Robert Lindsay

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Robert Lindsay

Acting 76 December 13, 1949

Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK

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, an…

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

7.3 2019 Movie
Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

8.0 1989 TV Show
Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

7.2 TV Show
Wimbledon

Wimbledon

6.2 2004 Movie
The One Show

The One Show

4.4 2006 TV Show
Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

6.0 2014 Movie
Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

7.1 1990 TV Show
Genius

Genius

7.5 2017 TV Show
Extras

Extras

7.8 2005 TV Show
Wogan

Wogan

5.3 1982 TV Show
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 TV Show
Fierce Creatures

Fierce Creatures

6.2 1997 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Missed Call

    TV show

  2. 2024
    Generation Z

    TV show Morgan

  3. 2023
    Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

    Movie Narrator

  4. 2022
    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Movie Oberon

  5. 2022
    Dodger Special: Christmas

    Movie William Lamb

  6. 2022
    Sherwood

    TV show Franklin Warner

  7. 2021
    Anything Goes

    Movie Moonface Martin

  8. 2021
    The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes

    TV show Narrator

  9. 2021
    Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes

    TV show Narrator

  10. 2020
    McDonald & Dodds

    TV show Max Crockett

  11. 2019
    Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

    Movie King John

  12. 2018
    Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

    Movie Narrator

  13. 2018
    The Secret Life of Owls

    TV show Self - Narrator (voice)

  14. 2017
    Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman

    Movie

  15. 2017
    Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

    TV show Self

  16. 2017
    Genius

    TV show Hermann Einstein

More credits
  1. 2017
    Walks with My Dog

    TV show Self

  2. 2016
    The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl

    Movie Self

  3. 2015
    The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them

    Movie

  4. 2015
    Galavant

    TV show Chester Wormwood

  5. 2014
    Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

    TV show Self

  6. 2014
    Grace of Monaco

    Movie Aristotle Onassis

  7. 2013
    Atlantis

    TV show Daedalus

  8. 2013
    Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army

    Movie (archive footage)

  9. 2011
    Spy

    TV show The Examiner

  10. 2009
    Doctors and Nurses at War

    TV show

  11. 2007
    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    Movie Self

  12. 2007
    The Trial of Tony Blair

    Movie Tony Blair

  13. 2006
    The One Show

    TV show Self

  14. 2005
    Gideon's Daughter

    Movie Sneath

  15. 2005
    Jericho

    TV show D.I. Michael Jericho

  16. 2005
    A Very Social Secretary

    Movie Tony Blair

  17. 2005
    Space Race

    TV show Narrator (voice)

  18. 2005
    Friends & Crocodiles

    Movie William Sneath

  19. 2005
    Extras

    TV show Robert Lindsay

  20. 2004
    Broadway's Lost Treasures II

    Movie Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")

  21. 2004
    Who Do You Think You Are?

    TV show Self

  22. 2004
    Wimbledon

    Movie Ian Frazier

  23. 2004
    Parkinson

    TV show Self - Guest

  24. 2004
    Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

    Movie Narrator (Voice)