John Sessions
Known for acting · Born 11 January 1953 · Died 2 November 2020 · aged 67 · Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
148 credits
Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.
Known for
Spitting Image
1984
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
Stella Street
1997
QI
2003
The Last Station
2009
Victoria
2016
Loving Vincent
2017
Finding Your Feet
2017
Mr. Holmes
2015
Filth
2013
Hawking
2004
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
Acting (144)
2021BelfastJoseph Tomelty as MarleyFilm
2020The GreatBishop TarcinkusSeries
2019Intrigo: Dear AgnesPumpermannFilm
2019Loving Vincent: The Impossible DreamSelfFilm
2018BallsBrownlowFilm
2018The Town That Floored the WorldPresenterFilm
2017Loving VincentPere TanguyFilm
2017Finding Your FeetMike AbbottFilm
2017The LochDCI Frank Smilie · 6 episodesSeries
2016Florence Foster JenkinsDr. HermannFilm
2016DenialProf. Richard EvansFilm
2016VictoriaLord John Russell · 8 episodesSeries
2016Upstart CrowLord InquisitorSeries
2016Whisky GaloreDoctor McLarenFilm
2016The Rack PackTed LoweFilm
2016Red TopThe AccountantFilm
2015LegendLord BoothbyFilm
2015Mr. HolmesMycroft HolmesFilm
2015Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellJohn MurraySeries
2015Hiroshima: The AftermathSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2015We're Doomed! The Dad's Army StoryArthur LoweFilm
2015Sean Connery: In His Own WordsNarratorFilm
2014OutlanderArthur Duncan · 2 episodesSeries
2014Pudsey the Dog: The MovieThorneFilm
2014The Silent StormMr. SmithFilm
2013FilthToalFilm
2013Father BrownReverend Adam GillespieSeries
2013BlandingsLord DidcotSeries
2012Moone BoySeries
2012Dead BossSir HumphreysSeries
2012The Domino EffectTalk Show HostFilm
201230 Years of Comic StripFilm
2011The Iron LadyEdward HeathFilm
2011Death in ParadiseHugh DavenportSeries
2011Friday Night DinnerMr. MurraySeries
2011The Hunt for Tony BlairNorman TebbitFilm
2011The Real American: Joe McCarthyJoe McCarthyFilm
2010SherlockKenny PrinceSeries
2010Made in DagenhamHarold WilsonFilm
2010Mid Morning Matters with Alan PartridgeSeries
2010Spies and LiesFolkesFilm
2010The Making of Plus OneDerek - the line producerFilm
2010Gerard Kelly: A CelebrationSelfFilm
2009The Last StationDushanFilm
2009Nativity!Mr. LoreFilm
2009MargaretGeoffrey HoweFilm
2009Breaking the MouldEdward MellanbyFilm
2008InconceivableFinbar 'Finn' DarrowFilm
2007SkinsGeoff Fitzgerald · 2 episodesSeries
2007LewisProfessor Rufus StrickfadenSeries
2007Oliver TwistMr Sowerberry · 3 episodesSeries
2007Reichenbach FallsProfessor BellFilm
2007British Film ForeverSeries
2007Ronni Ancona & Co · 3 episodesSeries
2006ScoopStrombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)Film
2006The Good ShepherdValentin Mironov #1/Yuri ModinFilm
2006Hotel BabylonSeries
2006Low Winter SunProf Barry LennoxFilm
2005Doctor WhoGusSeries
2005Rag TaleFelix Miles StyFilm
2005The English HaremRidleyFilm
2004The Merchant of VeniceSalerioFilm
2004Five Children and ItPeasemarshFilm
2004HawkingDennis SciamaFilm
2004ShamelessFather McGinnSeries
2004New TricksSeries
2004Stella StreetFilm
2004Lighthouse HillMr. ReynardFilm
2004The Legend of the Tamworth TwoRival Newspaper EditorFilm
2003QISelf · 10 episodesSeries
2003Celebrity MastermindHimselfSeries
2003The KeyFilm
2002Gangs of New YorkHarry Watkins / LincolnFilm
2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesJohn CorntelSeries
2002One of the Hollywood TenPaul JarricoFilm
2002George Eliot: A Scandalous LifeGeorge Henry LewesFilm
2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to TimeGeneral TannisFilm
2001High Heels and Low LifesDirectorFilm
2001Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock HolmesProf. RutherfordSeries
2001Judge John Deed · 3 episodesSeries
2001David Macaulay: Mill TimesShadrack Moore (voice)Film
2000GormenghastDr Alfred Prunesquallor · 4 episodesSeries
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)Series
2000A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'SelfFilm
2000Around The World In 80 DaysJean Passepartout (voice)Film
1999A Midsummer Night's DreamPhilostrateFilm
1999FaeriesChudley (voice)Film
1999The ManJerry BarnesFilm
1998Cousin BetteMusical DirectorFilm
1998In the RedHercules Fortescue · 3 episodesSeries
1998The Scarlet TunicHumphrey GouldFilm
1998Queen's Park StoryFilm
1998FaithBrianFilm
1997Midsomer MurdersBarrett FilbySeries
1997My Night with RegDanielFilm
1997Stella Street · 39 episodesSeries
1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingHenry Fielding · 5 episodesSeries
1996The Adventures of PinocchioSchoolmasterFilm
1996Dalziel and PascoeCharlie Penn · 2 episodesSeries
1996The Treasure SeekersRedmanFilm
1995In the Bleak MidwinterTerry Du BoisFilm
1994Princess CarabooPrince RegentFilm
1994David Macaulay: Roman CityLaurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)Film
1994Citizen LockeJohn LockeFilm
1994Nice Day at the Office · 6 episodesSeries
1994John Sessions' Likely Stories · 6 episodesSeries
1993Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western IslesJames BoswellFilm
1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.Scotty / Additional voices (voice)Film
1992Sellers' BestSelfFilm
1991The Pope Must DieDinoFilm
1991PerformanceDanielSeries
1991Jute CityMcMurdo · 3 episodesSeries
1991John Sessions' Tall Tales · 6 episodesSeries
1990One Foot in the GraveSeries
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1990Rab C. NesbittChief Inspector HaggertySeries
1990Sweet RevengeJohnFilm
1990Single VoicesBobby BuffetSeries
1990Some Enchanted EveningBobby BuffetFilm
1990PlunderSeries
1989Henry VMacmorrisFilm
1989John Sessions On The Spot · 6 episodesSeries
1988Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self · 21 episodesSeries
1988Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy ShowLaurence Olivier (Voice)Film
1988Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald ReaganVarious RolesFilm
1988Menace UnseenLarry Knight · 3 episodesSeries
1987The New StatesmanLord PenistoneSeries
1987Porterhouse BlueZipser · 4 episodesSeries
1987Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie AwardsVarious RolesFilm
1987Gramsci: Everything that Concerns PeopleAntonio GramsciFilm
1987Spitting Image: Election Special '87Various CharactersFilm
1986CastawayMan in PubFilm
1986Whoops ApocalypseMr. SweetzerFilm
1986BoonBarney SpitzSeries
1986Sky BanditsFlightFilm
1986ScreenPlayJames BoswellSeries
1986Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White HouseVarious RolesFilm
1985Girls On TopRodneySeries
1985Happy FamiliesDeanSeries
1984The BountyJohn SmithFilm
1984Spitting Image · 132 episodesSeries
1982The SenderPatientFilm
1982WoganSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1979Question TimeSelf - PanellistSeries
Crew (1)
2004Churchill: The Hollywood YearsAdditional DialogueFilm
Writing (3)
2004Stella StreetWriterFilm
1990Single VoicesWriterSeries
1990Some Enchanted EveningWriterFilm