Julian Wadham

Julian Wadham

1958-08-07 Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK 49 Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Julian Wadham (born 7 August 1958) is a British actor of stage, film and television. He has appeared on television as both Charles II (in the 2004 BBC docudrama Wren: The Man Who Built Britain) and George V (in the TV adaptation of the play My Boy Jack). He appeared onstage as Don Pedro (alongside Zoë Wanamaker and Simon Russell Beale) at the Royal National Theatre's 2007-08 production of Much Ado About Nothing.

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Napoleon

Napoleon

2023

as Jean de Cambaceres

6.3
Acting

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his add...

The Song of Names

The Song of Names

2019

as Mr. Bailey

6.7
Acting

A man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his fi...

The Song of Names

The Song of Names

2019

as Arbuthnot Bailey

6.7
Acting

A man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his fi...

Colette

Colette

2018

as Ollendorff

6.9
Acting

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France...

The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

2018

as Mr. Arbuthnott

6.3
Acting

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover....

Victoria & Abdul

Victoria & Abdul

2017

as Alick Yorke

6.9
Acting

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Churchill

Churchill

2017

as Bernard Montgomery

6.2
Acting

A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

2016

as Dr. Janek

6.4
Acting

A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of ...

The Riot Club

The Riot Club

2014

as Miles' Father

5.9
Acting

Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one ev...

Queen & Country

Queen & Country

2014

as Colonel Fielding

6.0
Acting

In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle the...

National Theatre Live: This House

National Theatre Live: This House

2013

as Humphrey Atkins

8.5
Acting

It's February 1974. Ted Heath's Conservative government has been ousted. But only just. In the hung Parliament, Labour manages to form a minority gove...

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

2012

as Uncle Bob

5.6
Acting

England, 1932. Today is Dolly Thatcham's wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances th...

Now Is Good

Now Is Good

2012

as Dr. Ryan

7.3
Acting

A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.

The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat

2012

as Headmaster

6.4
Acting

In 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, two very different men have one thing in common—a face.

Outpost: Black Sun

Outpost: Black Sun

2012

as Hunt

5.0
Acting

A pair of investigators team up with a Special Forces Unit to venture deep inside a war raging between the military and a massive army of Nazi Zombie ...

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

2011

as Francis Pym

6.4
Acting

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

War Horse

War Horse

2011

as Trench Captain

7.3
Acting

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey beg...

Eric & Ernie

Eric & Ernie

2011

as Ronnie Waldman

7.2
Acting

Single drama telling the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's formative years, from child stars to national treasures. 'Big head, short legs' is E...

Legacy

Legacy

2010

as Gregor Salenko

4.6
Acting

Taking refuge in a shabby Brooklyn motel after narrowly surviving a failed mission in Eastern Europe, Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray (Idris Elba) begi...

Outpost

Outpost

2008

as Hunt

5.9
Acting

In a seedy bar in a town ravaged by war, scientist and businessman Hunt hires mercenary and former Royal Marine D.C. to assemble a crack team of ex-so...

My Boy Jack

My Boy Jack

2007

as King George V

6.6
Acting

Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.

The Last Days of the Raj

2007

as Evan Jenkins

Acting

Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to...

Goya's Ghosts

Goya's Ghosts

2006

as Joseph Bonaparte

6.6
Acting

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her family turns to h...

Ghostboat

Ghostboat

2006

as Captain Byrnes

6.5
Acting

Jack Hardy is the sole survivor of a mysterious submarine disaster in World War II. Now, in 1981, the ill-fated submarine Scorpion has resurfaced, mir...

Wallis & Edward

Wallis & Edward

2005

as Alec Hardinge

5.1
Acting

In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around t...

The Search for Tutankhamun

The Search for Tutankhamun

2005

as Lord Carnarvon

Acting

Howard Carter hunts for the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun.

Wah-Wah

Wah-Wah

2005

as Charles Bingham

6.0
Acting

Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, throu...

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist

2005

as Major Granville

5.3
Acting

Father Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to devote himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith.

The Government Inspector

The Government Inspector

2005

as Jonathan Powell

8.0
Acting

The Government Inspector is a 2005 television drama based on the life of Dr. David Kelly and the lead-up to the Iraq War in the United Kingdom.

Tom Brown's Schooldays

Tom Brown's Schooldays

2005

as Squire Brown

5.7
Acting

The determined new headmaster of an English prep school attempts to reform the frequently unruly students, who are tormented by a ruthless bully.

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

2004

as Hugo Massingham

6.4
Acting

The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr....

A Different Loyalty

A Different Loyalty

2004

as Andrew Darcy

4.6
Acting

In January 1963, British journalist Leo Cauffield suddenly disappears from his home in Beirut. His wife Sally knew that he was working part-time for B...

Exorcist: The Beginning

Exorcist: The Beginning

2004

as Major Granville

5.4
Acting

Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.

Gypsy Woman

Gypsy Woman

2002

as Stanley

5.0
Acting

A ruthless property developer investigates a builder's death and meets the dead man's wife. Recently widowed himself, he falls for her and is drawn in...

High Heels and Low Lifes

High Heels and Low Lifes

2001

as Rogers

6.0
Acting

A nurse eavesdrops with a friend on a cell phone conversation that describes a bank heist. She and the friend then conspire to blackmail the robbers f...

The Man

1999

as Geoffrey

Acting

Lenny Henry plays the boss of an ailing (so he is broke) travel agency and he alo sings in an R&B pub band.

Toy Boys

Toy Boys

1999

as Mr. Allen

Acting

Four families embark on the ever-crucial-in-Britain school entrance exam.

The Commissioner

The Commissioner

1998

as Der Premierminister

5.7
Acting

John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for hi...

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997

as Ravelston

6.0
Acting

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits...

Preaching to the Perverted

Preaching to the Perverted

1997

as M'Learned Friend

6.0
Acting

A computer wizard infiltrates a London sex club to get evidence for a shutdown, but falls for the proprietress.

The English Patient

The English Patient

1996

as Madox

7.2
Acting

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along w...

The Madness of King George

The Madness of King George

1994

as Pitt

6.8
Acting

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confu...

The Trial of Lord Lucan

The Trial of Lord Lucan

1994

as Lord Lucan

6.0
Acting

An imagined trial of a man who, in 1974 London, is thought to have killed a woman he mistook for his wife in order to regain custody of his children. ...

Mountain Language

Mountain Language

1988

as Officer

4.0
Acting

Harold Pinter play starring Michael Gambon. 'Your language is forbidden. It is dead. No one is allowed to speak your language. Your language no longer...

Maurice

Maurice

1987

as Hull

7.6
Acting

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

Bright Eyes

Bright Eyes

1982

as Oliver

Acting

1999: Examination of family life and political ideals in a war-ravaged future Europe, compared and contrasted with ’60s equivalents.

The Guest

The Guest

1982

as Patron's Son

Acting

Gerald fancies himself as a bit of a gourmet and a trip to the gastronomic delights of France promises well. His wife Hilary is not so sure; she isn't...

Baal

Baal

1982

as Johannes

4.6
Acting

Baal is an amoral poetic genius who, after a life of debauchery, betrayal and violence, is about to cut his ties to the world and meet his doom. A hig...

Country

Country

1981

as Robert Carlion

7.0
Acting

In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event, they must determine who is to take over the famil...