Jason Watkins

Acting

Jason Watkins

Born
(age 60)
Birthplace
Albrighton, Shropshire, England, UK
Credits
121 titles

Biography

Jason Watkins is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in Being Human, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A and Gordon Shakespeare in the film series Nativity.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 121

YearTitleRole
TBA The Joy of Sex Film
2026 Buckingham Palace A Year in the Life TV Self - Narrator (voice) (4 ep)
2026 Geronto Film Older
2026 Enola Holmes 3 Film Brigadier Sampson
2026 Dear England TV Greg Dyke (4 ep)
2026 Falling TV Peter (3 ep)
2026 Stonehenge: Secrets of the New Stone Film Self
2026 Dirty Business TV Peter Hammond (3 ep)
2025 Dragonfly Film John
2025 Bookish TV Harold Sneed (2 ep)
2025 The Phoenician Scheme Film Notary
2025 The Game TV Huw Miller (8 ep)
2024 Princes in the Tower: A Damning Discovery Film Presenter
2024 Batman: Caped Crusader TV Alfred Pennyworth (voice), Alfred Pennyworth / Guard 1 (voice), Alfred Pennyworth / Carnival Barker (voice), Alfred Pennyworth / Provost Williams (voice) (17 ep)
2024 Coma TV Simon (4 ep)
2024 Rob Beckett's Smart TV TV Self (1 ep)
2024 Wicked Little Letters Film Mr. Treading
2023 Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant TV Stanley Fox (4 ep)
2023 The One Note Man Film One Note Man
2023 Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie Film
2023 Jason and Clara: In Memory of Maudie TV (1 ep)
2023 The Catch TV Ed (4 ep)
2022 A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus Film Mr Wraxhall
2022 SAS Rogue Heroes TV Winston Churchill (1 ep)
2021 Around the World in 80 Days TV Bernard Fortescue (7 ep)
2021 The Trick Film Phil Jones
2021 Blankety Blank TV Self - Panellist (1 ep)
2020 Something Borrowed Film Stanley
2020 Des TV Brian Masters (3 ep)
2020 Hitmen TV The Lawyer (1 ep)
2020 McDonald & Dodds TV DS Dodds (11 ep)
2018 Watership Down TV Captain Orchis (voice) (2 ep)
2018 Inside the Tower of London TV Narrator (50 ep)
2018 The Children Act Film Nigel Pauling
2018 Celebrity Catchphrase TV (1 ep)
2018 A Very English Scandal TV Emlyn Hooson (3 ep)
2018 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Film Rupert
2018 Hold the Sunset TV Roger (12 ep)
2017 The Overcoat Film Christopher Cobbler
2017 Hampstead Film James Smythe
2017 Decline and Fall TV Wilfred Lucas-Dockery (1 ep)
2017 Taboo TV Solomon Coop (6 ep)
2016 The Crown TV Harold Wilson (10 ep)
2016 You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks Film Mr. Humphreys
2016 Love, Nina TV Malcolm Tanner (5 ep)
2016 The Secret TV Pastor Hansford (4 ep)
2015 Safe House TV Simon Duke (4 ep)
2014 The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies TV Christopher Jefferies (2 ep)
2014 Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! Film Gordon Shakespeare
2014 W1A TV Simon Harwood (14 ep)
2014 Inside No. 9 TV Kevin, Self (1 ep)
2013 Atlantis TV Crios (1 ep)
2012 Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! Film Gordon Shakespeare
2012 The Hollow Crown TV Suffolk (2 ep)
2012 Line of Duty TV Tim Ifield, FC Tim Ifield (6 ep)
2012 Playhouse Presents TV Andy (1 ep)
2012 Dirk Gently TV DI Gilks (2 ep)
2012 Prisoners' Wives TV Will (6 ep)
2012 Call the Midwife TV Reverend Applebee-Thornton (1 ep)
2011 Lost Christmas Film Noel Noble
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