John Sessions
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 11 January 1953 · Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Died
- 2 November 2020
Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.
Known for
Acting 87
- 2021Belfast as Joseph Tomelty as Marley
- 2019Intrigo: Dear Agnes as Pumpermann
- 2019Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream as Self
- 2018Balls as Brownlow
- 2018The Town That Floored the World as Presenter
- 2017Finding Your Feet as Mike Abbott
- 2017Loving Vincent as Pere Tanguy
- 2016Denial as Prof. Richard Evans
- 2016Whisky Galore as Doctor McLaren
- 2016Florence Foster Jenkins as Dr. Hermann
- 2016Red Top as The Accountant
- 2016The Rack Pack as Ted Lowe
- 2015We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story as Arthur Lowe
- 2015Legend as Lord Boothby
- 2015Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Narrator
- 2015Mr. Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
- 2015Hiroshima: The Aftermath as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2014The Silent Storm as Mr. Smith
- 2014Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Thorne
- 2013Filth as Toal
- 201230 Years of Comic Strip
- 2012The Domino Effect as Talk Show Host
- 2011The Iron Lady as Edward Heath
- 2011The Hunt for Tony Blair as Norman Tebbit
- 2011The Real American: Joe McCarthy as Joe McCarthy
- 2010Gerard Kelly: A Celebration as Self
- 2010Spies and Lies as Folkes
- 2010Made in Dagenham as Harold Wilson
- 2010The Making of Plus One as Derek - the line producer
- 2009Nativity! as Mr. Lore
- 2009The Last Station as Dushan
- 2009Breaking the Mould as Edward Mellanby
- 2009Margaret as Geoffrey Howe
- 2008Inconceivable as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow
- 2007Reichenbach Falls as Professor Bell
- 2006The Good Shepherd as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
- 2006Low Winter Sun as Prof Barry Lennox
- 2006Scoop as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
- 2005The English Harem as Ridley
- 2005Rag Tale as Felix Miles Sty
- 2004Hawking as Dennis Sciama
- 2004The Merchant of Venice as Salerio
- 2004Five Children and It as Peasemarsh
- 2004Lighthouse Hill as Mr. Reynard
- 2004The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Rival Newspaper Editor
- 2004Stella Street
- 2003The Key
- 2002Gangs of New York as Harry Watkins / Lincoln
- 2002George Eliot: A Scandalous Life as George Henry Lewes
- 2002One of the Hollywood Ten as Paul Jarrico
- 2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as General Tannis
- 2001High Heels and Low Lifes as Director
- 2001David Macaulay: Mill Times as Shadrack Moore (voice)
- 2000A Profile of 'Brief Encounter' as Self
- 2000Around The World In 80 Days as Jean Passepartout (voice)
- 1999A Midsummer Night's Dream as Philostrate
- 1999The Man as Jerry Barnes
- 1999Faeries as Chudley (voice)
- 1998The Scarlet Tunic as Humphrey Gould
- 1998Cousin Bette as Musical Director
- 1998Faith as Brian
- 1998Queen's Park Story
- 1997My Night with Reg as Daniel
- 1996The Treasure Seekers as Redman
- 1996The Adventures of Pinocchio as Schoolmaster
- 1995In the Bleak Midwinter as Terry Du Bois
- 1994Princess Caraboo as Prince Regent
- 1994Citizen Locke as John Locke
- 1994David Macaulay: Roman City as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)
- 1993Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles as James Boswell
- 1992Freddie As F.R.O.7. as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)
- 1992Sellers' Best as Self
- 1991The Pope Must Die as Dino
- 1990Sweet Revenge as John
- 1990Some Enchanted Evening as Bobby Buffet
- 1989Henry V as Macmorris
- 1988Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan as Various Roles
- 1988Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show as Laurence Olivier (Voice)
- 1987Spitting Image: Election Special '87 as Various Characters
- 1987Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards as Various Roles
- 1987Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People as Antonio Gramsci
- 1986Sky Bandits as Flight
- 1986Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House as Various Roles
- 1986Whoops Apocalypse as Mr. Sweetzer
- 1986Castaway as Man in Pub
- 1984The Bounty as John Smith
- 1982The Sender as Patient
crew 1
- 2004Churchill: The Hollywood Years · additional dialogue
Writing 2
- 2004Stella Street · writer
- 1990Some Enchanted Evening · writer