Robert Lindsay

ActorCrew Dec 13 (age 76) Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK 1949–2024 (75 year career)

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Biography

Robert Lindsay Stevenson, better known as Robert Lindsay, is an English actor known for his stage and television work, including appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in musical theatre, and his roles as Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Captain Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family. He has won a BAFTA, a Tony Award and three Olivier Awards for his work.

Known For

Film

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

King John

Film

Wimbledon

Ian Frazier

Film

Grace of Monaco

Aristotle Onassis

Film

Fierce Creatures

Sydney Lotterby

Film

Atlantis

Daedalus

Film

Hornblower: The Even Chance

Captain Sir Edward Pellew

Film

My Family

Ben Harper

Film

Spy

The Examiner

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (63)

Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

2023

as Narrator

7.8

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2022

as Oberon

5.0

Dodger Special: Christmas

2022

as William Lamb

Anything Goes

2021

as Moonface Martin

7.9

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

2019

as King John

7.3

Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

2018

as Narrator

10.0

Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman

2017

8.0

The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl

2016

as Self

8.0

The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them

Grace of Monaco

as Aristotle Onassis

Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army

2013

as (archive footage)

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

The Trial of Tony Blair

as Tony Blair

Friends & Crocodiles

as William Sneath

Gideon's Daughter

as Sneath

A Very Social Secretary

as Tony Blair

Wimbledon

as Ian Frazier

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

2004

as Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")

8.0

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

2004

as Narrator (Voice)

10.0

Hornblower: Duty

2003

as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew

7.2

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003

as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew

Hornblower: Mutiny

as Sir Edward Pellew

Hawkins

as Luke Hawkins

Hornblower: Retribution

2001

as Sir Edward Pellew

7.3

Babies at 50

2000

as Narrator

Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery

2000

as Narrator

4.5

Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome

2000

as Narrator

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

as Various Characters

6.5

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

1999

as Sir Edward Pellew

7.2

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

as Captain Pellew

Divorcing Jack

as Michael Brinn

Hornblower: The Even Chance

1998

as Captain Sir Edward Pellew

7.5

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

as Sir Edward Pellew

Fierce Creatures

as Sydney Lotterby

Remember Me?

as Jamie

Brazen Hussies

as Billy Bowman

The Office

as Norman Platt

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night

1996

as Narrator

Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf

1994

as Narrator

10.0

Genghis Cohn

1993

as Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police

3.9

The Job

1992

as Narrator (voice)

Strike It Rich

1990

as Bertram

5.0

Employees From Hell

1989

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

as Bert Rigby

Bosses From Hell

Teams from Hell

Communicators From Hell

1989

Colleagues From Hell

1989

Sales People from Hell

1989

Royal Variety Performance 1984

1984

Much Ado About Nothing

1984

as Benedick

6.3

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

1984

as Mickey Noades

King Lear

as Edmund

Cymbeline

as Iachimo

All's Well That Ends Well

1981

as First French Lord

6.3

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1981

as Lysander

5.0

The Best of the Adventures

1981

as Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.5

Twelfth Night

1980

as Fabian

6.7

Adventures of a Taxi Driver

as Tom

Three for All

as Tom

The Crazy Kill

as Policeman at Roadblock

That'll Be The Day

1973

as Terry Sutcliffe

6.2

Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch

as Narrator

10.0

Television (50)

Generation Z

as Morgan

Sherwood

as Franklin Warner

The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes

2021

as Narrator

8.0

Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes

2021

as Narrator

McDonald & Dodds

2020

as Max Crockett

7.6

The Secret Life of Owls

2018

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.0

Genius

2017

as Hermann Einstein

7.5

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

2017

as Self

Walks with My Dog

2017

as Self

Galavant

2015

as Chester Wormwood

7.3

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

2014

as Self

Atlantis

as Daedalus

Spy

as The Examiner

Doctors and Nurses at War

The One Show

as Self

Extras

as Robert Lindsay

Jericho

as D.I. Michael Jericho

Space Race

Space Race

as Narrator (voice)

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

as Self

6.7

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

2003

as Self - Narrator

6.7

Don't Eat the Neighbours

as Rabbit

My Family

as Ben Harper

Castaway 2000

as Narrator (voice)

Oliver Twist

as Fagin

Parkinson

as Self

Hornblower

1998

as Sir Edward Pellew

7.8

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge

as Narrator (voice)

Jake's Progress

as Jamie Diadoni

The Wimbledon Poisoner

as Henry Farr

Absolutely Fabulous

as Pete

G.B.H.

as Michael Murray

Have I Got News for You

as Self - Host

Nightingales

as Carter

Tales from the Crypt

as Glynn Fennell

Confessional

as Thomas Kelly

Natural World

Give us a Break

as Mickey Noades

Wogan

as Self

Seconds Out

as Pete Dodds

An Audience with...

as Self

The Val Doonican Music Show

Citizen Smith

as Wolfie Smith

The Good Life

as Reform School Youth

Get Some In!

as Jakey Smith

Centre Play

as Toby

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner/Performer

5.9

The BAFTA Awards

1949

as Self - Nominee

10.0

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

as Self - Presenter

7.0

Missed Call

Crew (1)

Television (1)

The Day the Earth was Born

2002

Presenter