John Sessions

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1953-01-11

Place of Birth

Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

John Sessions

Biography

Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.

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Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Outlander

Outlander

Sherlock

Sherlock

Wogan

Wogan

Skins

Skins

The Great

The Great

Father Brown

Father Brown

Victoria

Victoria

Acting History

Belfast as Joseph Tomelty as Marley

The Great as Bishop Tarcinkus

Intrigo: Dear Agnes as Pumpermann

Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream as Self

Balls as Brownlow

The Town That Floored the World as Presenter

Finding Your Feet as Mike Abbott

Loving Vincent as Pere Tanguy

The Loch as DCI Frank Smilie

Denial as Prof. Richard Evans

Victoria as Lord John Russell

Whisky Galore as Doctor McLaren

Upstart Crow as Lord Inquisitor

Florence Foster Jenkins as Dr. Hermann

Red Top as The Accountant

The Rack Pack as Ted Lowe

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story as Arthur Lowe

Legend as Lord Boothby

Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Narrator

Mr. Holmes as Mycroft Holmes

Hiroshima: The Aftermath as Narrator

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell as John Murray

The Silent Storm as Mr. Smith

Outlander as Arthur Duncan

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Thorne

Father Brown as Reverend Adam Gillespie

Blandings as Lord Didcot

30 Years of Comic Strip

The Domino Effect as Talk Show Host

Dead Boss as Sir Humphreys

The Iron Lady as Edward Heath

Death in Paradise as Hugh Davenport

The Hunt for Tony Blair as Tebbit

The Hunt for Tony Blair as Norman Tebbit

The Real American: Joe McCarthy as Joe McCarthy

Friday Night Dinner as Mr. Murray

Spies and Lies as Folkes

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

Made in Dagenham as Harold Wilson

Sherlock as Kenny Prince

The Making of Plus One as Derek - the line producer

Nativity! as Mr. Lore

The Last Station as Dushan

Breaking the Mould as Edward Mellanby

Margaret as Geoffrey Howe

Inconceivable as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow

Oliver Twist as Mr Sowerberry

Ronni Ancona & Co

Reichenbach Falls as Professor Bell

Skins as Geoff Fitzgerald

The Good Shepherd as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin

Low Winter Sun as Prof Barry Lennox

Scoop as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)

The English Harem as Ridley

Rag Tale as Felix Miles Sty

Doctor Who as Gus

Hawking as Dennis Sciama

The Merchant of Venice as Salerio

Five Children and It as Peasemarsh

Lighthouse Hill as Mr. Reynard

The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Rival Newspaper Editor

Shameless as Father McGinn

Celebrity Mastermind as Himself

Gangs of New York as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life as George Henry Lewes

One of the Hollywood Ten as Paul Jarrico

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as General Tannis

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as John Corntel

Judge John Deed

Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes as Prof. Rutherford

High Heels and Low Lifes as Director

David Macaulay: Mill Times as Shadrack Moore (voice)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

A Profile of 'Brief Encounter' as Self

Around The World In 80 Days as Jean Passepartout (voice)

A Midsummer Night's Dream as Philostrate

The Man as Jerry Barnes

Faeries as Chudley (voice)

Cousin Bette as Musical Director

The Scarlet Tunic as Humphrey Gould

In the Red as Hercules Fortescue

Queen's Park Story

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Henry Fielding

Midsomer Murders as Barrett Filby

My Night with Reg as Daniel

The Treasure Seekers as Redman

The Adventures of Pinocchio as Schoolmaster

In the Bleak Midwinter as Terry Du Bois

Nice Day at the Office

Princess Caraboo as Prince Regent

John Sessions' Likely Stories

Citizen Locke as John Locke

David Macaulay: Roman City as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)

Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles as James Boswell

Freddie As F.R.O.7. as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)

Sellers' Best as Self

Performance as Daniel

The Pope Must Die as Dino

John Sessions' Tall Tales

Have I Got News for You as Self

Rab C. Nesbitt as Chief Inspector Haggerty

Sweet Revenge as John

Some Enchanted Evening as Bobby Buffet

One Foot in the Grave

Henry V as Macmorris

John Sessions On The Spot

Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self

The New Statesman as Lord Penistone

Porterhouse Blue as Zipser

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People as Antonio Gramsci

Sky Bandits as Flight

Whoops Apocalypse as Mr. Sweetzer

Castaway as Man in Pub

Boon as Barney Spitz

Girls On Top as Rodney

Happy Families as Dean

The Bounty as John Smith

Question Time as Self - Panellist