77, Londen-Highbury, 14 februari, kanker
Engels acteur, vooral in theater (Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre). Filmdebuut in Nicholas and Alexandra (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1971). Ook bij voorbeeld in Pope Joan (Michael Anderson, 1972), Hennessy (Don Sharp, 1975), Personal Services (Terry Jones, 1987), Partition (Ken McMullen, 1987), Testimony (Tony Palmer, 1987), How to Get Ahead in Advertising (Bruce Robinson, 1989), Two Deaths (Nicolas Roeg, 1995), England, My England (als Samuel Pepys; Palmer, 1995), 101 Dalmatians (Stephen Herek, 1996), Notting Hill (Roger Michell, 1999), Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000), The Body (Jonas McCord, 2001), Claim (Martin Lagestee, 2002), K19: The Widowmaker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2002), Troy (als Nestor; Wolfgang Petersen, 2004), Sparkle (Tom Hunsinger en Neil Hunter, 2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Shekhar Kapur, 2007), Mirrors (Alexandre Aja, 2008), The Duchess (Saul Dibb, 2008), An Organization of Dreams (McMullen, 2009) en The Awakening (Nick Murphy, 2011). Schoonzoon van actrice Deborah Kerr. Vader van acteur Lex Shrapnel.