Robert Lindsay: movies and TV shows
Robert Lindsay has 119 credits in the archive: 63 films and 56 TV series, from 1949 to 2026. Highest rated: The BAFTA Awards (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1949 – 2026 · busiest year: 1989 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Missed Call | TV | 3.0 | 76 | |
| 2024 | Generation Z | Morgan | TV | 5.5 | 74 |
| 2023 | Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition | Narrator | Film | 7.8 | 73 |
| 2022 | Sherwood | Franklin Warner | TV | 6.9 | 72 |
| 2022 | Dodger Special: Christmas | William Lamb | Film | — | 72 |
| 2022 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | Film | 5.0 | 72 |
| 2021 | Anything Goes | Moonface Martin | Film | 7.9 | 71 |
| 2021 | The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes | Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 2021 | Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes | Narrator | TV | — | 71 |
| 2020 | McDonald & Dodds | Max Crockett | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | King John | Film | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2018 | Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 2018 | The Secret Life of Owls | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2017 | Genius | Hermann Einstein | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2017 | Walks with My Dog | Self | TV | — | 67 |
| 2017 | Tate Britain's Great Art Walks | Self | TV | — | 67 |
| 2017 | Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman | Film | 8.0 | 67 | |
| 2016 | The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl | Self | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2015 | Galavant | Chester Wormwood | TV | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2015 | The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them | Film | 8.0 | 65 | |
| 2014 | Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) | Self | TV | 2.0 | 64 |
| 2014 | Grace of Monaco | Aristotle Onassis | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2013 | Atlantis | Daedalus | TV | 6.4 | 63 |
| 2013 | Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army | (archive footage) | Film | — | 63 |
| 2011 | Spy | The Examiner | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2009 | Doctors and Nurses at War | TV | — | 59 | |
| 2007 | The Trial of Tony Blair | Tony Blair | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 56 |
| 2005 | Extras | Robert Lindsay | TV | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2005 | Jericho | D.I. Michael Jericho | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2005 | Gideon's Daughter | Sneath | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2005 | Space Race | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2005 | Friends & Crocodiles | William Sneath | Film | 5.1 | 55 |
| 2005 | A Very Social Secretary | Tony Blair | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2004 | Wimbledon | Ian Frazier | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 2004 | Broadway's Lost Treasures II | Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl") | Film | 8.3 | 54 |
| 2004 | Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection | Narrator (Voice) | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 2003 | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | Self - Narrator | TV | 6.7 | 53 |
| 2003 | Hornblower: Loyalty | Admiral Sir Edward Pellew | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2003 | Hornblower: Duty | Admiral Sir Edward Pellew | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 2002 | The Day the Earth was Born | TV | — | 52 | |
| 2001 | Don't Eat the Neighbours | Rabbit | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 2001 | Hornblower: Retribution | Sir Edward Pellew | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 2001 | Hornblower: Mutiny | Sir Edward Pellew | Film | 7.4 | 51 |
| 2001 | Hawkins | Luke Hawkins | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 2000 | My Family | Ben Harper | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2000 | Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery | Narrator | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 2000 | Castaway 2000 | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 50 |
| 2000 | Babies at 50 | Narrator | Film | — | 50 |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Various Characters | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2000 | Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome | Narrator | Film | — | 50 |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist | Fagin | TV | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1999 | Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil | Captain Pellew | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1999 | Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters | Sir Edward Pellew | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 48 |
| 1998 | Hornblower | Sir Edward Pellew | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1998 | Hornblower: The Even Chance | Captain Sir Edward Pellew | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1998 | Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant | Sir Edward Pellew | Film | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1998 | Divorcing Jack | Michael Brinn | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1997 | Fierce Creatures | Sydney Lotterby | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1997 | Remember Me? | Jamie | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1996 | Brazen Hussies | Billy Bowman | Film | 3.8 | 46 |
| 1996 | The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1996 | The Office | Norman Platt | Film | — | 46 |
| 1996 | Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night | Narrator | Film | — | 46 |
| 1995 | Jake's Progress | Jamie Diadoni | TV | 4.5 | 45 |
| 1994 | Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1994 | The Wimbledon Poisoner | Henry Farr | TV | 4.0 | 44 |
| 1993 | Genghis Cohn | Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police | Film | 5.1 | 43 |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous | Pete | TV | 7.6 | 42 |
| 1992 | The Job | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 42 |
| 1991 | G.B.H. | Michael Murray | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self - Host | TV | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1990 | Nightingales | Carter | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1990 | Strike It Rich | Bertram | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Glynn Fennell | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1989 | Employees From Hell | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1989 | Bosses From Hell | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1989 | Communicators From Hell | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1989 | Sales People from Hell | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1989 | Confessional | Thomas Kelly | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1989 | Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | Bert Rigby | Film | 5.1 | 39 |
| 1989 | Teams from Hell | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1989 | Colleagues From Hell | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Otto Schatz | TV | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1984 | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1984 | Royal Variety Performance 1984 | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1984 | Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle | Mickey Noades | Film | — | 34 |
| 1983 | Natural World | TV | 7.4 | 33 | |
| 1983 | Give us a Break | Mickey Noades | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1983 | Cymbeline | Iachimo | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1983 | King Lear | Edmund | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1981 | Seconds Out | Pete Dodds | TV | 5.0 | 31 |
| 1981 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1981 | All's Well That Ends Well | First French Lord | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1981 | The Best of the Adventures | Tom (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1980 | Twelfth Night | Fabian | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 28 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Fabian | TV | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1977 | Citizen Smith | Wolfie Smith | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1977 | The Val Doonican Music Show | TV | — | 27 | |
| 1976 | Adventures of a Taxi Driver | Tom | Film | 5.2 | 26 |
| 1975 | The Good Life | Reform School Youth | TV | 7.8 | 25 |
| 1975 | Get Some In! | Jakey Smith | TV | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1975 | Three for All | Tom | Film | 3.3 | 25 |
| 1975 | The Crazy Kill | Policeman at Roadblock | Film | 8.0 | 25 |
| 1973 | Centre Play | Toby | TV | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1973 | Centre Play | Ken | TV | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1973 | That'll Be The Day | Terry Sutcliffe | Film | 6.5 | 23 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 21 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Sam | TV | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | TV | 7.2 | 17 | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner / Performer | TV | — | 6 |
| 1949 | The BAFTA Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 10.0 | 0 |
| Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | — | |
| Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | — |