John Sessions
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 11, 1953
- Died
- Nov 2, 2020 (aged 67)
- Place of birth
- Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Credits
- 144
Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.
Known for
Filmography
Belfast
2021Movie
Joseph Tomelty as Marley
The Great
2020TV
Bishop Tarcinkus
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
2019Movie
Pumpermann
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
2019Movie
Self
Balls
2018Movie
Brownlow
The Town That Floored the World
2018Movie
Presenter
Finding Your Feet
2017Movie
Mike Abbott
Loving Vincent
2017Movie
Pere Tanguy
The Loch
2017TV
DCI Frank Smilie
Denial
2016Movie
Prof. Richard Evans
Victoria
2016TV
Lord John Russell
Whisky Galore
2016Movie
Doctor McLaren
Upstart Crow
2016TV
Lord Inquisitor
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016Movie
Dr. Hermann
Red Top
2016Movie
The Accountant
The Rack Pack
2016Movie
Ted Lowe
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
2015Movie
Arthur Lowe
Legend
2015Movie
Lord Boothby
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015Movie
Narrator
Mr. Holmes
2015Movie
Mycroft Holmes
Hiroshima: The Aftermath
2015Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2015TV
John Murray
The Silent Storm
2014Movie
Mr. Smith
Outlander
2014TV
Arthur Duncan
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
2014Movie
Thorne
Filth
2013Movie
Toal
Father Brown
2013TV
Reverend Adam Gillespie
Blandings
2013TV
Lord Didcot
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012Movie
The Domino Effect
2012Movie
Talk Show Host
Moone Boy
2012TV
Dead Boss
2012TV
Sir Humphreys
The Iron Lady
2011Movie
Edward Heath
Death in Paradise
2011TV
Hugh Davenport
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011Movie
Tebbit, Norman Tebbit
The Real American: Joe McCarthy
2011Movie
Joe McCarthy
Friday Night Dinner
2011TV
Mr. Murray
Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
2010Movie
Self
Spies and Lies
2010Movie
Folkes
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010TV
Made in Dagenham
2010Movie
Harold Wilson
Sherlock
2010TV
Kenny Prince
The Making of Plus One
2010Movie
Derek - the line producer
Nativity!
2009Movie
Mr. Lore
The Last Station
2009Movie
Dushan
Breaking the Mould
2009Movie
Edward Mellanby
Margaret
2009Movie
Geoffrey Howe
Inconceivable
2008Movie
Finbar 'Finn' Darrow
Oliver Twist
2007TV
Mr Sowerberry
British Film Forever
2007TV
Ronni Ancona & Co
2007TV
Reichenbach Falls
2007Movie
Professor Bell
Lewis
2007TV
Professor Rufus Strickfaden
Skins
2007TV
Geoff Fitzgerald
The Good Shepherd
2006Movie
Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
Low Winter Sun
2006Movie
Prof Barry Lennox
Scoop
2006Movie
Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
Hotel Babylon
2006TV
Donovan Credo
The English Harem
2005Movie
Ridley
Rag Tale
2005Movie
Felix Miles Sty
Doctor Who
2005TV
Gus
Hawking
2004Movie
Dennis Sciama
The Merchant of Venice
2004Movie
Salerio
Five Children and It
2004Movie
Peasemarsh
Lighthouse Hill
2004Movie
Mr. Reynard
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004Movie
Rival Newspaper Editor
Stella Street
2004Movie
Shameless
2004TV
Father McGinn
New Tricks
2004TV
Celebrity Mastermind
2003TV
Himself
The Key
2003Movie
QI
2003TV
Self
Gangs of New York
2002Movie
Harry Watkins / Lincoln
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002Movie
George Henry Lewes
One of the Hollywood Ten
2002Movie
Paul Jarrico
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002Movie
General Tannis
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002TV
John Corntel
Judge John Deed
2001TV
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001TV
Prof. Rutherford
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001Movie
Director
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001Movie
Shadrack Moore (voice)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000TV
Gormenghast
2000TV
Dr Alfred Prunesquallor
Around The World In 80 Days
2000Movie
Jean Passepartout (voice)
A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'
2000Movie
Self
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999Movie
Philostrate
The Man
1999Movie
Jerry Barnes
Faeries
1999Movie
Chudley (voice)
The Scarlet Tunic
1998Movie
Humphrey Gould
Cousin Bette
1998Movie
Musical Director
In the Red
1998TV
Hercules Fortescue
Faith
1998Movie
Brian
Queen's Park Story
1998Movie
Stella Street
1997TV
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997TV
Henry Fielding
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Barrett Filby
My Night with Reg
1997Movie
Daniel
The Treasure Seekers
1996Movie
Redman
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996Movie
Schoolmaster
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996TV
Charlie Penn
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995Movie
Terry Du Bois
Nice Day at the Office
1994TV
Princess Caraboo
1994Movie
Prince Regent
John Sessions' Likely Stories
1994TV
Citizen Locke
1994Movie
John Locke
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994Movie
Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
1993Movie
James Boswell
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992Movie
Scotty / Additional voices (voice)
Sellers' Best
1992Movie
Self
Jute City
1991TV
McMurdo
Performance
1991TV
Daniel
The Pope Must Die
1991Movie
Dino
John Sessions' Tall Tales
1991TV
Have I Got News for You
1990TV
Self
Rab C. Nesbitt
1990TV
Chief Inspector Haggerty
Sweet Revenge
1990Movie
John
Some Enchanted Evening
1990Movie
Bobby Buffet
Single Voices
1990TV
Bobby Buffet
Plunder
1990TV
One Foot in the Grave
1990TV
Henry V
1989Movie
Macmorris
John Sessions On The Spot
1989TV
Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
1988Movie
Various Roles
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988TV
Self
Menace Unseen
1988TV
Larry Knight
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988Movie
Laurence Olivier (Voice)
The New Statesman
1987TV
Lord Penistone
Spitting Image: Election Special '87
1987Movie
Various Characters
Porterhouse Blue
1987TV
Zipser
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
1987Movie
Various Roles
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
1987Movie
Antonio Gramsci
Sky Bandits
1986Movie
Flight
ScreenPlay
1986TV
James Boswell
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
1986Movie
Various Roles
Whoops Apocalypse
1986Movie
Mr. Sweetzer
Castaway
1986Movie
Man in Pub
Boon
1986TV
Barney Spitz
Girls On Top
1985TV
Rodney
Happy Families
1985TV
Dean
The Bounty
1984Movie
John Smith
Spitting Image
1984TV
The Sender
1982Movie
Patient
Wogan
1982TV
Self
Question Time
1979TV
Self - Panellist