Person
Robert Lindsay
Acting · Born 1949-12-13 · Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK
Biography
Robert Lindsay Stevenson, 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.
Known for
Natural World
1983
Wogan
Self
Screen Two
Otto Schatz
The One Show
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Performer
Genius
Hermann Einstein
Omnibus
1967
Tales from the Crypt
Glynn Fennell
Parkinson
Self
Filmography
- 2026Missed Call
- 2024Generation ZMorgan
- 2023Vermeer: The Greatest ExhibitionNarrator
- 2022A Midsummer Night's DreamOberon
- 2022Dodger Special: ChristmasWilliam Lamb
- 2022SherwoodFranklin Warner
- 2021Anything GoesMoonface Martin
- 2021The World's Most Beautiful LandscapesNarrator
- 2021Britain's Most Beautiful LandscapesNarrator
- 2020McDonald & DoddsMax Crockett
- 2019Maleficent: Mistress of EvilKing John
- 2018Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamNarrator
- 2018The Secret Life of OwlsSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2017Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
- 2017Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSelf
- 2017GeniusHermann Einstein
- 2017Walks with My DogSelf
- 2016The Marvellous World of Roald DahlSelf
- 2015The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
- 2015GalavantChester Wormwood
- 2014Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)Self
- 2014Grace of MonacoAristotle Onassis
- 2013AtlantisDaedalus
- 2013Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army(archive footage)
- 2011SpyThe Examiner
- 2009Doctors and Nurses at War
- 2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf
- 2007The Trial of Tony BlairTony Blair
- 2006The One ShowSelf
- 2005Gideon's DaughterSneath
- 2005JerichoD.I. Michael Jericho
- 2005A Very Social SecretaryTony Blair
- 2005Space RaceNarrator (voice)
- 2005Friends & CrocodilesWilliam Sneath
- 2005ExtrasRobert Lindsay
- 2004Broadway's Lost Treasures IIBill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")
- 2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self
- 2004WimbledonIan Frazier
- 2004Brambly Hedge: Classic CollectionNarrator (Voice)
- 2003Seven Wonders of the Industrial WorldSelf - Narrator
- 2003Hornblower: DutyAdmiral Sir Edward Pellew
- 2003Hornblower: LoyaltyAdmiral Sir Edward Pellew
- 2002The Day the Earth was BornPresenter
- 2001Don't Eat the NeighboursRabbit
- 2001HawkinsLuke Hawkins
- 2001Hornblower: RetributionSir Edward Pellew
- 2001Hornblower: MutinySir Edward Pellew
- 2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsVarious Characters
- 2000My FamilyBen Harper
- 2000Babies at 50Narrator
- 2000Castaway 2000Narrator (voice)
- 2000Jack the Ripper: An On-Going MysteryNarrator
- 2000Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the DomeNarrator
- 1999Oliver TwistFagin
- 1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the LobstersSir Edward Pellew
- 1999Hornblower: The Duchess and the DevilCaptain Pellew
- 1998Hornblower: The Examination for LieutenantSir Edward Pellew
- 1998Hornblower: The Even ChanceCaptain Sir Edward Pellew
- 1998HornblowerSir Edward Pellew
- 1998Divorcing JackMichael Brinn
- 1998ParkinsonSelf
- 1997Fierce CreaturesSydney Lotterby
- 1997Remember Me?Jamie
- 1996Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy NightNarrator
- 1996The Enchanted World of Brambly HedgeNarrator (voice)
- 1996Brazen HussiesBilly Bowman
- 1996The OfficeNorman Platt
- 1995Jake's ProgressJamie Diadoni
- 1994The Wimbledon PoisonerHenry Farr
- 1994Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary WharfNarrator
- 1993Genghis CohnOtto Schatz, Commissioner of Police
- 1992Absolutely FabulousPete
- 1992The JobNarrator (voice)
- 1991G.B.H.Michael Murray
- 1990Have I Got News for YouSelf - Host
- 1990NightingalesCarter
- 1990Strike It RichBertram
- 1989ConfessionalThomas Kelly
- 1989Tales from the CryptGlynn Fennell
- 1989Bert Rigby, You're a FoolBert Rigby
- 1989Bosses From Hell
- 1989Communicators From Hell
- 1989Employees From Hell
- 1989Teams from Hell
- 1989Sales People from Hell
- 1989Colleagues From Hell
- 1985Screen TwoOtto Schatz
- 1984Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and MuscleMickey Noades
- 1984Much Ado About NothingBenedick
- 1984Royal Variety Performance 1984
- 1983Natural World
- 1983Give us a BreakMickey Noades
- 1983CymbelineIachimo
- 1983King LearEdmund
- 1982WoganSelf
- 1981A Midsummer Night's DreamLysander
- 1981Seconds OutPete Dodds
- 1981All's Well That Ends WellFirst French Lord
- 1981The Best of the AdventuresTom (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1980Twelfth NightFabian
- 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareFabian
- 1978An Audience with...Self
- 1977Citizen SmithWolfie Smith
- 1977The Val Doonican Music Show
- 1976Adventures of a Taxi DriverTom
- 1975Get Some In!Jakey Smith
- 1975Three for AllTom
- 1975The Good LifeReform School Youth
- 1975The Crazy KillPoliceman at Roadblock
- 1973Centre PlayToby
- 1973That'll Be The DayTerry Sutcliffe
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreSam
- 1967Omnibus
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner / Performer
- 1949The BAFTA AwardsSelf - Nominee
- —Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM LaunchNarrator
- —Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Presenter
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