Robert Bathurst
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Guy Bathurst (born 22 February 1957) is an English actor. Bathurst was born in the Gold Coast in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. His family moved to Dublin, Ireland, in 1959 and Bathurst was enrolled at an Anglican boarding school. In 1966, the family moved to England, and Bathurst transferred to another boarding school, where he took up amateur dramatics. At the age of 18, he read law at the University of Cambridge and joined the Cambridge Footlights group. After graduating, he took up acting full time. He made his professional stage debut in 1983, playing Tim Allgood in Michael Frayn's Noises Off, which ran for a year at the Savoy Theatre. To broaden his knowledge of working on stage, he joined the National Theatre. He supplemented his stage roles in the 1980s with television roles, appearing in comedies such as the aborted pilot episode of Blackadder, The Lenny Henry Show, and the first episode of Red Dwarf. In 1991, he won his first major television role playing Mark Taylor in Steven Moffat's semi-autobiographical BBC sitcom Joking Apart. Although only thirteen episodes were made between 1991 and 1995, the role remains Bathurst's favourite of his whole career. After Joking Apart concluded, he was cast as pompous management consultant David Marsden in the ITV comedy drama Cold Feet, which ran for five series from 1998 to 2003. Since 2003, Bathurst has played a fictional prime minister in the BBC sitcom My Dad's the Prime Minister, Mark Thatcher in the fact-based drama Coup!, and a man whose daughter goes missing in the ITV thriller The Stepfather. He also made a return to theatre roles, playing Vershinin in The Three Sisters (2003), Adrien in the two-hander Members Only (2006), government whip Alistair in Whipping it Up (2006–2007), and Alex in Alex (2007, 2008). In 2010 he starred in the The Pillars of the Earth and had a recurring role in Downton Abbey. Bathurst appeared in in his first Noël Coward play, Present Laughter, in 2010 and followed it with a role in Blithe Spirit in 2010 and 2011. He is married and has four children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Bathurst, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Midsomer Murders
1997
Doctor Who
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The One Show
2006
Casualty
1986
Downton Abbey
2010
Red Dwarf
1988
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
RI:SE
2002
Hornblower
1998
My Family
2000
The Pillars of the Earth
2010
Filmography
Midsomer Murders
as Perry Darnley · 1997
Doctor Who
as Farquhar · 2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Gilbert Entwhistle · 1989
The One Show
as Self · 2006
Casualty
as Russell Whitelaw · 1986
Downton Abbey
as Sir Anthony Strallan · 2010
Red Dwarf
as Todhunter · 1988
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant · 2011
RI:SE
· 2002
Hornblower
as Lieutenant Ecclestone · 1998
My Family
· 2000
The Pillars of the Earth
as Percy Hamleigh · 2010
Kingdom
as Philip Collins · 2007
The House of Eliott
as Hector Furneux · 1991
Cold Feet
as David Marsden · 1998
Dracula
as Lord Thomas Davenport · 2013
Man vs Baby
as Lionel · 2025
The Detectives
as Thomas · 1993
Toast of London
as Ed Howzer-Black · 2013
The Hack
as Max Clifford · 2025
Emma
as Mr. Weston · 2009
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as Garwood · 1971
The Larkins
as Johnny Delamere · 2021
Savage House
as The Narrator (voice) · 2026
Absolutely Anything
as James Cleverill · 2015
Blandings
as Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe · 2013
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
· 1979
Chelmsford 123
as Gaius · 1988
Munich - The Edge of War
as Sir Neville Henderson · 2021
Munich - The Edge of War
as Sir Nevile Henderson · 2021
Toast of Tinseltown
as Ed Howzer-Black · 2022
The Queen
· 2009
Scoop
as Strombel's Co-Worker · 2006
Joking Apart
as Mark Taylor · 1993
No Job for a Lady
as Tony · 1990
About Face
· 1989
My Dad's the Prime Minister
as Prime Minister · 2003
The Thief Lord
as Dottor Massimo · 2006
Anything More Would Be Greedy
as Dennis Bedlam · 1989
Lazarus and Dingwall
as Justin De Jong · 1991
The Wind in the Willows
as St John Weasel · 1996
The Secret
as Alex Faraday · 2002
The Stepfather
as Christopher Veazey · 2005
Inside the Four Seasons: Park Lane
as Narrator · 2025
Narcopolis
as Nolan · 2015
Heidi
as Mr. Sessemann · 2005
Small Hours
as Jackson (voice) · 2026
Whoops Apocalypse
as Damien · 1986
Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie
as Maydo Archer · 2014
Snow White: The Sequel
as Additional voices (voice) · 2007
Get Well Soon
as Squadron Leader Fielding · 1997
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
as Narrator (voice) · 2008
Hornblower: The Even Chance
as Lieutenant Eccleston · 1998
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Garwood · 2021
Coup!
as Mark Thatcher · 2006
Just Ask for Diamond
as Vicar · 1988
Twenty-One
as Mr. Metcalfe · 1991
Dave Allen at Peace
as Charles Curran · 2018
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
as Prince Henry · 2023
A Breed of Heroes
as Maj. Edward Lumley · 1994
Sex Actually
as Charles · 2005
Bloodsport
· 2025
Hattie
as John Le Mesurier · 2011
Teams from Hell
· 1989
Three Sisters
as Vershinin · 2003
The Secret
as Alex Faraday · 2002
White Teeth
as Marcus Malfen · 2002
A Family Portrait
as Robert (voice) · 2009
Christmas at the Four Seasons: Park Lane
as Narrator · 2024
The Safe House
as Dr. Adam Daley · 2002
Raising Sancho
as Narrator · 2008
The Fall
as Michael Hamilton · 2021