Richard Syms

Actor Jan 1 (age 83) England, UK 1975–2026 (51 year career)

6.9 avg rating

Highest Rated

Sherlock

2010 · as Vicar

8.5

Can You Hear Me Thinking?

1990 · as Charge Nurse

8.5

The Czech Century

2013 · as Winston Churchill

8.2

Known For

Film

Gangs of New York

Drunken Repeater

Film

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Board Member

Film

Johnny English Reborn

Man in Pinstripe

Film

Secrets & Lies

Vicar

Film

Nowhere Boy

Reverend

Film

The Iron Lady

House of Commons Speaker

Film

Ali G Indahouse

Caretaker

Film

Their Finest

Head Waiter

Filmography

Acting (57)

Movies (26)

The Last Dance

Their Finest

as Head Waiter

The Time of Their Lives

2017

as Reg

5.0

The 13th

2017

as Frank

Alice Through the Looking Glass

as Board Member

Summer in February

as Vicar

Johnny English Reborn

2011

as Man in Pinstripe

6.2

The Iron Lady

2011

as House of Commons Speaker

Nowhere Boy

as Reverend

Gone Fishing

as Vicar

Fear of Fanny

as Mrs. Beeton Fan

Dracula

as Priest

Mrs. Henderson Presents

2005

as Ambrose

6.7

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

as Newscaster #1

The Gathering

as Churchman

Gangs of New York

as Drunken Repeater

Ali G Indahouse

as Caretaker

Urban Ghost Story

as George

Stella Does Tricks

as Donald

Secrets & Lies

as Vicar

Staggered

as Vicar

Truly Madly Deeply

as Symonds

Do Not Disturb

as Analyst

102 Boulevard Haussmann

1990

as Head Waiter

7.5

Can You Hear Me Thinking?

1990

as Charge Nurse

8.5

The Last Dance

as Hugo

8.0

Television (31)

Ann Droid

2026 Upcoming

as Lyle

Jul 17

Sick of It

as Marco

Taboo

as Priest

The Crown

as Lord Hailsham

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

as Mr. Durma

Wolf Hall

as Earl of Essex

Yonderland

as Ensemble Actor

The Czech Century

as Winston Churchill

Call the Midwife

as Mr. Roberts

BBC Comedy Feeds

as Cyril

Sherlock

as Vicar

Not Going Out

as Wilfred

The Virgin Queen

as Courtier

Foyle's War

as Vicar

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

as College Porter

As If

as Cornelius

Bad Girls

as Humanist Officant

Oliver Twist

as Board Man

Midsomer Murders

as Mr. Bream

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

as Rev. Toft

The Detectives

as Janitor

As Time Goes By

as Delivery Man

The Camomile Lawn

as Parson

Gone to Seed

as Ballroom MC

2Point4 Children

as Davis

The Paradise Club

as Building Society Manager

5.8

Lovejoy

1986

as Alwin

7.3

In Sickness and in Health

as Tax Man

Minder

as Drummond

All Creatures Great and Small

1978

as Mr. Crawford

7.8

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

as Mr. Myers

7.0