Tim Pigott-Smith Filmography

V for Vendetta

Actors: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt

Synopsis: Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore, V for Vendetta takes place in an alternate vision of Britain in which a corrupt and abusive totalitarian government has risen to complete power. During a threatening run in with the secret police, an unassuming young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) is Read More

Alexander

Actors: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Plummer

Synopsis: The fourth film to chronicle the life of fourth-century B.C. ruler Alexander the Great, Oliver Stone's Alexander stars Colin Farrell as the titular Macedonian conqueror. The film follows the young king as he leads his forces on a bloody empirical conquest across the known world, taking large parts Read More

North and South

Synopsis: A privileged middle-class girl raised in rural southern England gets a rude awakening to the world when a family move forces her to contend with the unseemly inhabitants of a northern mill town in director Brian Percival's adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's timeless love story. Margaret Hale Read More

Johnny English

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, Douglas McFerran

Synopsis: An unhinged parody of James Bond theatrics, Johnny English finds Mr. Bean himself suiting up as the eponymous super spy for a series of wild and silly adventures. A lowly pencil pusher working for the MI7 agency, Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is Read More

Eroica

Actors: Ian Hart, Tim Pigott-Smith, Frank Finlay, Claire Skinner, Jack Davenport

Synopsis: British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV movie concerns the first performance of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 3" on June 9, 1804, in Vienna. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited all his Read More

Pompeii: The Last Day

Actors: Jonathan Firth, Rebecca Clarke, Inika Leigh Wright

Synopsis: In the year 79 A.D., the ancient city of Pompeii was transformed from a thriving community to a wasteland in little more than a day when the massive volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted, raining billions of tons of lava, stone, and ash upon the nearby city. Pompeii: The Last Day is a docudrama which Read More

Bloody Sunday

Actors: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley, Kathy Kiera Clarke

Synopsis: Paul Greengrass (The Theory of Flight) wrote and directed this powerful look at January 30, 1972 -- better known as "Bloody Sunday." Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt) attempts to organize a peaceful protest after Protestant leaders imprison Catholics without a trial. His actions conflict with hard-line Read More

The Age of Terror: A Survey of Modern Terrorism [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: Tim Pigott-Smith

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: For the Sake of Elena

Actors: Lesley Vickerage, Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small, Cherie Lunghi

The Vice [TV Series]

Actors: Anna Chancellor, Struan Rodger, David Harewood, Marc Warren

Synopsis: Created by Rob Pursey and Barry Simner, the weekly, hour-long British series The Vice offered an uncompromisingly realistic view of the seamier side of crime and punishment. Ken Stott starred as Pat Chappel, chief inspector of the Metropolitan Vice Squad. Chappel and his team of operatives were Read More

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Actors: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline

Synopsis: After the critical and commercial success of The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, the Walt Disney Pictures animation studio embarked on their most serious and ambitious animated feature to date with this adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel Notre Dame de Paris. Read More

The Remains of the Day

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Peter Vaughan, Hugh Grant

Synopsis: Filmed with the usual meticulous attention to period and detail of films from Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, The Remains of the Day is based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Anthony Hopkins plays Stevens, the "perfect" butler to a prosperous British household of the 1930s. He is so unswervingly Read More

The Bullion Boys

The Challenge

Dead Man's Folly

Actors: Constance Cummings, Jean Stapleton, Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: Peter Ustinov stars once more as Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's insufferably brilliant Belgian detective. Unlike many of Ustinov's earlier Poirot vehicles, which were set in the 1930s, the made-for-TV Dead Man's Folly takes place in contemporary England. Jean Stapleton costars as an American Read More

The Race for the Double Helix

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Tim Pigott-Smith

Synopsis: This British made-for-television movie tells the story of the 1950s competition to unlock the mystery behind DNA, and the personal and political tribulations that accompanied the endeavor. Jeff Goldblum stars as American scientist Jim Watson, and Tim Pigott-Smith is Britain's Francis Crick. Read More

State of Emergency

Actors: Martin Sheen, Peter Firth, Tim Pigott-Smith, Fionnula Flanagan, Frances Tomelty

Synopsis: This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody (Martin Sheen) is a physicist who becomes convinced that if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. continue to test nuclear weapons, eventually one of these tests Read More

Double Helix

Synopsis: Two young geneticists join fellow scientists in their search for the secrets to the structure of DNA, knowing that the first scientist to actually crack the pattern will be the Nobel Prize winner. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

The Jewel in the Crown

Synopsis: Based on Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet, Jewel in the Crown was an Emmy-winning 14-part presentation of PBS' Masterpiece Theatre. The story is set during the last two decades of British rule in India. The plot is set in motion by the disappearance of British woman Daphne Manners (Susan Read More

I Remember Nelson

Actors: Kenneth Colley, Geraldine James, Tim Pigott-Smith

Synopsis: Kenneth Colley stars in this four-part miniseries (originally produced for British television) which dramatizes the life and adventures of England's best-known naval officer, Lord Horatio Nelson. I Remember Nelson chronicles the great man's life by telling his story as seen by several people who Read More

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, Lesley-Anne Down, Robert Powell, John Gielgud

Synopsis: While most people are familiar only with the Lon Chaney Sr. and Charles Laughton versions of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, this 1982 TV adaptation was the fourteenth filmization of the Hugo novel. Anthony Hopkins, barely recognizable under mounds of disfiguring body makeup, plays Read More

Victory

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow, Pelé, Werner Roth

Synopsis: John Huston directed this exciting World War II action film, which culminates in a rousing soccer game. In a German prisoner of war camp, Major Karl von Steiner (Max Von Sydow), the camp commander, once a member of the German national soccer team, decides to put together a soccer match between a Read More

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Actors: Robert Hardy, Sian Phillips, Nigel Havers, Chloe Salaman, Tamsin Murray-Leach

Synopsis: As indicated by its title, this British miniseries concentrated on the years between the two world wars, when the eminent Winston Churchill (Robert Hardy) was politically out of favor in his own country. Acutely aware of the danger looming in a newly re-armed Germany, Churchill vainly tried to Read More

Clash of the Titans

Actors: Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Judi Bowker, Maggie Smith

Synopsis: The eschewing of modern optical effects techniques in favor of the classic stop-motion animation work of special effects legend Ray Harryhausen was a delightful highlight of this action adventure that attempted to give Greek mythology the Star Wars (1977) treatment. Harry Hamlin stars as Perseus Read More

Richard's Things

Actors: Liv Ullmann, Amanda Redman, Elizabeth Spriggs, Michael Maloney

Synopsis: In this grim drama, a grieving widow finds herself seeking solace in the arms of her late husband's lover, a woman. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hannah

Synopsis: Hannah originally aired in 1980 as a component of the BBC's Love Story anthology. The title character, played by Helen Ryan, was a retired woman who briefly left the big city behind to visit a tranquil seaside community. Much to her surprise, Hannah found herself falling in love with an equally Read More

Measure for Measure

Actors: Kate Nelligan, Kenneth Colley, Tim Pigott-Smith

Synopsis: Vincentio (Kenneth Colley), Duke of Vienna, is a good and kindly ruler, but his leniency has allowed vice to thrive. So he decides to leave town temporarily, putting in charge his stern chief deputy, Angelo (Tim Piggott-Smith). Immediately, Angelo condemns the young nobleman, Claudio (Christopher Strauli Read More

Sweet William

Actors: Sam Waterston, Jenny Agutter, Anna Massey, Tim Pigott-Smith, Daphne Oxenford, Geraldine James

Synopsis: A British-American production, Sweet William is an R-rated movie about sexual relationships that focuses on the flings of an untamed Scotsman named William (Sam Waterston). William has had two marriages and many affairs, and he approaches more romantic adventures without feeling any guilt. His Read More

The Lost Boys

Actors: Ian Holm, Tim Pigott-Smith, Anna Cropper

Synopsis: Ian Holm starred in this three-part British miniseries as James M. Barrie, the author of such whimsical works as The Admirable Crichton, A Kiss for Cinderella, and, of course, Peter Pan. The dramatic focus in this series was on the latter work, which according to screenwriter Andrew Birkin, drew Read More

Joseph Andrews

Actors: Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid, Jim Dale

Synopsis: Tony Richardson attempts to re-create the glory days of Tom Jones in this adaptation of the 1742 Henry Fielding novel. Peter Firth stars in this picaresque tale as Joseph Andrews, a young servant switched at birth who undergoes a series of romantic escapades. Joseph even has the fortune of Read More

Doctor Who: The Mask of Mandragora, Episode 3

Actors: Elisabeth Sladen, Gareth Armstrong, Tim Pigott-Smith, Norman Jones, Antony Carrick

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Mask of Mandragora," the Doctor (Tom Baker) remains in Renaissance Italy, where the Brotherhood of Demnos, acting under orders from the Mandragora Helix, continue in their efforts to take over the world. As the Powers of Darkness envelope the earth Read More

Doctor Who: The Mask of Mandragora, Episode 4

Actors: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Gareth Armstrong, Tim Pigott-Smith, Norman Jones

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Mask of Mandragora," both the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) are slated to die at the hands of the Renaissance-era religious coven, The Brotherhood of Demnos. Arriving in the Brotherhood's palace, the Doctor steels himself for a Read More

Doctor Who: The Mask of Mandragora, Episode 2

Actors: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Gareth Armstrong, Tim Pigott-Smith, Norman Jones

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Mask of Mandragora," the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) find themselves trapped in the Italian village of San Martino in the 15th century. The village is held in the grip of terror by an ancient religious coven called the Read More

Aces High

Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth, John Gielgud

Synopsis: Malcolm McDowell plays a World War I air ace, in charge of an elite squadron. Outwardly a bastion of courage, McDowell dies a little every time one of his boys is killed. To steel his nerves, he takes to drink, which has an adverse effect on his abilities. Christopher Plummer staunchly portrays Read More

Doctor Who: The Mask of Mandragora, Episode 1

Actors: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Gareth Armstrong, Tim Pigott-Smith, Norman Jones

Synopsis: Doctor Who inaugurated its 14th season on September 4, 1976, with episode one of the four-part "The Mask of Mandragora." The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) are hijacked by a mysterious power source. Deposited in Renaissance Italy, the two time travelers are forced to match wits Read More

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos, Episode 2

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Richard Franklin, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Claws of Axos," the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) is not entirely trustful of the visitors from Axos, who have come to earth bearing a food-replenishing element called Axonite. As it turns out, the Doctor's insticts are right on target; in league with the Read More

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos, Episode 3

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Richard Franklin, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Claws of Axos," the Doctor believes he can prevent the depletion of the earth's nourishment at the hands of the visitors from Axos. He is even guardedly confident that he can stop the Time Lord (Roger Delgado) from stealing his time-travel secrets. Read More