- The Souvenir: Part II
2021 Narrator Patrick's Musical
- Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
2018 Uncle John
- London Spy
2015 James
- The Double
2014 The Colonel
- Effie Gray
2014 Sir Charles Eastlake
- Unknown Heart
2014 Ludlow
- 1864
2014 Lord Palmerston
- A Long Way From Home
2013 Joseph
- Utopia
2013 The Assistant
- The Great Train Robbery
2013 Henry Brooke, Home Secretary
- Cleanskin
2012 Scott Catesby
- All at Sea
2012 George
- W.E.
2011 King George V
- Death in Paradise
2011 Martin Goodman QC (voice) (uncredited)
- The Kid
2010 Alan
- Sherlock Holmes
2009 Sir Thomas Rotheram
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009 Philip Evans
- Margaret
2009 Charles Powell
- Bunny and the Bull
2009 Narrator
- Red Riding
2009
- Mister Lonely
2008 The Pope
- Merlin
2008 King Rodor
- Celebration
2007 Richard
- Lewis
2007 Professor Norman Deering
- Goodbye Mr Snuggles
2006 Mr. Tomly
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 Mr. Salt
- Colditz
2005 Lt. Colonel Fordham
- Colditz
2005 Lt. Colonel Fordham
- The Prince & Me
2004 King Haraald
- New Tricks
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 Colonel Arthur Bantry
- Doctor Who: Shada
2003 Professor Chronotis (voice)
- Cambridge Spies
2003 Lord Halifax
- The Falklands Play
2002 Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
- Hideous Man
2002
- Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002 Jonas Collin
- The Lost World
2001 Prof. Summerlee
- All Forgotten
2001 Old Vladimir (voice)
- Sexy Beast
2001 Harry
- The Mystic Masseur
2001 Mr. Stewart
- Waking the Dead
2001 Dr Bruno Rivelli
- The Lost World
2001 Professor Summerlee
- The Golden Bowl
2000 Colonel Bob Assingham
- Up at the Villa
2000 Sir Edgar Swift
- Metropolis
2000 Milton Friedkin
- Mickey Blue Eyes
1999 Philip Cromwell
- Jinnah
1998 Mountbatten
- Shadow Run
1998 Landon-Higgins
- Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
1998 Himself
- Kings in Grass Castles
1998 Longman
- Anna Karenina
1997 Karenin
- Never Ever
1997 Arthur Trevane
- Midsomer Murders
1997 Sir Michael Fielding
- Gulliver's Travels
1996 Dr. Bates
- The Old Curiosity Shop
1995 Single Gentleman
- The Choir
1995 Hugh Cavendish
- Heart of Darkness
1994 Gosse
- Doomsday Gun
1994 Sir James Whittington
- The Dwelling Place
1994 Lord Fischel
- Headhunters
1994 Simon Hall
- The Remains of the Day
1993 Lord Darlington
- Patriot Games
1992 Lord William Holmes
- Afraid of the Dark
1992 Frank
- As You Like It
1992 Jaques
- Hostage
1992 Hugo Paynter
- A Question of Attribution
1991 Sir Anthony Blunt
- A Perfect Hero
1991 Angus Meikle
- The Russia House
1990 Ned
- Chillers
1990 Skipperton
- Never Come Back
1990 Foster
- Farewell to the King
1989 Col. Ferguson
- These Foolish Things
1989 Nick Verney
- Boys in the Island
1989 George Farrell
- The Mighty Quinn
1989 Thomas Elgin
- She's Been Away
1989 Hugh Ambrose
- Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 Colonel Race
- Screen One
1989 Sir Anthony Blunt
- Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988 Mansfield Markham
- Sun Child
1988
- The Play on One
1988 Nick Verney
- High Season
1987 Patrick
- Comrades
1987 William Norfolk, Governor of New South Wales
- The Whistle Blower
1986 Lord
- Absolute Beginners
1986 Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 Lord Charles Esker
- A Passage to India
1984 Richard Fielding
- The Road to 1984
1984 Eric Blair/George Orwell/Winston Smith
- Runners
1983 Tom Lindsay
- Anna Pavlova
1983 Victor d'André
- Anna Pavlova
1983 Victor Dandré(as Dzheims Foks)
- Nancy Astor
1982 Waldorf Astor
- Love Is Old, Love Is New
1982 Martyn
- Country
1981 Philip Carlion
- No Longer Alone
1978 Alan Richards
- Performance.
1970 Chas
- Play for Today
1970
- Isadora
1968 Gordon Craig
- Duffy
1968 Stefane Calvert
- Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967 Jimmy Smith
- Arabella
1967 Giorgio
- The Chase
1966 Jason 'Jake' Rogers
- King Rat
1965 Peter Marlowe
- The Servant
1963 Tony
- Tamahine
1963 Oliver
- Espionage
1963 Paul
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
- The Verdict Is Yours
1958 Council for the Prosecution
- One Wild Oat
1951 Porter
- The Magnet
1950 Johnny Brent
- The Miniver Story
1950 Toby Miniver
