# Matthew Marsh (actor)

Matthew Marsh (born 8 July 1954) is an English actor. He is the older brother of Jon Marsh of the English dance band "The Beloved". He has appeared in the films The Fourth Protocol (1987), Diamond Skulls (1989), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Alambrado (1991), Dirty Weekend (1993), Spy Game (2001), Miranda (2002), Bad Company (2002), Quicksand (2003) and An American Haunting (2005). In 2011 Marsh starred in the biopic film The Iron Lady as the United States Secretary of State Alexander Haig. In 2005, Marsh starred as Simon Hewitt in the first series of The Thick of It.
In May 1998, Marsh portrayed the character Alex Duncan in the British TV programme As Time Goes By, series 7, episode 3 entitled "The New Neighbours". He co-starred with Amanda Burton in The Commander, and guest-starred in the sixth series of the spy drama Spooks in 2007 and the second series of Lewis in 2008. He played Harry Gallo in the New Tricks (series 7, episode 9) "Gloves Off" in 2010. He appeared twice in Midsomer Murders (season 6, episode 3 "Painted Blood" and season 10, episode 7 "They Seek Him Here"). He has also appeared in the Red Dwarf episode "Holoship" and the fifth episode of series two of Game On, "Tangerine Candy Floss and Herne Bay Rock" as Brian Kennedy, Mandy's lecherous former university tutor in 1996, as well as portraying Elton John in John and Yoko: A Love Story the 1985 made-for-TV film. In 2019 Marsh went on to play Jacques De Molay, the ill-fated 14th century Grand Master of the Knights Templar in seven episodes of History's Knightfall.
His frequent theatre work includes Copenhagen (1998) and Blood and Gifts (2010). He played Winston Churchill in Michael Dobbs's play Turning Point which aired as one of a series of TV plays broadcast live on Sky Arts channel. The two-hander depicted a little-known October 1938 meeting between the future prime minister and Soviet spy Guy Burgess, then a young man working for the BBC. Burgess was played by Benedict Cumberbatch, with whom Marsh had previously worked in the acclaimed 2004 TV movie Hawking.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | Barry Banks | |
| 1989 | Diamond Skulls | Raul | |
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | William | |
| 1991 | Alambrado | Wilson | |
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend | Bascombe | |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Detective | |
| 2001 | Spy Game | Dr. Byars | |
| 2002 | Miranda | Charles | |
| 2002 | Bad Company | Dragan Adjanic | |
| 2003 | Quicksand | Michel Cote | |
| 2005 | An American Haunting | James Johnston | |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind | Papa Max | |
| 2006 | O Jerusalem | Sir Gordon | |
| 2009 | Endgame | F.W. de Klerk | |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Alexander Haig | |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Brigadier General Hauser | |
| 2017 | Unlocked | Frank Sutter | |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Rear Admiral | |
| 2017 | The Little Vampire 3D | Gernot | Voice role |
| 2019 | Mr. Jones | William Randolph Hearst | |
| 2019 | The Informer | Warden Leinart | |
| 2020 | The Mauritanian | General Geoffrey Mandel | |
| 2022 | The Contractor | Gray | |
| 2023 | Tetris | Mikhail Gorbachev | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Strangers | Prisoner | 1 episode |
| 1984 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Sydney | 1 episode |
| 1985 | John and Yoko: A Love Story | Elton John | Television film |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Thomas Walsingham | 1 episode |
| 1986 | The Monocled Mutineer | Charles Strange | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1989 | Anything More Would Be Greedy | Mark Golan | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1990 | Chancer | Gavin Nichols | Main role, 12 episodes |
| 1991 | Van der Valk | Willem Maas | 1 episode |
| 1991 | Boon | Dr. James Harlon | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Red Dwarf | Captain Hercule Platini | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Sam Saturday | Neil Farrell | 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Angus Norris | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Cluedo | Terence Radcliffe | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Between the Lines | Det. Sgt. Peter Woodward | 1 episode |
| 1993; 1995; 1997; 2000 | The Bill | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1994 | Coronation Street | Lawrence Cooper | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Crocodile Shoes | D.I. Machin | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1995 | A Touch of Frost | DCI Hawkes | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Bugs | Graeme Hurry | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Into the Fire | Claims Manager | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1996 | Madson | Det. Insp. Rourke | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1996 | Game On | Brian Kennedy | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Death of a Salesman | Howard | Television film |
| 1998 | As Time Goes By | Alex Duncan | 1 episode |
| 1998; 2008 | Heartbeat | Keith Hibbert / Edgar Faussett | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Lock, Stock... | Attilla | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Peak Practice | Mr. Lockwood | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Silent Witness | Lloyd Dupen | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | The Cazalets | Otto Rose | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Holby City | Tom Vincent | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Murder in Mind | Brian Balfour | 1 episode |
| 2003-2006 | The Commander | DCI Mike Hedges | Main role, 8 episodes |
| 2003; 2007 | Midsomer Murders | Tony Carter / Jack Braxton | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Real Men | DCI Norton | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Hawking | Dr. Josh Holloway | Television film |
| 2004 | Murphy's Law | Bishop Noonan | 1 episode |
| 2005 | The Thick of It | Simon Hewitt | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Monarch of the Glen | Viktor Zinchinko | 1 episode |
| 2005 | The Green Green Grass | Rupert | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon | Vladimir | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Coming Up | Merrion | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Miss Marie Lloyd | Alec Hurley | Television film |
| 2007 | The Street | Bob Hewitt | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Spooks | Bob Hogan | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
| 2008 | Lewis | Henry McEwan | 1 episode |
| 2008 | How Not to Live Your Life | Glen Menford | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The Philanthropist | Kenneth Adams | 1 episode |
| 2010 | The Special Relationship | Foreign Policy Advisor | Television film |
| 2010 | Luther | DCSU Russell Cornish | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Law & Order: UK | Jonathan Nugent | 1 episode |
| 2010 | New Tricks | Harry Gallo | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Hidden | James Morpeth | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Jo | Egon Kroemer | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Da Vinci's Demons | Ferdinand I of Naples | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Arthur & George | Chief Constable Anson | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Capital | Lothar | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2015-2018 | Casualty | Brian Carroll | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret | Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | Television film |
| 2016 | The Coroner | Sidney Sutton | 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Halcyon | Delane | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Taboo | Exorcist | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Riviera | Alexei Litvinov | 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Crown | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Love, Lies and Records | Matthew | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2018 | Girlfriends | Alan Forbes | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose | Ballentine Morgan | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2018 | Humans | Lord Dryden | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
| 2019 | Whiskey Cavalier | Director Casey | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Knightfall | Jacques de Molay | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
| 2019 | West of Liberty | Clive 'GT' Barner | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Grantchester | Harry Graham | 1 episode |
| 2021 | The Nevers | Major | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Endeavour | Percy Welsh | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Father Brown | Lord Arthur Hawthorne | 1 episode |
| 2023 | Vera | Phil Kingston | Series 12, Episode 3 Blue |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Death Eater #2 / Dragon Handler #2 |
| 2009 | Invizimals | Axel Kaminsky |
| 2011 | El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron | Sin |
| 2015 | Assassin's Creed: Syndicate | Karl Marx |
| 2019 | Subnautica: Below Zero | AL-AN |
| 2022 | Elden Ring | Miriel, Pastor of Vows/Isolated merchant |
| 2023 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed | Ghondor |