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James Wilby

Actor

James Wilby

Born February 20, 1958 in Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]45 films

James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988).

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Maurice posterFirst watchMaurice19877.6as Maurice HallAfter his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare poster7.0The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare2024Gosford Park poster6.8Gosford Park2001A Room with a View poster6.9A Room with a View1986Howards End poster7.0Howards End1992Masquerade poster6.8Masquerade2022The Duke poster6.9The Duke2021The Sense of an Ending poster6.3The Sense of an Ending2017De-Lovely poster6.1De-Lovely2004

Filmography

45 films as actor
  1. 2024Mystery at the Prospect HotelMr. Vincent
  2. 2024The Ministry of Ungentlemanly WarfareViscount Algernon
  3. 2024Vindication SwimMr. Havers
  4. 2022MasqueradeThomas
  5. 2021The DukeJudge Aarvold
  6. 2019SaltConrad
  7. 2017The Sense of an EndingDavid Ford
  8. 2016ChickLitGeoffrey
  9. 2016Churchill's SecretBrendan Bracken
  10. 2013VincentThe Man
  11. 2012Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett StoryWilfred De'Ath
  12. 2011We Need to Talk About KieranProfessor Hugh Merrill
  13. 2009Shadows in the SunRobert
  14. 2008A Risk Worth TakingPatrick Trenchard
  15. 2008Lady GodivaEarl of Mercia, Leofric
  16. 2007Clapham JunctionJulian Rowan
  17. 2007It's Gradiva Who Is Calling YouJohn Locke
  18. 2004De-LovelyEdward Thomas
  19. 2003Sparkling CyanideStephen Farraday
  20. 2002Bertie and ElizabethKing George VI, aka 'Bertie'
  21. 2001Gosford ParkFreddie Nesbitt
  22. 2001Jump TomorrowNathan
  23. 1999Cotton MaryJohn MacIntosh
  24. 1999Tom's Midnight GardenUncle Alan Kitson
  25. 1999An Ideal HusbandSir Robert Chiltern
  26. 1999The Dark RoomDr Alan Protheroe
  27. 1997The Woman In WhiteSir Percival Glyde
  28. 1997Regeneration2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
  29. 1996The Treasure SeekersHenry Carlisle
  30. 1996Witness Against HitlerHelmuth James von Moltke
  31. 1994The Chess GameLord Staunton
  32. 1992Immaculate ConceptionAlistair
  33. 1992Howards EndCharles Wilcox
  34. 1992Adam BedeArthur Donnithorne
  35. 1991The Siege of VeniceMilord Runbiff
  36. 1991Tell Me That You Love MeMichael Evans
  37. 1989ConspiracyStringer
  38. 1988A Summer StoryFrank Ashton
  39. 1988The Storyteller: SapsorrowPrince
  40. 1988A Handful of DustTony Last
  41. 1987MauriceMaurice Hall
  42. 1986A Room with a ViewParty Guest (uncredited)
  43. 1985Dutch GirlsDundine
  44. 1985DreamchildBaker
  45. 1982PrivilegedJamie