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

1.2

movie

Known For

Legend

2015

as Lord Boothby

Gangs of New York

2002

as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

The Good Shepherd

2006

as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin

Mr. Holmes

2015

as Mycroft Holmes

Loving Vincent

2017

as Pere Tanguy

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016

as Dr. Hermann

The Merchant of Venice

2004

as Salerio

Filth

2013

as Toal

The Bounty

1984

as John Smith

Scoop

2006

as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)

Legend

2015 • as Lord Boothby

★ 7.1

Gangs of New York

2002 • as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

★ 7.3

The Good Shepherd

2006 • as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin

★ 6.4

Mr. Holmes

2015 • as Mycroft Holmes

★ 6.5

Loving Vincent

2017 • as Pere Tanguy

★ 8.0

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016 • as Dr. Hermann

★ 6.7

The Merchant of Venice

2004 • as Salerio

★ 6.8

Filth

2013 • as Toal

★ 6.8

Cousin Bette

1998 • as Musical Director

★ 5.5

The Bounty

1984 • as John Smith

★ 6.8

Scoop

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

★ 6.6

Belfast

2021 • as Joseph Tomelty as Marley

★ 7.0

The Iron Lady

2011 • as Edward Heath

★ 6.4

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999 • as Philostrate

★ 6.4

Denial

2016 • as Prof. Richard Evans

★ 6.8

The Last Station

2009 • as Dushan

★ 6.4

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996 • as Schoolmaster

★ 5.3

Finding Your Feet

2017 • as Mike Abbott

★ 7.0

Henry V

1989 • as Macmorris

★ 7.1

High Heels and Low Lifes

2001 • as Director

★ 6.1

Five Children and It

2004 • as Peasemarsh

★ 5.6

Red Top

2016 • as The Accountant

★ 5.3

Princess Caraboo

1994 • as Prince Regent

★ 5.5

Made in Dagenham

2010 • as Harold Wilson

★ 6.7

Castaway

1986 • as Man in Pub

★ 6.3

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

1992 • as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)

★ 5.2

Hawking

2004 • as Dennis Sciama

★ 7.1

Nativity!

2009 • as Mr. Lore

★ 6.3

Faeries

1999 • as Chudley (voice)

★ 5.2

The Domino Effect

2012 • as Talk Show Host

★ 5.0

In the Bleak Midwinter

1995 • as Terry Du Bois

★ 7.1

Faith

1998 • as Brian

Intrigo: Dear Agnes

2019 • as Pumpermann

★ 5.6

Balls

2018 • as Brownlow

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

1986 • as Various Roles

★ 9.0

Whoops Apocalypse

1986 • as Mr. Sweetzer

★ 5.7

Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream

2019 • as Self

★ 7.8

The Sender

1982 • as Patient

★ 5.6

The Treasure Seekers

1996 • as Redman

★ 5.6

One of the Hollywood Ten

2002 • as Paul Jarrico

★ 6.3

Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards

1987 • as Various Roles

★ 6.0

Whisky Galore

2016 • as Doctor McLaren

★ 5.9

Stella Street

2004

★ 6.4

Gerard Kelly: A Celebration

2010 • as Self

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

1988 • as Laurence Olivier (Voice)

★ 8.0

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

2014 • as Thorne

★ 5.3

Hiroshima: The Aftermath

2015 • as Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.1

The Pope Must Die

1991 • as Dino

★ 5.0

My Night with Reg

1997 • as Daniel

★ 4.5

Sky Bandits

1986 • as Flight

★ 5.8

Inconceivable

2008 • as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow

★ 5.8

The Silent Storm

2014 • as Mr. Smith

★ 5.3

The Rack Pack

2016 • as Ted Lowe

★ 6.9

Margaret

2009 • as Geoffrey Howe

★ 5.7

Spitting Image: Election Special '87

1987 • as Various Characters

Rag Tale

2005 • as Felix Miles Sty

★ 3.3

30 Years of Comic Strip

2012

★ 5.0

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

2015 • as Arthur Lowe

★ 6.5

Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles

Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles

1993 • as James Boswell

The Making of Plus One

2010 • as Derek - the line producer

★ 5.0

Spies and Lies

2010 • as Folkes

★ 3.5

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

Sweet Revenge

1990 • as John

★ 5.5

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

2002 • as General Tannis

★ 8.7

Breaking the Mould

2009 • as Edward Mellanby

★ 5.5

The Hunt for Tony Blair

2011 • as Norman Tebbit

★ 7.8

The Hunt for Tony Blair

2011 • as Tebbit

★ 7.8

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

2015 • as Narrator

★ 6.0

movie

Citizen Locke

1994 • as John Locke

★ 10.0

movie

Reichenbach Falls

2007 • as Professor Bell

★ 6.7

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

1987 • as Antonio Gramsci

Some Enchanted Evening

1990 • as Bobby Buffet

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

2004 • as Rival Newspaper Editor

★ 5.0

movie

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

2002 • as George Henry Lewes

★ 4.0

Low Winter Sun

2006 • as Prof Barry Lennox

★ 6.1

movie

The Man

1999 • as Jerry Barnes

★ 7.0

Lighthouse Hill

2004 • as Mr. Reynard

★ 8.0

David Macaulay: Roman City

1994 • as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)

★ 9.0

movie

The English Harem

2005 • as Ridley

★ 3.5

The Key

2003

★ 8.0

The Scarlet Tunic

1998 • as Humphrey Gould

★ 5.1

David Macaulay: Mill Times

2001 • as Shadrack Moore (voice)

The Town That Floored the World

2018 • as Presenter

Sellers' Best

1992 • as Self

The Real American: Joe McCarthy

2011 • as Joe McCarthy

Around The World In 80 Days

2000 • as Jean Passepartout (voice)

A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'

2000 • as Self

★ 6.5

Queen's Park Story

1998

★ 7.0