Robert Lindsay

Known for: Acting
Born: December 13, 1949, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK
Movies: 66

Robert Lindsay Stevenson, better known as Robert Lindsay, is an English actor known for his stage and television work, including appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in musical theatre, and his roles as Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Captain Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family. He has won a BAFTA, a Tony Award and three Olivier Awards for his work.

Upcoming Robert Lindsay Movies

10.0

Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.3

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

2019

6.2

Wimbledon

2004

6.0

Grace of Monaco

2014

6.2

Fierce Creatures

1997

7.5

Hornblower: The Even Chance

1998

7.5

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

1998

7.2

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

1999

7.2

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

1999

7.4

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001

7.4

Hornblower: Retribution

2001

Filmography

2026	The Twelfth Night Reunion	Self - Performer
2023	Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition	Narrator
2022	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Oberon
2022	Dodger Special: Christmas	William Lamb
2021	Anything Goes	Moonface Martin
2019	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	King John
2018	Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	Narrator
2017	Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2016	The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl	Self
2015	The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
2014	Grace of Monaco	Aristotle Onassis
2013	Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army	(archive footage)
2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Self
2007	The Trial of Tony Blair	Tony Blair
2005	Gideon's Daughter	Sneath
2005	A Very Social Secretary	Tony Blair
2005	Friends & Crocodiles	William Sneath
2004	Broadway's Lost Treasures II	Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")
2004	Wimbledon	Ian Frazier
2004	Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection	Narrator (Voice)
2003	Hornblower: Duty	Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
2003	Hornblower: Loyalty	Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
2001	Hawkins	Luke Hawkins
2001	Hornblower: Retribution	Sir Edward Pellew
2001	Hornblower: Mutiny	Sir Edward Pellew
2000	Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings	Various Characters
2000	Babies at 50	Narrator
2000	The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge: Poppy's Babies: The Construction of a New Home	Narrator
2000	Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery	Narrator
2000	Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome	Narrator
1999	The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge: Sea Story: The Adventure to Find More Salt	Narrator
1999	Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters	Sir Edward Pellew
1999	Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil	Captain Pellew
1998	The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge - The Secret Staircase: The Midwinter Festivities	Narrator
1998	Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant	Sir Edward Pellew
1998	Hornblower: The Even Chance	Captain Sir Edward Pellew
1998	Divorcing Jack	Michael Brinn
1997	Fierce Creatures	Sydney Lotterby
1997	Remember Me?	Jamie
1996	Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night	Narrator
1996	Brazen Hussies	Billy Bowman
1996	The Office	Norman Platt
1994	Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf	Narrator
1993	Genghis Cohn	Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police
1992	The Job	Narrator (voice)
1990	Strike It Rich	Bertram
1989	Bert Rigby, You're a Fool	Bert Rigby
1989	Bosses From Hell
1989	Communicators From Hell
1989	Teams from Hell
1989	Sales People from Hell
1989	Colleagues From Hell
1984	Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle	Mickey Noades
1984	Much Ado About Nothing	Benedick
1984	Royal Variety Performance 1984
1983	Cymbeline	Iachimo
1983	King Lear	Edmund
1981	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Lysander
1981	All's Well That Ends Well	First French Lord
1981	The Best of the Adventures	Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980	Twelfth Night	Fabian
1976	Adventures of a Taxi Driver	Tom
1975	Three for All	Tom
1975	The Crazy Kill	Policeman at Roadblock
1973	The Roses of Eyam	Francis Thornley
1973	That'll Be The Day	Terry Sutcliffe

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