James Faulkner

• Name — James Faulkner • Birth Name — James Sebastian Faulkner • Born — 18 July 1948 • Birthplace — Hampstead, London, England, UK • Education — Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Wrekin College • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1970–present • Spouse — Kate Faulkner (m. 1976) • Children — 2 James Sebastian Faulkner (born 18 July 1948) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Pope Sixtus IV in the television series Da Vinci's Demons (2014–2015), Randyll Tarly in the television series Game of Thrones (2016–2017), and Saint Paul in the film Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018).

James Faulkner was born in Hampstead, on 18 July 1948. For three years, he studied acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

In 1972, Faulkner made his acting debut as Josef Strauss in the musical film The Great Waltz at the age of 24. • Illustration — James Faulkner on stage at the Glasgow Film and Comic Con 2018 In 2016, Faulkner was cast as Randyll Tarly, the strict father of Samwell Tarly, in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones, for the show's sixth season. In 2018, Faulkner has portrayed the title character in the Christian film Paul, Apostle of Christ.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1976 — I, Claudius — Herod Agrippa — TV serial, 6 episodes • 1978 — Hazell — Gordon Gregory — 6 episodes • 1984 — Minder — Apsimon — Episode: The Car Lot Baggers • Strangers and Brothers — Christopher Mansel — Episode: #13 • 1985 — The Bill — Sidney Sharman — Episode: Burning the Books • Minder on the Orient Express — Ted Moore — TV Film spin off. • 1986 — First Among Equals — Simon Kerslake — TV serial • 1988 — The Hound of the Baskervilles — Stapleton — Alongside Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke for the Granada TV production • 1989 — Frederick Forsyth Presents — Markus Vogel — Just Another Secret (1989) • The Shadow Trader — | David Constance — Two part mini-series for TVNZ • Agatha Christie's Poirot — Major Eustace — Episode: Murder in the Mews (Series 1 Episode 2) • 1991 — Inspector Morse — Basilios Vasilakis — Episode: Greeks Bearing Gifts (Series 5 Episode 4) • 1992 — The Blackheath Poisonings — Roger Vandervent — 3 episodes • 1994 — Wycliffe — Steven Lander — Episode: The Dead Flautist (Series 1 Episode 2) • 1997 — Pie in the Sky — Ronald Quicke — Episode: Cutting the Mustard (Series 5 Episode 4) • 1998 — Taggart — Colonel Robert Falkirk — Episode: Dead Reckoning (Series 14 Episode 41) • 2010 — Ben Hur — Marcellus — TV mini-series, 2 episodes • Spooks — Robert Westhouse — Series 9 Episode 2 • 2013–2015 — Da Vinci's Demons — Pope Sixtus IV — 24 episodes • 2014 — Downton Abbey — Lord Sinderby — 4 episodes • 2016 — Life on Earth: A New Prehistory — Narrator — 3 episodes • 2016–2017 — Game of Thrones — Randyll Tarly — 5 episodes • 2018 — Death in Paradise — Frank O'Toole — Episode: Written in Murder (Series 7 Episode 3) • Watership Down — Frith — Episode: The Journey • 2020 — The Alienist — Cornelius Vanderbilt II — Recurring role • Wizards: Tales of Arcadia — King Arthur/Green Knight — Main Voice Role • 2021 — Tribes of Europa — General Cameron — Recurring role • 2022 — Slow Horses — Charles Partner — Recurring role - Episodes 2 & 6 • 2025 — Hotel Costiera — Aaron Tarsky — Episode: Sheryl

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2001 — Walking with Beasts: Operation Salvage — Voice • 2009 — Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — Professor Severus Snape (voice) • 2012 — Blades of Time — Narrator, Brutal Lich (voices) • 2014 — Dragon Age: Inquisition — Cassandra's Associate (voice) • 2016 — The Turing Test — T.O.M (voice) • 2018 — League of Legends — Swain (voice)