
Robert Lindsay
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Biography
Robert Lindsay Stevenson, better known as Robert Lindsay, is an English actor known for his stage and television work, including appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in musical theatre, and his roles as Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Captain Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family. He has won a BAFTA, a Tony Award and three Olivier Awards for his work.
Known For
Filmography

Generation Z
2024
as Morgan

Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2023
as Narrator

Dodger Special: Christmas
2022
as William Lamb

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2022
as Oberon

Sherwood
2022
as Franklin Warner

Anything Goes
2021
as Moonface Martin
Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes
2021
as Narrator

The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes
2021
as Narrator

McDonald & Dodds
2020
as Max Crockett

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
as King John

Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
2018
as Narrator

The Secret Life of Owls
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
as Self

Walks with My Dog
2017
as Self

Genius
2017
as Hermann Einstein
The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl
2016
as Self

The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
2015

Galavant
2015
as Chester Wormwood

Grace of Monaco
2014
as Aristotle Onassis

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
as Self

Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army
2013
as (archive footage)

Atlantis
2013
as Daedalus

Spy
2011
as The Examiner
Doctors and Nurses at War
2009

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self

The Trial of Tony Blair
2007
as Tony Blair

The One Show
2006
as Self

Friends & Crocodiles
2005
as William Sneath

A Very Social Secretary
2005
as Tony Blair

Gideon's Daughter
2005
as Sneath

Jericho
2005
as D.I. Michael Jericho

Extras
2005
as Robert Lindsay

Space Race
2005
as Narrator (voice)

Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
as Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
as Narrator (Voice)

Wimbledon
2004
as Ian Frazier

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self

Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew

Hornblower: Duty
2003
as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
as Self - Narrator

Hornblower: Mutiny
2001
as Sir Edward Pellew

Hawkins
2001
as Luke Hawkins

Hornblower: Retribution
2001
as Sir Edward Pellew
Don't Eat the Neighbours
2001
as Rabbit

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters

Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery
2000
as Narrator

Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome
2000
as Narrator

Babies at 50
2000
as Narrator

My Family
2000
as Ben Harper

Castaway 2000
2000
as Narrator (voice)

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
1999
as Captain Pellew

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
as Sir Edward Pellew

Oliver Twist
1999
as Fagin

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998
as Sir Edward Pellew

Divorcing Jack
1998
as Michael Brinn

Hornblower: The Even Chance
1998
as Captain Sir Edward Pellew

Hornblower
1998
as Sir Edward Pellew

Parkinson
1998
as Self

Fierce Creatures
1997
as Sydney Lotterby

Remember Me?
1997
as Jamie

Brazen Hussies
1996
as Billy Bowman

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996
as Narrator

The Office
1996
as Norman Platt

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
as Narrator (voice)

Jake's Progress
1995
as Jamie Diadoni

Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf
1994
as Narrator

The Wimbledon Poisoner
1994
as Henry Farr

Genghis Cohn
1993
as Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police

The Job
1992
as Narrator (voice)

Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Pete

G.B.H.
1991
as Michael Murray

Strike It Rich
1990
as Bertram

Nightingales
1990
as Carter

Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Host

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989
as Bert Rigby

Bosses From Hell
1989

Communicators From Hell
1989

Employees From Hell
1989

Teams from Hell
1989

Sales People from Hell
1989

Colleagues From Hell
1989

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Glynn Fennell

Confessional
1989
as Thomas Kelly

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984
as Mickey Noades

Much Ado About Nothing
1984
as Benedick

Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984

King Lear
1983
as Edmund

Cymbeline
1983
as Iachimo

Natural World
1983

Give us a Break
1983
as Mickey Noades

Wogan
1982
as Self

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981
as Lysander

All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as First French Lord

The Best of the Adventures
1981
as Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)

Seconds Out
1981
as Pete Dodds

Twelfth Night
1980
as Fabian

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Citizen Smith
1977
as Wolfie Smith
The Val Doonican Music Show
1977

Adventures of a Taxi Driver
1976
as Tom

Three for All
1975
as Tom

The Crazy Kill
1975
as Policeman at Roadblock

Get Some In!
1975
as Jakey Smith

The Good Life
1975
as Reform School Youth

That'll Be The Day
1973
as Terry Sutcliffe

Centre Play
1973
as Toby

Centre Play
1973
as Ken

The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self - Nominee