John Sessions

Biography

Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Barrett Filby

Doctor Who

Gus

Outlander

Arthur Duncan

Death in Paradise

Hugh Davenport

QI

Self

Wogan

Self

Father Brown

Reverend Adam Gillespie

Skins

Geoff Fitzgerald

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2021	Belfast	Joseph Tomelty as Marley
2019	Intrigo: Dear Agnes	Pumpermann
2019	Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream	Self
2018	Balls	Brownlow
2018	The Town That Floored the World	Presenter
2017	Loving Vincent	Pere Tanguy
2017	Finding Your Feet	Mike Abbott
2016	Red Top	The Accountant
2016	Florence Foster Jenkins	Dr. Hermann
2016	The Rack Pack	Ted Lowe
2016	Whisky Galore	Doctor McLaren
2016	Denial	Prof. Richard Evans
2015	Sean Connery: In His Own Words	Narrator
2015	Legend	Lord Boothby
2015	We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story	Arthur Lowe
2015	Mr. Holmes	Mycroft Holmes
2015	Hiroshima: The Aftermath	Narrator
2014	Pudsey the Dog: The Movie	Thorne
2014	The Silent Storm	Mr. Smith
2013	Filth	Toal
2012	30 Years of Comic Strip
2012	The Domino Effect	Talk Show Host
2011	The Real American: Joe McCarthy	Joe McCarthy
2011	The Hunt for Tony Blair	Norman Tebbit
2011	The Hunt for Tony Blair	Tebbit
2011	The Iron Lady	Edward Heath
2010	Spies and Lies	Folkes
2010	Made in Dagenham	Harold Wilson
2010	The Making of Plus One	Derek - the line producer
2010	Gerard Kelly: A Celebration	Self
2009	The Last Station	Dushan
2009	Nativity!	Mr. Lore
2009	Breaking the Mould	Edward Mellanby
2009	Margaret	Geoffrey Howe
2008	Inconceivable	Finbar 'Finn' Darrow
2007	Reichenbach Falls	Professor Bell
2006	Scoop	Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
2006	Low Winter Sun	Prof Barry Lennox
2006	The Good Shepherd	Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
2005	The English Harem	Ridley
2005	Rag Tale	Felix Miles Sty
2004	Five Children and It	Peasemarsh
2004	Lighthouse Hill	Mr. Reynard
2004	The Merchant of Venice	Salerio
2004	Hawking	Dennis Sciama
2004	Stella Street
2004	The Legend of the Tamworth Two	Rival Newspaper Editor
2003	The Key
2002	George Eliot: A Scandalous Life	George Henry Lewes
2002	One of the Hollywood Ten	Paul Jarrico
2002	Gangs of New York	Harry Watkins / Lincoln
2002	Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time	General Tannis
2001	High Heels and Low Lifes	Director
2001	David Macaulay: Mill Times	Shadrack Moore (voice)
2000	Around The World In 80 Days	Jean Passepartout (voice)
2000	A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'	Self
1999	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Philostrate
1999	Faeries	Chudley (voice)
1999	The Man	Jerry Barnes
1998	Faith	Brian
1998	The Scarlet Tunic	Humphrey Gould
1998	Cousin Bette	Musical Director
1998	Queen's Park Story
1997	My Night with Reg	Daniel
1996	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Schoolmaster
1996	The Treasure Seekers	Redman
1995	In the Bleak Midwinter	Terry Du Bois
1994	Citizen Locke	John Locke
1994	David Macaulay: Roman City	Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)
1994	Princess Caraboo	Prince Regent
1993	Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles	James Boswell
1992	Sellers' Best	Self
1992	Freddie As F.R.O.7.	Scotty / Additional voices (voice)
1991	The Pope Must Die	Dino
1990	Sweet Revenge	John
1990	Some Enchanted Evening	Bobby Buffet
1989	Henry V	Macmorris
1988	Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show	Laurence Olivier (Voice)
1988	Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan	Various Roles
1987	Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People	Antonio Gramsci
1987	Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards	Various Roles
1987	Spitting Image: Election Special '87	Various Characters
1986	Castaway	Man in Pub
1986	Whoops Apocalypse	Mr. Sweetzer
1986	Sky Bandits	Flight
1986	Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House	Various Roles
1984	The Bounty	John Smith

Year	TV Show	Role
2020	The Great	Bishop Tarcinkus
2017	The Loch	DCI Frank Smilie
2016	Victoria	Lord John Russell
2016	Upstart Crow	Lord Inquisitor
2015	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell	John Murray
2014	Outlander	Arthur Duncan
2013	Father Brown	Reverend Adam Gillespie
2013	Blandings	Lord Didcot
2012	Dead Boss	Sir Humphreys
2012	Moone Boy
2011	Friday Night Dinner	Mr. Murray
2011	Death in Paradise	Hugh Davenport
2010	Sherlock	Kenny Prince
2010	Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2007	Skins	Geoff Fitzgerald
2007	Ronni Ancona & Co
2007	Oliver Twist	Mr Sowerberry
2006	Hotel Babylon
2005	Doctor Who	Gus
2004	New Tricks
2004	Shameless	Father McGinn
2003	Celebrity Mastermind	Himself
2003	QI	Self
2002	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	John Corntel
2001	Judge John Deed
2001	Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes	Prof. Rutherford
2000	Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000	Gormenghast	Dr Alfred Prunesquallor
1998	In the Red	Hercules Fortescue
1997	Midsomer Murders	Barrett Filby
1997	The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling	Henry Fielding
1997	Stella Street
1994	Nice Day at the Office
1994	John Sessions' Likely Stories
1991	John Sessions' Tall Tales
1991	Performance	Daniel
1990	One Foot in the Grave
1990	Plunder
1990	Rab C. Nesbitt	Chief Inspector Haggerty
1990	Have I Got News for You	Self
1989	John Sessions On The Spot
1988	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Self
1987	Porterhouse Blue	Zipser
1987	The New Statesman	Lord Penistone
1986	Boon	Barney Spitz
1985	Girls On Top	Rodney
1985	Happy Families	Dean
1984	Spitting Image
1982	Wogan	Self
1979	Question Time	Self - Panellist