John Sessions

Known for: Acting

Born: 1953-01-11 – 2020-11-02 (aged 67)

From: Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

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

Filmography (140)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Belfast
2021
as Joseph Tomelty as Marley
TV★ 8.1
The Great
2020
as Bishop Tarcinkus
MOVIE★ 5.6
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
2019
as Pumpermann
MOVIE★ 8.0
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
2019
as Self
MOVIE
Balls
2018
as Brownlow
MOVIE
The Town That Floored the World
2018
as Presenter
MOVIE★ 7.0
Finding Your Feet
2017
as Mike Abbott
MOVIE★ 8.0
Loving Vincent
2017
as Pere Tanguy
TV★ 6.6
The Loch
2017
as DCI Frank Smilie
MOVIE★ 6.8
Denial
2016
as Prof. Richard Evans
TV★ 7.4
Victoria
2016
as Lord John Russell
MOVIE★ 5.9
Whisky Galore
2016
as Doctor McLaren
TV★ 7.3
Upstart Crow
2016
as Lord Inquisitor
MOVIE★ 6.7
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
as Dr. Hermann
MOVIE★ 5.3
Red Top
2016
as The Accountant
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Rack Pack
2016
as Ted Lowe
MOVIE★ 6.5
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
2015
as Arthur Lowe
MOVIE★ 7.1
Legend
2015
as Lord Boothby
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mr. Holmes
2015
as Mycroft Holmes
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hiroshima: The Aftermath
2015
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.4
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2015
as John Murray
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Silent Storm
2014
as Mr. Smith
TV★ 8.2
Outlander
2014
as Arthur Duncan
MOVIE★ 5.3
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
2014
as Thorne
MOVIE★ 6.8
Filth
2013
as Toal
TV★ 7.6
Father Brown
2013
as Reverend Adam Gillespie
TV★ 7.2
Blandings
2013
as Lord Didcot
MOVIE★ 5.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Domino Effect
2012
as Talk Show Host
TV★ 7.4
Moone Boy
2012
TV★ 6.0
Dead Boss
2012
as Sir Humphreys
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Iron Lady
2011
as Edward Heath
TV★ 7.5
Death in Paradise
2011
as Hugh Davenport
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
as Tebbit
MOVIE
The Real American: Joe McCarthy
2011
as Joe McCarthy
TV★ 7.9
Friday Night Dinner
2011
as Mr. Murray
MOVIE
Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.5
Spies and Lies
2010
as Folkes
TV★ 7.3
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
MOVIE★ 6.7
Made in Dagenham
2010
as Harold Wilson
TV★ 8.5
Sherlock
2010
as Kenny Prince
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Making of Plus One
2010
as Derek - the line producer
MOVIE★ 6.4
Nativity!
2009
as Mr. Lore
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Last Station
2009
as Dushan
MOVIE★ 5.5
Breaking the Mould
2009
as Edward Mellanby
MOVIE★ 5.7
Margaret
2009
as Geoffrey Howe
MOVIE★ 5.8
Inconceivable
2008
as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow
TV★ 6.5
Oliver Twist
2007
as Mr Sowerberry
TV★ 5.5
British Film Forever
2007
TV★ 6.0
Ronni Ancona & Co
2007
MOVIE★ 7.5
Reichenbach Falls
2007
as Professor Bell
TV★ 7.6
Lewis
2007
as Professor Rufus Strickfaden
TV★ 8.1
Skins
2007
as Geoff Fitzgerald
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Good Shepherd
2006
as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
MOVIE★ 6.1
Low Winter Sun
2006
as Prof Barry Lennox
MOVIE★ 6.6
Scoop
2006
as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
TV★ 7.3
Hotel Babylon
2006
MOVIE★ 3.5
The English Harem
2005
as Ridley
MOVIE★ 3.6
Rag Tale
2005
as Felix Miles Sty
TV★ 7.6
Doctor Who
2005
as Gus
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hawking
2004
as Dennis Sciama
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Merchant of Venice
2004
as Salerio
MOVIE★ 5.6
Five Children and It
2004
as Peasemarsh
MOVIE★ 9.5
Lighthouse Hill
2004
as Mr. Reynard
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
as Rival Newspaper Editor
MOVIE★ 6.4
Stella Street
2004
TV★ 7.6
Shameless
2004
as Father McGinn
TV★ 7.3
New Tricks
2004
TV★ 6.0
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Key
2003
TV★ 7.9
QI
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Gangs of New York
2002
as Harry Watkins / Lincoln
MOVIE★ 4.0
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002
as George Henry Lewes
MOVIE★ 6.3
One of the Hollywood Ten
2002
as Paul Jarrico
MOVIE★ 8.7
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
as General Tannis
TV★ 7.3
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as John Corntel
TV★ 6.8
Judge John Deed
2001
TV★ 7.9
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001
as Prof. Rutherford
MOVIE★ 6.2
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001
as Director
MOVIE
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001
as Shadrack Moore (voice)
TV★ 6.8
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
TV★ 7.0
Gormenghast
2000
as Dr Alfred Prunesquallor
MOVIE
Around The World In 80 Days
2000
as Jean Passepartout (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
as Philostrate
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Man
1999
as Jerry Barnes
MOVIE★ 5.4
Faeries
1999
as Chudley (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Scarlet Tunic
1998
as Humphrey Gould
MOVIE★ 5.5
Cousin Bette
1998
as Musical Director
TV★ 6.1
In the Red
1998
as Hercules Fortescue
MOVIE
Faith
1998
as Brian
MOVIE★ 7.0
Queen's Park Story
1998
TV★ 7.0
Stella Street
1997
TV★ 7.5
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Henry Fielding
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Barrett Filby
MOVIE★ 4.5
My Night with Reg
1997
as Daniel
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Redman
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
as Schoolmaster
MOVIE★ 7.1
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995
as Terry Du Bois
TV★ 9.0
Nice Day at the Office
1994
MOVIE★ 5.5
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Prince Regent
TV
John Sessions' Likely Stories
1994
MOVIE★ 10.0
Citizen Locke
1994
as John Locke
MOVIE★ 9.0
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)
MOVIE
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
1993
as James Boswell
MOVIE★ 5.3
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)
MOVIE
Sellers' Best
1992
as Self
TV★ 6.3
Performance
1991
as Daniel
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Pope Must Die
1991
as Dino
TV
John Sessions' Tall Tales
1991
TV★ 7.2
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Rab C. Nesbitt
1990
as Chief Inspector Haggerty
MOVIE★ 5.5
Sweet Revenge
1990
as John
MOVIE
Some Enchanted Evening
1990
as Bobby Buffet
TV
Plunder
1990
TV★ 7.7
One Foot in the Grave
1990
MOVIE★ 7.1
Henry V
1989
as Macmorris
TV
John Sessions On The Spot
1989
MOVIE★ 8.0
Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
1988
as Various Roles
TV★ 7.7
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988
as Laurence Olivier (Voice)
TV★ 7.5
The New Statesman
1987
as Lord Penistone
MOVIE
Spitting Image: Election Special '87
1987
as Various Characters
TV★ 7.2
Porterhouse Blue
1987
as Zipser
MOVIE
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
1987
as Various Roles
MOVIE
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
1987
as Antonio Gramsci
MOVIE★ 5.8
Sky Bandits
1986
as Flight
TV★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
as James Boswell
MOVIE★ 9.0
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
1986
as Various Roles
MOVIE★ 5.7
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
as Mr. Sweetzer
MOVIE★ 6.3
Castaway
1986
as Man in Pub
TV★ 5.8
Boon
1986
as Barney Spitz
TV★ 4.9
Girls On Top
1985
as Rodney
TV★ 7.3
Happy Families
1985
as Dean
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Bounty
1984
as John Smith
TV★ 7.2
Spitting Image
1984
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Sender
1982
as Patient
TV★ 5.3
Wogan
1982
as Self
TV★ 5.9
Question Time
1979
as Self - Panellist