Martin Jarvis

Actor

Born August 4, 1941 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and audio recording. He is also the author of two bestselling books: a hilarious autobiography Acting Strangely and a compelling account of his award-winning time on Broadway in 2001: Broadway, Jeeves - The Diary of a Theatrical Adventure, both published by Methuen. In 2010 he starred as Vincent Hogg in a new production of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Cracked in ITV/WGHB's popular 'Miss Marple' series. In 2009, he starred in BBC2's comedy/drama Taking the Flak, receiving outstanding reviews for his performance as national treasure tv journalist David Bradburn. He stars in the feature film Neander Jin - Return of the Neanderthal Man (US/ Germany co-production, 2010) as Peter Blodnik, network mogul.

Filmography

Brave the Dark

Henry V (voice)

Tales of the Tardis

Governor

New Chilling Tales: The Anthology

Self - Narrator

Hallelujah!

Self

Batman: Assault on Arkham

Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

United Passions

Sir Stanley Rous

Cosmos

Humphry Davy (voice)

By Any Means

Paul Hollander

Phil Spector

British TV Interviewer

Endeavour

Henry Broom

Father Brown

Graham Snow

Wreck-It Ralph

Saitine (voice)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Birger

Batman: Arkham City (The Movie)

Alfred Pennyworth

Just William

Narrator (voice)

Inside the Actor's Workshop

Interviewer

Beware of What You Wish For

hinself

Taking the Flak

Underfist: Halloween Bash

Nergal / Police Officer / Tarvis (voice)

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Johannes Hentschel (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Ruby in the Smoke

Voice of Capt. Lockhart (voice)

Much Ado About Nothing

Leonard

ShakespeaRe-Told

Leonard

Tales of Isop

Self

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

William / Bartok (voice)

Numb3rs

Taylor Ashby

Agatha Christie's Marple

Vincent Hogg

Stargate Atlantis

Davos

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

Bootleg

Mr. Blades

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Cowfrey Pitt

By Jeeves

Jeeves

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Nergal

Lorna Doone

Baron de Whichehalse

Lorna Doone

Baron de Whichehalse

Jackie Chan Adventures

(voice)

Max Steel

John Dread (voice)

Titanic

Sir Duff Gordon

Extreme Ghostbusters

Testament: The Bible in Animation

Moses / God (voice)

Richie Rich

Cadbury, Bascomb

The Queen's Nose

Frank

Space: Above and Beyond

The Absence of War

Linus Frank

An Audience with Ken Dodd

Self

The Tick

Breadmaster (voice)

Calliope

O'Brien

Scarlet and Black

Monsieur de Renal

Walker, Texas Ranger

Colin Draper

The Tempest

Narrator

A Touch of Frost

Harvey Wade

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Narrator (voice)

Emily's Ghost

Papa

Murder Most Horrid

Maurice Howling

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

Sharp Shooter / Lightening (voice)

Huxley Pig

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Captain Warburton

Buster

Inspector Jack Mitchell

The Reluctant Dragon

Narrator / Boy / Father (voice)

Dispatches

Inspector Morse

Randall Rees

Make and Break

Frank

Casualty

Bart

Artists and Models

Commentary (voice)

Lovejoy

Adam Bailey

The Black Tower

Wilfred Anstey

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

The Governor

Screen Two

Linus Frank

Murder, She Wrote

Giles Havelock

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

Armitage

Hamlet

Self - Presenter

Natural World

Narrator

Countdown

The Bunker

Johannes Hentschel

Ike

King George VI

Rings on Their Fingers

Oliver Pryde

Enemy at the Door

Nils Borg

An Audience with...

Self

Charades

Sir Fergus / Sir James

True Patriot

Klaus

BBC2 Play of the Week

Klaus

Rumpole of the Bailey

Canon Timothy Donkin

David Copperfield

Uriah Heep

NOVA

G.H. Hardy (voice)

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Butler

The Pallisers

Frank Greystock

Arthur of the Britons

The Moonstone

Godfrey Ablewhite

The Moonstone

Godfrey Ablewhite

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Philip Marsden

Play for Today

Sir Fergus / Sir James

Taste the Blood of Dracula

Jeremy Secker

The Last Escape

Lt. Donald Wilcox

Paul Temple

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Godfrey Footman

Nicholas Nickleby

Look at Life: On the Meter

Self

ITV Playhouse

David Bryant

The Forsyte Saga

Jolyon 'Jon' Forsyte

Secrets of a Windmill Girl

BBC Play of the Month

Aircraftman Dickinson

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Father Ramon

Doctor Who: The Web Planet

Hillo

Detective

Doctor Who

Hilio

Dixon of Dock Green

Vic Hallan