Robert Lindsay

Biography

Robert Lindsay Stevenson (born 13 December 1949), 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.

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Known For

Natural World

Tony Awards

Self - Winner/Performer

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Self - Presenter

Wogan

Self

My Family

Ben Harper

The One Show

Self

An Audience with...

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition	Narrator
2022	Dodger Special: Christmas	William Lamb
2022	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Oberon
2021	Anything Goes	Moonface Martin
2019	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	King John
2018	Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	Narrator
2017	Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2016	The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl	Self
2015	The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
2014	Grace of Monaco	Aristotle Onassis
2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Self
2007	The Trial of Tony Blair	Tony Blair
2005	Friends & Crocodiles	William Sneath
2005	A Very Social Secretary	Tony Blair
2005	Gideon's Daughter	Sneath
2004	Broadway's Lost Treasures II	Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")
2004	Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection	Narrator (Voice)
2004	Wimbledon	Ian Frazier
2003	Hornblower: Loyalty	Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
2003	Hornblower: Duty	Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
2001	Hornblower: Mutiny	Sir Edward Pellew
2001	Hawkins	Luke Hawkins
2001	Hornblower: Retribution	Sir Edward Pellew
2000	Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings	Various Characters
2000	Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery	Narrator
2000	Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome	Narrator
2000	Babies at 50	Narrator
1999	Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil	Captain Pellew
1999	Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters	Sir Edward Pellew
1998	Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant	Sir Edward Pellew
1998	Divorcing Jack	Michael Brinn
1998	Hornblower: The Even Chance	Captain Sir Edward Pellew
1997	Fierce Creatures	Sydney Lotterby
1997	Remember Me?
1996	Brazen Hussies	Billy Bowman
1996	Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night	Narrator
1994	Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf	Narrator
1993	Genghis Cohn	Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police
1992	The Job	Narrator (voice)
1990	Strike It Rich	Bertram
1989	Bert Rigby, You're a Fool	Bert Rigby
1989	Bosses From Hell
1989	Communicators From Hell
1989	Employees From Hell
1984	Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle	Mickey Noades
1984	Much Ado About Nothing	Benedick
1983	King Lear	Edmund
1982	Cymbeline	Iachimo
1981	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Lysander
1981	All's Well That Ends Well	First French Lord
1981	The Best of the Adventures	Tom (archive footage)
1980	Twelfth Night	Fabian
1976	Adventures of a Taxi Driver	Tom
1975	Three for All	Tom
1975	The Crazy Kill	Policeman at Roadblock
1973	That'll Be The Day	Terry Sutcliffe
	Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch	Narrator

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Generation Z	Morgan
2022	Sherwood	Franklin Warner
2021	Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes	Narrator
2021	The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes	Narrator
2020	McDonald & Dodds	Max Crockett
2018	The Secret Life of Owls	Self - Narrator (voice)
2017	Tate Britain's Great Art Walks	Self
2017	Walks with My Dog	Self
2017	Genius	Hermann Einstein
2015	Galavant	Chester Wormwood
2014	Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)	Self
2013	Atlantis	Daedalus
2011	Spy	The Examiner
2009	Doctors and Nurses at War
2006	The One Show	Self
2005	Space Race
2005	Jericho	D.I. Michael Jericho
2005	Extras	Robert Lindsay
2004	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self
2003	Seven Wonders of the Industrial World	Self - Narrator
2001	Don't Eat the Neighbours	Rabbit
2000	My Family	Ben Harper
2000	Castaway 2000	Narrator (voice)
1999	Oliver Twist	Fagin
1998	Hornblower	Sir Edward Pellew
1998	Parkinson	Self
1996	The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge	Narrator (voice)
1995	Jake's Progress	Jamie Diadoni
1994	The Wimbledon Poisoner	Henry Farr
1992	Absolutely Fabulous	Pete
1991	G.B.H.	Michael Murray
1990	Nightingales	Carter
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Glynn Fennell
1989	Confessional	Thomas Kelly
1983	Natural World
1983	Give us a Break	Mickey Noades
1982	Wogan	Self
1981	Seconds Out	Pete Dodds
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Fabian
1978	An Audience with...	Self
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Benedick
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Iachimo
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	First French Lord
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Lysander
1977	Citizen Smith	Wolfie Smith
1977	The Val Doonican Music Show
1975	Get Some In!	Jakey Smith
1975	The Good Life	Reform School Youth
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner/Performer
1949	The BAFTA Awards	Self - Nominee
	Have I Got a Bit More News for You	Self - Presenter