| 2025 | Eternal Return | Malcolm | ★ 0.0 |
| 2025 | Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll | Richard O'Keefe | ★ 0.0 |
| 2024 | Die Weihnachtsliste | Samuel | ★ 5.0 |
| 2024 | Alec Guinness: A Class Act | self | ★ 6.0 |
| 2024 | Merchant Ivory | Self | ★ 7.7 |
| 2024 | Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 | Cavendish | ★ 6.0 |
| 2023 | Dodger Special: Coronation | Archbishop of Canterbury | ★ 10.0 |
| 2023 | Doctor Jekyll | | ★ 4.9 |
| 2023 | Surprised by Oxford | Dr. Sterling | ★ 5.7 |
| 2022 | The Pay Day | Gates | ★ 4.1 |
| 2022 | American: An Odyssey to 1947 | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2022 | The Fringe, Fame and Me | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2022 | Judi Dench: Our National Treasure | Narrator | ★ 8.0 |
| 2022 | GEMEINSAM UNBESIEGBAR: Das Making of Hawkeye | | ★ 7.0 |
| 2021 | Der fabelhafte Mr. Blunden | Mr. Blunden | ★ 6.2 |
| 2021 | Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius | Alexander Pope | ★ 0.0 |
| 2020 | Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet | Narrator | ★ 8.0 |
| 2018 | The Dead Room | Aubrey Judd | ★ 5.7 |
| 2018 | A Christmas Carol | | ★ 7.7 |
| 2018 | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self | ★ 7.1 |
| 2018 | The Diamond Job - Gauner, Bomben und Juwelen | Uncle Martin | ★ 5.8 |
| 2017 | Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty | | ★ 6.5 |
| 2017 | Charles Dickens - Der Mann der Weihnachten erfand | Leech | ★ 6.8 |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul | Mr. Puccini | ★ 6.9 |
| 2017 | 50 Years Legal | Self | ★ 7.2 |
| 2017 | Hampstead Park - Aussicht auf Liebe | Judge | ★ 6.0 |
| 2017 | Der Stern von Indien | Cyril Radcliffe | ★ 6.7 |
| 2016 | Mindhorn | Himself | ★ 6.1 |
| 2016 | There's Something About Romcoms | Self | ★ 6.0 |
| 2016 | Golden Years | Royston | ★ 6.3 |
| 2015 | Creditors | | ★ 5.0 |
| 2014 | Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule | Narrator (voice) | ★ 7.5 |
| 2014 | The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World | | ★ 0.0 |
| 2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer | ★ 6.7 |
| 2014 | Miss in Her Teens | The Author | ★ 3.0 |
| 2013 | The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2012 | Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story | Dickie Attenborough | ★ 5.0 |
| 2012 | Shakespeare's Sonnets | | ★ 0.0 |
| 2012 | Being Shakespeare | | ★ 0.0 |
| 2012 | Acts of Godfrey | Godfrey | ★ 0.0 |
| 2011 | The British Guide to Showing Off | Self | ★ 6.6 |
| 2011 | Late Bloomers | Richard | ★ 5.2 |
| 2011 | Love's Kitchen - Ein Dessert Zum Verlieben | Guy Witherspoon | ★ 5.3 |
| 2011 | Art of Freedom | Self | ★ 9.2 |
| 2011 | Ice - Wenn die Welt erfriert | Prime Minister | ★ 5.6 |
| 2010 | The Unforgettable Harry Secombe | Self | ★ 8.5 |
| 2010 | Save Our Bacon | The Swinesbury's Boss (voice) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2009 | Orson Welles Over Europe | Himself - Presenter | ★ 7.0 |
| 2009 | Theatreland | Himself | ★ 0.0 |
| 2008 | Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait | Self | ★ 7.7 |
| 2008 | Crowley - Back from Hell | Haddo | ★ 4.5 |
| 2007 | Arn - Der Kreuzritter | Father Henry | ★ 6.3 |
| 2007 | Surveillance 24/7 | St John | ★ 4.1 |
| 2007 | How Gay Sex Changed the World | Self | ★ 5.5 |
| 2006 | The Madness of Boy George | Narrator (voice) | ★ 3.5 |
| 2006 | Reviving Harry Lime | Himself | ★ 0.0 |
| 2006 | Tutanchamun - Der Fluch des Pharao | George Russell | ★ 5.1 |
| 2006 | Men of Mystery | Himself | ★ 0.0 |
| 2005 | Ripley Under Ground | Dean Bentliffe | ★ 5.6 |
| 2005 | A Tribute To Ismail Merchant | Self (archive footage) | ★ 10.0 |
| 2005 | Revisiting Brideshead | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 2005 | Rag Tale | Cormac Rourke | ★ 3.8 |
| 2005 | Ein Trauzeuge zum Verlieben | Big-Time Publisher | ★ 5.4 |
| 2005 | The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | Mr. Wroth | ★ 4.4 |
| 2005 | Bob der Butler | Mr. Butler | ★ 5.6 |
| 2004 | Das Phantom der Oper | Andre | ★ 7.3 |
| 2004 | Merci Docteur Rey | Bob | ★ 5.7 |
| 2004 | George und das Ei des Drachen | King Edgar | ★ 5.3 |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | King of Anatolia | ★ 6.3 |
| 2002 | Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens | Galileo | ★ 0.0 |
| 2002 | The Mystery of Charles Dickens | Charles Dickens | ★ 8.0 |
| 2002 | Thunderpants | Sir John Osgood | ★ 3.5 |
| 2001 | Ein Weihnachtsmärchen | Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | ★ 5.1 |
| 2001 | No Man's Land | Colonel Soft | ★ 7.5 |
| 2000 | Deadly Appearances | Rick Spencer | ★ 5.0 |
| 2000 | Around The World In 80 Days | Phileas Fogg (voice) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2000 | Animated Epics: Don Quixote | Don Quixote | ★ 0.0 |
| 1999 | Notting Hill | Simon Callow (uncredited) | ★ 7.3 |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Tilney | ★ 6.9 |
| 1998 | Kreuz und Queer | Keith | ★ 6.2 |
| 1998 | The Scarlet Tunic | Captain Fairfax | ★ 4.5 |
| 1997 | The Woman In White | Count Fosco | ★ 6.7 |
| 1996 | Victory | Zangiacomo | ★ 5.1 |
| 1996 | Moses | Meneptah II (voice) | ★ 0.0 |
| 1996 | James und der Riesenpfirsich | Grasshopper (voice) | ★ 6.6 |
| 1996 | An Audience with Charles Dickens | Charles Dickens | ★ 0.0 |
| 1995 | Ace Ventura - Jetzt wird's wild | Vincent Cadby | ★ 6.3 |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Richard Cosway | ★ 5.2 |
| 1995 | England, My England | Charles II | ★ 5.0 |
| 1995 | El pasajero clandestino | Major Owens | ★ 5.0 |
| 1994 | Street Fighter - Die entscheidende Schlacht | A. N. Official | ★ 4.6 |
| 1994 | Vier Hochzeiten und ein Todesfall | Gareth | ★ 6.8 |
| 1993 | Camp Christmas | | ★ 3.5 |
| 1993 | Femme Fatale | Vicar Ronnie | ★ 0.0 |
| 1993 | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Eddie Cherdowski | ★ 6.2 |
| 1992 | Wiedersehen in Howards End | Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited) | ★ 7.0 |
| 1991 | The Trials of Oz | John Mortimer | ★ 6.0 |
| 1991 | The Crucifer of Blood | Inspector Lestrade | ★ 6.5 |
| 1990 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Dr. Alex Sauer | ★ 6.0 |
| 1990 | Grüße aus Hollywood | Simon Asquith | ★ 6.6 |
| 1990 | Old Flames | Nathanial Quass | ★ 0.0 |
| 1989 | Revolutionary Witness | Franciscus Palloy | ★ 0.0 |
| 1988 | Manifesto | Police Chief Hunt | ★ 4.0 |
| 1987 | The Reluctant Dragon | Dragon (voice) | ★ 6.0 |
| 1987 | Maurice | Mr. Ducie | ★ 7.6 |
| 1987 | Cariani and the Courtesans | Raimondi | ★ 0.0 |
| 1985 | Zimmer mit Aussicht | The Reverend Mr. Beebe | ★ 7.0 |
| 1985 | Die Liebe eines Vaters | Mark Varda | ★ 5.7 |
| 1985 | Honour, Profit & Pleasure | George Frideric Handel | ★ 0.0 |
| 1984 | Amadeus | Emanuel Schikaneder | ★ 8.0 |
| 1981 | The Man of Destiny | Napoleon | ★ 0.0 |
| 1979 | Instant Enlightenment Including VAT | Maximillian | ★ 4.5 |
