
Filmography

Doctor Who
2005 · Doctor (9), Doctor Who

True Detective
2014 · Captain Ted Connelly

Heroes
2006 · Claude

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Frank Carter

Casualty
1986 · Stephen Hills

Top Gear
2002 · Self

GMTV
1993 · Self

Blue Peter
1958 · Self

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · Actor

The Leftovers
2014 · Matt Jamison

Inspector Morse
1987 · Terrence Mitchell

Thor: The Dark World
2013 · Malekith

Doctor Who Confidential
2005 · Self

Danger Mouse
2015 · J. Woolington Sham (voice)

The Sarah Silverman Program
2007 · Dr. Lazer Rage

Cracker
1993 · David Bilborough, Bilborough

Boon
1986 · Mark

28 Days Later
2002 · Major Henry West

Remembers…
2022 · Self

Performance
1991 · Frankie Bryant

ScreenPlay
1986 · Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius

The Others
2001 · Charles Stewart

Fortitude
2015 · Professor Charlie Stoddart

Legend
2015 · Leonard 'Nipper' Read

Timeshift
2002 · self

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009 · McCullen / Destro

Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000 · Raymond Calitri

Ambulance
2016 · Self - Narrator

Unchosen
2026 · Mr Phillips

Our Friends in the North
1996 · Nicky Hutchinson

Accused
2010 · Willy Houlihan

The A Word
2016 · Maurice Scott

eXistenZ
1999 · Seminar Leader

Safe House
2015 · Robert

Elizabeth
1998 · Duke of Norfolk

Chancer
1990 · Radio

Dodger
2022 · Fagin

Young Woman and the Sea
2024 · Jabez Wolffe

Linda Green
2001 · Tom/Neil

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013 · Self

24 Hour Party People
2002 · Boethius (uncredited)

The Shadow Line
2011 · Joseph Bede

Shallow Grave
1994 · David Stephens

Jude
1996 · Jude Fawley

Cuentos de Borges
1993 · Alonso Zunz

Close to Me
2021 · Rob Harding

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 · The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

Lucan
2013 · John Aspinall

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007 · The Rider

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018 · Harvey

Where Hands Touch
2018 · Heinz

The Read
2022 · Narrator

The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
2020 · Self

Blackout
2012 · Daniel Demoys

King Lear
2018 · Oswald

Amelia
2009 · Fred Noonan

The Second Coming
2003 · Stephen Baxter

Come Home
2018 · Greg Farrell
What's Your Problem?
2002 · Actor

Hearts and Minds
1995 · Drew Mackenzie

Song for Marion
2012 · James

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025 · Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Brother's Journey: Thor & Loki
2014 · Self

Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

Let Him Have It
1991 · Derek Bentley

A Price Above Rubies
1998 · Sender Horowitz

With or Without You
1999 · Vincent Boyd

I Am Dina
2002 · Leo Zhukovsky

Bible Mysteries
2004 · Narrator

Einstein's Big Idea
2005 · Narrator (voice)

Othello
2001 · Ben Jago

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 · The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Actor

Friday on My Mind
1992 · Sean

Lennon Naked
2010 · John Lennon

The Borrowers
2011 · Pod Clock

The Invisible Circus
2001 · Wolf

National Theatre Live: Antigone
2012 · Creon, King of Thebes

Death and the Compass
1992 · Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius

The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston
2024 · Presenter

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008 · The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

Muse of Fire
2013 · Self

Hillsborough
1996 · Trevor Hicks

Heart
1999 · Gary Ellis

A Year in the Life of a Year 2019
2020 · Himself

Anchoress
1993 · Priest

Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005 · Self

Chasing Millions
2026 · Crayford
New Orleans, Mon Amour
2008 · Henry

The Kemps: All Gold
2023 · Luke Dunmore

The Flu That Killed 50 Million
2018 · Narrator

My Name Is Leon
2022 · Mr. Devlin

Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
2003 · Self

The Kemps: All True
2020 · Self

The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003 · Narrator

Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006 · Self

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021 · Self

Dodger Special: Christmas
2022 · Fagin

Roots
1992 · Frankie Bryant
Rachel's Dream
1992 · Man in Dream
Color Your Hurt
TBA · James

Dodger Special: Bad Egg
2023 · Fagin

Dodger Special: Coronation
2023 · Fagin

RSC Live: Macbeth
2018 · Macbeth

Sunday
2002 · Major Gen. Robert Ford

The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown
2005 · Actor

Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
1999 · Narrator (voice)
About A Bell
TBA · DC Holman

Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
2021 · Self

Lucan
2013 · John Aspinall

Revengers Tragedy
2002 · Vindici

Strumpet
2001 · Strayman
When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
2012 · Narrator

Rachel's Dream
1992 · Man in Dream

Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry
2002 · Narrator

Perfect Parents
2006 · Stuart
Hear Me Roar
TBA · Michael Bellinger
The King and Us
2002 · Anthony

The Last Miners
2016 · Narrator (Voice)

Ashes Again!
2026 · Dad

Whispers of Freedom
2024 · Herbert Köfer

Emily
2013 · James
When Coal Was King
2013 · Narrator

Flesh and Blood
2002 · Joe Broughton

SIGNAL
2026 · Ray

An Angel on Oxford Street
2024 · Saul (voice)

The Happiness Salesman
2009 · Salesman

Richard III: The New Evidence
2014 · Narrator

Endless
2020 · Actor

Dodger Special: Train
2022 · Fagin

The Hour
2020 · Himself

The Last Miners
2016 · Narrator (voice)

The Second Coming
2003 · Stephen Baxter

Continental Drift
1992 · (Business with Friends)
Crackula
2026 · Actor
Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack
2017 · Voice