | |
| 2001 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Prof. Rutherford | TV | 7.9 | 48 |
| 2001 | High Heels and Low Lifes | Director | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 2001 | David Macaulay: Mill Times | Shadrack Moore (voice) | Film | — | 48 |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | TV | 6.8 | 47 | |
| 2000 | Gormenghast | Dr Alfred Prunesquallor | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2000 | Around The World In 80 Days | Jean Passepartout (voice) | Film | — | 47 |
| 2000 | A Profile of 'Brief Encounter' | Self | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Philostrate | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1999 | Faeries | Chudley (voice) | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 1999 | The Man | Jerry Barnes | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1998 | In the Red | Hercules Fortescue | TV | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1998 | Cousin Bette | Musical Director | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1998 | Faith | Brian | Film | — | 45 |
| 1998 | The Scarlet Tunic | Humphrey Gould | Film | 5.1 | 45 |
| 1998 | Queen's Park Story | Film | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Barrett Filby | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Henry Fielding | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1997 | Stella Street | TV | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1997 | My Night with Reg | Daniel | Film | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Charlie Penn | TV | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1996 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Schoolmaster | Film | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1996 | The Treasure Seekers | Redman | Film | 5.6 | 43 |
| 1995 | In the Bleak Midwinter | Terry Du Bois | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo | Prince Regent | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1994 | John Sessions' Likely Stories | TV | — | 41 | |
| 1994 | Nice Day at the Office | TV | 9.0 | 41 | |
| 1994 | Citizen Locke | John Locke | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1994 | David Macaulay: Roman City | Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1993 | Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles | James Boswell | Film | — | 40 |
| 1992 | Freddie As F.R.O.7. | Scotty / Additional voices (voice) | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1992 | Sellers' Best | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 1991 | Performance | Daniel | TV | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1991 | The Pope Must Die | Dino | Film | 5.0 | 38 |
| 1991 | John Sessions' Tall Tales | TV | — | 38 | |
| 1991 | Jute City | McMurdo | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1990 | One Foot in the Grave | TV | 7.7 | 37 | |
| 1990 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Chief Inspector Haggerty | TV | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1990 | Plunder | TV | — | 37 | |
| 1990 | Single Voices | Bobby Buffet | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1990 | Single Voices | TV | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1990 | Sweet Revenge | John | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1990 | Some Enchanted Evening | Bobby Buffet | Film | — | 37 |
| 1990 | Some Enchanted Evening | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1989 | Henry V | Macmorris | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1989 | John Sessions On The Spot | TV | — | 36 | |
| 1988 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Self | TV | 7.7 | 35 |
| 1988 | Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show | Laurence Olivier (Voice) | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1988 | Menace Unseen | Larry Knight | TV | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1988 | Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan | Various Roles | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1987 | The New Statesman | Lord Penistone | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1987 | Porterhouse Blue | Zipser | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1987 | Spitting Image: Election Special '87 | Various Characters | Film | — | 34 |
| 1987 | Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards | Various Roles | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1987 | Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People | Antonio Gramsci | Film | — | 34 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | James Boswell | TV | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1986 | Boon | Barney Spitz | TV | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1986 | Castaway | Man in Pub | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Mr. Sweetzer | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1986 | Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House | Various Roles | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1986 | Sky Bandits | Flight | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1985 | Girls On Top | Rodney | TV | 4.9 | 32 |
| 1985 | Happy Families | Dean | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1984 | Spitting Image | TV | 7.2 | 31 | |
| 1984 | The Bounty | John Smith | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 29 |
| 1982 | The Sender | Patient | Film | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1979 | Question Time | Self - Panellist | TV | 5.9 | 26 |