Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is a British actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy, Ulysses in the STARZ television drama series Outlander and as the voice of Bulgy in the children's television series Thomas & Friends.

Filmography

• The War Between the Land and the Sea — General Austin Pierce
• Beyond Paradise — Dr. Roger Franklin
• Big Tree City — Additional Voices (voice)
• I Hate You — Lord Grutley
• Supertato — Narrator (voice)
• Toast of Tinseltown — Weech Beacon
• Milo — (voice)
• 2021Thomas & Friends: Animal Adventures — Bulgy (voice)
• 2020Fireman Sam: Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky — Malcolm Williams / Map-Screen 700
• Industry — Lord Oaki
• 2020Offering to the Storm — Aloisius Dupree
• 2020Thomas & Friends: Marvellous Machinery — Dr. Holyfield (voice)
• 2020Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue — Bulgy (voice)
• 2020Thomas and Friends: The Royal Engine — Bulgy / Beresford (voice)
• 2019Crawl — Governor
• 2019The Legacy of the Bones — Aloisius Dupree
• 2019The Queen's Corgi — Chief / Nelson (voice)
• 2018Patient Zero — General Pierce
• 2018The Commuter — Conductor Sam
• 2018Thomas & Friends: On the Go with Thomas — Bulgy / Bertie's Driver (voice)
• 2017Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience — Mr. Lion (voice)
• 2017The Invisible Guardian — Aloisius Dupree
• 2017Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor — Beresford (voice)
• 2016A Midsummer Night's Dream — Egeus
• Hooten & The Lady
• 2016Porridge — Judge
• 2016The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared — Seth
• The Rebel — Roderick
• 2015Crown for Christmas — Chancellor Riggs
• 2014Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain — Sparkie (voice)
• 2014On Angel Wings — Joseph
• Outlander — Ulysses
• 2014Shadows of a Stranger — Asmo
• Father Brown — Cardinal Papillon
• It's Kevin — Various
• Jo
• Plebs
• Bad Education — Politician
• 2012Chuggington: All Buckled Up! — Voice
• Dirk Gently — Terence Brown
• Death in Paradise — Anton Burrage
• 2011Mike the Knight: Magical Mishaps — Sparkie the Dragon
• 2011The Last Belle — The Barman
• 2010Hounded — Dr. Muhahaha
• Schizo Samurai Shitzu
• Reggie Perrin — Mr Fox
• The Cube
• Chuggington — Harrison
• Gotham Tonight — Comissioner Gillian B. Loeb
• Parents of the Band
• 2008The Dark Knight — Loeb
• M.I. High — Maximus Fiticus
• The History of the World Backwards
• Hyperdrive — Male Bulaahg
• New Street Law — Sir Nicholas Evans
• Not Going Out — Foreman
• Torchwood — General Pierce
• 2005Batman Begins — Loeb
• 2005Beneath the Skin — Jeremy
• Doctor Who — Moran
• 2005Fragile — Roy
• Harry & Paul
• Last Rights — Don
• 2003Bob the Builder: Bob's Friends and Family — J.J. (voice)
• 2003Chunky Monkey — Trevor
• Strange — Reverend Johnson
• 2002Mysteries of Easter Island — Narrator (UK)
• 2002The King's Beard — Jasper (voice)
• 2002War Game — Little General / King George V (voice)
• As If — Jerry
• 2001Christmas Carol: The Movie — Fezziwig (voice)
• Judge John Deed
• 2001Legacy of the Dragon — Narrator
• Murder in Mind — Ray Marker
• 2001The Whistle-Blower — Bobby De Luca
• Treasure — Voices
• Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
• Black Books — Inspector Norris
• 2000Hannibal: The World's Most Notorious Serial Killer Captured on Film — Narrator
• Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
• 2000Sorted — Doctor
• 1999The Criminal — Businessman
• 1999The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
• 1998Ted & Ralph — Interior Designer
• 1998The First 9½ Weeks — Remy
• 1997Coriolanus — Tullus Aufidius
• Jonathan Creek — Inspector Fell
• Midsomer Murders — Jordan Briggs
• 1996Circles of Deceit: Kalon — Interrogator
• Dennis the Menace and Gnasher — Sgt. Slipper (voice)
• Testament: The Bible in Animation — God (voice), Goliath (voice)
• 1996The Final Passage
• Backup
• Oscar's Orchestra
• The Thin Blue Line — European Commissioner Mustafa Delcroix
• 1994Othello — Othello (voice)
• The Fast Show — Various Characters
• 1992Black Poppies
• 1992Black and Blue — Jesse Jarman
• 1992In Dreams — Journalist/Dave
• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales — Othello (voice)
• Tales from the Poop Deck — Lieutenant Parkinson
• Virtual Murder — Professor Daniels
• 1990Chilling Out — Colin
• Jeeves and Wooster — Toto
• Bust — Steve
• Dempsey and Makepeace — Watson, Det. Sgt. Watson
• 1985Dutch Girls — Mkwela
• The Bill

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2020The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases — Self
• Vegas Virgins — Self - Narrator