
James Wilby
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1958-02-20 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
- Also known as
- جیمز ویلبی
Biography
James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988).
Known For
TV Shows (34)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Edward Milton

Death in Paradise
2011
as Elias Thomson

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Andrew Restarick

Casualty
1986
as Archie Grayling

Silent Witness
1996

Father Brown
2013
as Sefton Scott

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Stanley Kirkwood

Foyle's War
2002
as Major Cornwall

The Bill
1984

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Nick Marvin

Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Young Barclay

Poldark
2015
as Lord Falmouth

Victoria
2016
as Sir Piers Gifford

Ripper Street
2012
as Charles Broadwick

Legends
2014
as Headmaster

Lady Chatterley
1993
as Sir Clifford Chatterley, Bt

Murder in Mind
2001
as Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton

Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007
as Henry

The Storyteller
1988
as Prince

Screen One
1989
as Arthur Donnithorne / Michael Evans

The Marlow Murder Club
2024
as Sir Peter Bailey

Titanic
2012
as Bruce Ismay

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Ofonius Tigellinus

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016
as Pawkins

Crocodile Shoes
1994

I, Jack Wright
2025
as Max Preston

Jericho
2005
as Alan Mills

The Great Train Robbery
2013
as John Wheater

Island at War
2004
as Sen. James Dorr

Original Sin
1997
as Gerard Etienne

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
2001

A Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Sydney Carton

Mother Love
1989
as Christopher "Kit" Vesey

The Dark Room
1999
as Dr. Alan Protheroe
Movies (50)

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024
as Viscount Algernon

Gosford Park
2001
as Freddie Nesbitt

Howards End
1992
as Charles Wilcox

Maurice
1987
as Maurice Hall

A Room with a View
1986
as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Duke
2021
as Judge Aarvold

The Sense of an Ending
2017
as David Ford

De-Lovely
2004
as Edward Thomas

Cotton Mary
1999
as John MacIntosh

Masquerade
2022
as Thomas

Regeneration
1997
as 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon

Churchill's Secret
2016
as Brendan Bracken

A Handful of Dust
1988
as Tony Last

Clapham Junction
2007
as Julian Rowan

The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self (uncredited)

ChickLit
2016
as Geoffrey

Sparkling Cyanide
2003
as Stephen Farraday

The Woman In White
1997
as Sir Percival Glyde

A Summer Story
1988
as Frank Ashton

Privileged
1982
as Jamie

The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Henry Carlisle

Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
as Uncle Alan Kitson

Adam Bede
1992
as Arthur Donnithorne

The Siege of Venice
1991

Merchant Ivory
2024
as Self

Shadows in the Sun
2009
as Robert

Witness Against Hitler
1996
as Helmuth James von Moltke

An Ideal Husband
1999
as Sir Robert Chiltern

Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002
as Herbert Spencer

It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
2007
as John Locke

The Dark Room
1999
as Dr Alan Protheroe

Immaculate Conception
1992
as Alistair

Lady Godiva
2008
as Earl of Mercia, Leofric

Dreamchild
1985
as Baker

Vindication Swim
2024
as Mr. Havers

Jump Tomorrow
2001
as Nathan

The Chess Game
1994
as Lord Staunton

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012
as Wilfred De'Ath

Dutch Girls
1985
as Dundine

The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988
as Prince

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
2024
as Mr. Vincent

Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
as Michael Evans

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
2019
as Narrator
Vincent
2013
as The Man

A Risk Worth Taking
2008
as Patrick Trenchard

The Last Days of the Raj
2007
as Lord Mountbatten
Conspiracy
1989

Salt
2019
as Conrad

We Need to Talk About Kieran
2011
as Professor Hugh Merrill
About James Wilby
James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988). With 84 credits spanning from 1982 to 2025, James Wilby has appeared in 50 films and 34 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Wilby Movies
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) — as Viscount Algernon
- Gosford Park (2001) — as Freddie Nesbitt
- Howards End (1992) — as Charles Wilcox
- Maurice (1987) — as Maurice Hall
- A Room with a View (1986) — as Party Guest (uncredited)
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