John Sessions

ActorCrewWriter Jan 11 (died age 67) Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK 1979–2021 (42 year career)

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Biography

Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.

Known For

Film

Gangs of New York

Harry Watkins / Lincoln

Film

Loving Vincent

Pere Tanguy

Film

Legend

Lord Boothby

Film

Belfast

Joseph Tomelty as Marley

Film

Filth

Toal

Film

Mr. Holmes

Mycroft Holmes

Film

Scoop

Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)

Film

Florence Foster Jenkins

Dr. Hermann

Filmography

Acting (137)

Movies (86)

Belfast

2021

as Joseph Tomelty as Marley

7.0

Intrigo: Dear Agnes

2019

as Pumpermann

5.6

Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream

2019

as Self

8.0

Balls

2018

as Brownlow

The Town That Floored the World

2018

as Presenter

Loving Vincent

as Pere Tanguy

Finding Your Feet

as Mike Abbott

Florence Foster Jenkins

as Dr. Hermann

Red Top

as The Accountant

Whisky Galore

as Doctor McLaren

Denial

as Prof. Richard Evans

The Rack Pack

as Ted Lowe

Legend

as Lord Boothby

Mr. Holmes

as Mycroft Holmes

Hiroshima: The Aftermath

2015

as Narrator

8.0

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

2015

as Narrator

6.0

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

2015

as Arthur Lowe

6.5

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

as Thorne

The Silent Storm

as Mr. Smith

Filth

as Toal

30 Years of Comic Strip

The Domino Effect

as Talk Show Host

The Iron Lady

as Edward Heath

The Hunt for Tony Blair

2011

as Tebbit

7.8

The Real American: Joe McCarthy

2011

as Joe McCarthy

Made in Dagenham

2010

as Harold Wilson

6.7

The Making of Plus One

2010

as Derek - the line producer

6.0

Spies and Lies

2010

as Folkes

3.5

Gerard Kelly: A Celebration

2010

as Self

The Last Station

as Dushan

Margaret

as Geoffrey Howe

Nativity!

as Mr. Lore

Breaking the Mould

as Edward Mellanby

Inconceivable

as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow

Reichenbach Falls

as Professor Bell

Low Winter Sun

as Prof Barry Lennox

The Good Shepherd

as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin

6.3

Scoop

2006

as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)

The English Harem

as Ridley

Rag Tale

as Felix Miles Sty

The Merchant of Venice

as Salerio

Hawking

as Dennis Sciama

Five Children and It

as Peasemarsh

Stella Street

Lighthouse Hill

as Mr. Reynard

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

2004

as Rival Newspaper Editor

3.0

The Key

2003

Gangs of New York

2002

as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

7.3

One of the Hollywood Ten

2002

as Paul Jarrico

5.5

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

2002

as General Tannis

8.7

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

2002

as George Henry Lewes

2.5

High Heels and Low Lifes

2001

as Director

6.1

David Macaulay: Mill Times

2001

as Shadrack Moore (voice)

A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'

2000

as Self

6.0

Around The World In 80 Days

2000

as Jean Passepartout (voice)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Philostrate

Faeries

as Chudley (voice)

The Man

as Jerry Barnes

Faith

1998

as Brian

Cousin Bette

as Musical Director

The Scarlet Tunic

as Humphrey Gould

Queen's Park Story

My Night with Reg

as Daniel

The Adventures of Pinocchio

as Schoolmaster

The Treasure Seekers

as Redman

In the Bleak Midwinter

as Terry Du Bois

Princess Caraboo

as Prince Regent

Citizen Locke

as John Locke

David Macaulay: Roman City

1994

as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)

9.0

Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles

1993

as James Boswell

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

1992

as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)

5.2

Sellers' Best

1992

as Self

The Pope Must Die

1991

as Dino

4.9

Some Enchanted Evening

1990

as Bobby Buffet

Sweet Revenge

as John

Henry V

as Macmorris

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

1988

as Laurence Olivier (Voice)

Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan

1988

as Various Roles

Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards

1987

as Various Roles

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

1987

as Antonio Gramsci

Spitting Image: Election Special '87

1987

as Various Characters

Castaway

as Man in Pub

Whoops Apocalypse

as Mr. Sweetzer

Sky Bandits

as Flight

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

1986

as Various Roles

The Bounty

1984

as John Smith

6.7

Television (51)

The Great

as Bishop Tarcinkus

The Loch

as DCI Frank Smilie

Victoria

as Lord John Russell

Upstart Crow

as Lord Inquisitor

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

as John Murray

Outlander

as Arthur Duncan

Father Brown

as Reverend Adam Gillespie

Blandings

as Lord Didcot

Moone Boy

Dead Boss

as Sir Humphreys

Death in Paradise

as Hugh Davenport

Friday Night Dinner

as Mr. Murray

Sherlock

as Kenny Prince

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

Only Connect

as Self - Contestant

Skins

as Geoff Fitzgerald

Oliver Twist

as Mr Sowerberry

Ronni Ancona & Co

Hotel Babylon

Doctor Who

as Gus

Shameless

as Father McGinn

New Tricks

as Self

Celebrity Mastermind

as Himself

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

as John Corntel

Judge John Deed

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

as Prof. Rutherford

Gormenghast

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

2000

6.5

In the Red

1998

as Hercules Fortescue

5.5

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Barrett Filby

7.5

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

as Henry Fielding

Stella Street

John Sessions' Likely Stories

1994

Nice Day at the Office

1994

Performance

1991

as Daniel

6.0

John Sessions' Tall Tales

1991

Have I Got News for You

1990

as Self

7.1

One Foot in the Grave

1990

7.6

Rab C. Nesbitt

1990

as Chief Inspector Haggerty

7.0

Plunder

1990

John Sessions On The Spot

1989

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

as Self

The New Statesman

as Lord Penistone

Porterhouse Blue

as Zipser

Boon

as Barney Spitz

Girls On Top

as Rodney

Happy Families

as Dean

Spitting Image

Wogan

as Self

Question Time

as Self - Panellist

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Additional Dialogue

Stella Street

Writer

Some Enchanted Evening

1990

Writer