James Wilby

Acting

James Wilby

Born 20 February 1958 · Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar] · 68

James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988).

Known for

Highlights

Tales from the Crypt1989 · Series · Nick Marvin
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare2024 · Film · Viscount Algernon
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · Series · Andrew Restarick
Maurice1987 · Film · Maurice Hall
Gosford Park2001 · Film · Freddie Nesbitt
A Room with a View1986 · Film · Party Guest (uncredited)

Filmography

Movies

44 films

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel2024 · Film · Mr. Vincent
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare2024 · Film · Viscount Algernon
Vindication Swim2024 · Film · Mr. Havers
Masquerade2022 · Film · Thomas
The Duke2021 · Film · Judge Aarvold
Salt2019 · Film · Conrad
The Sense of an Ending2017 · Film · David Ford
ChickLit2016 · Film · Geoffrey
Churchill's Secret2016 · Film · Brendan Bracken
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story2012 · Film · Wilfred De'Ath
We Need to Talk About Kieran2011 · Film · Professor Hugh Merrill
Shadows in the Sun2009 · Film · Robert
A Risk Worth Taking2008 · Film · Patrick Trenchard
Lady Godiva2008 · Film · Earl of Mercia, Leofric
Clapham Junction2007 · Film · Julian Rowan
It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You2007 · Film · John Locke
The Last Days of the Raj2007 · Film · Lord Mountbatten
De-Lovely2004 · Film · Edward Thomas
Sparkling Cyanide2003 · Film · Stephen Farraday
Bertie and Elizabeth2002 · Film · King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
Gosford Park2001 · Film · Freddie Nesbitt
Jump Tomorrow2001 · Film · Nathan
Cotton Mary1999 · Film · John MacIntosh
Tom's Midnight Garden1999 · Film · Uncle Alan Kitson
An Ideal Husband1999 · Film · Sir Robert Chiltern
The Dark Room1999 · Film · Dr Alan Protheroe
The Woman In White1997 · Film · Sir Percival Glyde
Regeneration1997 · Film · 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
The Treasure Seekers1996 · Film · Henry Carlisle
Witness Against Hitler1996 · Film · Helmuth James von Moltke
The Chess Game1994 · Film · Lord Staunton
Immaculate Conception1992 · Film · Alistair
Howards End1992 · Film · Charles Wilcox
Adam Bede1992 · Film · Arthur Donnithorne
The Siege of Venice1991 · Film · Milord Runbiff
Tell Me That You Love Me1991 · Film · Michael Evans
A Summer Story1988 · Film · Frank Ashton
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow1988 · Film · Prince
A Handful of Dust1988 · Film · Tony Last
Maurice1987 · Film · Maurice Hall
A Room with a View1986 · Film · Party Guest (uncredited)
Dutch Girls1985 · Film · Dundine
Dreamchild1985 · Film · Baker
Privileged1982 · Film · Jamie

Filmography

Series

39 shows

I, Jack Wright2025 · Series · Max Preston
The Marlow Murder Club2024 · Series · Sir Peter Bailey
The Famous Five2023 · Series · Mr. Vincent
Victoria2016 · Series · Sir Piers Gifford
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells2016 · Series · Pawkins
Poldark2015 · Series · Lord Falmouth
Legends2014 · Series · Headmaster
The Great Train Robbery2013 · Series · John Wheater
Father Brown2013 · Series · Sefton Scott
Ripper Street2012 · Series · Charles Broadwick
Titanic2012 · Series · Bruce Ismay
Death in Paradise2011 · Series · Elias Thomson
Secret Diary of a Call Girl2007 · Series · Henry
Lewis2007 · Series · Hugh Mallory
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire2006 · Series · Ofonius Tigellinus
Jericho2005 · Series · Alan Mills
Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · Series · Stanley Kirkwood
Island at War2004 · Series · Sen. James Dorr
Foyle's War2002 · Series · Major Cornwall
Murder in Mind2001 · Series · Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years2001 · Series
The Dark Room1999 · Series · Dr. Alan Protheroe
The Woman In White1997 · Series · Sir Percival Glyde
Trial & Retribution1997 · Series · James McCready
Midsomer Murders1997 · Series · Edward Milton
Original Sin1997 · Series · Gerard Etienne
Silent Witness1996 · Series
Crocodile Shoes1994 · Series
Lady Chatterley1993 · Series · Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt
Mother Love1989 · Series · Christopher "Kit" Vesey
Screen One1989 · Series · Arthur Donnithorne
Tales from the Crypt1989 · Series · Nick Marvin
A Tale of Two Cities1989 · Series · Sydney Carton
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · Series · Andrew Restarick
The Storyteller1988 · Series · Prince
Casualty1986 · Series · Archie Grayling
The Bill1984 · Series
Sherlock Holmes1984 · Series · Young Barclay
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1984 · Series · Young James