Robert Lindsay
Biography
Robert Lindsay Stevenson, better known as Robert Lindsay, is an English actor known for his stage and television work, including appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in musical theatre, and his roles as Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Captain Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family. He has won a BAFTA, a Tony Award and three Olivier Awards for his work.
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Acting History
2024
Generation Z as Morgan
2023Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition as Narrator
2022A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon
2022Dodger Special: Christmas as William Lamb
2022Sherwood as Franklin Warner
2021Anything Goes as Moonface Martin
2021The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes as Narrator
2021Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes as Narrator
2020McDonald & Dodds as Max Crockett
2019Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as King John
2018Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam as Narrator
2018The Secret Life of Owls as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017Tate Britain's Great Art Walks as Self
2017Genius as Hermann Einstein
2017Walks with My Dog as Self
2016The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl as Self
2015The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
2015Galavant as Chester Wormwood
2014Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self
2014Grace of Monaco as Aristotle Onassis
2013Atlantis as Daedalus
2013Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army as (archive footage)
2011Spy as The Examiner
2009Doctors and Nurses at War
2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
2007The Trial of Tony Blair as Tony Blair
2006The One Show as Self
2005Gideon's Daughter as Sneath
2005Jericho as D.I. Michael Jericho
2005A Very Social Secretary as Tony Blair
2005Space Race
2005Friends & Crocodiles as William Sneath
2005Extras as Robert Lindsay
2004Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")
2004Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2004Wimbledon as Ian Frazier
2004Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection as Narrator (Voice)
2003Seven Wonders of the Industrial World as Self - Narrator
2003Hornblower: Duty as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
2003Hornblower: Loyalty as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
2001Don't Eat the Neighbours as Rabbit
2001Hawkins as Luke Hawkins
2001Hornblower: Retribution as Sir Edward Pellew
2001Hornblower: Mutiny as Sir Edward Pellew
2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Various Characters
2000My Family as Ben Harper
2000Babies at 50 as Narrator
2000Castaway 2000 as Narrator (voice)
2000Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery as Narrator
2000Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome as Narrator
1999Oliver Twist as Fagin
1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters as Sir Edward Pellew
1999Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil as Captain Pellew
1998Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant as Sir Edward Pellew
1998Hornblower as Sir Edward Pellew
1998Hornblower: The Even Chance as Captain Sir Edward Pellew
1998Divorcing Jack as Michael Brinn
1998Parkinson as Self
1997Fierce Creatures as Sydney Lotterby
1997Remember Me? as Jamie
1996Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night as Narrator
1996The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge as Narrator (voice)
1996Brazen Hussies as Billy Bowman
1996The Office as Norman Platt
1995Jake's Progress as Jamie Diadoni
1994The Wimbledon Poisoner as Henry Farr
1994Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf as Narrator
1993Genghis Cohn as Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police
1992Absolutely Fabulous as Pete
1992The Job as Narrator (voice)
1991G.B.H. as Michael Murray
1990Have I Got News for You as Self - Host
1990Nightingales as Carter
1990Strike It Rich as Bertram
1989Confessional as Thomas Kelly
1989Tales from the Crypt as Glynn Fennell
1989Bert Rigby, You're a Fool as Bert Rigby
1989Employees From Hell
1989Bosses From Hell
1989Communicators From Hell
1984Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle as Mickey Noades
1984Much Ado About Nothing as Benedick
1984Royal Variety Performance 1984
1983Natural World
1983Give us a Break as Mickey Noades
1983Cymbeline as Iachimo
1983King Lear as Edmund
1982Wogan as Self
1981A Midsummer Night's Dream as Lysander
1981Seconds Out as Pete Dodds
1981All's Well That Ends Well as First French Lord
1981The Best of the Adventures as Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980Twelfth Night as Fabian
1978An Audience with... as Self
1977Citizen Smith as Wolfie Smith
1977The Val Doonican Music Show
1976Adventures of a Taxi Driver as Tom
1975Get Some In! as Jakey Smith
1975Three for All as Tom
1975The Good Life as Reform School Youth
1975The Crazy Kill as Policeman at Roadblock
1973That'll Be The Day as Terry Sutcliffe
1956Tony Awards as Self - Winner/Performer
1949The BAFTA Awards as Self - Nominee
—Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Presenter
—Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch as Narrator
—Missed Call