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Michael Culkin | |
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Nationality | English |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1973–present |
Website | www |
Michael Culkin (born 2 July 1954) is an English theatre, film, and television actor probably best known for his role as Judge Buller in the BBC drama Garrow's Law . He appeared as Rab Butler in the first two seasons of The Crown , in The Iron Lady with Meryl Streep, opposite Johnny Depp in Mortdecai and with Hugh Grant in A Very English Scandal playing the Conservative politician Reginald Maudling. He appeared in two seasons of Poldark as Horace Treneglos and will return in the fourth season. He has extensive BBC and ITV Television credits as well as work at the National Theatre and in the West End where he starred with Maggie Smith in Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van . He is unmarried and lives in Thaxted, Essex, London and Norfolk with several dogs and a llama. He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1992 | Candyman | Phillip Purcell | |
1994 | Immortal Beloved | Jakob Hotscevar | |
1995 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | Phillip Purcell | |
1996 | Cold Lazarus | Inspector Challender | 1 episode |
1997 | Kavanagh QC | Arnold Westrode | Episode "Ancient History" |
Highlander | Bernie Crimmins | Episode "The Stone of Scone" | |
Into the Blue | Rex Cunningham | TV film | |
Soloman | Hiram of Naphtali | TV film | |
1998 | Our Mutual Friend | Mr Veneering | TV mini series |
Killer Net | Justin Holloway | TV mini series | |
Supply and Demand | Sir Phillip Saville | TV mini series | |
Inspector Morse | Mr Sergeant Williams | Episode "The Wench is Dead" | |
1999 | Queer as Folk | Martin Brooks | 1 episode |
Candyman: Day of the Dead | Phillip Purcell | ||
2000 | Don Quixote | 1st monk | TV film |
2001 | Perfect Strangers | Sidney | TV series |
Queen of Swords | Edward Wellesley | Episode "The Emissary" | |
2002 | Shackleton | Jack Morgan | TV film |
Relic Hunter | Winston Hubbard | Episode "Arthur's Cross" | |
2003 | In Deep | Hazlitt | Episode "Full Disclosure" |
2004 | La Femme Musketeer | Claude | TV film |
Murder City | Carl McCready | Episode "Under the Skin" | |
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Raphael | Episode "A Traitor to Memory" | |
2005 | Empire | Lucius | TV mini series |
Rome | Presiding magistrate | Episode "The Spoils" | |
2008 | Trial & Retribution | Judge | Episode "Conviction |
2009 | Runaway | Edward | TV miniseries |
Garrow's Law | Judge Buller | TV series | |
2010 | M.I. High | Mr Pronting | Episode "Millionaire Flatley |
Doctors | Hugo Blandford | 2 episodes | |
2012 | Downton Abbey | Archbishop of York | 2 episodes |
2013 | Justin and the Knights of Valour | Sebastian | Voice |
2014 | Law & Order: UK | Mr Justice Lockwood | Episode: "Flaw" |
2015 | Father Brown | Dr Barashi | Episode 3.8: "The Lair of the Libertines" |
Poldark | Horace Treneglos | TV series | |
2016 | Jericho | Mr Claybourn | TV series |
The Crown | Rab Butler | TV series | |
The Coroner | Charles Gower | Episode 2.2 "Perfectly Formed" | |
2018 | Holmes & Watson | The Judge |
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