Career

When Project Character
2014 The Hobbit: There and Back Again The Necromancer
2013 August: Osage County “Little” Charles Aiken
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Smaug / The Necromancer
2013 The Fifth Estate Julian Assange
2013 12 Years A Slave William Ford
2010 – Present Sherlock Sherlock Holmes
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Khan / “John Harrison”
2012 The Simpsons Alan Rickman / Prime Minister (voice)
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Necromancer
2012 Parade’s End Christopher Tietjens
2011 Wreckers David
2011 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Peter Guillam
2011 War Horse Major Stewart
2010 The Whistleblower Nick Philips
2010 Third Star James
2010 Van Gogh: Painted with Words Vincent Van Gogh
2010 Four Lions Ed
2010 Burlesque Fairytales Henry Clark
2009 Small Island Bernard
2009 Creation Joseph Hooker
2008 Marple: Murder Is Easy Luke Fitzwilliam
2008 The Last Enemy Stephen Ezard
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl William Carey
2007 Stuart: A Life Backwards Alexander Masters
2007 Atonement Paul Marshall
2007 Inseparable Joe/Charlie
2006 Amazing Grace William Pitt
2006 Starter for 10 Patrick Watts
2005 Broken News Will Parker
2005 To the Ends of the Earth Edmund Talbot
2005 Nathan Barley Robin
2004 Hawking Stephen Hawking
2004 Heartbeat Toby Fisher
2004 Dunkirk Lt Jimmy Langley
2003 Fortysomething Rory Slippery
2003 Spooks Jim North (uncredited)
2003 Cambridge Spies Edward Hand
2003 To Kill A King Royalist
2002 Silent Witness Warren Reid
2002 Tipping the Velvet Freddy
2002 Fields of Gold Jeremy
2002 Hills Like White Elephants The Man