Rupert Vansittart

Actor Feb 10 (age 68) Cranleigh, Surrey, England, UK 1982–2024 (42 year career)

6.8 avg rating

Biography

Rupert Nicholas Vansittart is an English character actor. He has appeared in a variety of roles in film, television, stage and radio, often playing comic characters. He is best known for his role as Lord Ashfordly in the ITV drama Heartbeat and for playing Lord Yohn Royce in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Known For

Film

Braveheart

Lord Bottoms

Film

Four Weddings and a Funeral

George the Boor at The Boatman - Wedding One

Film

The Remains of the Day

Sir Geoffrey Wren

Film

The Bank Job

Sir Leonard Plugge

Film

Johnny English Reborn

Derek

Film

The Iron Lady

Cabinet Minister

Film

The Children Act

Sherwood Runcie

Film

A United Kingdom

Sir Ian Fraser

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (33)

Misbehaviour

2020

as Lord Bly

6.4

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

as George the Boor

The Children Act

as Sherwood Runcie

A United Kingdom

as Sir Ian Fraser

Austenland

as Mr. Wattlesbrook

National Theatre Live: This House

2013

as Esher / Belfast West

8.5

Johnny English Reborn

as Derek

The Iron Lady

as Cabinet Minister

Holy Flying Circus

as Bernard Barnard QC

Margaret

as Peter Morrison

The Bank Job

as Sir Leonard Plugge

6.8

Coup!

2006

as Roddy Hamilton

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

as Diner (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

Roman Road

2004

as Farmer

One Last Chance

2004

as Alisdair Robb

5.0

The Falklands Play

2002

as Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)

7.3

Sword of Honour

2001

5.6

Kevin & Perry Go Large

as Bank Manager

Eviction

as The Landlord

Monk Dawson

as Fr Timothy

Frenchman's Creek

as Lord Godolphin

The Perfect Blue

as Flashback Date #2

Diana & Me

as Chef

Wilderness

as Jeremy

Braveheart

as Lord Bottoms

Cutthroat Island

as Captain Perkins

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994

as George the Boor at The Boatman - Wedding One

6.8

The Remains of the Day

as Sir Geoffrey Wren

Buster

as Fairclough

Eat the Rich

as Rupert

Half Moon Street

as Alan Platts-Williams

5.0

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

1986

as Jeremy

Plenty

1985

as Client's Asst.

5.7

Television (46)

Belgravia: The Next Chapter

as Lord Netherbury

Unsinkable

as Morris Hawkins

The Diplomat

as Hoope

Andor

as Chief Hyne

Sister Boniface Mysteries

2022

as Sir Swinton Usher

6.4

The Chelsea Detective

as Patrick Blythe

The Nevers

as Lord Broughton

Bridgerton

as Mr. Brookes

Gentleman Jack

as Charles Lawton

The Crown

as Cecil King

Chewing Gum

as Big Boss

Outlander

as Lord William Dunsany

Father Brown

as Arthur Le Broc

Bad Education

as Mr. Humpage

Game of Thrones

as Yohn Royce

Death in Paradise

as Colin Campbell

World's Craziest Fools

2011

9.0

How Not to Live Your Life

as Harrison

Doctor Who

as General Asquith

Twisted Tales

as Dr Mantle

Hustle

as Jonathan Mortimer-Howe

Spine Chillers

Foyle's War

as Sir Alec Myerson

Celeb

Black Books

as Rich Guy

My Family

as Mr. Davis

Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show

2000

8.0

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Take a Girl Like You

as Headmaster

CI5: The New Professionals

Vanity Fair

as Smith

Vanity Fair

as Smith

Midsomer Murders

as Desmond Harcourt

Wilderness

as Jeremy

Pride and Prejudice

as Mr Hurst

The Thin Blue Line

as Commander Crow

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Timothy Ealand

Frank Stubbs Promotes

as Businessman

Chef

as Diner

Heartbeat

as Lord Ashfordly

Mr. Bean

as Hubert

The Piglet Files

as KGB Officer

Birds of a Feather

as Wayne

Casualty

as Kenneth Stair

The Bill

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982

as Jeremy

7.4