John Sessions
Acting
Biography
Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.
Born: January 11, 1953
Place of Birth: Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Known For
Lighthouse Hill
After his best friend dies, Charlie hits the road and stumbles into Lighthouse Hill, a village where residents seem to know a lot more about him than they should.
David Macaulay: Roman City
The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul. A well-planned town with all modern conveniences, it is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered. Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome, to view actual Roman architecture and engineering greatness.
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
An animated adventure following the Seventh Doctor as he attempts to stop General Tannis' plans for conquest of the universe.
Sherlock
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Outlander
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Skins
Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
The Great
A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
If Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on a real person to any degree, it was on his former professor, forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Bell. This series recounts the fictional murder investigations that Bell might have undertaken with the assistance of young student Doyle.
Loving Vincent
A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Hiroshima: The Aftermath
Brand new documentary marking the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings which ended WWII and began the nuclear age. Features interviews with survivors from both sides.
Filmography
as Joseph Tomelty as Marley
as Bishop Tarcinkus
as Pumpermann
as Brownlow
as Presenter
as Mike Abbott
as Pere Tanguy
as DCI Frank Smilie
as Prof. Richard Evans
as Lord John Russell
as Doctor McLaren
as Lord Inquisitor
as Dr. Hermann
as The Accountant
as Ted Lowe
as Arthur Lowe
as Lord Boothby
as Narrator
as Mycroft Holmes
as Narrator
as John Murray
as Mr. Smith
as Arthur Duncan
as Thorne
as Toal
as Reverend Adam Gillespie
as Lord Didcot
as Talk Show Host
as Sir Humphreys
as Edward Heath
as Hugh Davenport
as Tebbit
as Norman Tebbit
as Joe McCarthy
as Mr. Murray
as Folkes
as Harold Wilson
as Kenny Prince
as Derek - the line producer
as Mr. Lore
as Dushan
as Edward Mellanby
as Geoffrey Howe
as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow
as Mr Sowerberry
as Geoff Fitzgerald
as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
as Prof Barry Lennox
as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
as Felix Miles Sty
as Gus
as Dennis Sciama
as Salerio
as Peasemarsh
as Mr. Reynard
as Rival Newspaper Editor
as Father McGinn
as Himself
as Self
as Harry Watkins / Lincoln
as Paul Jarrico
as General Tannis
as John Corntel
as Prof. Rutherford
as Director
as Shadrack Moore (voice)
as Jean Passepartout (voice)
as Philostrate
as Chudley (voice)
as Musical Director
as Hercules Fortescue
as Brian
as Henry Fielding
as Barrett Filby
as Daniel
as Redman
as Schoolmaster
as Terry Du Bois
as Prince Regent
as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)
as James Boswell
as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)
as Self
as Daniel
as Dino
as Self
as Chief Inspector Haggerty
as John
as Bobby Buffet
as Macmorris
as Self
as Laurence Olivier (Voice)
as Lord Penistone
as Zipser
as Various Roles
as Antonio Gramsci
as Flight
as Various Roles
as Mr. Sweetzer
as Man in Pub
as Barney Spitz
as Rodney
as Dean
as John Smith
as Self
as Self - Panellist