Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Othello | Company | Film debut |
| 1973 | Nothing But the Night | Inspector Grant | |
| 1974 | The Beast Must Die | Jan Jarmokowski | |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary | George Fairbairn | |
| 1988 | Paris by Night | Gerald Paige | |
| Missing Link | Narrator | (voice) | |
| 1989 | The Rachel Papers | Doctor Knowd | |
| A Dry White Season | Magistrate | ||
| The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Albert Spica | ||
| 1991 | Mobsters | Salvatore Maranzano | |
| 1992 | Toys | General Leland Zevo | |
| 1994 | A Man of No Importance | Ivor J. Garney | |
| Clean Slate | Philip Cornell | ||
| Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Sir George | ||
| The Browning Version | Dr. Frobisher | ||
| 1995 | Bullet to Beijing | Alex | |
| Two Deaths | Daniel Pavenic | ||
| Nothing Personal | Leonard | ||
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Mr. Reilly | |
| The Innocent Sleep | Det. Insp. Matheson | ||
| Midnight in Saint Petersburg | Alex | ||
| 1997 | The Gambler | Fyoder Dostoyevsky | |
| The Wings of the Dove | Lionel Croy | ||
| 1998 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Father Jack Mundy | |
| Plunkett & Macleane | Lord Gibson | ||
| 1999 | Le Château des singes | Master Martin | (voice in English version: A Monkey's Tale) |
| Dead on Time | Maurice | ||
| The Insider | Thomas Sandefur | ||
| The Last September | Sir Richard Naylor | ||
| Sleepy Hollow | Baltus Van Tassel | ||
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Sir William McCordle | |
| Charlotte Gray | Levade | ||
| High Heels and Low Lifes | Kerrigan | ||
| Christmas Carol: The Movie | Ghost of Christmas Present | (voice) | |
| 2002 | Ali G Indahouse | Prime Minister | |
| 2003 | Little Wolf's Book of Badness | Uncle Bigbad | (voice) |
| The Actors | Barreller | ||
| Open Range | Denton Baxter | ||
| Sylvia | Professor Thomas | ||
| Deep Blue | Narrator | Documentary (voice) | |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Albus Dumbledore | |
| Standing Room Only | Larry | ||
| Being Julia | Jimmie Langton | ||
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Morris Paley | ||
| Layer Cake | Eddie Temple | ||
| The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Oseary Drakoulias | ||
| 2005 | Stories of Lost Souls | Larry | (segment "Standing Room Only") |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Albus Dumbledore | ||
| 2006 | The Omen | Bugenhagen | |
| The Good Shepherd | Dr. Fredericks | ||
| John Duffy's Brother | Narrator | (voice) | |
| Amazing Grace | Lord Charles Fox | ||
| 2007 | The Good Night | Alan Weigert | |
| The Baker | Leo | ||
| The Alps | Narrator | Documentary (voice) | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Albus Dumbledore | ||
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Lord Marchmain | |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Albus Dumbledore | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | Franklin Bean | (voice) | |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | George | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Albus Dumbledore | ||
| The King's Speech | King George V | ||
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Albus Dumbledore | |
| 2012 | Quartet | Cedric Livingstone | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1967 | Much Ado About Nothing | Watchman No.4 | TV film |
| 1968 | Public Eye | Unknown | Episode 3.4: "Have Mud, Will Throw" |
| 1969 | Fraud Squad | Rex Lucien | Episode 1.3: "Last Exit to Leichstenstein" |
| 1968–1970 | The Borderers | Gavin Ker | Appeared in 26 episodes: Episodes of The Borderers |
| 1970 | Confession | Mr. Tennent | Episode 1.4: "People Who Visit Glass Houses" |
| 1971 | Eyeless in Gaza | Mark Staithes | Episode 1.1: "O Dark, Dark, Dark, Amid the Blaze of Noon" Episode 1.2: "With Inward Eyes Illuminated" Episode 1.5: "And Calm of Mind, All Passion Spent" |
| 1972 | The Challengers | John Killane | Episode 1.1: "The Tomorrow Business" |
| The Man Outside | Ralph Kenward | Episode 1.6: "Cuculus Canorus" | |
| 1967–1972 | Softly, Softly | Cranley | Episode 2.21: "Appointment in Wyvern" Episode 8.11: "Welcome to the Club" |
| 1973 | Menace | Ellis | Episode 2.1: "Judas Goat" |
| A Picture of Katherine Mansfield | Harry | Episode #1.5 | |
| Special Branch | Muller | Episode 3.12: "Hostage" | |
| Arthur of the Britons | Roland | Episode 2.3: "The Prisoner" | |
| Six Days of Justice | Mr.Golding | Episode 3.2: "Stranger in Paradise" | |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Brother Kevin | Episode 6.9: "Catholics" | |
| Great Mystery | Major Rolfe | Episode 1.16: "An Affair of Honour" | |
| 1974 | Zodiac | Reuben Keiser | Episode 1.2: "The Cool Aquarian" |
| Masquerade | Stewart | Episode 1.2: "May We Come In?" | |
| 1976 | Centre Play | Edith Harrison | Episode 3.9: "In the Labyrinth" |
| 1972–1976 | Play for Today | Various characters | Episode 2.17: "Cows" Episode 6.11: "The Other Woman" Episode 6.21: "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" |
| 1977 | ITV Sunday Night Drama | Various characters | Episode 1.11: "Now Is Too Late" Episode 2.15: "The Man Who Liked Elephants" |
| 1967–1978 | Play of the Month | Various characters | Episode 3.3: "Romeo and Juliet" Episode 4.3: "The Seagull" Episode 7.1: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Episode 11.8: "French Without Tears" Episode 13.4: "The Seagull" |
| 1978 | Premiere | Kenny | Episode 2.5: "One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day" |
| 1977–1979 | The Other One | Brian Bryant | Appeared in 13 episodes |
| 1979 | Chalk and Cheese | Unknown | Unknown episodes |
| 1980 | Tales of the Unexpected | Andrew | Episode 2.11: "The Umbrella Man" |
| 1982 | ITV Playhouse | Unknown | Episode 14.4: "The Breadwinner" |
| La ronde | Unknown | TV film | |
| 1985 | Absurd Person Singular | Geoffrey Jackson | TV film |
| Oscar | Oscar Wilde | TV mini-series Episode 1.1: "Gilded Youth" Episode 1.2: "Trials" Episode 1.3: "De Profundis" |
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| Tropical Moon Over Dorking | Bill | TV film | |
| 1986 | The Singing Detective | Philip Marlow | TV serial Episode 1.1: "Skin" Episode 1.2: "Heat" Episode 1.3: "Lovely Days" Episode 1.4: "Clues" Episode 1.5: "Pitter Patter" Episode 1.6: "Who Done It". |
| 1987 | Bergerac | Jarvis McLeod | Episode 5.2: "Winner Takes All" |
| Night Theatre: Ghosts | Pastor Manders | TV serial | |
| 1989 | The Heat of the Day | Harrison | TV film |
| Monster Maker | Ultragorgon | TV serial (voice) | |
| About Face | Trevor | Episode 1.1: "Searching for Señor Duende" | |
| 1990 | Blood Royal: William the Conqueror | William I | TV film |
| 1991 | The Storyteller | The Storyteller | Appeared in 4 episodes: Episodes of The Storyteller |
| Minder | Tommy Hanbury | Episode 8.5: "Guess Who's Coming to Pinner?" | |
| 1992–1993 | Maigret | Insp. Maigret | Appeared in 12 episodes: Episodes of Maigret |
| 1993 | Performance | Archie Rice | Episode 1.1: "The Entertainer" |
| 1994 | Faith | Peter John Moreton | TV film |
| 1995 | The Wind in the Willows | Badger | TV film (voice) |
| 1996 | Expert Witness | Himself | Presenter/Narrator |
| Samson and Delilah | King Hanun | TV mini-series | |
| The Willows in Winter | Badger | TV film (voice) | |
| 1999 | Wives and Daughters | Squire Hamley | TV mini-series |
| 2000 | Longitude | John Harrison | TV film |
| Endgame | Hamm | TV film adaptation of the play by Samuel Beckett | |
| 2001 | Perfect Strangers | Raymond | TV film |
| 2002 | Path to War | Lyndon B. Johnson | TV mini-series |
| 2003 | The Lost Prince | Edward VII | TV mini-series |
| Angels in America | Prior Walter Ancestor | TV mini-series Episode 1.2: "Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two – In Vitro" Episode 1.3: "Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three – The Messenger" |
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| 2006 | Celebration | Lambert | TV film adaptation of the play by Harold Pinter |
| 2007 | Joe's Palace | Elliot Graham | TV film |
| Cranford | Mr. Holbrook | TV mini-series Episode 1.2: "August 1842" Episode 1.3: "November 1842 " |
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| 2009 | Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | The Narrator (uncredited) | TV series Episode 1.1: "Wench Trouble" (voice) |
| Emma | Mr. Woodhouse | TV mini-series Appeared in 4 episodes: Episodes of Emma |
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| 2010 | Doctor Who | Kazran/Elliot Sardick | 2010 Christmas Special: "A Christmas Carol" |
| 2011 | Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey | Narrator (uncredited) | |
| Page Eight | Benedict Baron | ||
| 2012 | Luck | Michael "Mike" Smythe | TV series |
| Restless | Baron Mansfield | Post-production | |
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