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Robert Bathurst

Acting 69 years old Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana ★ 0.8
Born: February 22, 1957

Biography

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Robert Guy Bathurst (born 22 February 1957) is an English actor. Bathurst was born in the Gold Coast in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. His family moved to Dublin, Ireland, in 1959 and Bathurst was enrolled at an Anglican boarding school. In 1966, the family moved to England, and Bathurst transferred to another boarding school, where he took up amateur dramatics. At the age of 18, he read law at the University of Cambridge and joined the Cambridge Footlights group. After graduating, he took up acting full time.

He made his professional stage debut in 1983, playing Tim Allgood in Michael Frayn's Noises Off, which ran for a year at the Savoy Theatre. To broaden his knowledge of working on stage, he joined the National Theatre. He supplemented his stage roles in the 1980s with television roles, appearing in comedies such as the aborted pilot episode of Blackadder, The Lenny Henry Show, and the first episode of Red Dwarf. In 1991, he won his first major television role playing Mark Taylor in Steven Moffat's semi-autobiographical BBC sitcom Joking Apart. Although only thirteen episodes were made between 1991 and 1995, the role remains Bathurst's favourite of his whole career. After Joking Apart concluded, he was cast as pompous management consultant David Marsden in the ITV comedy drama Cold Feet, which ran for five series from 1998 to 2003.

Since 2003, Bathurst has played a fictional prime minister in the BBC sitcom My Dad's the Prime Minister, Mark Thatcher in the fact-based drama Coup!, and a man whose daughter goes missing in the ITV thriller The Stepfather. He also made a return to theatre roles, playing Vershinin in The Three Sisters (2003), Adrien in the two-hander Members Only (2006), government whip Alistair in Whipping it Up (2006–2007), and Alex in Alex (2007, 2008). In 2010 he starred in the The Pillars of the Earth and had a recurring role in Downton Abbey. Bathurst appeared in in his first Noël Coward play, Present Laughter, in 2010 and followed it with a role in Blithe Spirit in 2010 and 2011. He is married and has four children.

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Filmography

Acting Credits (70)

Small Hours
Small Hours Jackson (voice) 2026
Man vs Baby
Man vs Baby Lionel 2025
The Hack
The Hack Max Clifford 2025
Bloodsport
Bloodsport 2025
Inside the Four Seasons: Park Lane
Inside the Four Seasons: Park Lane Narrator 2025
Christmas at the Four Seasons: Park Lane
Christmas at the Four Seasons: Park Lane Narrator 2024
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot Prince Henry 2023
Toast of Tinseltown
Toast of Tinseltown Ed Howzer-Black 2022
Munich – The Edge of War
Munich – The Edge of War Sir Neville Henderson 2021
Munich – The Edge of War
Munich – The Edge of War Sir Nevile Henderson 2021
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint Garwood 2021
The Larkins
The Larkins Johnny Delamere 2021
The Fall
The Fall Michael Hamilton 2021
Dave Allen at Peace
Dave Allen at Peace Charles Curran 2018
Narcopolis
Narcopolis Nolan 2015
Absolutely Anything
Absolutely Anything James Cleverill 2015
Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie
Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie Maydo Archer 2014
Dracula
Dracula Lord Thomas Davenport 2013
Toast of London
Toast of London Ed Howzer-Black 2013
Blandings
Blandings Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe 2013
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Self - Participant 2011
Hattie
Hattie John Le Mesurier 2011
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey Sir Anthony Strallan 2010
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth Percy Hamleigh 2010
The Queen
The Queen 2009
Emma
Emma Mr. Weston 2009
A Family Portrait
A Family Portrait Robert (voice) 2009
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus Narrator (voice) 2008
Raising Sancho
Raising Sancho Narrator 2008
Kingdom
Kingdom Philip Collins 2007
Snow White: The Sequel
Snow White: The Sequel Additional voices (voice) 2007
The One Show
The One Show Self 2006
Scoop
Scoop Strombel's Co-Worker 2006
Coup!
Coup! Mark Thatcher 2006
The Thief Lord
The Thief Lord Dottor Massimo 2006
Sex Actually
Sex Actually Charles 2005
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas Garwood 2005
Heidi
Heidi Mr. Sessemann 2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Farquhar 2005
The Stepfather
The Stepfather Christopher Veazey 2005
My Dad's the Prime Minister
My Dad's the Prime Minister Prime Minister 2003
Three Sisters
Three Sisters Vershinin 2003
The Safe House
The Safe House Dr. Adam Daley 2002
White Teeth
White Teeth Marcus Malfen 2002
RI:SE
RI:SE 2002
The Secret
The Secret Alex Faraday 2002
My Family
My Family 2000
Cold Feet
Cold Feet David Marsden 1998
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Hornblower: The Even Chance Lieutenant Eccleston 1998
Hornblower
Hornblower Lieutenant Ecclestone 1998
Get Well Soon
Get Well Soon Squadron Leader Fielding 1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders Perry Darnley 1997
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows St John Weasel 1996
A Breed of Heroes
A Breed of Heroes Maj. Edward Lumley 1994
The Detectives
The Detectives Thomas 1993
Joking Apart
Joking Apart 1993
Twenty-one
Twenty-one Mr. Metcalfe 1991
The House of Eliott
The House of Eliott Hector Furneux 1991
Lazarus & Dingwall
Lazarus & Dingwall 1991
No Job for a Lady
No Job for a Lady Tony 1990
About Face
About Face 1989
Anything More Would Be Greedy
Anything More Would Be Greedy 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot Gilbert Entwhistle 1989
Teams from Hell
Teams from Hell 1989
Just Ask for Diamond
Just Ask for Diamond Vicar 1988
Chelmsford 123
Chelmsford 123 Gaius 1988
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf Todhunter 1988
Casualty
Casualty Russell Whitelaw 1986
Whoops Apocalypse
Whoops Apocalypse Damien 1986
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas Garwood 1971

Directing Credits (1)

Writing Credits (1)

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