James Wilby

1958 (68) • Acting

Born: 2/20/1958 (68) in Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]

Known for: Acting

James Wilby

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).

Known For

Tales from the Crypt

80%

Nick Marvin

1989

Maurice

76%

Maurice Hall

1987

Agatha Christie's Poirot

82%

Andrew Restarick

1989

Midsomer Murders

75%

Edward Milton

1997

Death in Paradise

74%

Elias Thomson

2011

Poldark

78%

Lord Falmouth

2015

Victoria

74%

Sir Piers Gifford

2016

Sherlock Holmes

82%

Young Barclay

1984

I, Jack Wright

54%

Max Preston

2025

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel

Mr. Vincent

2024

Merchant Ivory

77%

Self

2024

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

70%

Viscount Algernon

2024

Vindication Swim

52%

Mr. Havers

2024

The Marlow Murder Club

58%

Sir Peter Bailey

2024

Masquerade

68%

Thomas

2022

The Duke

69%

Judge Aarvold

2021

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

70%

Narrator

2019

Salt

Conrad

2019

The Sense of an Ending

63%

David Ford

2017

ChickLit

54%

Geoffrey

2016

Victoria

74%

Sir Piers Gifford

2016

Churchill's Secret

63%

Brendan Bracken

2016

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

62%

Pawkins

2016

Poldark

78%

Lord Falmouth

2015

Legends

64%

Headmaster

2014

The Great Train Robbery

67%

John Wheater

2013

Vincent

The Man

2013

Father Brown

76%

Sefton Scott

2013

Ripper Street

74%

Charles Broadwick

2012

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

46%

Wilfred De'Ath

2012

Titanic

59%

Bruce Ismay

2012

Death in Paradise

74%

Elias Thomson

2011

We Need to Talk About Kieran

20%

Professor Hugh Merrill

2011

Shadows in the Sun

46%

Robert

2009

A Risk Worth Taking

35%

Patrick Trenchard

2008

Lady Godiva

10%

Earl of Mercia, Leofric

2008