Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 13, 1946
Place of Birth:
Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK
British classical stage and TV actor Tim Pigott-Smith is a familiar face both in America and in his native England. A drama major, he graduated from the University of Bristol (where he later frequently lectured) in 1967 and made his professional debut two years later with the Bristol Old Vic. Predominantly a stage player in both regional and repertory, he made his Broadway debut in "Sherlock Holmes" as Dr. Watson in 1974.
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | King Charles III | Charles |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul | Sir Henry Ponsonby |
| 2017 | Red Trees | Narrator |
| 2017 | 6 Days | William Whitelaw |
| 2017 | The Little Vampire 3D | Frederick Sackville-Bagg (voice) |
| 2016 | Whisky Galore | Col. Woolsey |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending | Malidictes |
| 2015 | The Gospel of Mark | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced | Self |
| 2014 | Beyond the Pale | Commissioner Mayne |
| 2014 | How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective | Self |
| 2013 | RED 2 | Director Philips |
| 2013 | Wodehouse In Exile | P.G. Wodehouse |
| 2013 | The Murder in Angel Lane | Commissioner Mayne |
| 2012 | The Fall of Singapore: The Great Betrayal | Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | The Murder at Road Hill House | Commissioner Mayne |
| 2011 | My Piece of the Pie | Mr. Brown |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Lord Ascot |
| 2010 | On Expenses | Alan Keen |
| 2009 | Aileen Wuornos: Angel of Death | Narrator |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | Foreign Secretary |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Creedy |
| 2006 | Flyboys | Mr. Lowry |
| 2006 | L'Entente cordiale | Superintendent Masterson |
| 2006 | The Vienna Strangler | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | Alexander | Omen Reader |
| 2004 | The Other Side of Dunkirk | Narrator |
| 2003 | Johnny English | Pegasus |
| 2003 | Eroica | Count Dietrichstein |
| 2003 | The Private Life of Samuel Pepys | Lord Shaftesbury |
| 2003 | Pompeii: The Last Day | Pliny the Elder |
| 2003 | The Day Britain Stopped | Narrator (voice) |
| 2002 | Bloody Sunday | Major General Ford |
| 2002 | The Four Feathers | General Feversham |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Calvinist Minister |
| 2002 | Hanratty: The Whole Truth | Narrator |
| 2002 | Safe Conduct | Fleming |
| 1996 | Windscale 1957: The Nuclear Winter | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1995 | Goldeneye: The Secret Files | Narrator |
| 1995 | Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen | Narrator (voice) |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Thomas Benn |
| 1993 | The Bullion Boys | Hubert |
| 1992 | Lucky Village | |
| 1989 | David Macaulay: Pyramid | Djedefre / Scout (voice) |
| 1987 | Life Story | Francis Crick |
| 1987 | The Case of Sherlock Holmes | Presenter - Self |
| 1986 | Dead Man's Folly | Sir Stubbs |
| 1986 | The Challenge | Peter De Savary |
| 1986 | A State of Emergency | Father Joe Ryan |
| 1982 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Philippe |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson | Capt. Thomas Hardy |
| 1981 | Clash of the Titans | Thallo |
| 1981 | Escape to Victory | Rose |
| 1980 | Sweet William | Gerald |
| 1980 | Richard's Things | Peter |
| 1980 | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Vasques |
| 1980 | The Day Christ Died | Tullius |
| 1980 | In Hiding | Michael |
| 1979 | Henry IV Part 1 | Harry Percy, Hotspur |
| 1979 | School Play | Timothy Perkins |
| 1979 | Measure for Measure | Angelo |
| 1979 | No Mama No | David |
| 1978 | The Lost Boys | Arthur Llewelyn Davies |
| 1977 | Joseph Andrews | Cornet |
| 1977 | A Choice of Evils | Consul Vogel |
| 1976 | Aces High | Major Stoppard |
| 1976 | Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora | Marco |
| 1975 | Antony and Cleopatra | Proculeius |
| 1971 | Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos | Captain Harker |
| 1970 | Hamlet | Laertes / First Player |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Decline and Fall | Sniggs |
| 2014 | Houdini | William Melville |
| 2014 | 37 Days | Herbert Henry Asquith |
| 2013 | Toast of London | |
| 2013 | The Great Train Robbery | DS Maurice Ray |
| 2012 | Doomsday: World War I | Narrator - English Release |
| 2012 | The Bletchley Circle | Colonel |
| 2011 | The Hour | Lord Elms |
| 2010 | Money | Barry Self |
| 2010 | The Little House | Frederick |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Sir Philip Tapsell |
| 2010 | Strike Back | Patrick Burton |
| 2009 | Miranda | Valery Jackford |
| 2007 | Holby Blue | |
| 2007 | Lewis | Jasper Hammond |
| 2006 | Crimes That Shook the World | |
| 2006 | Just Jade | |
| 2004 | North & South | Richard Hale |
| 2004 | London | John Evelyn |
| 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Phillip Weaver |
| 2002 | Spooks | Hampton Wilder |
| 2002 | The Age of Terror | Himself - Narrator |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Brigadier Timothy Wilson |
| 2001 | Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible | Dr. Maitland |
| 2001 | The Private Life of a Masterpiece | Narrator |
| 1999 | The Vice | D.C.I. Frank Vickers |
| 1998 | The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Matt Parkes |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | John Briggs |
| 1995 | Nightmares of Nature | Narrator |
| 1994 | Battlefield | Narrator |
| 1993 | The Team: A Season With McLaren | Narrator |
| 1990 | The Chief | Chief Constable John Stafford |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Dr. Lionel Woodward |
| 1987 | The Dame Edna Experience | Self |
| 1984 | The Jewel in the Crown | Ronald Merrick |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson | Capt. Thomas Hardy |
| 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Brendan Bracken |
| 1981 | 40 Minutes | |
| 1979 | Danger UXB | Harry Winthrop |
| 1978 | The Lost Boys | Arthur Llewelyn Davies |
| 1977 | Wings | Major Cashman |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Arthur Llewelyn Davies |
| 1976 | The Glittering Prizes | Tim Dent |
| 1975 | North and South | Frederick Hale |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Timothy Perkins |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Michael |
| 1972 | The Regiment | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Consul Vogel |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Marco |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Captain Harker |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Philippe |