Person
Robert Lindsay
Born 13 December 1949 76 years old Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK Who else is 76? → TMDB ↗
Robert Lindsay Stevenson, better known as Robert Lindsay, is an English actor known for his stage and television work, including appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in musical theatre, and his roles as Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Captain Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family. He has won a BAFTA, a Tony Award and three Olivier Awards for his work.
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17age in their first credit on record (1967)
59years on screen and counting
9credits in 1989, their busiest year
90dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 73 A Midsummer Night's Dream
2022as Oberon
Age: 72 Dodger Special: Christmas
2022as William Lamb
Age: 71 Anything Goes
2021as Moonface Martin
Age: 69 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019as King John
Age: 68 Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017
Age: 65 The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
2015
Age: 64 Grace of Monaco
2014as Aristotle Onassis
Age: 57 The Trial of Tony Blair
2007as Tony Blair
Age: 55 Gideon's Daughter
2005as Sneath
Age: 55 A Very Social Secretary
2005as Tony Blair
Age: 55 Friends & Crocodiles
2005as William Sneath
Age: 54 Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004as Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")
Age: 54 Wimbledon
2004as Ian Frazier
Age: 54 Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004as Narrator (Voice)
Age: 53 Hornblower: Duty
2003as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
Age: 53 Hornblower: Loyalty
2003as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
Age: 51 Hawkins
2001as Luke Hawkins
Age: 51 Hornblower: Retribution
2001as Sir Edward Pellew
Age: 51 Hornblower: Mutiny
2001as Sir Edward Pellew
Age: 51 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000as Various Characters
Age: 49 Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999as Sir Edward Pellew
Age: 49 Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
1999as Captain Pellew
Age: 48 Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998as Sir Edward Pellew
Age: 48 Hornblower: The Even Chance
1998as Captain Sir Edward Pellew
Age: 48 Divorcing Jack
1998as Michael Brinn
Age: 47 Fierce Creatures
1997as Sydney Lotterby
Age: 47 Remember Me?
1997as Jamie
Age: 46 Brazen Hussies
1996as Billy Bowman
Age: 46 The Office
1996as Norman Platt
Age: 43 Genghis Cohn
1993as Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police
Age: 42 The Job
1992as Narrator (voice)
Age: 40 Strike It Rich
1990as Bertram
Age: 39 Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989as Bert Rigby
Age: 39 Bosses From Hell
1989
Age: 39 Communicators From Hell
1989
Age: 39 Employees From Hell
1989
Age: 39 Teams from Hell
1989
Age: 39 Sales People from Hell
1989
Age: 39 Colleagues From Hell
1989
Age: 35 Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984as Mickey Noades
Age: 35 Much Ado About Nothing
1984as Benedick
Age: 34 Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Age: 33 Cymbeline
1983as Iachimo
Age: 33 King Lear
1983as Edmund
Age: 32 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981as Lysander
Age: 31 All's Well That Ends Well
1981as First French Lord
Age: 31 The Best of the Adventures
1981as Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 30 Twelfth Night
1980as Fabian
Age: 26 Adventures of a Taxi Driver
1976as Tom
Age: 25 Three for All
1975as Tom
Age: 25 The Crazy Kill
1975as Policeman at Roadblock
Age: 23 That'll Be The Day
1973as Terry Sutcliffe
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TV credits
Age: 76 Missed Call
2026
Age: 74 Generation Z
2024as Morgan
Age: 72 Sherwood
2022as Franklin Warner
Age: 70 McDonald & Dodds
2020as Max Crockett
Age: 67 Genius
2017as Hermann Einstein
Age: 65 Galavant
2015as Chester Wormwood
Age: 63 Atlantis
2013as Daedalus
Age: 61 Spy
2011as The Examiner
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Age: 59 Doctors and Nurses at War
2009
Age: 55 Jericho
2005as D.I. Michael Jericho
Age: 55 Space Race
2005as Narrator (voice)
Age: 55 Extras
2005as Robert Lindsay
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Age: 51 Don't Eat the Neighbours
2001as Rabbit
Age: 50 My Family
2000as Ben Harper
Age: 50 Castaway 2000
2000as Narrator (voice)
Age: 49 Oliver Twist
1999as Fagin
Age: 48 Hornblower
1998as Sir Edward Pellew
Age: 47 The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996as Narrator (voice)
Age: 45 Jake's Progress
1995as Jamie Diadoni
Age: 44 The Wimbledon Poisoner
1994as Henry Farr
Age: 42 Absolutely Fabulous
1992as Pete
Age: 41 G.B.H.
1991as Michael Murray
Age: 40 Nightingales
1990as Carter
Age: 39 Confessional
1989as Thomas Kelly
Age: 39 Tales from the Crypt
1989as Glynn Fennell
Age: 35 Screen Two
1985as Otto Schatz
Age: 33 Natural World
1983
Age: 33 Give us a Break
1983as Mickey Noades
Age: 31 Seconds Out
1981as Pete Dodds
Age: 28 The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978as Fabian
Age: 27 Citizen Smith
1977as Wolfie Smith
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Age: 27 The Val Doonican Music Show
1977
Age: 25 Get Some In!
1975as Jakey Smith
Age: 25 The Good Life
1975as Reform School Youth
Age: 23 Centre Play
1973as Toby
Age: 23 Centre Play
1973as Ken
Age: 19 ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969as Sam
Age: 17