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.

Filmography

• Missed Call
• Generation Z — Morgan
• 2023Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition — Narrator
• 2022A Midsummer Night's Dream — Oberon
• 2022Dodger Special: Christmas — William Lamb
• Sherwood — Franklin Warner
• 2021Anything Goes — Moonface Martin
• Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes — Narrator
• The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes — Narrator
• McDonald & Dodds — Max Crockett
• 2019Maleficent: Mistress of Evil — King John
• 2018Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — Narrator
• Genius — Hermann Einstein
• 2017Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
• Galavant — Chester Wormwood
• 2015The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
• 2014Grace of Monaco — Aristotle Onassis
• Atlantis — Daedalus
• 2013Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army — (archive footage)
• Spy — The Examiner
• Doctors and Nurses at War
• 2007The Trial of Tony Blair — Tony Blair
• 2005A Very Social Secretary — Tony Blair
• Extras — Robert Lindsay
• 2005Friends & Crocodiles — William Sneath
• 2005Gideon's Daughter — Sneath
• Jericho — D.I. Michael Jericho
• Space Race — Narrator (voice)
• 2004Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection — Narrator (Voice)
• 2004Broadway's Lost Treasures II — Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")
• 2004Wimbledon — Ian Frazier
• 2003Hornblower: Duty — Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
• 2003Hornblower: Loyalty — Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
• The Day the Earth was Born — Presenter
• Don't Eat the Neighbours — Rabbit
• 2001Hawkins — Luke Hawkins
• 2001Hornblower: Mutiny — Sir Edward Pellew
• 2001Hornblower: Retribution — Sir Edward Pellew
• 2000Babies at 50 — Narrator
• Castaway 2000 — Narrator (voice)
• 2000Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery — Narrator
• My Family — Ben Harper
• 2000The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge: Poppy's Babies: The Construction of a New Home — Narrator
• 2000Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome — Narrator
• 2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings — Various Characters
• 1999Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil — Captain Pellew
• 1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters — Sir Edward Pellew
• Oliver Twist — Fagin
• 1999The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge: Sea Story: The Adventure to Find More Salt — Narrator
• 1998Divorcing Jack — Michael Brinn
• Hornblower — Sir Edward Pellew
• 1998Hornblower: The Even Chance — Captain Sir Edward Pellew
• 1998Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant — Sir Edward Pellew
• 1998The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge - The Secret Staircase: The Midwinter Festivities — Narrator
• 1997Fierce Creatures — Sydney Lotterby
• 1997Remember Me? — Jamie
• 1996Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night — Narrator
• 1996Brazen Hussies — Billy Bowman
• The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge — Narrator (voice)
• 1996The Office — Norman Platt
• Jake's Progress — Jamie Diadoni
• The Wimbledon Poisoner — Henry Farr
• 1994Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf — Narrator
• 1993Genghis Cohn — Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police
• Absolutely Fabulous — Pete
• 1992The Job — Narrator (voice)
• G.B.H. — Michael Murray
• Nightingales — Carter
• 1990Strike It Rich — Bertram
• 1989Bert Rigby, You're a Fool — Bert Rigby
• 1989Bosses From Hell
• 1989Colleagues From Hell
• 1989Communicators From Hell
• Confessional — Thomas Kelly
• 1989Sales People from Hell
• Tales from the Crypt — Glynn Fennell
• 1989Teams from Hell
• Screen Two — Otto Schatz
• 1984Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle — Mickey Noades
• 1984Much Ado About Nothing — Benedick
• 1984Royal Variety Performance 1984
• 1983Cymbeline — Iachimo
• Give us a Break — Mickey Noades
• 1983King Lear — Edmund
• Natural World
• 1981A Midsummer Night's Dream — Lysander
• 1981All's Well That Ends Well — First French Lord
• Seconds Out — Pete Dodds
• 1981The Best of the Adventures — Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1980Twelfth Night — Fabian
• The BBC Television Shakespeare — Fabian
• Citizen Smith — Wolfie Smith
• The Val Doonican Music Show
• 1976Adventures of a Taxi Driver — Tom
• Get Some In! — Jakey Smith
• 1975The Crazy Kill — Policeman at Roadblock
• The Good Life — Reform School Youth
• 1975Three for All — Tom
• Centre Play — Toby, Ken
• 1973That'll Be The Day — Terry Sutcliffe
• 1973The Roses of Eyam — Francis Thornley
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Sam
• Omnibus
• Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch — Narrator

Appearances as themselves (18)

• The Secret Life of Owls — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Tate Britain's Great Art Walks — Self
• Walks with My Dog — Self
• 2016The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl — Self
• Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) — Self
• 2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas — Self
• The One Show — Self
• Parkinson — Self - Guest
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• Seven Wonders of the Industrial World — Self - Narrator
• Parkinson — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self - Host
• Wogan — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Winner / Performer
• The BAFTA Awards — Self - Nominee
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Presenter