James Wilby
- Born
- February 20, 1958 (68 years old)
- Place of birth
- Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
Biography
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
★ 8.2Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
★ 7.5Midsomer Murders
1997
★ 7.0The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024
★ 8.0Tales from the Crypt
1989
★ 7.4Death in Paradise
2011
★ 8.2Sherlock Holmes
1984
★ 7.7Father Brown
2013
★ 7.6Silent Witness
1996
★ 6.8Gosford Park
2001
★ 7.8Poldark
2015
★ 6.2Casualty
1986
★ 6.9A Room with a View
1986
Filmography
- 2025I, Jack WrightSeries · Max Preston★ 5.4
- 2024Mystery at the Prospect HotelFilm · Mr. Vincent
- 2024Merchant IvoryFilm · Self
- 2024The Ministry of Ungentlemanly WarfareFilm · Viscount Algernon★ 7.0
- 2024Vindication SwimFilm · Mr. Havers
- 2024The Marlow Murder ClubSeries · Sir Peter Bailey★ 5.8
- 2023The Famous FiveSeries · Mr. Vincent
- 2022MasqueradeFilm · Thomas★ 6.8
- 2021The DukeFilm · Judge Aarvold★ 6.9
- 2019E. M. Forster: His Longest JourneyFilm · Narrator
- 2019SaltFilm · Conrad
- 2017The Sense of an EndingFilm · David Ford★ 6.3
- 2016ChickLitFilm · Geoffrey
- 2016VictoriaSeries · Sir Piers Gifford★ 7.4
- 2016Churchill's SecretFilm · Brendan Bracken★ 6.3
- 2016The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. WellsSeries · Pawkins
- 2015PoldarkSeries · Lord Falmouth★ 7.8
- 2014LegendsSeries · Headmaster★ 6.4
- 2013The Great Train RobberySeries · John Wheater★ 6.7
- 2013VincentVincentFilm · The Man
- 2013Father BrownSeries · Sefton Scott★ 7.7
- 2012Ripper StreetSeries · Charles Broadwick★ 7.4
- 2012Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett StoryFilm · Wilfred De'Ath
- 2012TitanicSeries · Bruce Ismay★ 5.9
- 2011Death in ParadiseSeries · Elias Thomson★ 7.4
- 2011We Need to Talk About KieranFilm · Professor Hugh Merrill
- 2009Shadows in the SunFilm · Robert
- 2008A Risk Worth TakingFilm · Patrick Trenchard
- 2008Lady GodivaFilm · Earl of Mercia, Leofric
- 2007Secret Diary of a Call GirlSeries · Henry★ 6.8
- 2007Clapham JunctionFilm · Julian Rowan★ 6.5
- 2007It's Gradiva Who Is Calling YouFilm · John Locke★ 6.1
- 2007The Last Days of the RajFilm · Lord Mountbatten
- 2007LewisSeries · Hugh Mallory★ 7.6
- 2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireSeries · Ofonius Tigellinus★ 7.6
- 2005JerichoSeries · Alan Mills
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries · Stanley Kirkwood★ 7.8
- 2004Island at WarSeries · Sen. James Dorr
- 2004De-LovelyFilm · Edward Thomas★ 6.1
- 2003Sparkling CyanideFilm · Stephen Farraday
- 2002George Eliot: A Scandalous LifeGeorge Eliot: A Scandalous LifeFilm · Herbert Spencer
- 2002Foyle's WarSeries · Major Cornwall★ 7.9
- 2002The Making of Gosford ParkFilm · Self (uncredited)
- 2002Bertie and ElizabethFilm · King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
- 2001Gosford ParkFilm · Freddie Nesbitt★ 6.8
- 2001Jump TomorrowFilm · Nathan★ 6.3
- 2001Murder in MindSeries · Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton
- 2001Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino YearsSeries
- 1999Cotton MaryFilm · John MacIntosh
- 1999Tom's Midnight GardenFilm · Uncle Alan Kitson★ 6.1
- 1999An Ideal HusbandFilm · Sir Robert Chiltern
- 1999The Dark RoomFilm · Dr Alan Protheroe
- 1999The Dark RoomSeries · Dr. Alan Protheroe
- 1997The Woman In WhiteFilm · Sir Percival Glyde★ 6.6
- 1997The Woman In WhiteSeries · Sir Percival Glyde
- 1997Trial & RetributionSeries · James McCready
- 1997RegenerationFilm · 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon★ 5.5
- 1997Midsomer MurdersSeries · Edward Milton★ 7.5
- 1997Original SinSeries · Gerard Etienne
- 1996The Treasure SeekersFilm · Henry Carlisle
- 1996Witness Against HitlerFilm · Helmuth James von Moltke
- 1996Silent WitnessSeries★ 7.6
- 1994The Chess GameFilm · Lord Staunton
- 1994Crocodile ShoesSeries
- 1993Lady ChatterleySeries · Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt★ 6.3
- 1993You, Me and ItYou, Me and ItSeries · Charles Henderson
- 1992Immaculate ConceptionFilm · Alistair
- 1992Howards EndFilm · Charles Wilcox★ 7.0
- 1992Adam BedeFilm · Arthur Donnithorne
- 1991The Siege of VeniceFilm · Milord Runbiff
- 1991Tell Me That You Love MeFilm · Michael Evans
- 1989ConspiracyConspiracyFilm · Stringer
- 1989Mother LoveSeries · Christopher "Kit" Vesey
- 1989Screen OneSeries · Arthur Donnithorne, Michael Evans
- 1989Tales from the CryptSeries · Nick Marvin★ 8.0
- 1989A Tale of Two CitiesSeries · Sydney Carton
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries · Andrew Restarick★ 8.2
- 1988A Summer StoryFilm · Frank Ashton★ 6.1
- 1988The Storyteller: SapsorrowFilm · Prince
- 1988A Handful of DustFilm · Tony Last★ 6.1
- 1988The StorytellerSeries · Prince★ 8.2
- 1987MauriceFilm · Maurice Hall★ 7.6
- 1986CasualtySeries · Archie Grayling★ 6.2
- 1986A Room with a ViewFilm · Party Guest (uncredited)★ 6.9
- 1985Dutch GirlsFilm · Dundine
- 1985DreamchildFilm · Baker★ 6.6
- 1984The BillSeries★ 6.8
- 1984Sherlock HolmesSeries · Young Barclay★ 8.2
- 1984The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesSeries · Young James
- 1982PrivilegedFilm · Jamie
