Filmography
John Sessions
Doctor Who
2005 · Gus
Sherlock
2010 · Kenny Prince
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Barrett Filby
Outlander
2014 · Arthur Duncan
Death in Paradise
2011 · Hugh Davenport
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self
Wogan
1982 · Self
Father Brown
2013 · Reverend Adam Gillespie
QI
2003 · Self
Question Time
1979 · Self - Panellist
Skins
2007 · Geoff Fitzgerald
Shameless
2004 · Father McGinn
New Tricks
2004 · Actor
Lewis
2007 · Professor Rufus Strickfaden
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Charlie Penn
The Great
2020 · Bishop Tarcinkus
Victoria
2016 · Lord John Russell
Spitting Image
1984 · Actor
Celebrity Mastermind
2003 · Himself
Boon
1986 · Barney Spitz
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · John Corntel
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988 · Self
Judge John Deed
2001 · Actor
Performance
1991 · Daniel
ScreenPlay
1986 · James Boswell
Hotel Babylon
2006 · Donovan Credo
Legend
2015 · Lord Boothby
Friday Night Dinner
2011 · Mr. Murray
Gangs of New York
2002 · Harry Watkins / Lincoln
One Foot in the Grave
1990 · Man on Phone (voice)
The New Statesman
1987 · Lord Penistone
Upstart Crow
2016 · Lord Inquisitor
Rab C. Nesbitt
1990 · Chief Inspector Haggerty
Oliver Twist
2007 · Mr Sowerberry
Blandings
2013 · Lord Didcot
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2015 · John Murray
Moone Boy
2012 · Actor
Gormenghast
2000 · Dr Alfred Prunesquallor
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001 · Prof. Rutherford
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010 · Actor
Nativity!
2009 · Mr. Lore
The Good Shepherd
2006 · Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000 · Actor
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 · Henry Fielding
Mr. Holmes
2015 · Mycroft Holmes
The Bounty
1984 · John Smith
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999 · Philostrate
The Loch
2017 · DCI Frank Smilie
Scoop
2006 · Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
Girls On Top
1985 · Rodney
Loving Vincent
2017 · Pere Tanguy
Plunder
1990 · Actor
Belfast
2021 · Joseph Tomelty as Marley
The Iron Lady
2011 · Edward Heath
The Merchant of Venice
2004 · Salerio
Filth
2013 · Toal
In the Red
1998 · Hercules Fortescue
British Film Forever
2007 · Actor
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016 · Dr. Hermann
Denial
2016 · Prof. Richard Evans
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 · Schoolmaster
Henry V
1989 · Macmorris
Happy Families
1985 · Dean
Stella Street
1997 · Actor
The Last Station
2009 · Dushan
Five Children and It
2004 · Peasemarsh
Dead Boss
2012 · Sir Humphreys
Finding Your Feet
2017 · Mike Abbott
Made in Dagenham
2010 · Harold Wilson
Porterhouse Blue
1987 · Zipser
Menace Unseen
1988 · Larry Knight
Single Voices
1990 · Bobby Buffet, Writer
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001 · Director
Princess Caraboo
1994 · Prince Regent
Hawking
2004 · Dennis Sciama
The Pope Must Die
1991 · Dino
Nice Day at the Office
1994 · Actor
Whisky Galore
2016 · Doctor McLaren
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995 · Terry Du Bois
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992 · Scotty / Additional voices (voice)
Castaway
1986 · Man in Pub
Ronni Ancona & Co
2007 · Actor
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
2014 · Thorne
The Rack Pack
2016 · Ted Lowe
Cousin Bette
1998 · Musical Director
Jute City
1991 · McMurdo
Sky Bandits
1986 · Flight
John Sessions' Likely Stories
1994 · Actor
One of the Hollywood Ten
2002 · Paul Jarrico
Whoops Apocalypse
1986 · Mr. Sweetzer
Red Top
2016 · The Accountant
Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
2010 · Self
The Sender
1982 · Patient
Margaret
2009 · Geoffrey Howe
Faeries
1999 · Chudley (voice)
My Night with Reg
1997 · Daniel
Inconceivable
2008 · Finbar 'Finn' Darrow
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015 · Narrator
Around The World In 80 Days
2000 · Jean Passepartout (voice)
The Silent Storm
2014 · Mr. Smith
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
2019 · Self
Spitting Image: Election Special '87
1987 · Various Characters
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988 · Laurence Olivier (Voice)
John Sessions' Tall Tales
1991 · Actor
John Sessions On The Spot
1989 · Actor
Low Winter Sun
2006 · Prof Barry Lennox
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
2015 · Arthur Lowe
The Treasure Seekers
1996 · Redman
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004 · Rival Newspaper Editor
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
2019 · Pumpermann
Balls
2018 · Brownlow
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002 · George Henry Lewes
The Domino Effect
2012 · Talk Show Host
Stella Street
2004 · Actor, Writer
The Real American: Joe McCarthy
2011 · Joe McCarthy
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
1993 · James Boswell
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
1986 · Various Roles
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
1987 · Various Roles
Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
1988 · Various Roles
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002 · General Tannis
Faith
1998 · Brian
The Scarlet Tunic
1998 · Humphrey Gould
The Making of Plus One
2010 · Derek - the line producer
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994 · Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
1987 · Antonio Gramsci
Rag Tale
2005 · Felix Miles Sty
Spies and Lies
2010 · Folkes
The Key
2003 · Actor
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012 · Actor
The English Harem
2005 · Ridley
The Town That Floored the World
2018 · Presenter
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011 · Norman Tebbit, Tebbit
Queen's Park Story
1998 · Actor
A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'
2000 · Self
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001 · Shadrack Moore (voice)
The Man
1999 · Jerry Barnes
Sweet Revenge
1990 · John
Reichenbach Falls
2007 · Professor Bell
Sellers' Best
1992 · Self
Breaking the Mould
2009 · Edward Mellanby
Citizen Locke
1994 · John Locke
Lighthouse Hill
2004 · Mr. Reynard
Some Enchanted Evening
1990 · Bobby Buffet, Writer
Hiroshima: The Aftermath
2015 · Self - Narrator (voice)