John Sessions
Jan 11, 1953 - Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.
0.5Acting
Credits
Cast
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| Movie | 2001 | High Heels and Low Lifes | Director | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Bounty | John Smith | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Last Station | Dushan | |
| Movie | 2010 | Spies and Lies | Folkes | |
| Movie | 2009 | Nativity! | Mr. Lore | |
| Movie | 1993 | Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles | James Boswell | |
| Movie | 2021 | Belfast | Joseph Tomelty as Marley | |
| Movie | 2007 | Reichenbach Falls | Professor Bell | |
| Movie | 2013 | Filth | Toal | |
| Movie | 2004 | Five Children and It | Peasemarsh | |
| Movie | 1990 | Sweet Revenge | John | |
| Movie | 1992 | Sellers' Best | Self | |
| Movie | 2009 | Breaking the Mould | Edward Mellanby | |
| Movie | 2005 | The English Harem | Ridley | |
| Movie | 1997 | My Night with Reg | Daniel | |
| Movie | 1986 | Castaway | Man in Pub | |
| Movie | 2000 | Around The World In 80 Days | Jean Passepartout (voice) | |
| Movie | 2004 | Lighthouse Hill | Mr. Reynard | |
| Movie | 2014 | Pudsey the Dog: The Movie | Thorne | |
| Movie | 2002 | George Eliot: A Scandalous Life | George Henry Lewes | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Schoolmaster | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Silent Storm | Mr. Smith | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Real American: Joe McCarthy | Joe McCarthy | |
| Movie | 2012 | 30 Years of Comic Strip | ||
| Movie | 2017 | Loving Vincent | Pere Tanguy | |
| Movie | 1994 | Citizen Locke | John Locke | |
| Movie | 2009 | Margaret | Geoffrey Howe | |
| Movie | 2015 | Sean Connery: In His Own Words | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2015 | Legend | Lord Boothby | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Salerio | |
| Movie | 2015 | We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story | Arthur Lowe | |
| Movie | 2006 | Scoop | Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1995 | In the Bleak Midwinter | Terry Du Bois | |
| Movie | 2016 | Red Top | The Accountant | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Hunt for Tony Blair | Tebbit | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Hunt for Tony Blair | Norman Tebbit | |
| Movie | 2004 | Hawking | Dennis Sciama | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Key | ||
| Movie | 1998 | Faith | Brian | |
| Movie | 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Philostrate | |
| Movie | 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Dr. Hermann | |
| Movie | 2016 | The Rack Pack | Ted Lowe | |
| Movie | 2002 | One of the Hollywood Ten | Paul Jarrico | |
| Movie | 2016 | Whisky Galore | Doctor McLaren | |
| Movie | 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Mr. Sweetzer | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Iron Lady | Edward Heath | |
| Movie | 1989 | Henry V | Macmorris | |
| Movie | 2016 | Denial | Prof. Richard Evans | |
| Movie | 2002 | Gangs of New York | Harry Watkins / Lincoln | |
| Movie | 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | |
| Movie | 2004 | Stella Street | ||
| Movie | 2010 | Made in Dagenham | Harold Wilson | |
| Movie | 2006 | Low Winter Sun | Prof Barry Lennox | |
| Movie | 1986 | Sky Bandits | Flight | |
| Movie | 1999 | Faeries | Chudley (voice) | |
| Movie | 2008 | Inconceivable | Finbar 'Finn' Darrow | |
| Movie | 2005 | Rag Tale | Felix Miles Sty | |
| Movie | 2019 | Intrigo: Dear Agnes | Pumpermann | |
| Movie | 2017 | Finding Your Feet | Mike Abbott | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Scarlet Tunic | Humphrey Gould | |
| Movie | 2018 | Balls | Brownlow | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Pope Must Die | Dino | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin | |
| Movie | 1994 | David Macaulay: Roman City | Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice) | |
| Movie | 2001 | David Macaulay: Mill Times | Shadrack Moore (voice) | |
| Movie | 2015 | Hiroshima: The Aftermath | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2019 | Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream | Self | |
| Movie | 1998 | Cousin Bette | Musical Director | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Legend of the Tamworth Two | Rival Newspaper Editor | |
| Movie | 1998 | Queen's Park Story | ||
| Movie | 2000 | A Profile of 'Brief Encounter' | Self | |
| Movie | 1994 | Princess Caraboo | Prince Regent | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Treasure Seekers | Redman | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Making of Plus One | Derek - the line producer | |
| Movie | 1987 | Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People | Antonio Gramsci | |
| Movie | 2018 | The Town That Floored the World | Presenter | |
| Movie | 1992 | Freddie As F.R.O.7. | Scotty / Additional voices (voice) | |
| Movie | 2002 | Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time | General Tannis | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Man | Jerry Barnes | |
| Movie | 1990 | Some Enchanted Evening | Bobby Buffet | |
| Movie | 2012 | The Domino Effect | Talk Show Host | |
| TV Show | 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Barrett Filby | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Skins | Geoff Fitzgerald | 2 |
| TV Show | 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | John Corntel | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Hotel Babylon | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1984 | Spitting Image | 133 | |
| TV Show | 1985 | Girls On Top | Rodney | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Self | 21 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Henry Fielding | 5 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Boon | Barney Spitz | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2007 | Ronni Ancona & Co | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1990 | One Foot in the Grave | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2001 | Judge John Deed | 3 | |
| TV Show | 2000 | Gormenghast | 4 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | Stella Street | 39 | |
| TV Show | 2004 | New Tricks | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1990 | Plunder | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2010 | Sherlock | Kenny Prince | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Celebrity Mastermind | Himself | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Wogan | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1989 | John Sessions On The Spot | 6 | |
| TV Show | 1994 | Nice Day at the Office | 6 | |
| TV Show | 2016 | Victoria | Lord John Russell | 8 |
| TV Show | 1994 | John Sessions' Likely Stories | 6 | |
| TV Show | 1991 | John Sessions' Tall Tales | 6 | |
| TV Show | 1987 | Porterhouse Blue | Zipser | 4 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Performance | Daniel | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Doctor Who | Gus | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Father Brown | Reverend Adam Gillespie | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | QI | Self | 10 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Dead Boss | Sir Humphreys | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Outlander | Arthur Duncan | 2 |
| TV Show | 1998 | In the Red | Hercules Fortescue | 3 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2001 | Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes | Prof. Rutherford | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Happy Families | Dean | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Friday Night Dinner | Mr. Murray | 1 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Moone Boy | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1987 | The New Statesman | Lord Penistone | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Chief Inspector Haggerty | 1 |
| TV Show | 2017 | The Loch | DCI Frank Smilie | 6 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Blandings | Lord Didcot | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Death in Paradise | Hugh Davenport | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Question Time | Self - Panellist | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Great | Bishop Tarcinkus | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | John Murray | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Oliver Twist | Mr Sowerberry | 3 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Shameless | Father McGinn | 1 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Upstart Crow | Lord Inquisitor | 1 |
Crew
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| Movie | 2004 | Stella Street | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Additional Dialogue | Crew |
| Movie | 1990 | Some Enchanted Evening | Writer | Writing |
