John Sessions

Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.

Born

Jan 11, 1953

Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Died

Nov 02, 2020

Known For

Acting

Movies

88 acting

3 crew

Popularity

1.1

movie

Known For

Gangs of New York

2002

as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

The Good Shepherd

2006

as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin

Legend

2015

as Lord Boothby

Scoop

2006

as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)

Loving Vincent

2017

as Pere Tanguy

Filth

2013

as Toal

The Iron Lady

2011

as Edward Heath

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999

as Philostrate

Mr. Holmes

2015

as Mycroft Holmes

Belfast

2021

as Joseph Tomelty as Marley

Gangs of New York

2002 • as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

★ 7.3

The Good Shepherd

2006 • as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin

★ 6.4

Legend

2015 • as Lord Boothby

★ 7.1

Scoop

2006 • as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Cousin Bette

1998 • as Musical Director

★ 5.5

Loving Vincent

2017 • as Pere Tanguy

★ 8.0

Filth

2013 • as Toal

★ 6.8

Princess Caraboo

1994 • as Prince Regent

★ 5.5

The Iron Lady

2011 • as Edward Heath

★ 6.4

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999 • as Philostrate

★ 6.4

Mr. Holmes

2015 • as Mycroft Holmes

★ 6.5

Belfast

2021 • as Joseph Tomelty as Marley

★ 7.0

The Merchant of Venice

2004 • as Salerio

★ 6.8

The Bounty

1984 • as John Smith

★ 6.8

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996 • as Schoolmaster

★ 5.3

Made in Dagenham

2010 • as Harold Wilson

★ 6.7

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016 • as Dr. Hermann

★ 6.7

The Last Station

2009 • as Dushan

★ 6.4

Faeries

1999 • as Chudley (voice)

★ 5.4

Castaway

1986 • as Man in Pub

★ 6.3

Henry V

1989 • as Macmorris

★ 7.1

Denial

2016 • as Prof. Richard Evans

★ 6.8

Five Children and It

2004 • as Peasemarsh

★ 5.6

Red Top

2016 • as The Accountant

★ 5.3

Nativity!

2009 • as Mr. Lore

★ 6.4

Stella Street

2004

★ 6.4

The Rack Pack

2016 • as Ted Lowe

★ 6.9

Finding Your Feet

2017 • as Mike Abbott

★ 7.0

Balls

2018 • as Brownlow

Hawking

2004 • as Dennis Sciama

★ 7.1

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

1992 • as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)

★ 5.3

The Pope Must Die

1991 • as Dino

★ 5.0

Faith

1998 • as Brian

The Sender

1982 • as Patient

★ 5.6

Whisky Galore

2016 • as Doctor McLaren

★ 5.9

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

1988 • as Laurence Olivier (Voice)

★ 8.0

Intrigo: Dear Agnes

2019 • as Pumpermann

★ 5.6

Low Winter Sun

2006 • as Prof Barry Lennox

★ 6.1

Whoops Apocalypse

1986 • as Mr. Sweetzer

★ 5.7

Spitting Image: Election Special '87

1987 • as Various Characters

Gerard Kelly: A Celebration

2010 • as Self

Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream

2019 • as Self

★ 8.0

One of the Hollywood Ten

2002 • as Paul Jarrico

★ 6.3

High Heels and Low Lifes

2001 • as Director

★ 6.2

movie

Citizen Locke

1994 • as John Locke

★ 10.0

The Silent Storm

2014 • as Mr. Smith

★ 5.3

Sweet Revenge

1990 • as John

★ 5.5

Sky Bandits

1986 • as Flight

★ 6.2

Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards

1987 • as Various Roles

Lighthouse Hill

2004 • as Mr. Reynard

★ 9.5

Rag Tale

2005 • as Felix Miles Sty

★ 3.6

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

1986 • as Various Roles

★ 9.0

The Domino Effect

2012 • as Talk Show Host

★ 5.0

Margaret

2009 • as Geoffrey Howe

★ 5.7

In the Bleak Midwinter

1995 • as Terry Du Bois

★ 7.1

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

2014 • as Thorne

★ 5.3

Inconceivable

2008 • as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow

★ 5.8

The Treasure Seekers

1996 • as Redman

★ 5.6

Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan

Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan

1988 • as Various Roles

★ 8.0

The Making of Plus One

2010 • as Derek - the line producer

★ 6.0

movie

Reichenbach Falls

2007 • as Professor Bell

★ 7.5

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

2015 • as Narrator

★ 6.0

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

2002 • as General Tannis

★ 8.7

movie

The English Harem

2005 • as Ridley

★ 3.5

The Hunt for Tony Blair

2011 • as Tebbit

★ 7.8

The Hunt for Tony Blair

2011 • as Norman Tebbit

★ 7.8

The Key

2003

★ 8.0

My Night with Reg

1997 • as Daniel

★ 4.5

Spies and Lies

2010 • as Folkes

★ 3.5

The Real American: Joe McCarthy

2011 • as Joe McCarthy

Breaking the Mould

2009 • as Edward Mellanby

★ 5.5

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

2004 • as Rival Newspaper Editor

★ 5.0

David Macaulay: Roman City

1994 • as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)

★ 9.0

30 Years of Comic Strip

2012

★ 5.0

movie

The Man

1999 • as Jerry Barnes

★ 7.0

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

2015 • as Arthur Lowe

★ 6.5

The Scarlet Tunic

1998 • as Humphrey Gould

★ 5.1

Around The World In 80 Days

2000 • as Jean Passepartout (voice)

Some Enchanted Evening

1990 • as Bobby Buffet

Hiroshima: The Aftermath

2015 • as Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.0

Queen's Park Story

1998

★ 7.0

movie

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

2002 • as George Henry Lewes

★ 4.0

A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'

2000 • as Self

★ 6.5

Sellers' Best

1992 • as Self

The Town That Floored the World

2018 • as Presenter

David Macaulay: Mill Times

2001 • as Shadrack Moore (voice)

Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles

Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles

1993 • as James Boswell

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

1987 • as Antonio Gramsci