James Fleet

James Fleet

​James Edward Fleet (born 11 March 1952) is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley.

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Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Ralph Plummer

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Michael Falconer

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

2011 • as Jeremy Tipping

Outlander

Outlander

2014 • as Reverend Wakefield

The Bill

The Bill

1984 • as Paul Morgan

Bridgerton

Bridgerton

2020 • as King George III

Filmography

2025

Brian and Maggie
Brian and Maggie
as Ronald Millar
TV - Released: 1/29/2025
The Feud
The Feud
as Derek Abshire
TV - Released: 4/14/2025
I, Jack Wright
I, Jack Wright
as Bobby
TV - Released: 4/23/2025

2024

Broken Bird
Broken Bird
Movie - Released: 8/30/2024
A Very British Hotel at Christmas
A Very British Hotel at Christmas
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/18/2024

2023

My Mother’s Wedding
My Mother’s Wedding
Movie - Released: 9/7/2023
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
as Judge Fang
Movie - Released: 4/7/2023
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
as King George
TV - Released: 5/4/2023
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
as Squire Allworthy
TV - Released: 4/30/2023
Beyond Paradise
Beyond Paradise
as Ernest
TV - Released: 2/24/2023

2022

Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat
as Charles Fraser-Smith
Movie - Released: 4/1/2022
The Lost King
The Lost King
as John Ashdown-Hill
Movie - Released: 10/7/2022
Wolf Manor
Wolf Manor
as Oliver Lawrence
Movie - Released: 8/28/2022
Dodger Special: Train
Dodger Special: Train
as Judge Fang
Movie - Released: 11/27/2022
Dodger Special: Christmas
Dodger Special: Christmas
as Judge Fang
Movie - Released: 12/4/2022

2021

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/6/2021
The Watch
The Watch
as Archchancellor of Unseen University
TV - Released: 1/3/2021

2020

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit
as Harry Price
Movie - Released: 11/10/2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
as Hugo Horton
Movie - Released: 12/20/2020
All Creatures Great & Small
All Creatures Great & Small
as Colonel Merrick
TV - Released: 9/1/2020
Bridgerton
Bridgerton
as King George III
TV - Released: 12/25/2020
The Pale Horse
The Pale Horse
as Oscar Venables
TV - Released: 2/9/2020

2019

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
as Tom
Movie - Released: 3/15/2019
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
as Dr. Willy Dekoven
Movie - Released: 9/1/2019
Born a King
Born a King
as George V
Movie - Released: 4/25/2019
Thanks for the Memories
Thanks for the Memories
as Patrick Conway
TV - Released: 9/29/2019

2018

The Spy Who Dumped Me
The Spy Who Dumped Me
as Tom
Movie - Released: 8/2/2018
Death on the Tyne
Death on the Tyne
as Captain Jack Pearson
Movie - Released: 12/15/2018
Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose
as Sir Victor Eisen
TV - Released: 5/12/2018

2017

Love of My Life
Love of My Life
as Tom
Movie - Released: 2/17/2017
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Revolution: New Art for a New World
as Wassily Kandinsky (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/8/2017
Urban Myths
Urban Myths
as The Professor
TV - Released: 1/19/2017

2016

Billionaire Boy
Billionaire Boy
as Mr Darrow
Movie - Released: 1/1/2016
Love & Friendship
Love & Friendship
as Sir Reginald DeCourcy
Movie - Released: 5/26/2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 9/12/2016
Houdini & Doyle
Houdini & Doyle
as Dr. Pilsen
TV - Released: 3/13/2016

2015

Unforgotten
Unforgotten
as Chris Lowe
TV - Released: 10/8/2015
Indian Summers
Indian Summers
as Lord Hawthorne
TV - Released: 2/15/2015
Partners in Crime
Partners in Crime
as Carter
TV - Released: 7/26/2015
The Great Pottery Throw Down
The Great Pottery Throw Down
as Self
TV - Released: 11/3/2015

2014

Mr. Turner
Mr. Turner
as John Constable
Movie - Released: 10/31/2014
Outlander
Outlander
as Reverend Wakefield
TV - Released: 8/9/2014

2013

Murder on the Home Front
Murder on the Home Front
as Professor Stephens
Movie - Released: 5/9/2013
Plebs
Plebs
TV - Released: 3/25/2013
Father Brown
Father Brown
as Dr. Adam Crawford
TV - Released: 1/14/2013
Death Comes to Pemberley
Death Comes to Pemberley
as Mr. Bennett
TV - Released: 12/26/2013
Blandings
Blandings
as Colonel Fanshawe
TV - Released: 1/13/2013
Murder on the Home Front
Murder on the Home Front
as Professor Stephens
TV - Released: 5/9/2013
It's Kevin
It's Kevin
as Various
TV - Released: 3/17/2013

2012

Bad Education
Bad Education
as Richard
TV - Released: 8/14/2012
The Hollow Crown
The Hollow Crown
as Hastings
TV - Released: 6/30/2012

2011

The Decoy Bride
The Decoy Bride
as William
Movie - Released: 6/6/2011
Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise
as Jeremy Tipping
TV - Released: 10/25/2011

2009

Micro Men
Micro Men
as Kenneth Baker
Movie - Released: 10/8/2009
Being Human
Being Human
as George Senior
TV - Released: 1/25/2009

2008

Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit
as Frederick Dorrit
TV - Released: 10/26/2008

2007

Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle
Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle
as Alan Jenkins
Movie - Released: 11/13/2007
Skins
Skins
as Martin
TV - Released: 1/25/2007
Lewis
Lewis
as Dr. Alex Falconer
TV - Released: 2/18/2007

2006

TV
School's Out
as Self
TV - Released: 4/19/2006
Hotel Babylon
Hotel Babylon
TV - Released: 1/19/2006
Legit
Legit
TV - Released: 9/16/2006

2005

A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story
as Simon
Movie - Released: 7/17/2005

2004

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
as Lefevre
Movie - Released: 12/8/2004
Sea of Souls
Sea of Souls
as Findlay Morrison
TV - Released: 2/2/2004
Murder in Suburbia
Murder in Suburbia
TV - Released: 3/13/2004

2003

Blackball
Blackball
as Alan the Pipe
Movie - Released: 5/18/2003
Three Sisters
Three Sisters
as Kulygin
Movie - Released: 2/13/2003
South from Granada
South from Granada
as Lytton Strachey
Movie - Released: 1/9/2003
Promoted to Glory
Promoted to Glory
as Michael Prendergast
Movie - Released: 12/21/2003

2002

Two Men Went To War
Two Men Went To War
as Maj. Bates
Movie - Released: 11/1/2002
Movie
Fields of Gold
as Alan Buckley
Movie - Released: 6/8/2002
Young Arthur
Young Arthur
as Merlin
Movie - Released: 5/2/2002
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
as Alderman Fitzwarren
Movie - Released: 1/1/2002

2001

Charlotte Gray
Charlotte Gray
as Richard Cannerly
Movie - Released: 12/28/2001

2000

Kevin & Perry Go Large
Kevin & Perry Go Large
as Dad
Movie - Released: 4/20/2000
Chambers
Chambers
TV - Released: 6/15/2000
Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love
TV - Released: 10/6/2000
Monarch of the Glen
Monarch of the Glen
TV - Released: 2/27/2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
TV - Released: 1/2/2000

1999

Milk
Milk
as Adrian
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999

1998

Frenchman's Creek
Frenchman's Creek
as Sir Harry
Movie - Released: 12/19/1998

1997

Remember Me?
Remember Me?
Movie - Released: 1/2/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Ralph Plummer
TV - Released: 3/23/1997
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Moreland
TV - Released: 10/9/1997
Underworld
Underworld
TV - Released: 11/4/1997
TV
Spark
as Ashley Parkerwell
TV - Released: 11/10/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Michael Falconer
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

Eskimo Day
Eskimo Day
as Simon
Movie - Released: 4/4/1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
as James Bland
Movie - Released: 10/13/1996
Movie
Lord of Misrule
as Prime Minister
Movie - Released: 5/6/1996
Crossing the Floor
Crossing the Floor
as Prime Minister
Movie - Released: 10/5/1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
as James Bland
TV - Released: 12/1/1996

1995

3 Steps to Heaven
3 Steps to Heaven
as Harry Roberts
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
as John Dashwood
Movie - Released: 12/13/1995
The Grotesque
The Grotesque
as Inspector Limp
Movie - Released: 9/9/1995
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect
as Oswald
Movie - Released: 12/20/1995

1994

Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral
as Tom
Movie - Released: 3/9/1994
Milner
Milner
as Hugh Bonning
Movie - Released: 12/19/1994
The Vicar of Dibley
The Vicar of Dibley
as Hugo Horton
TV - Released: 11/10/1994
Harry Enfield and Chums
Harry Enfield and Chums
as Teacher Mr. Banks
TV - Released: 11/4/1994

1993

Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale
as Algie
Movie - Released: 2/7/1993
Movie
An Exchange of Fire
as Michael Shanks
Movie - Released: 7/6/1993
Cracker
Cracker
as Michael Trant
TV - Released: 9/27/1993
A Year in Provence
A Year in Provence
as Hugo Compton
TV - Released: 2/28/1993

1992

Running Late
Running Late
as James Grahame
Movie - Released: 10/11/1992
Blue Black Permanent
Blue Black Permanent
as Jim Thorburn
Movie - Released: 1/1/1992
Movie
Electric Moon
as Simon Lidell
Movie - Released: 12/4/1992
Common Pursuit
Common Pursuit
Movie - Released: 11/9/1992

1991

They Never Slept
They Never Slept
as Bob
Movie - Released: 1/20/1991
Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid
as Tom
TV - Released: 11/14/1991
The Advocates
The Advocates
TV - Released: 4/2/1991

1987

Movie
Still Crazy Like a Fox
as Bellhop
Movie - Released: 4/5/1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Neil Fairfax (uncredited)
TV - Released: 8/2/1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Neil Fairfax
TV - Released: 8/2/1987

1986

Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm
as Ministry Man
Movie - Released: 5/9/1986

1985

Screen Two
Screen Two
as Peter Wentworth
TV - Released: 1/6/1985
Screen Two
Screen Two
as Bob
TV - Released: 1/6/1985
Screen Two
Screen Two
as Prime Minister
TV - Released: 1/6/1985

1984

The Bill
The Bill
as Paul Morgan
TV - Released: 10/16/1984

1979

The Omega Factor
The Omega Factor
TV - Released: 6/13/1979

1978

Grange Hill
Grange Hill
as Mr. Perkins
TV - Released: 2/8/1978