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James Fleet

Actor

James Fleet

Born March 11, 1952 in Bilston, Staffordshire, England, UK56 films

​James Edward Fleet (born 11 March 1952) is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley.

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Sense and Sensibility posterFirst watchSense and Sensibility19957.4as John DashwoodThe Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune.View film

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The Phantom of the Opera poster7.3The Phantom of the Opera2004Four Weddings and a Funeral poster6.8Four Weddings and a Funeral1994The Spy Who Dumped Me poster6.4The Spy Who Dumped Me2018Operation Mincemeat poster6.5Operation Mincemeat2022Mr. Turner poster6.5Mr. Turner2014Love & Friendship poster6.0Love & Friendship2016The Lost King poster6.5The Lost King2022The Decoy Bride poster6.0The Decoy Bride2011

Filmography

56 films as actor
  1. 2025My Mother's WeddingGeoff
  2. 2024Broken Bird
  3. 2023Dodger Special: Bad EggJudge Fang
  4. 2022Dodger Special: ChristmasJudge Fang
  5. 2022Dodger Special: TrainJudge Fang
  6. 2022The Lost KingJohn Ashdown-Hill
  7. 2022Wolf ManorOliver Lawrence
  8. 2022Operation MincemeatCharles Fraser-Smith
  9. 2020The Vicar of Dibley: In LockdownHugo Horton
  10. 2020Blithe SpiritHarry Price
  11. 2019National Theatre Live: Les BlancsDr. Willy Dekoven
  12. 2019Born a KingGeorge V
  13. 2019One Red Nose Day and a WeddingTom
  14. 2018Death on the TyneCaptain Jack Pearson
  15. 2018The Spy Who Dumped MeTom
  16. 2017Love of My LifeTom
  17. 2016Love & FriendshipSir Reginald DeCourcy
  18. 2016Billionaire BoyMr Darrow
  19. 2014Mr. TurnerJohn Constable
  20. 2013Murder on the Home FrontProfessor Stephens
  21. 2011The Decoy BrideWilliam
  22. 2009Micro MenKenneth Baker
  23. 2007Lady Godiva: Back in the SaddleAlan Jenkins
  24. 2005A Cock and Bull StorySimon
  25. 2004The Phantom of the OperaLefevre
  26. 2003Promoted to GloryMichael Prendergast
  27. 2003BlackballAlan the Pipe
  28. 2003Three SistersKulygin
  29. 2003South from GranadaLytton Strachey
  30. 2002Two Men Went To WarMaj. Bates
  31. 2002Fields of GoldAlan Buckley
  32. 2002Young ArthurMerlin
  33. 2002Dick Whittington: The ITV PantomimeAlderman Fitzwarren
  34. 2001Charlotte GrayRichard Cannerly
  35. 2000Kevin & Perry Go LargeDad
  36. 1999MilkAdrian
  37. 1998Frenchman's CreekSir Harry
  38. 1997Remember Me?Donald
  39. 1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersJames Bland
  40. 1996Crossing the FloorPrime Minister
  41. 1996Lord of MisrulePrime Minister
  42. 1996Eskimo DaySimon
  43. 1995The Butterfly EffectOswald
  44. 1995Sense and SensibilityJohn Dashwood
  45. 1995The GrotesqueInspector Limp
  46. 19953 Steps to HeavenHarry Roberts
  47. 1994MilnerHugh Bonning
  48. 1994Four Weddings and a FuneralTom
  49. 1993Femme FataleAlgie
  50. 1992Electric MoonSimon Lidell
  51. 1992Common Pursuit
  52. 1992Running LateJames Grahame
  53. 1992Blue Black PermanentJim Thorburn
  54. 1991They Never SleptBob
  55. 1987Still Crazy Like a FoxBellhop
  56. 1986Defence of the RealmMinistry Man