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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 11, 1953
Died
November 2, 2020
Place of Birth
Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- John Gibb Marshall
- 존 세션스
John Sessions
1.1 Popularity
Biography
Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.
Known For
7.0
Joseph Tomelty as Marley
Belfast
2021
8.1
Bishop Tarcinkus
The Great
2020
5.6
Pumpermann
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
2019
8.0
Self
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
2019
0.0
Brownlow
Balls
2018
0.0
Presenter
The Town That Floored the World
2018
7.1
Mike Abbott
Finding Your Feet
2017
8.0
Pere Tanguy
Loving Vincent
2017
6.6
DCI Frank Smilie
The Loch
2017
6.8
Prof. Richard Evans
Denial
2016
Credits
Belfast
as Joseph Tomelty as Marley
2021
7.0
The Great
as Bishop Tarcinkus
2020
8.1
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
as Pumpermann
2019
5.6
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
as Self
2019
8.0
Balls
as Brownlow
2018
0.0
The Town That Floored the World
as Presenter
2018
0.0
Finding Your Feet
as Mike Abbott
2017
7.1
Loving Vincent
as Pere Tanguy
2017
8.0
The Loch
as DCI Frank Smilie
2017
6.6
Denial
as Prof. Richard Evans
2016
6.8
Victoria
as Lord John Russell
2016
7.3
Whisky Galore
as Doctor McLaren
2016
5.9
Upstart Crow
as Lord Inquisitor
2016
7.1
Florence Foster Jenkins
as Dr. Hermann
2016
6.7
Red Top
as The Accountant
2016
5.3
The Rack Pack
as Ted Lowe
2016
6.9
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
as Arthur Lowe
2015
6.5
Legend
as Lord Boothby
2015
7.1
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
as Narrator
2015
6.0
Mr. Holmes
as Mycroft Holmes
2015
6.5
Hiroshima: The Aftermath
as Narrator
2015
8.0
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
as John Murray
2015
7.4
The Silent Storm
as Mr. Smith
2014
5.0
Outlander
as Arthur Duncan
2014
8.2
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
as Thorne
2014
5.3
Filth
as Toal
2013
6.8
Father Brown
as Reverend Adam Gillespie
2013
7.6
Blandings
as Lord Didcot
2013
7.2
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
0.0
The Domino Effect
as Talk Show Host
2012
5.0
Moone Boy
2012
7.4
Dead Boss
as Sir Humphreys
2012
6.0
The Iron Lady
as Edward Heath
2011
6.4
Death in Paradise
as Hugh Davenport
2011
7.5
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Norman Tebbit
2011
7.8
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Tebbit
2011
7.8
The Real American: Joe McCarthy
as Joe McCarthy
2011
0.0
Friday Night Dinner
as Mr. Murray
2011
7.9
Spies and Lies
as Folkes
2010
3.5
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
7.3
Made in Dagenham
as Harold Wilson
2010
6.7
Sherlock
as Kenny Prince
2010
8.5
The Making of Plus One
as Derek - the line producer
2010
6.0
Nativity!
as Mr. Lore
2009
6.3
The Last Station
as Dushan
2009
6.4
Breaking the Mould
as Edward Mellanby
2009
5.5
Margaret
as Geoffrey Howe
2009
5.8
Inconceivable
as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow
2008
5.8
Oliver Twist
as Mr Sowerberry
2007
6.5
🎬
Ronni Ancona & Co
2007
6.0
🎬
Reichenbach Falls
as Professor Bell
2007
7.5
Skins
as Geoff Fitzgerald
2007
8.1
The Good Shepherd
as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
2006
6.4
Low Winter Sun
as Prof Barry Lennox
2006
6.1
Scoop
as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
2006
6.6
Hotel Babylon
2006
7.3
🎬
The English Harem
as Ridley
2005
2.9
Rag Tale
as Felix Miles Sty
2005
3.0
Doctor Who
as Gus
2005
7.6
Hawking
as Dennis Sciama
2004
7.1
The Merchant of Venice
as Salerio
2004
6.8
Five Children and It
as Peasemarsh
2004
5.6
Lighthouse Hill
as Mr. Reynard
2004
10.0
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Rival Newspaper Editor
2004
3.0
Stella Street
2004
5.8
Shameless
as Father McGinn
2004
7.6
New Tricks
2004
7.4
Celebrity Mastermind
as Himself
2003
6.0
The Key
2003
0.0
QI
as Self
2003
7.9
Gangs of New York
as Harry Watkins / Lincoln
2002
7.3
🎬
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
as George Henry Lewes
2002
2.5
One of the Hollywood Ten
as Paul Jarrico
2002
5.5
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as General Tannis
2002
10.0
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as John Corntel
2002
7.2
Judge John Deed
2001
6.7
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
as Prof. Rutherford
2001
8.0
High Heels and Low Lifes
as Director
2001
6.1
David Macaulay: Mill Times
as Shadrack Moore (voice)
2001
0.0
🎬
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
6.5
Gormenghast
2000
6.9
A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'
as Self
2000
6.0
Around The World In 80 Days
as Jean Passepartout (voice)
2000
0.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Philostrate
1999
6.4
🎬
The Man
as Jerry Barnes
1999
0.0
Faeries
as Chudley (voice)
1999
5.1
Cousin Bette
as Musical Director
1998
5.5
🎬
The Scarlet Tunic
as Humphrey Gould
1998
4.5
In the Red
as Hercules Fortescue
1998
5.5
Faith
as Brian
1998
0.0
Queen's Park Story
1998
0.0
Stella Street
1997
6.5
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Henry Fielding
1997
7.0
Midsomer Murders
as Barrett Filby
1997
7.5
My Night with Reg
as Daniel
1997
3.4
The Treasure Seekers
as Redman
1996
5.3
The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Schoolmaster
1996
5.3
In the Bleak Midwinter
as Terry Du Bois
1995
7.1
🎬
Nice Day at the Office
1994
0.0
Princess Caraboo
as Prince Regent
1994
5.4
John Sessions' Likely Stories
1994
0.0
🎬
Citizen Locke
as John Locke
1994
0.0
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)
1994
9.0
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
as James Boswell
1993
0.0
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)
1992
5.2
Sellers' Best
as Self
1992
0.0
Performance
as Daniel
1991
6.0
The Pope Must Die
as Dino
1991
4.9
John Sessions' Tall Tales
1991
0.0
Have I Got News for You
as Self
1990
7.1
Rab C. Nesbitt
as Chief Inspector Haggerty
1990
7.0
Sweet Revenge
as John
1990
4.3
Some Enchanted Evening
as Bobby Buffet
1990
0.0
🎬
Plunder
1990
0.0
One Foot in the Grave
1990
7.6
Henry V
as Macmorris
1989
7.2
🎬
John Sessions On The Spot
1989
0.0
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
1988
7.6
The New Statesman
as Lord Penistone
1987
7.4
Porterhouse Blue
as Zipser
1987
7.2
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
as Antonio Gramsci
1987
0.0
Sky Bandits
as Flight
1986
5.8
Whoops Apocalypse
as Mr. Sweetzer
1986
5.6
Castaway
as Man in Pub
1986
6.2
Boon
as Barney Spitz
1986
5.5
Girls On Top
as Rodney
1985
4.3
Happy Families
as Dean
1985
6.7
The Bounty
as John Smith
1984
6.7
Spitting Image
1984
7.1
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
Question Time
as Self - Panellist
1979
5.5