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British classical stage and TV actor Tim Pigott-Smith is a familiar face both here and in his native England. A drama major, he graduated from the University of Bristol in 1967 (where he frequently lectures) and made his professional debut two years later with the Bristol Old Vic. Predominantly a stage player in both regional and repertory... See full bio »

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2013 The Great Train Robbery (TV mini-series) (pre-production)
– A Coppers' Tale (2013)
 
2014 Jupiter Ascending (rumored) (filming)
 
2013 Wodehouse in Exile (TV movie)
P. G. Wodehouse
 
2013 Silent Witness (TV series)
John Briggs
– Change: Part 2 (2013) … John Briggs
– Change: Part 1 (2013) … John Briggs
 
2013 Miranda (TV series)
Valerie Jackford
– The Dinner Party (2013) … Valerie Jackford
 
2012 Downton Abbey (TV series)
Sir Philip Tapsell
– Episode #3.5 (2012) … Sir Philip Tapsell
 
2012 Strike Back (TV series)
Patrick Burton
– Episode #3.1 (2012) … Patrick Burton
– Episode #3.2 (2012) … Patrick Burton
 
2011 The Hour (TV series)
Lord Elms
– Episode #1.6 (2011) … Lord Elms
– Episode #1.5 (2011) … Lord Elms
– Episode #1.2 (2011) … Lord Elms
– Pilot (2011) … Lord Elms
 
2011 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House (TV movie)
Commissioner Mayne
 
2011 My Piece of the Pie
Mr. Brown (as Tim Piggot-Smith)
 
2010 The Little House (TV series)
Frederick
– Episode #1.2 (2010) … Frederick
– Episode #1.1 (2010) … Frederick
 
2010 Money (TV series)
Barry Self
– Episode #1.2 (2010) … Barry Self
– Episode #1.1 (2010) … Barry Self
 
2010 Foyle's War (TV series)
Brigadier Timothy Wilson
– The Russian House (2010) … Brigadier Timothy Wilson
 
2010 Alice in Wonderland
Lord Ascot
 
2010 On Expenses (TV movie)
Alan Keen
 
2006-2009 Crimes That Shook the World (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Monster of Florence (2009) … Narrator
– The Lucie Blackman Murder (2009) … Narrator
– Bodies in the Barrel (2009) … Narrator
– Aileen Wuornos (2009) … Narrator
– Chessboard Killer (2009) … Narrator (uncredited)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2008 Quantum of Solace
Foreign Secretary
 
2008 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Matt Parkes
– Days of Misrule (2008) … Matt Parkes
 
2007 Holby Blue (TV series)
DCI Harry Hutchinson
– Episode #1.8 (2007) … DCI Harry Hutchinson
– Episode #1.7 (2007) … DCI Harry Hutchinson
– Episode #1.6 (2007) … DCI Harry Hutchinson
– Episode #1.5 (2007) … DCI Harry Hutchinson
– Episode #1.4 (2007) … DCI Harry Hutchinson
See all 8 episodes »
 
2007 The Last Flight to Kuwait (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2006 Flyboys
Mr. Lowry
 
2006 Normal for Norfolk (short)
Randall
 
2006 L'entente cordiale
Superintendant Masterson
 
2006 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
Dr. Lionel Woodward
– Taken at the Flood (2006) … Dr. Lionel Woodward
 
2005 V for Vendetta
Creedy
 
2005 Conflict
Doctor
 
2004 North & South (TV mini-series)
Richard Hale
– Episode #1.4 (2004) … Richard Hale
– Episode #1.3 (2004) … Richard Hale
– Episode #1.2 (2004) … Richard Hale
– Episode #1.1 (2004) … Richard Hale
 
2004 Alexander
Omen Reader
 
2004 London (TV movie)
John Evelyn
 
2003 The Private Life of Samuel Pepys (TV movie)
Lord Shaftesbury
 
2003 Pompeii: The Last Day (TV movie)
Pliny the Elder
 
2003 Eroica (TV movie)
Count Dietrichstein
 
2001-2003 The Vice (TV series)
D.C.I. Frank Vickers / D.S. / D.S. Frank Vickers
– Lust (2003) … D.S. / D.C.I. Frank Vickers
– Birdhouse (2003) … D.S. / D.C.I. Frank Vickers
– Outcast (2003) … D.S. / D.C.I. Frank Vickers
– Gameboys (2003) … D.S. / D.C.I. Frank Vickers
– Control (2003) … D.S. / D.C.I. Frank Vickers
See all 8 episodes »
 
2003 The Day Britain Stopped (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Johnny English
Pegasus, Head of MI7
 
2002 Gangs of New York
Calvinist Minister
 
2002 The Four Feathers
General Feversham
 
2002 MI-5 (TV series)
Hampton Wilder
– Episode #1.5 (2002) … Hampton Wilder (uncredited)
 
2002 Innocents (TV movie)
James Wisheart
 
2002 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV series)
Philip Weaver
– For the Sake of Elena (2002) … Philip Weaver
 
2002 Bloody Sunday
Major General Ford
 
2002 Safe Conduct
Fleming
 
2001 Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible (TV series)
Dr. Maitland
– Voodoo Feet of Death (2001) … Dr. Maitland
 
2001 Kavanagh QC (TV series)
Mark Yelland
– The End of Law (2001) … Mark Yelland
 
1999 The Major Years (TV series)
Narrator
 
1996 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (TV series)
– Hatred and Hunger (1996) (voice)
– Slaughter (1996) (voice)
– Stalemate (1996) (voice)
– War Without End (1996) (voice)
 
1995 The Shadowy Third (TV movie)
Dr. Evans/Mr. Maradick
 
1993 The Remains of the Day
Thomas Benn
 
1993 Screen One (TV series)
Hubert
– The Bullion Boys (1993) … Hubert
 
1990-1993 The Chief (TV series)
Chief Constable John Stafford
– Episode #3.2 (1993) … Chief Constable John Stafford
– Episode #3.1 (1993) … Chief Constable John Stafford
– Episode #2.6 (1991) … Chief Constable John Stafford
– Episode #2.5 (1991) … Chief Constable John Stafford
– Episode #2.4 (1991) … Chief Constable John Stafford
See all 14 episodes »
 
1992 True Adventures of Christopher Columbus (TV series)
King Ferdinand
 
1988 David Macaulay: Pyramid (TV movie)
Djedefre/Scout (voice)
 
1987 The Race for the Double Helix (TV movie)
Francis Crick
 
1987 Behind the Bleep (TV movie)
 
1986 The Challenge (TV mini-series)
Peter De Savary
 
1986 A State of Emergency
Father Joe Ryan
 
1986 Dead Man's Folly (TV movie)
Sir George Stubbs
 
1984 The Jewel in the Crown (TV mini-series)
Ronald Merrick
– The Division of the Spoils (1984) … Ronald Merrick
– Pandora's Box (1984) … Ronald Merrick
– The Moghul Room (1984) … Ronald Merrick
– Travelling Companions (1984) … Ronald Merrick
– An Evening at the Maharanee's (1984) … Ronald Merrick
See all 13 episodes »
 
1983-1984 Struggle (TV series)
Steve Marsh
– Art for the Workers' Sake (1984) … Steve Marsh
– One Person One Vote (1983) … Steve Marsh
– Better Red Than Dead (1983) … Steve Marsh
– Karl Marx Slept Here (1983) … Steve Marsh
– Manning the Barricades (1983) … Steve Marsh
See all 6 episodes »
 
1983 Storyboard (TV series)
Fawkes
– The Traitor (1983) … Fawkes
 
1982 I Remember Nelson (TV series)
Capt. Thomas Hardy
– Duty (1982) … Capt. Thomas Hardy
– Passion (1982) … Capt. Thomas Hardy
– Battle (1982) … Capt. Thomas Hardy
– Love (1982) … Capt. Thomas Hardy
 
1982 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (TV movie)
Philippe
 
1982 Fame Is the Spur (TV mini-series)
Hamer Shawcross
– Episode #1.2 (1982) … Hamer Shawcross
 
1981 Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (TV mini-series)
Brendan Bracken
– What Price Churchill? (1981) … Brendan Bracken
– The Long Tide of Surrender (1981) … Brendan Bracken
– His Own Funeral (1981) … Brendan Bracken
– The Flying Peril (1981) … Brendan Bracken
– A Menace in the House (1981) … Brendan Bracken
See all 8 episodes »
 
1981 Victory
Rose - The English
 
1981 Clash of the Titans
Thallo
 
1980 Richard's Things
Peter
 
1980 Hannah (TV series)
Mr. Samuel Blenkinsop
– Episode #1.4 (1980) … Mr. Samuel Blenkinsop
– Episode #1.3 (1980) … Mr. Samuel Blenkinsop
– Episode #1.2 (1980) … Mr. Samuel Blenkinsop
– Episode #1.1 (1980) … Mr. Samuel Blenkinsop
 
1980 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (TV movie)
Vasques
 
1980 Sweet William
Gerald
 
1980 The Day Christ Died (TV movie)
Tullius
 
1979-1980 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Michael / Timothy Perkins
– In Hiding (1980) … Michael
– School Play (1979) … Timothy Perkins
 
1979 Henry IV Part I (TV movie)
Henry Percy, Hotspur
 
1979 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
David
– No, Mama, No (1979) … David
 
1979 Danger UXB (TV series)
Harry Winthrop
– Dead Letter (1979) … Harry Winthrop
 
1979 Measure for Measure (TV movie)
Angelo
 
1978 The Lost Boys (TV mini-series)
Arthur Llewelyn Davies
– Dark and Sinister Man (1978) … Arthur Llewelyn Davies
– We Set Out to Be Wrecked (1978) … Arthur Llewelyn Davies
 
1977 Play for Today (TV series)
Consul Vogel
– A Choice of Evils (1977) … Consul Vogel
 
1977 Wings (TV series)
Major Cashman
– The Prisoner's Friend (1977) … Major Cashman
 
1977 Joseph Andrews
Cornet (as Tim Piggott Smith)
 
1971-1976 Doctor Who (TV series)
Marco / Captain Harker
– The Masque of Mandragora: Part Four (1976) … Marco
– The Masque of Mandragora: Part Three (1976) … Marco
– The Masque of Mandragora: Part Two (1976) … Marco
– The Masque of Mandragora: Part One (1976) … Marco
– The Claws of Axos: Episode Three (1971) … Captain Harker
See all 6 episodes »
 
1976 Aces High
Major Stoppard
 
1976 The Glittering Prizes (TV mini-series)
Tim Dent
– An Academic Life (1976) … Tim Dent
 
1975 North and South (TV series)
Frederick Hale
– Episode #1.3 (1975) … Frederick Hale
 
1974 Antony and Cleopatra (TV movie)
Proculeius
 
1972 The Regiment (TV series)
Lieutenant
– A Gentleman from Europe (1972) … Lieutenant
 
1971 Boswell's Life of Johnson (TV movie)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1993 Aldous Huxley: Darkness and Light (TV documentary) (reader)
 
1987 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary) (reporter - 1 episode)
– The Case of Sherlock Holmes (1987) (reporter)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1996 The Secret Agent (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (32 titles)
2012 Great West End Theatres (documentary)
Himself
 
2010-2011 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - Actor / Himself - Co-Founder, The Eden Project
– Episode dated 12 April 2011 (2011) … Himself - Co-Founder, The Eden Project
– Episode dated 26 August 2010 (2010) … Himself - Actor
 
2010 The 5 O'Clock Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.17 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Crimes That Shook the World (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– The Yorkshire Ripper (2009) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Suffolk Strangler (2009) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Arthur Shawcross (2009) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Dennis Nilsen (2009) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2009 Top of the Cops (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage) / Chief Constable John Stafford (also archive footage)
 
2008 The Story of the Costume Drama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Affairs of the Heart (2008) … Himself
– The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008) … Himself
 
2003-2008 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2008 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Headquarters (2008) … Narrator (voice)
 
2007 Saturday Kitchen (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 June 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Oz and Them (TV documentary)
Presenter
 
2006 Just Jade (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Episode #1.8 (2006) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.7 (2006) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.6 (2006) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.5 (2006) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.4 (2006) … Narrator (voice)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2006 Behind the Scenes: Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Where Words Prevail (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 ITV 50 Greatest Shows (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 GMTV (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003-2004 Critical Times (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– Too Cheap to Meter (2004) … Himself - Narrator
– Future Generations (2003) … Himself - Narrator
– Guarding the Genie (2003) … Himself - Narrator
– Protest Power (2003) … Himself - Narrator
– Loss of Control (2003) … Himself - Narrator
See all 6 episodes »
 
2004 The Right to Die (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
2004 Di's Guys (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 The Age of Terror: A Survey of Modern Terrorism (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
 
1999 To the Ends of the Earth (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– Search for the Sons of Abraham (1999) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Dynasty: The Nehru-Gandhi Story (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1997 The Natural World (TV series documentary)
– Grand Canyon: From Dinosaurs to Dams (1997)
 
1995 GoldenEye: The Secret Files (TV documentary short)
Himself/Narrator
 
1987-1995 Horizon (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– Hunt for the Doomsday Asteroid II (1995) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Hunt for the Doomsday Asteroid (1994) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– A Vital Poison (1993) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Mars Alive (1993) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Hot Jam in the Doughnut (1992) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1995 Pride & Prejudice: From Page to Screen (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1995 Battlefield (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
1995 Nightmares of Nature (TV series)
Narrator (voice)
 
1994 Battlefield: The Battles That Won the Second World War (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
1988 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
– Sir Peter Hall's Last National Theatre Production (1988)
 
1988 Discoveries Underwater (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
1987 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Bombay Hotel (1987) … Narrator
 
1986 Masterpiece Theatre: Fifteen Years (TV movie)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2009 Who Wants to Live Forever? (video documentary short)
Captain . Harker
 

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Other Works:

Narrator of audio book "Knockdown" written by Dick Francis. (1990). See more »

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Alternate Names:

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Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Personal Quote:

I never think of the people that I play as being bad, because I don't think most people, even if they are terrible, think of themselves as being bad. I think that may be part of the trick of it. (On playing villains) See more »

Trivia:

His son, Tom Pigott Smith, is a concert violinist. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus