James Faulkner

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James Faulkner, 2018

James Sebastian Faulkner (born July 18, 1948 in London , Hampstead district , England , United Kingdom ) is a British actor and English voice actor for animated films .

Career

Faulkner completed his education at Caldicott Preparatory School in Farnham Royal in the county Buckinghamshire and the Wrekin College in Wellington (Shropshire) , Salop . He trained as an actor at The Central School of Speech and Drama from 1967 to 1970 . Faulkner starred in a variety of British and international films and television series in various leading and important supporting roles. He has also worked as an English voice actor in many animated films and video games , such as B. in the video game version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince .

His first film debut in 1972 as Josef Strauss in the film The Great Waltz ( The Great Waltz ). In 1976 he played the Terrick in the film The Whispering Death ( Whispering Death ) and in the same year in the BBC television series I, Claudius God ( I, Claudius ), where he to Herod Agrippa II. Showed. In 1979 he worked in the British television series Minder ( Minder on the Orient Express ) and in the film The Last Offensive ( Zulu Dawn ). In the Granada Television production by 1988, he starred in the movie The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of the Baskervilles the role of Stapleton , a great adversary of Sherlock Holmes , the here of Jeremy Brett was shown. In 1991, he starred in the British television series Devices and Desires , a novel by PD James and an Anglia Television production , the nuclear power plant director Dr. Alex Mair , as well as Agent Smith in the 2007 film Hitman - Everyone dies alone . He was also the main antagonist Baron Mullins in the Anglo-American television series Covington Cross and also appeared as Lord Kenworth in the spy film Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London . Moreover played Faulkner in 2006 in the German-Canadian historical drama The conclave Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville and 2008 in the German thriller The Bible Code the Cardinal Rhades .

From 2016 to 2017, he played the role of Lord Randyll Tarly in the award-winning fantasy series Game of Thrones .

Filmography (selection)

actor

Voice actor in animated films

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Official web presence of James Faulkner ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jamesfaulkner.info
  2. ↑ The film was shown in 1978 under the title "One Take Two" in Cannes. Source: Cannes - The Festival of Festivals, in: Film Review, Volume 1978, No. 6, p. 12.
personal data
SURNAME Faulkner, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faulkner, James Sebastian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampstead near London , England, United Kingdom