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John Sessions

Acting

Born January 11, 1953 · Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Died November 2, 2020

Also known as John Gibb Marshall · 존 세션스

Biography

Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.

Filmography50+ titles

Sherlock

2010as Kenny Prince

Outlander

2014as Arthur Duncan

The Great

2020as Bishop Tarcinkus

Skins

2007as Geoff Fitzgerald

Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream

2019as Self

Loving Vincent

2017as Pere Tanguy

Hiroshima: The Aftermath

2015as Narrator

QI

2003as Self

Friday Night Dinner

2011as Mr. Murray

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

1988as Self

One Foot in the Grave

Father Brown

2013as Reverend Adam Gillespie

Doctor Who

2005as Gus

Shameless

2004as Father McGinn

Death in Paradise

2011as Hugh Davenport

Midsomer Murders

1997as Barrett Filby

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

as Henry Fielding

Victoria

2016as Lord John Russell

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

2015as John Murray

Moone Boy

2012

The New Statesman

1987as Lord Penistone

Upstart Crow

2016as Lord Inquisitor

Hotel Babylon

2006

New Tricks

2004

Gangs of New York

2002as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

Blandings

2013as Lord Didcot

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2001as John Corntel

Spitting Image

1984

Porterhouse Blue

as Zipser

Legend

2015as Lord Boothby

A Midwinter's Tale

1995as Terry Du Bois

Henry V

1989as Macmorris

Belfast

2021as Joseph Tomelty as Marley

Finding Your Feet

2017as Mike Abbott

Gormenghast

2000as Dr Alfred Prunesquallor

Denial

2016as Prof. Richard Evans

Filth

2013as Toal

The Merchant of Venice

2004as Salerio

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016as Dr. Hermann

Made in Dagenham

2010as Harold Wilson

The Bounty

1984as John Smith

The Loch

2017as DCI Frank Smilie

Scoop

2006as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)

Mr. Holmes

2015as Mycroft Holmes

Oliver Twist

2007as Mr Sowerberry

The Iron Lady

2011as Edward Heath

The Last Station

2009as Dushan

The Good Shepherd

2006as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin

Stella Street

2004Writer

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999as Philostrate