Person

John Sessions

Acting · 1953–2020 · Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Biography

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

Known for

Filmography

2021BelfastJoseph Tomelty as Marley
2020The GreatBishop Tarcinkus
2019Intrigo: Dear AgnesPumpermann
2019Loving Vincent: The Impossible DreamSelf
2018BallsBrownlow
2018The Town That Floored the WorldPresenter
2017Finding Your FeetMike Abbott
2017Loving VincentPere Tanguy
2017The LochDCI Frank Smilie
2016DenialProf. Richard Evans
2016VictoriaLord John Russell
2016Whisky GaloreDoctor McLaren
2016Upstart CrowLord Inquisitor
2016Florence Foster JenkinsDr. Hermann
2016Red TopThe Accountant
2016The Rack PackTed Lowe
2015We're Doomed! The Dad's Army StoryArthur Lowe
2015LegendLord Boothby
2015Sean Connery: In His Own WordsNarrator
2015Mr. HolmesMycroft Holmes
2015Hiroshima: The AftermathSelf - Narrator (voice)
2015Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellJohn Murray
2014The Silent StormMr. Smith
2014OutlanderArthur Duncan
2014Pudsey the Dog: The MovieThorne
2013FilthToal
2013Father BrownReverend Adam Gillespie
2013BlandingsLord Didcot
201230 Years of Comic Strip
2012The Domino EffectTalk Show Host
2012Moone Boy
2012Dead BossSir Humphreys
2011The Iron LadyEdward Heath
2011Death in ParadiseHugh Davenport
2011The Hunt for Tony BlairTebbit
2011The Real American: Joe McCarthyJoe McCarthy
2011Friday Night DinnerMr. Murray
2010Gerard Kelly: A CelebrationSelf
2010Spies and LiesFolkes
2010Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010Made in DagenhamHarold Wilson
2010SherlockKenny Prince
2010The Making of Plus OneDerek - the line producer
2009Nativity!Mr. Lore
2009The Last StationDushan
2009Breaking the MouldEdward Mellanby
2009MargaretGeoffrey Howe
2008InconceivableFinbar 'Finn' Darrow
2007Oliver TwistMr Sowerberry
2007British Film Forever
2007Ronni Ancona & Co
2007Reichenbach FallsProfessor Bell
2007LewisProfessor Rufus Strickfaden
2007SkinsGeoff Fitzgerald
2006The Good ShepherdValentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
2006Low Winter SunProf Barry Lennox
2006ScoopStrombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
2006Hotel Babylon
2005The English HaremRidley
2005Rag TaleFelix Miles Sty
2005Doctor WhoGus
2004HawkingDennis Sciama
2004The Merchant of VeniceSalerio
2004Churchill: The Hollywood YearsAdditional Dialogue
2004Five Children and ItPeasemarsh
2004Lighthouse HillMr. Reynard
2004The Legend of the Tamworth TwoRival Newspaper Editor
2004Stella Street
2004ShamelessFather McGinn
2004New Tricks
2003Celebrity MastermindHimself
2003The Key
2003QISelf
2002Gangs of New YorkHarry Watkins / Lincoln
2002George Eliot: A Scandalous LifeGeorge Henry Lewes
2002One of the Hollywood TenPaul Jarrico
2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to TimeGeneral Tannis
2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesJohn Corntel
2001Judge John Deed
2001Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock HolmesProf. Rutherford
2001High Heels and Low LifesDirector
2001David Macaulay: Mill TimesShadrack Moore (voice)
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000GormenghastDr Alfred Prunesquallor
2000Around The World In 80 DaysJean Passepartout (voice)
2000A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'Self
1999A Midsummer Night's DreamPhilostrate
1999The ManJerry Barnes
1999FaeriesChudley (voice)
1998The Scarlet TunicHumphrey Gould
1998Cousin BetteMusical Director
1998In the RedHercules Fortescue
1998FaithBrian
1998Queen's Park Story
1997Stella Street
1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingHenry Fielding
1997Midsomer MurdersBarrett Filby
1997My Night with RegDaniel
1996The Treasure SeekersRedman
1996The Adventures of PinocchioSchoolmaster
1995In the Bleak MidwinterTerry Du Bois
1994Nice Day at the Office
1994Princess CarabooPrince Regent
1994John Sessions' Likely Stories
1994Citizen LockeJohn Locke
1994David Macaulay: Roman CityLaurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)
1993Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western IslesJames Boswell
1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.Scotty / Additional voices (voice)
1992Sellers' BestSelf
1991PerformanceDaniel
1991The Pope Must DieDino
1991John Sessions' Tall Tales
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
1990Rab C. NesbittChief Inspector Haggerty
1990Sweet RevengeJohn
1990Some Enchanted EveningBobby Buffet
1990Plunder
1990One Foot in the Grave
1989Henry VMacmorris
1989John Sessions On The Spot
1988Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald ReaganVarious Roles
1988Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self
1988Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy ShowLaurence Olivier (Voice)
1987The New StatesmanLord Penistone
1987Spitting Image: Election Special '87Various Characters
1987Porterhouse BlueZipser
1987Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie AwardsVarious Roles
1987Gramsci: Everything that Concerns PeopleAntonio Gramsci
1986Sky BanditsFlight
1986ScreenPlayJames Boswell
1986Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White HouseVarious Roles
1986Whoops ApocalypseMr. Sweetzer
1986CastawayMan in Pub
1986BoonBarney Spitz
1985Girls On TopRodney
1985Happy FamiliesDean
1984The BountyJohn Smith
1984Spitting Image
1982The SenderPatient
1982WoganSelf
1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist

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