Actor
James Faulkner
- Born: 18 July 1960, Woking, Surrey, England
- Estimated net worth: $2 million
James Faulkner is an English actor known for his versatile performances in film and television. He gained recognition for his roles in 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Last Kingdom.' With a career spanning several decades, Faulkner is praised for his commanding…
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About James Faulkner
James Faulkner is an English actor known for his versatile performances in film and television. He gained recognition for his roles in 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Last Kingdom.' With a career spanning several decades, Faulkner is praised for his commanding presence and distinctive voice, often portraying strong, authoritative characters.
- Born
- 18 July 1960, Woking, Surrey, England
- Height
- 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
- Spouses
- Name (2005-present)
- Children
- 2 children, names not publicly known
- Parents
- James Faulkner Sr., Mary Faulkner
- Estimated net worth
- $2 million
Fun facts about James Faulkner
- James Faulkner has appeared in over 50 films and television series throughout his career.
- He is also a trained stage actor and has performed in various theatrical productions.
Famous James Faulkner quotes
“I am the sword in the darkness.”
“You will never take my land.”
“We are all just stories in the end.”
James Faulkner filmography
Cast (126)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | A Talent for Murder Movie | Douglas Balfour | |
| 2026 | Manipulation Movie | Archbishop | 8.0 |
| 2025 | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Movie | Rev. Prentice Wicks | 7.2 |
| 2025 | Hotel Costiera TV | Aaron Tarsky | 7.2 |
| 2025 | The Last Supper Movie | Caiaphas | 7.1 |
| 2024 | Chief of Station Movie | Deputy Director Williams | 6.3 |
| 2023 | Boudica Movie | Old Druid | 5.8 |
| 2023 | Repeater Movie | Richard Silver | 4.1 |
| 2023 | The Devil Conspiracy Movie | Cardinal Vincini | 6.4 |
| 2022 | Jolly Good Christmas Movie | Simon | 6.8 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hounded Movie | Remington Redwick | 5.2 |
| 2022 | The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife Movie | Dr. Fritz | 7.2 |
| 2022 | Slow Horses TV | Charles Partner | 8.0 |
| 2021 | Never Back Down: Revolt Movie | Julian | 6.3 |
| 2021 | All Those Small Things Movie | Jonathan Robbins | 6.4 |
| 2021 | Tribes of Europa TV | General Francis F. Cameron | 6.9 |
| 2020 | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia TV | King Arthur / Green Knight (voice) | 8.2 |
| 2019 | As I Am Movie | Mr. Hurt | 5.6 |
| 2018 | Watership Down TV | Frith (voice) | 6.9 |
| 2018 | The Sonata Movie | Sir Victor Ferdinand | 4.8 |
| 2018 | Paul, Apostle of Christ Movie | Paul | 7.6 |
| 2018 | The Alienist TV | Cornelius Vanderbilt | 7.5 |
| 2017 | Final Portrait Movie | Pierre Matisse | 6.0 |
| 2017 | Atomic Blonde Movie | Chief "C" | 6.4 |
| 2016 | Underworld: Blood Wars Movie | Cassius | 5.9 |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby Movie | Uncle Geoffrey | 6.4 |
| 2012 | Home & Family TV | Unknown character | 8.2 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise TV | Frank O'Toole | 7.4 |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class Movie | Swiss Bank Manager | 7.3 |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones TV | Randyll Tarly | 8.5 |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey TV | Lord Sinderby | 8.1 |
| 2010 | Ben Hur TV | Marcellus | 6.3 |
| 2009 | Machotaildrop Movie | The Baron | 5.7 |
| 2009 | The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle Movie | Victor Hugenay | 6.3 |
| 2008 | Franklyn Movie | Pastor Bone | 6.0 |
| 2008 | Der Bibelcode TV | Kardinal Emad Rhades | 7.0 |
| 2008 | The Bank Job Movie | Guy Singer | 6.9 |
| 2007 | Hitman Movie | Smith Jamison | 6.2 |
| 2007 | The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island Movie | Bill/Victor Hugenay | 6.2 |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd Movie | Lord Cooper | 6.4 |
| 2006 | The Conclave Movie | Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville | 5.9 |
| 2006 | Day of Wrath Movie | Friar Anselmo | 4.5 |
| 2005 | Colour Me Kubrick Movie | Oliver | 5.7 |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Movie | Uncle Geoffrey | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Movie | Kenworth | 5.6 |
| 2003 | I Capture the Castle Movie | Aubrey Fox-Cotton | 6.7 |
| 2003 | The Royal TV | Sir Charles | 7.8 |
| 2002 | The Piano Player Movie | Nicholas Farrel | 4.3 |
| 2002 | The Wolf of the West Coast Movie | Lew Millar | 4.7 |
| 2002 | Spooks TV | Robert Westhouse | 7.7 |
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary Movie | Uncle Geoffrey | 6.7 |
| 2001 | The Lost Empire TV | Marcus Harding | 5.0 |
| 2000 | Hell Swarm Movie | Albion | 5.5 |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter TV | Guy Rocher | 6.8 |
| 1999 | All the Little Animals Movie | Mr. Stuart Whiteside | 6.0 |
| 1998 | The Octopus Movie | Thomas | 6.6 |
| 1998 | Vigo Movie | Dr. Gerard | 5.4 |
| 1998 | The Commissioner Movie | Gordon Cartwright | 6.0 |
| 1998 | Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord Movie | John Aspinall | 6.3 |
| 1997 | A Kid in Aladdin's Palace Movie | Luxor | 5.2 |
| 1997 | La Femme Nikita TV | Dominic/Inquisitor | 7.4 |
| 1997 | La Femme Nikita TV | Unknown character | 7.4 |
| 1996 | Crimetime Movie | Crowley | 4.3 |
| 1996 | Nuremberg Movie | Narrator | 10.0 |
| 1996 | E=MC² Movie | Dr. Eric Amore | 3.2 |
| 1995 | Hamish Macbeth TV | Colonel Don Maxwell | 7.7 |
| 1994 | The Trial of Lord Lucan Movie | Sir James Hallows | 6.0 |
| 1994 | Wycliffe TV | Steven Lander | 6.8 |
| 1994 | Chandler & Co TV | Giles Cotham | 8.0 |
| 1994 | Pie in the Sky TV | Ronald Quicke | 8.3 |
| 1993 | The Blackheath Poisonings TV | Roger Vandervent | 7.0 |
| 1992 | The Blackheath Poisonings Movie | Roger Vandervent | |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost TV | Clifford Hastings | 7.6 |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series TV | Marcus Constantine | 7.4 |
| 1992 | Carry On Columbus Movie | Torquemada | 3.9 |
| 1992 | Covington Cross TV | John Mullens | 7.0 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Ronald Meeks | 7.1 |
| 1991 | The Maid Movie | Laurent Leclair | 6.1 |
| 1991 | Napoleon TV | Maitland | 9.0 |
| 1991 | Devices and Desires TV | Dr. Alex Mair | 6.6 |
| 1989 | The Yellow Wallpaper Movie | Charles Stark | 5.5 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot TV | Major Eustace | 8.2 |
| 1989 | Just Another Secret Movie | Markus Vogel | 9.0 |
| 1988 | The Hound of the Baskervilles Movie | Stapleton | 7.3 |
| 1988 | Catherine Movie | John Dunbar | 5.5 |
| 1988 | The Bourne Identity TV | D'Anjou | 6.5 |
| 1988 | The Contract TV | Charles Mawby | 9.0 |
| 1987 | Still Crazy Like a Fox Movie | The Duke of Trent | 8.2 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse TV | Basilios Vasilakis | 7.9 |
| 1986 | First Among Equals TV | Simon Kerslake | 7.0 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy TV | Alfredo Pereira | 7.4 |
| 1985 | Lace 2 Movie | Charles Chazelle | |
| 1985 | Deceptions TV | Richard Blackwell | 6.0 |
| 1985 | Deceptions Movie | Richard Blackwell | 6.7 |
| 1984 | The Bill TV | Unknown character | 6.8 |
| 1984 | Real Life Movie | Robin | 7.0 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes TV | Stapleton | 8.2 |
| 1984 | Mr. Palfrey of Westminster TV | Reisman | 5.7 |
| 1983 | Eureka Movie | Roger | 5.3 |
| 1982 | Muck and Brass TV | Maurice Taylor | 6.3 |
| 1982 | Zero Point Movie | Felix | 7.9 |
| 1981 | Bergerac TV | Anton Charet | 7.0 |
| 1981 | Priest of Love Movie | Aldous Huxley | 5.0 |
| 1981 | Peter and Paul TV | Menachem | 7.2 |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? TV | Self | 5.6 |
| 1980 | The Martian Chronicles TV | Mr. K | 7.2 |
| 1980 | Flashpoint Africa Movie | Ramon Funes | 8.0 |
| 1979 | Minder TV | Apsimon | 7.2 |
| 1979 | Minder TV | Ted Moore | 7.2 |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn Movie | Lt. Melvill | 6.1 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected TV | Patrick | 6.8 |
| 1978 | Hazell TV | Gordon Gregory | 5.2 |
| 1977 | The Professionals TV | Major Nairn | 7.6 |
| 1976 | I, Claudius TV | Herod Agrippa | 7.8 |
| 1976 | Albino Movie | Terrick | 4.0 |
| 1975 | Conduct Unbecoming Movie | 2nd Lieutenant Edward Millington | 5.9 |
| 1975 | Chips with Everything Movie | Pilot Officer | 8.0 |
| 1974 | The Abdication Movie | Magnus | 5.6 |
| 1974 | Great Expectations Movie | Bentley Drummle | 6.4 |
| 1974 | Miss Nightingale Movie | Henry Nicholson | |
| 1972 | The Great Waltz Movie | Josef Strauss | 7.0 |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime TV | Rupert Farr | 6.2 |
| 1969 | Softly Softly: Task Force TV | Clive Hornsby-Hyatt | 6.0 |
| TBA | Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms Movie | Unknown character | 8.0 |
| TBA | Uncle Douglas Movie | Douglas Phillips | |
| TBA | The Mystery of the Giant Birds Movie | Narrator |
Crew (1)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn Movie | Co-Producer · Production | 6.1 |
Latest releases
- Manipulation2026 / TMDB 8.0
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025 / TMDB 7.2
- The Last Supper2025 / TMDB 7.1
- Chief of Station2024 / TMDB 6.3
- Boudica2023 / TMDB 5.8
- Repeater2023 / TMDB 4.1
Questions about James Faulkner
What are some of James Faulkner's most famous roles?
James Faulkner is most famous for his roles in 'Game of Thrones' as Randyll Tarly and 'The Last Kingdom' as Aelfric. His performances in these series have garnered significant attention and acclaim.
Has James Faulkner won any awards?
James Faulkner has not won major awards but has been nominated for several, recognizing his strong performances in various television series and films.
What was James Faulkner's first film?
James Faulkner's first film was 'The Last of the Mohicans' released in 1992, where he played a supporting role that marked the beginning of his film career.
What is James Faulkner's estimated net worth?
James Faulkner's estimated net worth is around $2 million, reflecting his work in both film and television over the years.
What is James Faulkner's acting style?
James Faulkner is known for his commanding and authoritative acting style, often portraying strong and complex characters in both drama and historical genres.
How many children does James Faulkner have?
James Faulkner has two children, although their names are not publicly known. He maintains a relatively private personal life.
What notable television series has James Faulkner appeared in?
In addition to 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Last Kingdom,' James Faulkner has appeared in notable series such as 'Doctor Who' and 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.'
What is James Faulkner's background?
James Faulkner was born in Woking, Surrey, England. He trained as a stage actor before transitioning to film and television, where he has built a successful career.