James Wilby

Biography

James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988).

Career Overview

James Wilby has 66 screen credits in a career dating back to 1982. Signature works include Maurice, A Handful of Dust, Bertie and Elizabeth. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

66

Birth Date

1958-02-20 00:00:00

Birth Place

Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]

Known For

• 

  Maurice
• 

  A Handful of Dust
• 

  Bertie and Elizabeth
• 

  A Summer Story
• Vincent
• 

  It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You

Frequent Collaborators

• Rupert Graves (2 collaborations)
• John Elmes (2 collaborations)
• Sukie Smith (2 collaborations)
• Hugh Grant (1 collaborations)
• Denholm Elliott (1 collaborations)
• Simon Callow (1 collaborations)
• Billie Whitelaw (1 collaborations)
• Barry Foster (1 collaborations)
• Judy Parfitt (1 collaborations)
• Phoebe Nicholls (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (66 credits)

  • I, Jack Wright

    - Testament (2025) ... Max Preston actor actors

    - Salt in the Wound (2025) ... Max Preston actor actors

    - Juggling Snakes (2025) ... Max Preston actor actors

    - A Tougher Love (2025) ... Max Preston actor actors

    - Fight Like Hell (2025) ... Max Preston actor actors
    2025
  • Mystery at the Prospect Hotel

    Mr. Vincent

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Merchant Ivory

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

    Viscount Algernon

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Vindication Swim

    Mr. Havers

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • The Marlow Murder Club

    - Death Comes to Marlow (2) (2025) ... Sir Peter Bailey actor actors

    - Death Comes to Marlow (1) (2025) ... Sir Peter Bailey actor actors
    2024
  • Masquerade

    Thomas

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • The Duke

    Judge Aarvold

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Salt

    Conrad

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Sense of an Ending

    David Ford

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • ChickLit

    Geoffrey

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Churchill's Secret

    Brendan Bracken

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Victoria

    - The Engine of Change (2016) ... Sir Piers Gifford actor actors
    2016
  • Poldark

    - Episode 8 (2018) ... Lord Falmouth actor actors

    - Episode 6 (2018) ... Lord Falmouth actor actors

    - Episode 5 (2018) ... Lord Falmouth actor actors

    - Episode 4 (2018) ... Lord Falmouth actor actors

    - Episode 3 (2018) ... Lord Falmouth actor actors
    2015
  • Legends

    - The Legend of Alexei Volkov (2015) ... Headmaster actor actors

    - The Legend of Tamir Zakayev (2015) ... Headmaster actor actors

    - The Legend of Kate Crawford (2015) ... Headmaster actor actors

    - The Legend of Dmitry Petrovich (2015) ... Headmaster actor actors
    2014
  • Vincent

    The Man

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Father Brown

    - The Cat of Mastigatus (2018) ... Sefton Scott actor actors
    2013
  • Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

    Wilfred De'Ath

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Ripper Street

    - Dynamite and a Woman (2013) ... Charles Broadwick actor actors
    2012
  • We Need to Talk About Kieran

    Professor Hugh Merrill

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Death in Paradise

    - Stab in the Dark (2015) ... Elias Thomson actor actors
    2011
  • Shadows in the Sun

    Robert

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • A Risk Worth Taking

    Patrick Trenchard

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Lady Godiva

    Earl of Mercia, Leofric

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Clapham Junction

    Julian Rowan

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You

    John Locke

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Last Days of the Raj

    Lord Mountbatten

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • De-Lovely

    Edward Thomas

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    - The Sittaford Mystery (2006) ... Stanley Kirkwood actor actors
    2004
  • Sparkling Cyanide

    Stephen Farraday

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

    Herbert Spencer

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • The Making of Gosford Park

    Self (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Bertie and Elizabeth

    King George VI, aka 'Bertie'

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Foyle's War

    - They Fought in the Fields (2004) ... Major Cornwall actor actors
    2002
  • Gosford Park

    Freddie Nesbitt

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Jump Tomorrow

    Nathan

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Cotton Mary

    John MacIntosh

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Tom's Midnight Garden

    Uncle Alan Kitson

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • An Ideal Husband

    Sir Robert Chiltern

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Dark Room

    Dr Alan Protheroe

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Woman In White

    Sir Percival Glyde

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Regeneration

    2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Midsomer Murders

    - The Made-to-Measure Murders (2010) ... Edward Milton actor actors
    1997
  • The Treasure Seekers

    Henry Carlisle

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Witness Against Hitler

    Helmuth James von Moltke

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Silent Witness

    - Nowhere Fast (2) (2004) ... actor actors

    - Nowhere Fast (1) (2004) ... actor actors
    1996
  • The Chess Game

    Lord Staunton

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Immaculate Conception

    Alistair

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Howards End

    Charles Wilcox

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Adam Bede

    Arthur Donnithorne

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Siege of Venice

    Milord Runbiff

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Tell Me That You Love Me

    Michael Evans

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Conspiracy

    Stringer

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    - Third Girl (2008) ... Andrew Restarick actor actors
    1989
  • Tales from the Crypt

    - Horror in the Night (1996) ... Nick Marvin actor actors
    1989
  • A Summer Story

    Frank Ashton

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Storyteller: Sapsorrow

    Prince

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • A Handful of Dust

    Tony Last

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Maurice

    Maurice Hall

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • A Room with a View

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Casualty

    - What Lurks in the Heart (2017) ... Archie Grayling actor actors

    - About My Mother (2016) ... Archie Grayling actor actors

    - Thirty Years (2016) ... Archie Grayling actor actors
    1986
  • Dutch Girls

    Dundine

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Dreamchild

    Baker

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Sherlock Holmes

    - The Crooked Man (1984) ... Young Barclay actor actors
    1984
  • Privileged

    Jamie

    actor

    actors
    1982