RECENT CREDITS
9 (FILM)  Sep. 9, 2009
Up (FILM)  May. 29, 2009
The Summit (TV)  Jun. 15, 2008
Man in the Chair (FILM)  Dec. 7, 2007
The 61st Annual Tony Awards (TV)  Jun. 10, 2007


HIGHLIGHTS
2009 Voiced the villain in the Pixar animated film, "Up"
2009 Lent his voice to the feature-length adaptation of Shane Acker's short film, "9"
2007 Returned to Broadway as Henry Drummond in a revival of "Inherit the Wind"; earned seventh Tony nomination
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus  2009 -Doctor Parnassus
Actor
Film


The Koi Keeper   -Frank Olliver
Actor
Film


My Dog Tulip   -Voice
Actor
Film


Beginners   -Hal
Actor
Film


The Last Station   -Leo Tolstoy
Actor
Film


Byron  
Actor
Film


9  2009 -#1
Voice
Film


Up  2009 -Voice of Charles Muntz
Actor
Film


The Summit  2008 -Cast
Actor
TV


Man in the Chair  2007 -Flash Madden
Actor
Film


The 61st Annual Tony Awards  2007 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The Lake House  2006 -Simon Wyler
Actor
Film


Inside Man  2006 -Arthur Case
Actor
Film


The New World  2005 -Capt. Christopher Newport
Actor
Film


Syriana  2005 -Dean Whiting
Actor
Film


Four Minutes  2005 -Archie Mason
Actor
TV


Must Love Dogs  2005 -Bill
Actor
Film


Our Fathers  2005 -Cardinal Bernard Law
Actor
TV


Alexander  2004 -Aristotle
Actor
Film


National Treasure  2004 -John Adams Gates
Actor
Film


Blizzard  2003 -Santa
Actor
Film


Cold Creek Manor  2003 -Mr Massie
Actor
Film


The Gospel of John  2003 -Narrator
Actor
Film


Being Different  2003 -Narration
Narrator
Film


Nicholas Nickleby  2002 -Ralph Nickleby
Actor
Film


Ararat  2002 -David
Actor
Film


Lucky Break  2002 -Governor Graham Mortimer
Actor, Song Performer
Film


A Beautiful Mind  2001 -Doctor Rosen
Actor
Film


On Golden Pond (Cbs)  2001 -Norman Thayer
Actor
TV


Full Disclosure  2001 -FBI AgentRobert Lecker
Actor
Film


Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000  2000 -Matthew Van Helsing/ Abraham Van Helsing
Actor
Film


American Tragedy  2000 -F Lee Bailey
Actor
TV


Possessed  2000 -Archbishop Hume
Actor
TV


Nuremberg  2000 -Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Actor
TV


The Dinosaur Hunter  2000 -Hump Hinton
Actor
Film


The Insider  1999 -Mike Wallace
Actor
Film


Mr. & Mrs. Broadway  1999 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Blackheart  1999 -Holmes
Actor
TV


Celebrate the Century  1999 -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


The First Christmas  1998 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Winchell  1998 -President Franklin D Roosevelt
Actor
TV


The Andes  1998 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Hidden Agenda  1998
Actor
Film


Narrator
TV


Actor
Film


Skeletons  1997 -Reverend Carlyle
Actor
TV


The Conspiracy of Fear  1996 -Wakeman
Actor
TV


We the Jury  1996 -Wilfred Fransiscus
Actor
TV


David the Gnome  1996 -Narration
Narrator
TV


12 Monkeys  1995 -Dr Mason
Actor
Film


Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron  1995 -John Klaxon
Actor
TV


Dolores Claiborne  1995 -Detective John Mackey
Actor
Film


Crackerjack  1994
Actor
TV


Wolf  1994 -Raymond Alden
Actor
Film


A Stranger in the Mirror  1993 -Clifton Lawrence
Actor
TV


Liar's Edge  1992 -Harry Weldon
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Malcolm X  1992 -Chaplain Gill
Actor
Film


Voice
TV


Danielle Steel's "Secrets"  1992 -Mel Wexler
Actor
TV


Rock-a-Doodle  1992 -of the Duke
Voice
Film


Actor
Film


Madeline in London  1991 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Actor
TV


Madeline and the Gypsies  1991 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Actor
TV


Madeline's Rescue  1991 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Madeline and the Bad Hat  1991 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Young Catherine  1991 -British Ambassador
Actor
TV


Firehead  1991 -Colonel Garland Vaughn
Actor
Film


Madeline's Christmas  1990 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Counterstrike  1990 -Alexander Addington
Actor
TV


A Ghost in Monte Carlo  1990 -Grand Duke Ivan
Actor
TV


Where the Heart Is  1990 -The !#&@
Actor
Film


Nabokov on Kafka  1989 -Host, Narration, Vladimir Nabokov
Actor, Narrator, Actor
TV


Long Ago and Far Away  1989 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Shadow Dancing  1988 -Edmund Beaumont
Actor
Film


Madeline: The Musical  1988 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Narrator
TV


Souvenir  1988 -Ernst Kestner
Actor
Film


Light Years  1988 -of Metamorphis
Voice
Film


I Love N.Y.  1988 -John Robertson Yeats
Actor
Film


A Hazard of Hearts  1987 -Sir Giles Staverly
Actor
TV


Dragnet  1987 -Reverend Whirley
Actor
Film


The Boss' Wife  1986 -Mr Roalvang
Actor
Film


Spearfield's Daughter  1986 -Lord Jack Cruze
Actor
TV


Jerusalem: Within These Walls  1986 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Crossings  1986 -Armand DeVilliers
Actor
TV


The Boy in Blue  1986 -Knox
Actor
Film


An American Tail  1986 -of Henri
Song Performer, Voice
Film


Ordeal By Innocence  1985 -Leo Argyle
Actor
Film


Lily in Love  1985 -Fitzroy Wynn
Actor
Film


The Cosby Show  1984 -Jonathan Lawrence
Actor
TV
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Dreamscape  1984 -Robert Blair
Actor
Film


Prototype  1983 -Dr Carl Forrester
Actor
TV


Parade of Stars  1983 -Guest
Actor
TV


The Thorn Birds  1983 -Vittorio Contini-Verchese
Actor
TV


The Scarlet and the Black  1983 -Colonel Herbert Kappler
Actor
TV


Little Gloria... Happy at Last  1982 -Reginald Vanderbilt
Actor
TV


Dial M For Murder  1981 -Tony Wendice
Actor
TV


Eyewitness  1981 -Joseph
Actor
Film


When the Circus Came to Town  1981 -Duke Royal
Actor
TV


The Shadow Box  1980 -Brian
Actor
TV


Desperate Voyage  1980 -Jacques Burrifous
Actor
TV


Somewhere in Time  1980 -W F Robinson
Actor
Film


Clytemnestra  1979 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Murder By Decree  1979 -Sherlock Holmes
Actor
Film


Hanover Street  1979 -Paul Sellinger
Actor
Film


International Velvet  1979 -John Seaton
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Uppdraget  1977 -Captain Behounek
Actor
Film


Jesus of Nazareth  1977 -Herod Antipas
Actor
TV


Aces High  1977 -Sinclair
Actor
Film


Arthur Hailey's "The Moneychangers"  1976 -Roscoe Heyward
Actor
TV


The Return of the Pink Panther  1975 -Sir Charles Litton
Actor
Film


The Man Who Would Be King  1975 -Rudyard Kipling
Actor
Film


Conduct Unbecoming  1975 -Major Alastair Wimbourne
Actor
Film


After the Fall  1974 -Quentin
Actor
TV


Waterloo  1970 -Wellington
Actor
Film


The Royal Hunt of the Sun  1969 -Atahualpa
Actor
Film


Lock Up Your Daughters!  1969 -Lord Foppington
Actor
Film


Battle of Britain  1969 -Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Actor
Film


Oedipus the King  1968 -Oedipus
Actor
Film


The Night of the Generals  1967 -Field Marshal Rommel
Actor
Film


Triple Cross  1966 -Eddie Chapman/
Actor
Film


Inside Daisy Clover  1966 -Raymond Swan
Actor
Film


The Sound of Music  1965 -Captain Georg Von Trapp
Actor
Film


Johnny Belinda  1958 -Dr Jack Richardson
Actor
TV


Wind Across the Everglades  1958 -Walt Murdock
Actor
Film


Little Moon of Alban  1958 -Kenneth Boyd
Actor
TV


Stage Struck  1958 -Joe Sheridan
Actor
Film


The Prince and the Pauper  1957 -Miles Hendon
Actor
TV


The Spiral Staircase   -Dr Sherman
Actor
TV


Starcrash   -Emperor
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Amateur   -Professor Lakos
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Mind Field   -Doctor Satorius
Actor
Film


Money   -Martin Yahl
Actor
Film


Red-Blooded American Girl   -Dr John Alcore
Actor
Film


Nosferatu a Venezia   -Paris Catalano
Actor
Film


Highpoint   -James Hatcher
Actor
Film


Kingsgate   -Tom
Actor
Film


Narrator
Film


Emotional Arithmetic   -David Winters
Actor
Film


Atentat u Sarajevu   -Ferdinand
Actor
Film


Already Dead   -Cast
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Closing the Ring   -Jack
Actor
Film


The Silent Partner   -Harry Reikle
Actor
Film


The Pyx   -Jim Henderson
Actor
Film




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Highlights

2009 Voiced the villain in the Pixar animated film, "Up"
2009 Lent his voice to the feature-length adaptation of Shane Acker's short film, "9"
2007 Returned to Broadway as Henry Drummond in a revival of "Inherit the Wind"; earned seventh Tony nomination
2006 Co-starred with Denzel Washington and Clive Owen in the Spike Lee directed hostage drama "Inside Man"
2005 Earned Emmy and SAG nominations for his portrayal of Boston's controversial Cardinal Bernard Law in Showtime's "Our Fathers"
2005 Starred in the geopolitical thriller "Syriana," based on the real-life memoirs of CIA agent Robert Baer; produced by George Clooney
2004 Returned to the stage for a production of "King Lear" at Lincoln Center's Beaumont theater; received a Tony nomination for his performance
2004 Cast as Aristotle in Oliver Stone's "Alexander"
2002 Co-starred in the historical drama feature "Ararat"
2001 Had pivotal role as a psychiatrist treating schizophrenic mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr (played by Russell Crowe) in "A Beautiful Mind"
1999 Portrayed TV journalist Mike Wallace in "The Insider" a film about tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe)
1997 Returned to Broadway in the one-man show "Barrymore" about the actor, John Barrymore
1994 Acted opposite Jason Robards Jr in revival of Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" on Broadway
1990 - 1993 Starred in TV series "Counterstrike" on USA network
1988 Toured USA in title role of "Macbeth"
1986 Provided voice of Henri for the animated feature "An American Tail"
1980 Appeared in award-winning telefilm "The Shadow Box" (ABC), directed by Paul Newman and co-starring Joanne Woodward
1979 Played Sherlock Holmes in the feature film, "Murder by Decree"
1976 Delivered Emmy-winning performance in "Arthur Hailey's 'The Moneychangers'" (NBC)
1974 Won a Tony Award for his performance in "Cyrano"
1973 Conceived and directed "Lovers and Madmen" an evening of Shakespearean love themes for Zoe Caldwell and himself
1968 Portrayed title role in feature "Oedipus the King"
1965 Most memorable film appearance as Baron Von Trapp in "The Sound of Music"
1961 London stage debut in "Becket"
1958 Made film debut in Sidney Lumet's "Stage Struck"
1956 Portrayed title role in "Henry V" at the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada
1955 Starred opposite Judith Anderson in a Paris production of "Medea"
1955 Delivered a compelling performance as the Earl of Warwick in Anouilh's "The Lark" opposite Julie Harris
1954 Broadway debut in "The Starcross Story" starring Katherine Cornell
1951 TV debut in CBC production of "Othello"
1948 Stage debut in "Cymbeline" at Canadian Repertory Theatre, Ottawa
Worked extensively in live TV during the 1950s on shows like "Kraft Television Theatre" and "Producers' Showcase" (both NBC) and "Appointment with Adventure" (CBS)


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