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Robert Bathurst
Actor

Robert Bathurst

22 Feb 1957Born
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Accra, Gold Coast, GhanaBirthplace

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.

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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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Known for

Filmography

  1. 2026Savage HouseFilm: The Narrator (voice)
  2. 2026Small HoursFilm: Jackson (voice)
  3. 2025Man vs BabySeries: Lionel (2 episodes)
  4. 2025The HackSeries: Max Clifford (1 episode)
  5. 2025BloodsportFilm
  6. 2025Inside the Four Seasons: Park LaneSeries: Narrator (5 episodes)
  7. 2024Christmas at the Four Seasons: Park LaneFilm: Narrator
  8. 2023Blackadder: The Lost PilotFilm: Prince Henry
  9. 2022Toast of TinseltownSeries: Ed Howzer-Black (4 episodes)
  10. 2021Munich - The Edge of WarFilm: Sir Neville Henderson, Sir Nevile Henderson
  11. 2021A Ghost Story for Christmas: The MezzotintFilm: Garwood
  12. 2021The LarkinsSeries: Johnny Delamere (3 episodes)
  13. 2021The FallFilm: Michael Hamilton, Writer
  14. 2018Dave Allen at PeaceFilm: Charles Curran
  15. 2015NarcopolisFilm: Nolan
  16. 2015Absolutely AnythingFilm: James Cleverill
  17. 2014Mrs. Brown's Boys D'MovieFilm: Maydo Archer
  18. 2013DraculaSeries: Lord Thomas Davenport (10 episodes)
  19. 2013Toast of LondonSeries: Ed Howzer-Black (18 episodes)
  20. 2013BlandingsSeries: Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe (4 episodes)
  21. 2011HattieFilm: John Le Mesurier
  22. 2010Downton AbbeySeries: Sir Anthony Strallan (6 episodes)
  23. 2010The Pillars of the EarthSeries: Percy Hamleigh (8 episodes)
  24. 2009The QueenSeries (5 episodes)
  25. 2009EmmaSeries: Mr. Weston (4 episodes)
  26. 2009A Family PortraitFilm: Robert (voice)
  27. 2008Monty Python: Before the Flying CircusFilm: Narrator (voice)
  28. 2008Raising SanchoFilm: Narrator
  29. 2007KingdomSeries: Philip Collins (1 episode)
  30. 2007Snow White: The SequelFilm: Additional voices (voice)
  31. 2006ScoopFilm: Strombel's Co-Worker
  32. 2006Coup!Film: Mark Thatcher
  33. 2006The Thief LordFilm: Dottor Massimo
  34. 2005Sex ActuallyFilm: Charles
  35. 2005HeidiFilm: Mr. Sessemann
  36. 2005Doctor WhoSeries: Farquhar (1 episode)
  37. 2005The StepfatherSeries: Christopher Veazey (2 episodes)
  38. 2003My Dad's the Prime MinisterSeries: Prime Minister (13 episodes)
  39. 2003Three SistersFilm: Vershinin
  40. 2002The Safe HouseFilm: Dr. Adam Daley
  41. 2002White TeethFilm: Marcus Malfen
  42. 2002RI:SESeries (1 episode)
  43. 2002The SecretFilm: Alex Faraday
  44. 2002The SecretSeries: Alex Faraday (2 episodes)
  45. 2000My FamilySeries (1 episode)
  46. 1998Cold FeetSeries: David Marsden (61 episodes)
  47. 1998Hornblower: The Even ChanceFilm: Lieutenant Eccleston
  48. 1998HornblowerSeries: Lieutenant Ecclestone (1 episode)
  49. 1997Get Well SoonSeries: Squadron Leader Fielding (6 episodes)
  50. 1997Midsomer MurdersSeries: Perry Darnley (1 episode)
  51. 1996The Wind in the WillowsFilm: St John Weasel
  52. 1994A Breed of HeroesFilm: Maj. Edward Lumley
  53. 1993The DetectivesSeries: Thomas (1 episode)
  54. 1993Joking ApartSeries: Mark Taylor (12 episodes)
  55. 1991Twenty-OneFilm: Mr. Metcalfe
  56. 1991The House of EliottSeries: Hector Furneux (1 episode)
  57. 1991Lazarus and DingwallSeries: Justin De Jong (1 episode)
  58. 1990No Job for a LadySeries: Tony (1 episode)
  59. 1989About FaceSeries (1 episode)
  60. 1989Anything More Would Be GreedySeries: Dennis Bedlam (6 episodes)
  61. 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries: Gilbert Entwhistle (1 episode)
  62. 1989Teams from HellFilm
  63. 1988Just Ask for DiamondFilm: Vicar
  64. 1988Chelmsford 123Series: Gaius (1 episode)
  65. 1988Red DwarfSeries: Todhunter (1 episode)
  66. 1986CasualtySeries: Russell Whitelaw (10 episodes)
  67. 1986Whoops ApocalypseFilm: Damien
  68. 1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasSeries: Garwood (1 episode)

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