Biography
British classical stage and TV actor Tim Pigott-Smith is a familiar face both in America and in his native England. A drama major, he graduated from the University of Bristol (where he later frequently lectured) in 1967 and made his professional debut two years later with the Bristol Old Vic. Predominantly a stage player in both regional and repertory, he made his Broadway debut in "Sherlock Holmes" as Dr. Watson in 1974.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
as Frederick Sackville-Bagg (voice)
Tony, a thirteen-year-old boy on vacation in rural Germany, is fascinated by the idea of vampires. Meanwhile Rudolph, a vampire of "similar" age (313!...
Red Trees
2017
as Narrator
Award-winning filmmaker, Marina Willer (Cartas da Mãe), creates an impressionistic visual essay as she traces her father’s family journey as one of o...
Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Sir Henry Ponsonby
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Victoria & Abdul
2017
In Memory Of
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
6 Days
2017
as William Whitelaw
London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the authori...
King Charles III
2017
as Charles
Prince Charles' accession to the throne following the Queen's death. When he refuses to sign a controversial bill into law, political chaos ensues: a ...
King Charles III
2017
In Memory Of
Prince Charles' accession to the throne following the Queen's death. When he refuses to sign a controversial bill into law, political chaos ensues: a ...
Whisky Galore
2016
as Col. Woolsey
The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisk...
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
2015
as Self
Talking Heads short discussing the creature design of splices from Jupiter Ascending.
The Gospel of Mark
2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Gospel of Mark filmed by The Lumo Project which brings the original Jesus narrative to the screen using the Gospel text as its script, word for wo...
Jupiter Ascending
2015
as Malidictes
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers an...
Beyond the Pale
2014
as Commissioner Mayne
Mr. Whicher is hired by former Home Secretary Sir Edward Shore to investigate the violent threats made against his son Charles, who has recently retur...
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
as Self
The evolution of Holmes on screen, from silent movies to new TV versions, with contributions from Sherlock's past and present.
RED 2
2013
as Director Philips
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
The Murder in Angel Lane
2013
as Commissioner Mayne
When Mr. Whicher, a retired policeman, helps a country lady to find her niece, he is drawn into a disturbing case of murder which brings him up agains...
Wodehouse In Exile
2013
as P.G. Wodehouse
An all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War and how thi...
The Fall of Singapore: The Great Betrayal
2012
as Narrator (voice)
This landmark documentary film by Paul Elston tells the incredible story of how it was the British who gave the Japanese the knowhow to take out Pearl...
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011
as Commissioner Mayne
In 1860, Inspector Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of the three-year-old boy Saville Kent, who was ...
My Piece of the Pie
2011
as Mr. Brown
France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workm...
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Lord Ascot
Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
On Expenses
2010
as Alan Keen
Drama about journalist Heather Brooke's fight for the disclosure of MPs' expenses.
Aileen Wuornos: Angel of Death
2009
as Narrator
Profile of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of six men in Florida over the course of a year. The...
Quantum of Solace
2008
as Foreign Secretary
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond...
The Vienna Strangler
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The story of Austrian, Johann "Jack" Unterweger (1950-1994), who wrote a book about his criminal past while serving a life term in prison for assault....
Flyboys
2006
as Mr. Lowry
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became th...
L'Entente cordiale
2006
as Superintendent Masterson
The upper-class secret agent teaming up accidentally with an easily-corrupted, sly interpreter...
V for Vendetta
2006
as Creedy
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive B...
Alexander
2004
as Omen Reader
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then ...
The Other Side of Dunkirk
2004
as Narrator
Powerful myths and misconceptions have shaped our understanding of the moment which changed the course of WW2 - the evacuation at Dunkirk in 1940. But...
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys
2003
as Lord Shaftesbury
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys is a 2003 British comedy television film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon and Nathani...
Pompeii: The Last Day
2003
as Pliny the Elder
In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters in human history occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted. With speculative dramatizations of various inha...
Eroica
2003
as Count Dietrichstein
British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depi...
The Day Britain Stopped
2003
as Narrator (voice)
One day in the near future, a rail strike, traffic congestion and a mid-air plane collision bring the UK's transport system to a halt.
Johnny English
2003
as Pegasus
A lowly pencil pusher working for MI7, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown...
Gangs of New York
2002
as Calvinist Minister
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's...
The Four Feathers
2002
as General Feversham
A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends a...
Hanratty: The Whole Truth
2002
as Narrator
On August 22, 1962, Michael Gregsten was murdered, and his lover Valerie Storie raped and shot on the A6 at Deadman's Hill in Bedfordshire. James Hanr...
Bloody Sunday
2002
as Major General Ford
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Safe Conduct
2002
as Fleming
During the Nazi occupation of France as two filmmakers attempt to navigate their careers without compromising their ideals. Facing pressure from the V...
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia, and the U.S. tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. Charts the evolution of tensions...
Windscale 1957: The Nuclear Winter
1996
as Self - Narrator (voice)
In October 1957, one of the Windscale nuclear reactors caught fire. It was the world's first nuclear accident, attributed to the rush to build atomic ...
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Narrator
Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).
Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen
1995
as Narrator (voice)
A making of featurette about the translation of the classic Jane Austen-novel into a screenplay, filled with interviews with the director, the screenw...
The Remains of the Day
1993
as Thomas Benn
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with...
The Bullion Boys
1993
as Hubert
Based on a true story. In 1940, Britain's gold reserves were transferred for safety to Liverpool because of the threat of a German invasion. The top-s...
Lucky Village
1992
The film confession of a man born during World War 2, who grew up under Stalin and reached maturity during the Brezhnev stagnation period. An explorat...
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
as Djedefre / Scout (voice)
How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who ...
The Case of Sherlock Holmes
1987
as Presenter - Self
Tim Piggot-Smith investigates the famous sleuth of 221b Baker Street.
Life Story
1987
as Francis Crick
Watson and Crick race to find the structure of DNA before Linus Pauling, Maurice Wilkins, or Rosalind Franklin can find the key to unlocking the secre...
The Challenge
1986
as Peter De Savary
The story of the 1983 America's Cup challenge, where the Australian team financed by business tycoon Alan Bond, finally wrests the cup from the New Yo...
A State of Emergency
1986
as Father Joe Ryan
This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody (Mar...
Dead Man's Folly
1986
as Sir Stubbs
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
I Remember Nelson
1982
as Capt. Thomas Hardy
Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson's remarkable naval career and troubled personal affairs are brought to life in this miniseries, which tells his famous story ...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Philippe
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimod...
Escape to Victory
1981
as Rose
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners...
Clash of the Titans
1981
as Thallo
To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks...
Richard's Things
1980
as Peter
Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in a...
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1980
as Vasques
Lord Sorenzo marries the beautiful young Annabella, but unbeknownst to him, she is pregnant as a result of an incestuous relationship with her brother...
Sweet William
1980
as Gerald
William McClusky (Sam Waterston) is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naive Ann Walton (Jenny Agutter), bu...
The Day Christ Died
1980
as Tullius
A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.
In Hiding
1980
as Michael
A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.
Henry IV Part 1
1979
as Harry Percy, Hotspur
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed '...
No Mama No
1979
as David
After giving birth to her second boy, Jodie recognises a growing dissatisfaction in all areas of her life.
Measure for Measure
1979
as Angelo
When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sente...
School Play
1979
as Timothy Perkins
Life in an English public school - with all the parts played by adults.
The Lost Boys
1978
as Arthur Llewelyn Davies
The story of J.M. Barrie and his relationship with the Llewelyn-Davies family. Barrie writes PETER PAN for the five boys, and later adopts George, Jac...
A Choice of Evils
1977
as Consul Vogel
Cardinal Volponi tries to save his old friend, a priest-turned-militant communist, from being executed by the Nazis alongside 334 other hostages but s...
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Cornet
Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph An...
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
1976
as Marco
An alien intelligence hitches a ride onboard the TARDIS to 15th century Italy, where a deranged astrologer attempts to harness its power.
Aces High
1976
as Major Stoppard
The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By...
Antony and Cleopatra
1975
as Proculeius
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
as Captain Harker
A group of gold-skinned aliens known as the Axons land on Earth and offer wondrous technology in exchange for fuel. The Doctor, however, isn't fooled,...
Hamlet
1970
as Laertes / First Player
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether...