Person
Jason Watkins
Acting · Born 1966-10-28 · Albrighton, Shropshire, England, UK
Biography
Jason Watkins is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in Being Human, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A and Gordon Shakespeare in the film series Nativity.
Known for
Enola Holmes 3
Brigadier Sampson
Doctor Who
Webley
Midsomer Murders
Joe Ferabbee
EastEnders
Gerry
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Joe Bland
The Crown
Harold Wilson
Call the Midwife
Reverend Applebee-Thornton
Casualty
Partridge
The One Show
Self
Line of Duty
Tim Ifield
Filmography
- 2026Enola Holmes 3Brigadier Sampson
- 2026Dear EnglandGreg Dyke
- 2026Falling
- 2026Stonehenge: Secrets of the New StoneSelf
- 2026Dirty BusinessPeter Hammond
- 2025DragonflyJohn
- 2025The Phoenician SchemeNotary
- 2025The GameHuw Miller
- 2024Princes in the Tower: A Damning DiscoveryPresenter
- 2024Batman: Caped CrusaderAlfred Pennyworth (voice)
- 2024ComaSimon
- 2024Rob Beckett's Smart TVSelf
- 2024Wicked Little LettersMr. Treading
- 2023Archie: The Man Who Became Cary GrantStanley Fox
- 2023The One Note ManOne Note Man
- 2023Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie
- 2023Jason and Clara: In Memory of Maudie
- 2023The CatchEd
- 2022A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count MagnusMr Wraxhall
- 2022SAS Rogue HeroesWinston Churchill
- 2021Around the World in 80 DaysBernard Fortescue
- 2021The TrickPhil Jones
- 2021Blankety BlankSelf - Panellist
- 2020Something BorrowedStanley
- 2020DesBrian Masters
- 2020HitmenThe Lawyer
- 2020McDonald & DoddsDS Dodds
- 2018Watership DownCaptain Orchis (voice)
- 2018Inside the Tower of LondonNarrator
- 2018The Children ActNigel Pauling
- 2018Celebrity Catchphrase
- 2018A Very English ScandalEmlyn Hooson
- 2018The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteRupert
- 2018Hold the SunsetRoger
- 2017The OvercoatChristopher Cobbler
- 2017HampsteadJames Smythe
- 2017Decline and FallWilfred Lucas-Dockery
- 2017TabooSolomon Coop
- 2016The CrownHarold Wilson
- 2016You Can't Teach a New Dog Old TricksMr. Humphreys
- 2016Love, NinaMalcolm Tanner
- 2016The SecretPastor Hansford
- 2015Safe HouseSimon Duke
- 2014The Lost Honour of Christopher JefferiesChristopher Jefferies
- 2014Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!Gordon Shakespeare
- 2014W1ASimon Harwood
- 2014Inside No. 9Kevin
- 2013AtlantisCrios
- 2012Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!Gordon Shakespeare
- 2012The Hollow CrownSuffolk
- 2012Line of DutyTim Ifield
- 2012Playhouse PresentsAndy
- 2012Dirk GentlyDI Gilks
- 2012Prisoners' WivesWill
- 2012Call the MidwifeReverend Applebee-Thornton
- 2011Lost ChristmasNoel Noble
- 2011The Body FarmEdward Worrell
- 2011Trollied
- 2011Twenty TwelveRichard Salter
- 2011Friday Night DinnerTony Michaels
- 2010Little CrackersVince
- 2009Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
- 2009Nativity!Gordon Shakespeare
- 2009Personal AffairsArt Grimble
- 2009May Contain: NutsMr. John Worrall
- 2009Being HumanHerrick
- 2008Little DorritPlornish
- 2008WiredMart
- 2008Wild ChildMr. Nellist
- 2008Miss Austen RegretsRev Clarke
- 2008Lark Rise to Candleford
- 2007The Golden CompassBolvangar Official
- 2007Would I Lie to You?Self
- 2007The History of Mr Polly
- 2007Once Upon a Time on the WestwayDesmond Marshal
- 2007LewisOswald Cooper
- 2006Housewife, 49Dr Roger Brierley
- 2006Sixty SixMr. Spender
- 2006Fear of FannyDerek
- 2006The One ShowSelf
- 2006ConfettiGregory
- 2006New Street LawBrian Steele
- 2006The Virgin QueenChristopher Hatton
- 2006Hotel Babylon
- 2006Life on MarsColin Merrick
- 2005My Family and Other AnimalsDurant
- 2005The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure HuntLaurence
- 2005FunlandBradley Stainer
- 2005Doctor WhoWebley
- 2004Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonCharlie Parker-Knowles
- 2004Sex Traffic
- 2004BodiesRalph Harris
- 2004In Denial of MurderStephen Downing
- 2003Celebrity Mastermind
- 2003Blue MurderBarr
- 2003She Stoops to ConquerDiggory
- 2003State of MindNathan Saunders
- 2001The Russian BrideChristopher Rattle
- 2000Sabotage!!Capt. Worplesdon
- 2000CircusDom
- 1999OneginGuillot
- 1999Sex 'n' DeathMick Luger
- 1999Bostock's CupTommy Bennett
- 1998Duck PatrolKevin 'Taz' Delaney
- 1997Tomorrow Never DiesHMS Bedford Principal Warfare Officer
- 1997Midsomer MurdersJoe Ferabbee
- 1994Pie in the SkyJason Burgess
- 1992Split SecondCoroner's Assistant
- 1991Soldier SoldierCpl Geoff Porter
- 1989High HopesWayne
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotJoe Bland
- 1986CasualtyPartridge
- 1985EastEndersGerry
- 1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasMr Wraxhall
- —GerontoOlder
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