John Sessions

Known for: Acting
Born: January 11, 1953, Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Died: November 2, 2020
Movies: 89

Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

Gangs of New York

2002

7.0

Legend

2015

8.0

Loving Vincent

2017

6.5

Mr. Holmes

2015

6.8

Filth

2013

6.3

The Iron Lady

2011

6.6

Scoop

2006

7.0

Belfast

2021

6.7

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016

6.4

The Good Shepherd

2006

Filmography

2021	Belfast	Joseph Tomelty as Marley
2019	Intrigo: Dear Agnes	Pumpermann
2019	Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream	Self
2018	Balls	Brownlow
2018	The Town That Floored the World	Presenter
2017	Finding Your Feet	Mike Abbott
2017	Loving Vincent	Pere Tanguy
2016	Denial	Prof. Richard Evans
2016	Whisky Galore	Doctor McLaren
2016	Florence Foster Jenkins	Dr. Hermann
2016	Red Top	The Accountant
2016	The Rack Pack	Ted Lowe
2015	We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story	Arthur Lowe
2015	Legend	Lord Boothby
2015	Sean Connery: In His Own Words	Narrator
2015	Mr. Holmes	Mycroft Holmes
2015	Hiroshima: The Aftermath	Self - Narrator (voice)
2014	The Silent Storm	Mr. Smith
2014	Pudsey the Dog: The Movie	Thorne
2013	Filth	Toal
2012	30 Years of Comic Strip
2012	The Domino Effect	Talk Show Host
2011	The Iron Lady	Edward Heath
2011	The Hunt for Tony Blair	Tebbit, Norman Tebbit
2011	The Real American: Joe McCarthy	Joe McCarthy
2010	Gerard Kelly: A Celebration	Self
2010	Spies and Lies	Folkes
2010	Made in Dagenham	Harold Wilson
2010	The Making of Plus One	Derek - the line producer
2009	Nativity!	Mr. Lore
2009	The Last Station	Dushan
2009	Breaking the Mould	Edward Mellanby
2009	Margaret	Geoffrey Howe
2008	Inconceivable	Finbar 'Finn' Darrow
2007	Reichenbach Falls	Professor Bell
2006	The Good Shepherd	Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
2006	Low Winter Sun	Prof Barry Lennox
2006	Scoop	Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
2005	The English Harem	Ridley
2005	Rag Tale	Felix Miles Sty
2004	Hawking	Dennis Sciama
2004	The Merchant of Venice	Salerio
2004	Five Children and It	Peasemarsh
2004	Lighthouse Hill	Mr. Reynard
2004	The Legend of the Tamworth Two	Rival Newspaper Editor
2004	Stella Street
2003	The Key
2002	Gangs of New York	Harry Watkins / Lincoln
2002	George Eliot: A Scandalous Life	George Henry Lewes
2002	One of the Hollywood Ten	Paul Jarrico
2002	Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time	General Tannis
2001	High Heels and Low Lifes	Director
2001	David Macaulay: Mill Times	Shadrack Moore (voice)
2000	Around The World In 80 Days	Jean Passepartout (voice)
2000	A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'	Self
1999	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Philostrate
1999	The Man	Jerry Barnes
1999	Faeries	Chudley (voice)
1998	The Scarlet Tunic	Humphrey Gould
1998	Cousin Bette	Musical Director
1998	Faith	Brian
1998	Queen's Park Story
1997	My Night with Reg	Daniel
1996	The Treasure Seekers	Redman
1996	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Schoolmaster
1995	In the Bleak Midwinter	Terry Du Bois
1994	Princess Caraboo	Prince Regent
1994	Citizen Locke	John Locke
1994	David Macaulay: Roman City	Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)
1993	Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles	James Boswell
1992	Freddie As F.R.O.7.	Scotty / Additional voices (voice)
1992	Sellers' Best	Self
1991	The Pope Must Die	Dino
1990	Sweet Revenge	John
1990	Some Enchanted Evening	Bobby Buffet
1989	Henry V	Macmorris
1988	Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan	Various Roles
1988	Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show	Laurence Olivier (Voice)
1987	Spitting Image: Election Special '87	Various Characters
1987	Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards	Various Roles
1987	Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People	Antonio Gramsci
1986	Sky Bandits	Flight
1986	Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House	Various Roles
1986	Whoops Apocalypse	Mr. Sweetzer
1986	Castaway	Man in Pub
1984	The Bounty	John Smith
1982	The Sender	Patient

Directing, Writing & Producing

2004	Stella Street	Writer
1990	Some Enchanted Evening	Writer

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