Acting · Upper Clapton, London · Born September 15, 1961
Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is a British actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy, Ulysses in the STARZ television drama series Outlander and as the voice of Bulgy in the children's television series Thomas & Friends.
TVThe War Between the Land and the Sea
2025
as General Austin Pierce
TVSupertato
2022
as Narrator (voice)
TVI Hate You
2022
as Lord Grutley
TVBig Tree City
2022
as Additional Voices (voice)
TVToast of Tinseltown
2022
as Weech Beacon
TVMilo
2021
as (voice)
MovieFireman Sam: Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky
2020
as Malcolm Williams / Map-Screen 700
TVIndustry
2020
as Lord Oaki
MovieThe Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
2020
as Self
MovieOffering to the Storm
2020
as Aloisius Dupree
MovieThe Legacy of the Bones
2019
as Aloisius Dupree
MovieCrawl
2019
as Governor
MovieThe Queen's Corgi
2019
as Chief / Nelson (voice)
MoviePatient Zero
2018
as General Pierce
MovieThe Commuter
2018
as Conductor Sam
MovieThomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor
2017
as Beresford (voice)
MoviePeppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017
as Mr. Lion (voice)
MovieThe Invisible Guardian
2017
as Aloisius Dupree
MovieThe 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
2016
as Seth
TVHooten & The Lady
2016
MoviePorridge
2016
as Judge
TVThe Rebel
2016
as Roderick
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
2016
as Egeus
MovieCrown for Christmas
2015
as Chancellor Riggs
MovieOn Angel Wings
2014
as Joseph
MovieShadows of a Stranger
2014
as Asmo
MovieMike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain
2014
as Sparkie (voice)
TVOutlander
2014
as Ulysses
TVPlebs
2013
TVIt's Kevin
2013
as Various
TVJo
2013
TVFather Brown
2013
as Cardinal Papillon
TVBad Education
2012
as Politician
TVDirk Gently
2012
as Terence Brown
MovieChuggington: All Buckled Up!
2012
as Voice
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Anton Burrage
MovieThe Last Belle
2011
as The Barman
MovieMike the Knight: Magical Mishaps
2011
as Sparkie the Dragon
MovieHounded
2010
as Dr. Muhahaha
TVThe Cube
2009
TVReggie Perrin
2009
as Mr Fox
Parents of the Band
2008
TVChuggington
2008
as Harrison
MovieThe Dark Knight
2008
as Loeb
TVGotham Tonight
2008
as Comissioner Gillian B. Loeb
TVThe History of the World Backwards
2007
TVM.I. High
2007
as Maximus Fiticus
TVTorchwood
2006
as General Pierce
TVNot Going Out
2006
as Foreman
TVNew Street Law
2006
as Sir Nicholas Evans
TVHyperdrive
2006
as Male Bulaahg
MovieFragile
2005
as Roy
TVHarry & Paul
2005
Vegas Virgins
2005
as Self - Narrator
MovieBeneath the Skin
2005
as Jeremy
MovieBatman Begins
2005
as Loeb
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Moran
TVLast Rights
2005
as Don
TVStrange
2003
as Reverend Johnson
MovieBob the Builder: Bob's Friends and Family
2003
as J.J. (voice)
MovieChunky Monkey
2003
as Trevor
MovieThe King's Beard
2002
as Jasper (voice)
MovieWar Game
2002
as Little General / King George V (voice)
MovieMysteries of Easter Island
2002
as Narrator (UK)
MovieChristmas Carol: The Movie
2001
as Fezziwig (voice)
TVJudge John Deed
2001
TVMurder in Mind
2001
as Ray Marker
MovieThe Whistle-Blower
2001
as Bobby De Luca
TVTwo Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
2001
TVAs If
2001
as Jerry
MovieLegacy of the Dragon
2001
as Narrator
MovieHannibal: The World's Most Notorious Serial Killer Captured on Film
2000
as Narrator
MovieSorted
2000
as Doctor
TVBlack Books
2000
as Inspector Norris
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
MovieThe Criminal
1999
as Businessman
MovieTed & Ralph
1998
as Interior Designer
MovieThe First 9½ Weeks
1998
as Remy
TVJonathan Creek
1997
as Inspector Fell
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Jordan Briggs
MovieCoriolanus
1997
as Tullus Aufidius
TVTestament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as God (voice)
MovieThe Final Passage
1996
Circles of Deceit: Kalon
1996
as Interrogator
TVDennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
as Sgt. Slipper (voice)
TVThe Thin Blue Line
1995
as European Commissioner Mustafa Delcroix
TVOscar's Orchestra
1995
TVBackup
1995
TVThe Fast Show
1994
as Various Characters
In Dreams
1992
as Journalist/Dave
TVShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Othello (voice)
Black Poppies
1992
Black and Blue
1992
as Jesse Jarman
TVVirtual Murder
1992
as Professor Daniels
Tales from the Poop Deck
1992
as Lieutenant Parkinson
TVJeeves and Wooster
1990
as Toto
MovieChilling Out
1990
as Colin
TVBust
1987
as Steve
MovieDutch Girls
1985
as Mkwela
TVDempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Watson
TVThe Bill
1984
