Tim Pigott-Smith
Biography
British classical stage and TV actor Tim Pigott-Smith is a familiar face both in America and in his native England. A drama major, he graduated from the University of Bristol (where he later frequently lectured) in 1967 and made his professional debut two years later with the Bristol Old Vic. Predominantly a stage player in both regional and repertory, he made his Broadway debut in "Sherlock Holmes" as Dr. Watson in 1974.
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Acting History
2017
The Little Vampire 3D as Frederick Sackville-Bagg (voice)
2017Red Trees as Narrator
2017Victoria & Abdul as Sir Henry Ponsonby
20176 Days as William Whitelaw
2017King Charles III as Charles
2017Decline and Fall as Sniggs
2016Whisky Galore as Col. Woolsey
2015Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced as Self
2015The Gospel of Mark as Narrator (voice)
2015Jupiter Ascending as Malidictes
2014Beyond the Pale as Commissioner Mayne
2014Houdini as William Melville
201437 Days as Herbert Henry Asquith
2014How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective as Self
2013The Great Train Robbery as DS Maurice Ray
2013Toast of London
2013RED 2 as Director Philips
2013The Murder in Angel Lane as Commissioner Mayne
2013Wodehouse In Exile as P.G. Wodehouse
2012Doomsday: World War I as Narrator - English Release
2012The Bletchley Circle as Colonel
2012The Fall of Singapore: The Great Betrayal as Narrator (voice)
2011The Hour as Lord Elms
2011The Murder at Road Hill House as Commissioner Mayne
2011My Piece of the Pie as Mr. Brown
2010The Little House as Frederick
2010Downton Abbey as Sir Philip Tapsell
2010Money as Barry Self
2010Strike Back as Patrick Burton
2010Alice in Wonderland as Lord Ascot
2010On Expenses as Alan Keen
2009Miranda as Valery Jackford
2009Aileen Wuornos: Angel of Death as Narrator
2008Quantum of Solace as Foreign Secretary
2007Holby Blue
2007Lewis as Jasper Hammond
2006Crimes That Shook the World
2006The Vienna Strangler as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006Flyboys as Mr. Lowry
2006L'Entente cordiale as Superintendent Masterson
2006Just Jade
2006V for Vendetta as Creedy
2004Alexander as Omen Reader
2004North & South as Richard Hale
2004London as John Evelyn
2004The Other Side of Dunkirk as Narrator
2003The Private Life of Samuel Pepys as Lord Shaftesbury
2003Pompeii: The Last Day as Pliny the Elder
2003Eroica as Count Dietrichstein
2003The Day Britain Stopped as Narrator (voice)
2003Johnny English as Pegasus
2002Gangs of New York as Calvinist Minister
2002Foyle's War as Brigadier Timothy Wilson
2002The Four Feathers as General Feversham
2002Spooks as Hampton Wilder
2002Hanratty: The Whole Truth as Narrator
2002The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Phillip Weaver
2002Bloody Sunday as Major General Ford
2002Safe Conduct as Fleming
2002The Age of Terror as Himself - Narrator
2001The Private Life of a Masterpiece as Narrator
2001Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible as Dr. Maitland
1999The Vice as D.C.I. Frank Vickers
1998The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs as Self - Narrator (voice)
1997Midsomer Murders as Matt Parkes
1996Silent Witness as John Briggs
1996Windscale 1957: The Nuclear Winter as Self - Narrator (voice)
1995Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Narrator
1995Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen as Narrator (voice)
1995Nightmares of Nature as Narrator
1994Battlefield as Narrator
1993The Team: A Season With McLaren as Narrator
1993The Remains of the Day as Thomas Benn
1993The Bullion Boys as Hubert
1992Lucky Village
1990The Chief as Chief Constable John Stafford
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dr. Lionel Woodward
1989David Macaulay: Pyramid as Djedefre / Scout (voice)
1987The Case of Sherlock Holmes as Presenter - Self
1987Life Story as Francis Crick
1987The Dame Edna Experience as Self
1986The Challenge as Peter De Savary
1986A State of Emergency as Father Joe Ryan
1986Dead Man's Folly as Sir Stubbs
1984The Jewel in the Crown as Ronald Merrick
1983Natural World as Narrator
1982Nature as Narrator (voice)
1982I Remember Nelson as Capt. Thomas Hardy
1982I Remember Nelson as Capt. Thomas Hardy
1982The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Philippe
198140 Minutes
1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years as Brendan Bracken
1981Escape to Victory as Rose
1981Clash of the Titans as Thallo
1980Richard's Things as Peter
1980'Tis Pity She's a Whore as Vasques
1980Sweet William as Gerald
1980The Day Christ Died as Tullius
1980In Hiding as Michael
1979Henry IV Part 1 as Harry Percy, Hotspur
1979No Mama No as David
1979Measure for Measure as Angelo
1979Danger UXB as Harry Winthrop
1979School Play as Timothy Perkins
1978The Lost Boys as Arthur Llewelyn Davies
1978The Lost Boys as Arthur Llewelyn Davies
1977BBC2 Play of the Week as Arthur Llewelyn Davies
1977A Choice of Evils as Consul Vogel
1977Joseph Andrews as Cornet
1977Wings as Major Cashman
1976Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora as Marco
1976Aces High as Major Stoppard
1976The Glittering Prizes as Tim Dent
1975North and South as Frederick Hale
1975Antony and Cleopatra as Proculeius
1974Playhouse as Timothy Perkins
1974Playhouse as Michael
1972The Regiment
1971Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as Captain Harker
1970Hamlet as Laertes / First Player
1970Play for Today as Consul Vogel
1963Doctor Who as Marco
1963Doctor Who as Captain Harker
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Philippe