James Faulkner Movies and Career Information

James Faulkner (born 18 July 1948) is a British actor. Known for his many various appearance on television and in movies. Faulkner made his big screen debut as Josef Strauss in The Great Waltz in 1972. He appeared in other films such as Whispering Death, Minder on the Orient Express, played Lt Teignmouth Melvill in Zulu Dawn that he co-produced, and appeared as Uncle Geoffrey in both Bridget Jones films. He played Herod in BBC's 1976 television adaptation of I, Claudius. In 1988 he portrayed one of the biggest enemies of Sherlock Holmes in Granada Television's Production of The Hound of the Baskervilles.In 1991, he played Alex Mare, the manager of the Larksoken nuclear power plant, in an Anglia production of the P.D. James novel featuring her character Inspector Adam Dalgleish, "Devices and Desires." Next to Jeremy Brett, Faulkner played the villain Stapleton. He has also portrayed Agent Smith in the movie Hitman. He was also the principal antagonist Baron Mullins in the short-lived US/UK television show, Covington Cross. He voiced Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game). He also starred as Lord Kenworth in the movie Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination