Stephen Dillane

Acting

Born November 30, 1956, London, England, UK

Stephen Dillane (born 27 March 1957, Kensington, London) is a British actor. He is best known as Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones (2012–2015), Thomas Jefferson in John Adams (2008, Emmy-nominated), and DCI Karl Roebuck in The Tunnel (2013–2017, BAFTA-winning). He won a Tony Award for The Real Thing (2000). In film, he has appeared in Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Darkest Hour (2017), and Outlaw King (2018). He is married to Naomi Wirthner; his children include actor Frank Dillane, and his brother is Richard Dillane.

Filmography

• The Wanted Man — John Carmichael
• 2026How It Is
• 2026The Three Urns — The Damp Man
• 2026The Uprising — Archbishop Sudbury
• KAOS — Prometheus
• 2024The Outrun — Andrew
• Sherwood — Roy Branson
• 2022The Gold Machine — Narrator (voice)
• 2021Boxing Day — Richard
• Red Election — William Ogilvy
• Vigil — Shaw
• Alex Rider — Alan Blunt
• 2020The Man in the Hat — The Damp Man
• 2019The Professor and the Madman — Dr. Richard Brayne
• 2018Antigone
• 2018His Picture In Little
• 2018Outlaw King — King Edward I of England
• 2017Darkest Hour — Viscount Halifax
• 2017Mary Shelley — William Godwin
• The Crown — Graham Sutherland
• 2015Event for a Stage — Actor
• 2015Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience — Stannis Baratheon
• The Tunnel — Karl Roebuck
• A Touch of Cloth — Macratty
• Hunted — Rupert Keel
• 2012Murder: Joint Enterprise — Raglin
• 2012Papadopoulos & Sons — Harry Papadopoulos
• Secret State — Paul J. Clark
• 2012Twenty8K — DCI Stone
• 2012Zero Dark Thirty — National Security Advisor
• Game of Thrones — Stannis Baratheon
• 2011Perfect Sense — Stephen
• 200944 Inch Chest — Mal
• 2009Storm — Keith Haywood
• 2008Fugitive Pieces — Jakob Beer
• 2008God on Trial — Schmidt
• John Adams — Thomas Jefferson
• 2008Red Mist — Dr. Harris
• 2008The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall — Anthony Hurndall
• 2007Goal II: Living the Dream — Glen Foy
• 2007Savage Grace — Brooks Baekeland
• 2006Klimt — Secretary
• 2005Goal! — Glen Foy
• 2005Nine Lives — Martin
• 2005The Greatest Game Ever Played — Harry Vardon
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Finch
• 2004Haven — Mr. Allen
• 2004King Arthur — Merlin
• 2003The Gathering — Simon Kirkman
• 2002The Hours — Leonard Woolf
• 2002The Truth About Charlie — Charlie Lambert
• 2001Spy Game — Charles Harker
• The Cazalets — Edward Cazalet
• 2001The Parole Officer — Inspector Burton
• Anna Karenina — Karenin
• 2000Love & Rage — Dr. Coly
• 2000Ordinary Decent Criminal — Noel Quigley
• 2000The Darkest Light — Tom
• 1998Déjà Vu — Sean
• 1998Firelight — Charles Godwin
• Kings in Grass Castles — Patsy
• 1997Welcome to Sarajevo — Michael Henderson
• 1996Two If by Sea — Evan Marsh
• 1995The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd — Mr. Blackmore
• 1994Power and Lovers — Antonio
• The Rector's Wife — Jonathan Byrne
• You, Me and It — James Woodley
• 1992Frankie's House
• Frankie's House — Anthony Strickland
• 1992Hostages — Chris Pearson
• 1991Heading Home — Leonard Meopham
• Performance — Mr Blackmore
• Soldier Soldier — Captain Mike Davidson
• 1990Hamlet — Horatio
• 1989The Yellow Wallpaper — John
• 1988An Affair in Mind — Gray Harston
• Christabel — Peter Bielenberg
• The One Game — Nicholas Thorne
• 1987Business as Usual — Mr. Dunlop (as Stephen Dillon)
• 1987The Secret Garden — Captain Lennox
• 1986Frankie and Johnnie — Reporter at Press Conference
• ScreenPlay — George
• 1986Shift Work — George
• Screen Two — Leonard Meopham
• Remington Steele — Bradford Galt
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Captain Lennox
• Untitled Luther Sequel