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Michael Kitchen

Acting

Born October 31, 1948 · Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Biography

Michael Roy Kitchen is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle in the ITV drama Foyle's War, which ran for nine series between 2002 and 2015. He also played the role of Bill Tanner in two James Bond films opposite Pierce Brosnan, and that of John Farrow in BBC Four's comedy series Brian Pern.

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Filmography37 titles

A History of Britain

2000as Reader

Pie in the Sky

1994as Dudley Hooperman

Falling

2005as Henry Kent

Foyle's War

2002as DCS Foyle

Inspector Morse

1987as Russell Clark

To Play the King

1993as The King

Lorna Doone

2000as Judge Jeffreys

A Royal Scandal

1997as Lord Malmesbury

The Professionals

1977as Duffy

A Touch of Frost

1992as Jonathan Meyerbridge

Lovejoy

1986as David Herbert

Out of Africa

1985as Berkeley Cole

The Secret World of Michael Fry

2000as Herbie

Reckless: The Sequel

1998as Richard Crane

GoldenEye

1995as Bill Tanner

Breaking Glass

1980as Larner

Thriller

1973as Ian

The Railway Children

2000as Father

Enchanted April

1991as George Briggs

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Arthur

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

1971as Bungabine

My Week with Marilyn

2011as Hugh Perceval

Dalziel and Pascoe

1996as Philip Swain

The World Is Not Enough

1999as Tanner

Chancer

1990as Roman

The Bunker

1981as Rochus Misch

Reckless

1997as Richard Crane

Proof of Life

2000as Ian Havery

The Russia House

1990as Clive

Dracula A.D. 1972

1972as Greg

Lorna Doone

2001as Judge Jeffrey

The Hanging Gale

1995as Capt. William Townsend

White Heat

2012as Jack (present day)

Mrs Dalloway

1997as Peter Walsh

Mobile

2007as David West

The Hanging Gale

1995as Captain William Townsend

Hamlet

1992as Narrator