James Faulkner ( actor ) - wikipedia James Faulkner ( actor ) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( September 2015 ) James Faulkner James Sebastian Faulkner ( 1948 - 07 - 18 ) 18 July 1948 ( age 69 ) Hampstead, London, England Occupation Actor James Sebastian Faulkner ( born 18 July 1948 ) is an English actor, known for his many various appearance on television, in video games and in films, usually in supporting roles. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 3.3 Video games 4 References 5 External links Early life Having trained as a chorister from the age of seven at the Royal College of Church Music at Addington Palace, he was a permanent member of the choir and often called upon as a soloist. He also took part in every house play, school play, choral society concert and ran the Puppet Club alongside its founder, the journalist Roger Wilkes. On leaving school he worked as Prep schoolmaster, rugby coach, waiter, barman and professional Santa Claus before auditioning for the waiting list of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 1967. After three years of exhaustive training he won the lead role in the final graduation production of Kiss Me Kate. The following day, several theatrical agencies wrote to him and he signed at ICM and joined Prospect Theatre for Much Ado About Nothing, the main event at the 1970 Edinburgh Festival. A season at Chichester Festival Theatre followed with such luminaries as Sir John Gielgud and Dame Edith Evans and he then transferred to the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End with Jean Anouilh 's Dear Antoine, meeting the author on the opening night. Career Faulkner made his big screen debut as Josef Strauss in The Great Waltz in 1972. He appeared in other films such as Whispering Death, Murder on the Orient Express, played Lt. Teignmouth Melvill in Zulu Dawn that he co-produced, and appeared as Uncle Geoffrey in both Bridget Jones films. He played Herod Agrippa in the BBC 's 1976 television adaptation of I, Claudius and portrayed Aldous Huxley in 1981 's Priest of Love. In 1988 he portrayed one of the biggest enemies of Sherlock Holmes, Stapleton, in Granada Television 's production of The Hound of the Baskervilles, opposite Jeremy Brett. In 1991, he played Alex Mair, the manager of the Larksoken nuclear power plant, in an Anglia production of the P.D. James novel featuring her character Inspector Adam Dalgliesh, Devices and Desires. He has also portrayed Agent Smith in the film Hitman. He was also the principal antagonist Baron Mullins in the short - lived Anglo - American television show, Covington Cross. He voiced Severus Snape in the video game version of Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince. He also starred as Lord Kenworth in the film Agent Cody Banks 2 : Destination London. In 2008 Faulkner played Cardinal Rhades in the German thriller Der Bibelcode ( The Bible Code ). Faulkner was cast as Pope Sixtus IV in BBC Worldwide 's historical fantasy drama series Da Vinci 's Demons in 2013. He was also cast to play Lord Daniel Sinderby in the highly acclaimed Edwardian costume drama Downton Abbey produced by ITV in 2014. In 2015, Faulkner played the lead antagonist, T.O.M, of philosophical puzzle game The Turing Test. In 2016 he joined the cast of the HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 6 as Randyll Tarly, the father of Samwell Tarly. In 2018, Faulkner played Paul in the biblical drama film, Paul, Apostle of Christ. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1972 The Great Waltz Josef Strauss The Abdication Magnus de la Gardie Conduct Unbecoming 2nd Lt. Edward Millington 1976 Whispering Death Terrick 1979 Zulu Dawn Teignmouth Melvill 1980 Flashpoint Africa Ramon Funes 1981 Priest of Love Aldous Huxley Eureka Roger 1989 The Shadow Trader 1992 Carry On Columbus Torquemada 1992 Lovejoy ' Friends in High Places ' Alfredo Pereira Crimetime Crowley 2001 Burning Down the House Hal Lander Bridget Jones 's Diary Uncle Geoffrey 2003 I Capture the Castle Aubrey Fox - Cotton Bridget Jones : The Edge of Reason Uncle Geoffrey Agent Cody Banks 2 : Destination London Lord Duncan Kenworth 2005 Colour Me Kubrick Oliver 2006 The Conclave Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville The Good Shepherd Lord Cooper 2007 Hitman Smith Jamison 2008 The Bank Job Guy Singer 2011 X-Men : First Class Swiss Bank Manager 2016 Bridget Jones 's Baby Uncle Geoffrey 2016 Underworld : Blood Wars Cassius 2017 Final Portrait Pierre Matisse 2017 Atomic Blonde Chief C 2018 Paul, Apostle of Christ Saint Paul Television Year Title Role Notes 1976 I, Claudius Herod Agrippa TV serial, 6 episodes 1978 Hazel Gordon Gregory 6 episodes 1985 The Bill Sidney Sharman Episode : Burning the Books 1986 First Among Equals Simon Kerslake TV serial 1989 Frederick Forsyth Presents Markus Vogel Just Another Secret ( 1989 ) 1998 Taggart Colonel Robert Falkirk Episode : Dead Reckoning ( Series 14 Episode 41 ) Ben Hur Marcellus TV mini-series, 2 episodes 2013 -- 15 Da Vinci 's Demons Pope Sixtus IV 24 episodes 2014 Downton Abbey Lord Sinderby 4 episodes 2016 -- 2017 Game of Thrones Randyll Tarly 5 episodes 2018 Death in Paradise Frank O'Toole Episode : Written in Murder ( Series 7 Episode 3 ) Video games Year Title Role Notes 2001 Walking with Beasts : Operation Salvage Voice 2009 Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince Professor Severus Snape Video Game 2012 Blades of Time Voice 2012 Blades of Time : Dismal Swamp Voice DLC 2014 Dragon Age : Inquisition Voice 2016 The Turing Test T.O.M Video Game 2018 League of Legends Swain Video Game References Jump up ^ `` Acclaimed actor James Faulkner ''. 9 June 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` Moby Games ''. 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Question: who did james faulkner play in downton abbey
Answer: Lord Daniel Sinderby