James Fleet

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Biography

James Edward Fleet (born 11 March 1952) is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley.

Known For

Bridgerton

King George III

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Tom

Outlander

Reverend Wakefield

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Tom

Sense and Sensibility

John Dashwood

The Phantom of the Opera

Lefevre

Skins

Martin

Operation Mincemeat

Charles Fraser-Smith

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	My Mother's Wedding MOVIE	Geoff
2025	I, Jack Wright TV	Bobby Botham
2025	The Feud TV	Derek Abshire
2025	Brian and Maggie TV	Ronald Millar
2024	A Very British Hotel at Christmas MOVIE	Narrator
2024	Broken Bird MOVIE	Self
2023	Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story TV	King George
2023	Tom Jones TV	Squire Allworthy
2023	Dodger Special: Bad Egg MOVIE	Judge Fang
2022	Dodger Special: Christmas MOVIE	Judge Fang
2022	Dodger Special: Train MOVIE	Judge Fang
2022	The Lost King MOVIE	John Ashdown-Hill
2022	Karen Pirie TV	Mick Prentice Snr
2022	Wolf Manor MOVIE	Oliver Lawrence
2022	Operation Mincemeat MOVIE	Charles Fraser-Smith
2021	The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out MOVIE	Self
2021	The Watch TV	Archchancellor of Unseen University
2020	Bridgerton TV	King George III
2020	The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown MOVIE	Hugo Horton
2020	Blithe Spirit MOVIE	Harry Price
2020	All Creatures Great & Small TV	Colonel Merrick
2020	The Pale Horse TV	Oscar Venables
2019	Thanks for the Memories TV	Patrick Conway
2019	National Theatre Live: Les Blancs MOVIE	Dr. Willy Dekoven
2019	Carry Ons at the Castle MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2019	Born a King MOVIE	George V
2019	One Red Nose Day and a Wedding MOVIE	Tom
2018	Death on the Tyne MOVIE	Captain Jack Pearson
2018	The Spy Who Dumped Me MOVIE	Tom
2018	Patrick Melrose TV	Sir Victor Eisen
2017	Revolution: New Art for a New World MOVIE	Wassily Kandinsky (voice)
2017	Love of My Life MOVIE	Tom
2017	Urban Myths TV	The Professor
2016	British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves MOVIE	Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016	Love & Friendship MOVIE	Sir Reginald DeCourcy
2016	Houdini & Doyle TV	Dr. Pilsen
2016	Billionaire Boy MOVIE	Mr Darrow
2015	Unforgotten TV	Chris Lowe
2015	Partners in Crime TV	Carter
2015	Indian Summers TV	Lord Hawthorne
2014	Mr. Turner MOVIE	John Constable
2014	Outlander TV	Reverend Wakefield
2013	Death Comes to Pemberley TV	Mr Bennet
2013	Murder on the Home Front MOVIE	Professor Stephens
2013	Murder on the Home Front TV	Professor Stephens
2013	Plebs TV	Self
2013	It's Kevin TV	Various
2013	Father Brown TV	Dr. Adam Crawford
2013	Blandings TV	Colonel Fanshawe
2012	Bad Education TV	Richard
2012	The Hollow Crown TV	Hastings
2011	Death in Paradise TV	Jeremy Tipping
2011	The Decoy Bride MOVIE	William
2009	Micro Men MOVIE	Kenneth Baker
2009	Being Human TV	George Senior
2008	Little Dorrit TV	Frederick Dorrit
2007	Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle MOVIE	Alan Jenkins
2007	Lewis TV	Dr. Alex Falconer
2007	Skins TV	Martin
2006	Legit TV	Self
2006	School's Out TV	Self
2006	Hotel Babylon TV	Self
2005	A Cock and Bull Story MOVIE	Simon
2005	The Funny Blokes of British Comedy MOVIE	Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004	The Phantom of the Opera MOVIE	Lefevre
2004	Murder in Suburbia TV	John Stanton
2004	Sea of Souls TV	Findlay Morrison
2003	Promoted to Glory MOVIE	Michael Prendergast
2003	Blackball MOVIE	Alan the Pipe
2003	Three Sisters MOVIE	Kulygin
2003	South from Granada MOVIE	Lytton Strachey
2002	Two Men Went To War MOVIE	Maj. Bates
2002	Fields of Gold MOVIE	Alan Buckley
2002	Young Arthur MOVIE	Merlin
2002	Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime MOVIE	Alderman Fitzwarren
2001	Charlotte Gray MOVIE	Richard Cannerly
2000	Brotherly Love TV	Self
2000	Chambers TV	Self
2000	Kevin & Perry Go Large MOVIE	Dad
2000	Monarch of the Glen TV	Self
2000	The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything TV	Self
1999	Milk MOVIE	Adrian
1998	Frenchman's Creek MOVIE	Sir Harry
1997	Spark TV	Ashley Parkerwell
1997	Underworld TV	Self
1997	A Dance to the Music of Time TV	Moreland
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Ralph Plummer
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Michael Falconer
1997	Remember Me? MOVIE	Donald
1996	The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders TV	James Bland
1996	The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders MOVIE	James Bland
1996	Crossing the Floor MOVIE	Prime Minister
1996	Lord of Misrule MOVIE	Prime Minister
1996	Eskimo Day MOVIE	Simon
1995	The Butterfly Effect MOVIE	Oswald
1995	Sense and Sensibility MOVIE	John Dashwood
1995	The Grotesque MOVIE	Inspector Limp
1995	3 Steps to Heaven MOVIE	Harry Roberts
1994	Milner MOVIE	Hugh Bonning
1994	The Vicar of Dibley TV	Hugo Horton
1994	Harry Enfield and Chums TV	Teacher Mr. Banks
1994	Four Weddings and a Funeral MOVIE	Tom
1993	Cracker TV	Michael Trant
1993	An Exchange of Fire TV	Michael Shanks
1993	A Year in Provence TV	Hugo Compton
1993	Femme Fatale MOVIE	Algie
1992	Electric Moon MOVIE	Simon Lidell
1992	Common Pursuit MOVIE	Self
1992	Running Late MOVIE	James Grahame
1992	Blue Black Permanent MOVIE	Jim Thorburn
1991	Murder Most Horrid TV	Tom
1991	The Advocates TV	Self
1991	They Never Slept MOVIE	Bob
1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries TV	Neil Fairfax (uncredited)
1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries TV	Neil Fairfax
1987	Still Crazy Like a Fox MOVIE	Bellhop
1986	Defence of the Realm MOVIE	Ministry Man
1985	Screen Two TV	Peter Wentworth
1985	Screen Two TV	Bob
1985	Screen Two TV	Prime Minister
1985	Screen Two TV	Algie
1984	The Bill TV	Paul Morgan
1979	The Omega Factor TV	Self
1978	Grange Hill TV	Mr. Perkins

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