James Wilby

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
February 20, 1958 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
Popular Genres
Drama Romance TV Movie
Career Span
– 2024

James Wilby

9 wins
187 nominations
7 Oscars
47 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Feb 20, 1958
From
Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
Known For
Acting
Career
– 2024

Award Recognition

9
Wins
187
Nominations
7
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2024

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare as Viscount Algernon Award
Merchant Ivory as Self
Vindication Swim as Mr. Havers

2022

Masquerade as Thomas

2021

The Duke as Judge Aarvold Award

2019

Salt as Conrad
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey as Narrator

2017

The Sense of an Ending as David Ford Award

2016

Churchill's Secret as Brendan Bracken Award
ChickLit as Geoffrey

2013

Vincent as The Man

2012

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story as Wilfred De'Ath

2009

Shadows in the Sun as Robert

2008

A Risk Worth Taking as Patrick Trenchard
Lady Godiva as Earl of Mercia, Leofric

2007

Clapham Junction as Julian Rowan Award
It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You as John Locke
The Last Days of the Raj as Lord Mountbatten

2004

De-Lovely as Edward Thomas Award

2003

Sparkling Cyanide as Stephen Farraday

2002

The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self (uncredited) Award
Bertie and Elizabeth as King George VI, aka 'Bertie' Award
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life as Herbert Spencer

2001

Gosford Park as Freddie Nesbitt Award
Jump Tomorrow as Nathan

1999

The Dark Room as Dr Alan Protheroe Award
Tom's Midnight Garden as Uncle Alan Kitson Award
Cotton Mary as John MacIntosh
An Ideal Husband as Sir Robert Chiltern

1997

Regeneration as 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon
The Woman In White as Sir Percival Glyde Award

1996

The Treasure Seekers as Henry Carlisle Award
Witness Against Hitler as Helmuth James von Moltke

1994

The Chess Game as Lord Staunton

1992

Howards End as Charles Wilcox Award
Adam Bede as Arthur Donnithorne
Immaculate Conception as Alistair

1991

Tell Me That You Love Me as Michael Evans
The Siege of Venice

1988

A Handful of Dust as Tony Last Award
A Summer Story as Frank Ashton Award

1987

Maurice as Maurice Hall Award

1986

A Room with a View as Party Guest (uncredited) Award

1985

Dreamchild as Baker Award
Dutch Girls as Dundine

1982

Privileged as Jamie

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel as Mr. Vincent

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Gosford Park
Maurice
The Duke
Howards End
The Sense of an Ending
De-Lovely
Dreamchild

Career Statistics

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