Rolf Saxon

Rolf Saxon
Born	Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Website	www.rolfsaxon.com

Rolf Saxon is an American actor. He is well known for his voice-over work in video games, movies and TV shows.

Life and career

Rolf Saxon was born at Fort Belvoir in Alexandria, Virginia. ^[1] He has worked with American Conservatory Theater, Cal Shakes, the Berkeley Mime Troupe, and Omphalos Street Theatre Company. ^[1] He will also be starring in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning , set for debut in 2025, alongside Tom Cruise. ^[2]

Awards and nominations

Upon his graduation at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Saxon was awarded the Gold Medal. ^[3] While performing with the Omphalos Street Theatre Company at the Edinburgh Festival, he was nominated for the Fringe First Award. ^[1] Critics praised Saxon's performance as Victor Franz in The Price play, earning him the Best Actor in A Leading Role Award at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards . Films such as Saving Private Ryan and Tomorrow Never Dies , the TV series Agatha Christie's Poirot , and video games the Broken Sword series and The Witcher received several awards and nominations. ^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Lords of Discipline	Rowland
	Curse of the Pink Panther	2nd speedboat man
	Invitation to the Wedding	Peter
1984	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Patrolman
1985	The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission	Robert E. Wright
	D.P.	Soldier
1988	A Time of Destiny	Kentucky
	Joyriders	First American Sailor
1992	Wild West	Yuhudi
1996	Mission: Impossible	C.I.A. Analyst William Donloe
1997	Tomorrow Never Dies	Philip Jones
	Coronation Street Viva Las Vegas	Stephano Delaney	Video
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Lieutenant Briggs
1999	Entrapment	Director
	Teletubbies: Merry Christmas, Teletubbies!	Narrator (US voice)	Video
2000	Honest	Alden Wheaton
	Eisenstein	Hollywood Producer
	Obedience	Herbie Clayton	Short
	Teletubbies: Christmas in the Snow	Narrator (US voice)	Video
2002	Teletubbies: Silly Songs and Funny Dances
2011	Creature		(loop group)
2012	All I Think of is You	Wilkins	Short
2013	Being Us	Madrone
	The Book of Daniel	Nebuchadnezzar
2014	Alien Strain	Sheriff Espinosa
2015	Woman in Gold	Stan Gould
2016	A Hologram for the King	Joe Trivoli	Uncredited
2017	August Falls	Mikey
2018	After Ever After	Himself	Creative director and co-director
2025	Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning	William Donloe	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Little Lord Fauntleroy	Dick	TV movie
1981	The Gentle Touch	Doctor	1 episode
1982	Q.E.D.	American Associate
	Starting Out	Mr Moran	1 episode
1983	Play for Today	Chemist
	Shades of Darkness	Robert Elwell
	Chessgame	Mike Klobucki
1984	The First Olympics: Athens 1896	Tim Coldfelt	Unknown
	The Tripods	Black Guard	1 episode
1985	American Playhouse	Soldier
	Tender is the Night	American in Bar	Unknown
	Lace II	Hollywood Director	TV movie
1986	The Deadly Recruits	Mike Klobucki
1987	Pulaski	Jerome Summers	8 episodes
1989	Boon	Luke Hennessey	1 episode
	Birds of a Feather	Rodney Kauffman
	Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy	Frank	TV movie
1989–1990	Capital City	Hudson J. Talbot / Hudson J. Talbot III	22 episodes
1990	She-Wolf of London	Charlie Bodine	2 episodes
1991	The Upper Hand	Brian Thomas	Episode: "Old Flames"
	The Trials of Oz	Professor Ronald Dworkin	1 Episode
1992	Hostages	Plaskett	TV movie
1993	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Dr. Ames	Episode: "The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb"
	Runaway Bay	Daniel Vincent	1 episode
1994	Love Hurts	Sam Levison	4 episodes
1995	The Tomorrow People	Mr. Roach	1 episode
	Space Precinct	Lieutenant Verro Walker
	Crown Prosecutor	Tom Reid
	One for the Road	Hank
	Night Watch	Ted Fisk	TV movie
	The Affair	Capt. Marks
1996	London Suite	Carl Dolby
1997	The Canterville Ghost	Hiram Otis
1997–2001	Teletubbies	Narrator	Voice, United States/PBS Version
1999	Goodnight Sweetheart	Murray	Episode: "Grief Encounter"
	The Great Detectives	Reader	Episode: "The Simple Art of Philip Marlowe"
	Hippies	Jerry Gurvitz	Episode: "Protesting Hippies"
	RKO 281	Flunkie #1	TV movie
2003	Ultimate Force	Art Spellman	Episode: "The List"
2005	The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey	Sam Johnson	2 episodes
2006	Little Britain	US President
2011–2013	They Live Among Us	Father Buer / Fr. Buer	4 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role
1992	Lost in Yonkers	Eddie
1995	Oleanna	John
	Laughter on the 23rd Floor	Milt
1998	The Frogs	Dionysos
	A View from the Bridge	Eddie Carbone
2000	The Seven Year Itch	Richard
	The Graduate	Mr. Robinson
2001	Dinner with Friends	Gabe
2002	The Winter's Tale	Polixenes
	Pericles, Prince of Tyre	Simonides
	Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune	Johnny
2003	Chicago	Billy Flynn
2004	Blues for Mr. Charlie	Parnell James
2005	The Price	Victor Franz
	Death and the Maiden	Gerardo
2006	Jerry Springer: The Opera	Jerry Springer
	Hello Dolly	Vandergelder
2007	Babes in Arms	Seymour Flemming
2009	The Floating Light Bulb	Jerry
2011	Danger: Memory!	Kroll
	The Chosen	Malter

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars	George Stobbart	Voice
1997	Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror	George Stobbart, The Goat, Robert Foster
2000	Play with the Teletubbies	Narrator
2003	Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon	George Stobbart
2006	Broken Sword: The Angel of Death
2007	The Witcher	Leo
2009	Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars – Director's Cut	George Stobbart
2010	Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror – Remastered
2013	Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse	George Stobbart, Gehnen, Goat

References

1. "Rolf Saxon - Actor :: Bio". Official Saxon Website. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
2. McQuarrie, Christopher (May 23, 2025), Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (Action, Adventure, Thriller), Tom Cruise, Hannah Waddingham, Hayley Atwell, Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, retrieved November 18, 2024
3. "George Stobbart speaks! An interview with Rolf Saxon". The Gaming Liberty. February 28, 2011. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
4. Awards and nominations for films, TV series and video games in which Saxon was cast in:
   • "Awards Database — The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
   • "The Edgar Awards Database". Mystery Writers of America (TheEdgars.com). Retrieved May 26, 2009.
   • "TEDxYork: Charles Cecil - Revolution Games :: "Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars"". TED. July 18, 2011. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
   • "1UP: BAFTA Game Awards Nominees". 1UP . 2003. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
   • "Revolution Software (Former website "2004," WayBack Machine)". Revolution Software. February 25, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
   • "4th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". Game Developers Choice Awards. 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
   • "Video Games Awards 2010". BAFTA. February 16, 2010. Archived from the original on May 3, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
   • "Adventure Gamers: 2009 Aggie Award nominees". Adventure Gamers. February 5, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
   • "European Games Awards 2011 Winners". European Games Awards. 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
   • Sal 'Sluggo' Accardo. "GameSpy's Game of the Year 2007". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
   • "IGN Best of 2007". IGN. Retrieved August 12, 2008.

External links

• Rolf Saxon at IMDb
• Rolf Saxon at Film Reference