- The Full Monty
2023 Gerald Arthur Cooper
- Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021 Dr. Bird (Voice)
- SAS: Red Notice
2021 William Lewis
- Belgravia
2020 Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
- Burden
2018 Tom Griffin
- Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018 Leslie
- The Happy Prince
2018 Father Dunne
- The Titan
2018 Prof. Martin Collingwood
- The Catcher Was a Spy
2018 Paul Scherrer
- Watership Down
2018 Threarah (voice)
- Snowden
2016 Ewen MacAskill
- The Choice
2016 Dr. Shep
- This Beautiful Fantastic
2016 Alfie Stevenson
- Denial
2016 Richard Rampton
- Little Boy
2015 Fr. Oliver
- Unfinished Business
2015 Timothy McWinters
- Bone in the Throat
2015 Charlie
- Jenny's Wedding
2015 Eddie
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 Author
- Felony
2014 Detective Carl Summer
- Good People
2014 DI John Halden
- Selma
2014 President Lyndon B. Johnson
- The Lone Ranger
2013 Cole
- Belle
2013 Lord Mansfield
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012 Graham Dashwood
- The Samaritan
2012 Xavier
- Space Junk 3D
2012 Narrator (voice)
- WWII in 3D
2012 Narrator (voice)
- The Green Hornet
2011 James Reid
- The Conspirator
2011 Reverdy Johnson
- The Gruffalo's Child
2011 The Fox (voice)
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 IMF Secretary (uncredited)
- The Kennedys
2011 Joe Kennedy Sr.
- The Ghost Writer
2010 Paul Emmett
- The Debt
2010 Stefan Gold
- Burke & Hare
2010 Dr. Knox
- Jackboots on Whitehall
2010 Goebbels (voice)
- The Gruffalo
2009 Fox (voice)
- 44 Inch Chest
2009 Archie
- Duplicity
2009 Howard Tully
- Valkyrie
2008 Friedrich Fromm
- RocknRolla
2008 Lenny Cole
- Recount
2008 James Baker
- A Number
2008 Salter
- John Adams
2008 Benjamin Franklin
- Michael Clayton
2007 Arthur Edens
- Cassandra's Dream
2007 Howard
- Dedication
2007 Rudy Holt
- Ripley Under Ground
2007 John Webster
- The Last Kiss
2006 Stephen
- The Night of the White Pants
2006 Max Hagan
- Batman Begins
2005 Carmine Falcone
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005 Father Moore
- Separate Lies
2005 James Manning
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 Dr. Mierzwiak
- Stage Beauty
2004 Betterton
- A Good Woman
2004 Tuppy
- If Only
2004 Taxi Driver
- Piccadilly Jim
2004 Bingley Crocker
- Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 Pieter Van Ruijven
- Normal
2003 Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
- The Importance of Being Earnest
2002 Dr. Chasuble
- The Gathering Storm
2002 Sir Robert Vansittart
- An Angel for May
2002 Sam Wheeler
- Before You Go
2002 Frank
- An Angel For May
2002
- In the Bedroom
2001 Matt Fowler
- Chain of Fools
2001 Bollingsworth
- Black Knight
2001 Sir Knolte of Marlborough
- Another Life
2001 Mr. Carlton
- The Patriot
2000 Gen. Cornwallis
- Essex Boys
2000 John Dyke
- Ride with the Devil
1999 Orton Brown
- Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999 Brother Dutton
- David Copperfield
1999 Narrator (voice)
- Rush Hour
1998 Griffin
- Shakespeare in Love
1998 Hugh Fennyman
- The Governess
1998 Mr. Charles Cavendish
- Jilting Joe
1998 Wyatt
- The Full Monty
1997 Gerald Arthur Cooper
- Oscar and Lucinda
1997 Hugh Stratton
- Cold Enough for Snow
1997 Hugh Lloyd
- Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997 Prof. Loyen
- Wilde
1997 Marquess of Queensberry
- The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 Sir Robert Beaumont
- Eskimo Day
1996 Hugh
- Crossing the Floor
1996 David Hanratty
- Sense and Sensibility
1995 Mr. Dashwood
- Priest
1995 Father Matthew Thomas
- A Very Open Prison
1995 David Hanratty
- All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994 Father McAteer
- Measure for Measure
1994 Duke Vincentio
- A Business Affair
1994 Bob
- Prince of Jutland
1994 Hardvendel
- King Richard III
1994 Buckingham (voice)
- Martin Chuzzlewit
1994 Seth Pecksniff
- In the Name of the Father
1993 Appeal Prosecutor
- Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993 DI Charlie Resnick
- The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993 Gerald Lacklander
- An Exchange of Fire
1993 President Slajek
- Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992 DI Charlie Resnick
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992 Buckingham (voice)
- Underbelly
1992 Paul Manning
- Performance
1991 Duke Vincentio
- Prime Suspect
1991 Peter Rawlins
- Sometime in August
1990 Dr. Middleton
- Paper Mask
1990 Dr. Thorn
- Counterstrike
1990
- TECX
1990
- First and Last
1989 Stephen
- Stay Lucky
1989 Allon
- The Woman He Loved
1988 Ernest Simpson
- The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988 Silberbauer
- Inspector Morse
1987 Jake Normington
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 Robert Hathall
- Sylvia
1986 Keith
- Lovejoy
1986 Ashley Wilkes
- First Among Equals
1986 Raymond Gould
- Wetherby
1985 Roger Braithwaite
- Parker
1985 Tom
- Happy Families
1985 Jack
- Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985 Detective Inspector Neele
- Screen Two
1985 Dr. Middleton
- Sakharov
1984
- Squaring the Circle
1984 Rulewski
- Sharma and Beyond
1984 Vivian Archer
- Strangers and Brothers
1984 George Passant
- Travelling Man
1984 'Granny' Jackson
- Letting the Birds Go Free
1983 Eddie
- Spyship
1983 Martin Taylor
- All for Love
1982 Eddie
- The Shadow-Line
1976 Ransome
- The Man Who Saved Paris
Lester
- The Liar
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