Julian Firth

Acting

Born March 12, 1960, Bristol, England United Kingdom

Julian Firth (born 8 January 1961) is an English actor, best known for his roles as troubled inmate Davis in the cinematic version of the film Scum and as Brother Jerome in the long-running television series Cadfael. Firth has enjoyed a consistent acting career in the theatre and has appeared in numerous television productions, including Jeeves and Wooster, The Bill, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Margaret. He also appeared in the video of the 1982 hit single Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth, in which he appears as a pompous prosecuting barrister. In 1984, he was cast alongside Rob Lowe in Oxford Blues as Lowe's Oriel College roommate and confidant, providing inside information. In 2011 he appeared in the television film The Suspicions of Mr Whicher for ITV. He also appeared in the drama The Queen in 2006, as Blair's aide. In 2017, Firth joined the cast of the HBO series Game of Thrones in Eastwatch, an episode of Season 7 as Archmaester Sandhu. Firth grew up in Bristol, attending Elmlea Primary School, Clifton College, and Bristol Grammar School.

Filmography

• 2025The Estate
• 2025The Yellow Tie — School Teacher
• 2024Sebastian — Ian
• 2024Sense and Sensibility — Henry Dashwood
• Sister Boniface Mysteries — Dickie Whitfield
• 2022The Lost King — RR Lawrence
• 2021The Last Duel — King's Uncle
• Patrick Melrose — Tony Fowles
• 2016A United Kingdom — Mr. Speaker
• Victoria — Lord Powis
• 2015Blood and Carpet — Rupert
• 2015Burnt — Langham Maitre'd
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell — Auctioneer
• 2014Electricity — Consultant Neurologist
• 2013Diana — Sydney Official
• 2013Lucan — Eastham
• Call the Midwife — Dr. Carlson
• Restless — Club Servant
• Ripper Street — Mr. Wheen
• Secret State — Piers Jupp
• Game of Thrones — Citadel Maester
• 2010Mr. Nice — MIG Duncan
• 2009Margaret — Norman Lamont
• 2008The Bank Job — Lawyer
• 2006The Queen — Blair's Aide
• 2004Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London — Isambard Jerkalot
• Gunpowder, Treason & Plot — Peers the Parliamentarian
• Hustle — Jeremy Garrett
• Murder City
• The Alan Clark Diaries — Peter Rost
• 2003Byron — Thomas Moore
• Byron — Thomas Moore
• Cambridge Spies — Prince of Wales
• 2003Sylvia — James Michie
• 2000Bedazzled — John Wilkes Booth
• 2000The Sight — Tourist in New York
• 1999Beautiful People — Edward Thornton
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert — Richard Meinertzhagen
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom — Richard Meinertzhagen
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell — Lambert
• The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling — Northerton
• 1995The Virgin in the Ice — Brother Jerome
• Cadfael — Brother Jerome
• 1994Monk's Hood — Brother Jerome
• 1994One Corpse Too Many — Brother Jerome
• 1994The Leper of St. Giles — Brother Jerome
• 1994The Sanctuary Sparrow — Brother Jerome
• 1993Foreign Affairs — Burberry's Assistant
• 1993Shadowlands — Father John Fisher
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles — Lambert
• 1991Heading Home — Charlie
• 1991The Grass Arena — Bates
• Jeeves and Wooster — Bicky
• 1990The Fool
• 1990The Secret Life of Ian Fleming — Quincy
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Bank Teller
• 1989Paris by Night — Lawrence
• Shadow of the Noose — Wellesley Orr
• Stay Lucky — Teddy
• 1988The Yob — Leonard
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — John Oldbury
• 1986Absolute Beginners — The Misery Kid
• 1985Lifeforce — Second Boy in Park
• Oliver Twist — Noah Claypole
• Screen Two — Bates
• 1984Long Live the Babe — Will
• Morgan's Boy — Greener
• 1984Oxford Blues — Geordie Nevitts
• The Bill
• 1984The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel — RADA Student
• 1984The Little Drummer Girl — Young Man
• 1983Forever Young — Young James
• 1983Runners — Researcher
• The Old Men at the Zoo — Allan Langley-Beard
• The Comic Strip Presents... — Leonard
• 1979Quadrophenia — Mod (uncredited)
• 1979Scum — Davis
• 1978Absolution — a boy