Acting · Albrighton, Shropshire, England, UK · Born October 28, 1966
Jason Watkins is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in Being Human, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A and Gordon Shakespeare in the film series Nativity.
MovieEnola Holmes 3
2026
as Brigadier Sampson
TVDear England
2026
as Greg Dyke
TVFalling
2026
MovieStonehenge: Secrets of the New Stone
2026
as Self
TVDirty Business
2026
as Peter Hammond
MovieDragonfly
2025
as John
MovieThe Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Notary
TVThe Game
2025
as Huw Miller
MoviePrinces in the Tower: A Damning Discovery
2024
as Presenter
TVBatman: Caped Crusader
2024
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
TVComa
2024
as Simon
TVRob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
as Self
MovieWicked Little Letters
2024
as Mr. Treading
TVArchie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
2023
as Stanley Fox
MovieThe One Note Man
2023
as One Note Man
MovieJason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie
2023
TVJason and Clara: In Memory of Maudie
2023
TVThe Catch
2023
as Ed
MovieA Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
2022
as Mr Wraxhall
TVSAS Rogue Heroes
2022
as Winston Churchill
TVAround the World in 80 Days
2021
as Bernard Fortescue
MovieThe Trick
2021
as Phil Jones
TVBlankety Blank
2021
as Self - Panellist
MovieSomething Borrowed
2020
as Stanley
TVDes
2020
as Brian Masters
TVHitmen
2020
as The Lawyer
TVMcDonald & Dodds
2020
as DS Dodds
TVWatership Down
2018
as Captain Orchis (voice)
TVInside the Tower of London
2018
as Narrator
MovieThe Children Act
2018
as Nigel Pauling
TVCelebrity Catchphrase
2018
TVA Very English Scandal
2018
as Emlyn Hooson
MovieThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
as Rupert
TVHold the Sunset
2018
as Roger
MovieThe Overcoat
2017
as Christopher Cobbler
MovieHampstead
2017
as James Smythe
TVDecline and Fall
2017
as Wilfred Lucas-Dockery
TVTaboo
2017
as Solomon Coop
TVThe Crown
2016
as Harold Wilson
MovieYou Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks
2016
as Mr. Humphreys
TVLove, Nina
2016
as Malcolm Tanner
TVThe Secret
2016
as Pastor Hansford
TVSafe House
2015
as Simon Duke
TVThe Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
2014
as Christopher Jefferies
MovieNativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
2014
as Gordon Shakespeare
TVW1A
2014
as Simon Harwood
TVInside No. 9
2014
as Kevin
TVAtlantis
2013
as Crios
MovieNativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
2012
as Gordon Shakespeare
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as Suffolk
TVLine of Duty
2012
as Tim Ifield
TVPlayhouse Presents
2012
as Andy
TVDirk Gently
2012
as DI Gilks
TVPrisoners' Wives
2012
as Will
TVCall the Midwife
2012
as Reverend Applebee-Thornton
MovieLost Christmas
2011
as Noel Noble
TVThe Body Farm
2011
as Edward Worrell
TVTrollied
2011
TVTwenty Twelve
2011
as Richard Salter
TVFriday Night Dinner
2011
as Tony Michaels
TVLittle Crackers
2010
as Vince
MovieVictoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
MovieNativity!
2009
as Gordon Shakespeare
TVPersonal Affairs
2009
as Art Grimble
MovieMay Contain: Nuts
2009
as Mr. John Worrall
TVBeing Human
2009
as Herrick
TVLittle Dorrit
2008
as Plornish
TVWired
2008
as Mart
MovieWild Child
2008
as Mr. Nellist
MovieMiss Austen Regrets
2008
as Rev Clarke
TVLark Rise to Candleford
2008
MovieThe Golden Compass
2007
as Bolvangar Official
TVWould I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
MovieThe History of Mr Polly
2007
MovieOnce Upon a Time on the Westway
2007
as Desmond Marshal
TVLewis
2007
as Oswald Cooper
MovieHousewife, 49
2006
as Dr Roger Brierley
MovieSixty Six
2006
as Mr. Spender
MovieFear of Fanny
2006
as Derek
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
MovieConfetti
2006
as Gregory
TVNew Street Law
2006
as Brian Steele
TVThe Virgin Queen
2006
as Christopher Hatton
TVHotel Babylon
2006
TVLife on Mars
2006
as Colin Merrick
MovieMy Family and Other Animals
2005
as Durant
MovieThe Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005
as Laurence
TVFunland
2005
as Bradley Stainer
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Webley
MovieBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Charlie Parker-Knowles
TVSex Traffic
2004
TVBodies
2004
as Ralph Harris
In Denial of Murder
2004
as Stephen Downing
TVCelebrity Mastermind
2003
TVBlue Murder
2003
as Barr
MovieShe Stoops to Conquer
2003
as Diggory
MovieState of Mind
2003
as Nathan Saunders
TVThe Russian Bride
2001
as Christopher Rattle
MovieSabotage!!
2000
as Capt. Worplesdon
MovieCircus
2000
as Dom
MovieOnegin
1999
as Guillot
Sex 'n' Death
1999
as Mick Luger
MovieBostock's Cup
1999
as Tommy Bennett
TVDuck Patrol
1998
as Kevin 'Taz' Delaney
MovieTomorrow Never Dies
1997
as HMS Bedford Principal Warfare Officer
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Joe Ferabbee
Grown Ups
1997
as Bob
TVPie in the Sky
1994
as Jason Burgess
MovieSplit Second
1992
as Coroner's Assistant
TVSoldier Soldier
1991
as Cpl Geoff Porter
MovieHigh Hopes
1989
as Wayne
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Joe Bland
TVCasualty
1986
as Partridge
TVEastEnders
1985
as Gerry
TVA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Mr Wraxhall
MovieGeronto
as Older
