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English actor

Woodeson was born in Sudan and grew up in Haifa, Israel. He later moved to England, where he started performing at prep school in Sussex, and Marlborough College.

Woodeson's first work after drama school was a season at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool (1974–75), in a company that included Jonathan Pryce (artistic director), Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite and Bill Nighy. He has worked in regional theatre in the UK and US, at the Hampstead Theatre, the Young Vic and Almeida Theatre in London, and at the Manhattan Theatre Club. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and remained there seven years. starring Robbie Coltrane. In 1998 he appeared in Midsomer Murders "Death of a Hollow Man" as Avery Philips. He played SS Gruppenführer Otto Hoffman in the acclaimed BBC/HBO production Conspiracy (2001), starring Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth. He portrayed Harman Grisewood, in the 2008 TV programme Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story. He has guest starred on series such as Miami Vice, Midsomer Murders, A Touch of Frost, and Poirot. In the two 2005–06 HBO/BBC TV series of Rome, he played Posca, the personal slave of Julius Caesar. In 2007, he played Joseph Novak in 'Broken Souls', an episode of Foyle's War. In 2010, he appeared as Alexander Grozin, president of the fictional Eastern European state of Turgisia, in DR television production of Borgen. In 2013, he played William Corcoran, a proponent of Lamarckism, in the episode "Am I not Monstrous?" of Ripper Street. He also appeared in Agatha Christie’s Poirot "Dead Man’s Folly" as Detective Sergeant Hoskins. In 2014, he appeared as Volkov in the American miniseries The Assets, and as Algernon Wyse in a BBC TV adaptation of E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia. In 2014, he played Yaakov in "The Eichmann Show" for the BBC. In 2016, Woodeson played the role of Reverend Matthew Denning in the BBC TV series The Living and the Dead. He has also appeared in episodes of New Tricks, George Gently and Holby City. Woodeson played the lawyer, Thoyt in the BBC One 2017 television drama series Taboo.

Woodeson lives in London, but has also lived in the United States.

+YearTitleRoleNotes1980Heaven's GateSmall Man1990The Russia HouseNiki Landau1993The Pelican BriefStump1997Shooting FishMr. Collyns1997The Man Who Knew Too LittleSergei1998Titanic TownImmonger1998The AvengersDr. Darling1999Topsy TurvyMr. Seymour1999Mad CowsDetective Slynne1999Dreaming of Joseph LeesMr. Dian2000One of the Hollywood TenBen2006Amazing GraceHarrison2009Pope JoanArighis2011HysteriaDr. Richardson2012John CarterDalton2012Hannah ArendtWilliam Shawn2012SkyfallDoctor Hall2014Mr. TurnerGentleman Critics2015The Danish GirlDr. Buson2016RaceFred Rubien2016The Limehouse GolemToby Dosett2016Letters from BaghdadGeorge MacMunn2017The Death of StalinBoris Bresnavich2017DisobedienceRabbi Goldfarb2017Paddington 2Insurance Company C. E. O.2018BeirutHerzberg2019The HustleAlbert2019Jarhead: Law of ReturnMinister of Defense2021FirebirdColonel Kuznetsov2022My Father's SecretsOld Rabbi

YearTitleRoleNotes1980Here's BoomerTheoEpisode: "The Jockey"1980A Rumor of WarCpl. Kazmarak2 episodes1982The Hound of the BaskervillesSir Henry Baskerville4 episodes1984PiafEmilTelevision film1985Miami ViceArtie CrossEpisode: "Made for Each Other"1989BlackeyesStilkEpisode #1.11990Max and HelenMartin GreenbaumTelevision film1991For the Greater GoodMichael Parke Walsh MP3 episodes1991The Wolvis FamilyDr. Graham Wilcockson6 episodes1992A Fatal InversionInspector Winder2 episodes1992ScreenPlayGeoff HarrisEpisode: "Bad Girl"1992The Life and Times of Henry PrattDr. HargreavesEpisode #1.31992The Blackheath PoisoningsBertie Williams3 episodes1992, 1994Screen TwoKeith / Roland2 episodes1993Mr. Wroe's VirginsBrother Moses4 episodes1993Bonjour la ClasseLeslie Piper6 episodes1993PerformanceJorgen TesmanEpisode: "Hedda Gabler"1993CrackerHennessyEpisode: "The Mad Woman in the Attic: Part 2"1993The Poetry Hall of FameJohn KeatsTelevision film1994The ChiefMilvertonEpisode #4.81995Pie in the SkyMaurice PlummerEpisode: "Brown Bread"1995The Last EnglishmanAir Commodore BoyleTelevision film1997The Woman in WhiteAsylum Proprietor1998Midsomer MurdersAvery PhillipsEpisode: "Death of a Hollow Man"1998Animated Epics: BeowulfAschereTelevision film1999Great ExpectationsJohn Wemmick2000The Mrs Bradley MysteriesJohn ForresterEpisode: "The Rising of the Moon"2000ConspiracyOtto HofmannTelevision film2001Waking the DeadReece Dickson2 episodes2002Animated Tales of the WorldGreengrocer / Leader of PrimitivesEpisode: "The Crown and Sceptre"2002Helen WestBrian Redwood3 episodes2003A Touch of FrostAnton CaldwellEpisode: "Held in Trust"2004The Last DetectiveGerald LeymanEpisode: "Christine"2005Doc MartinVictorEpisode: "Blood Is Thicker"2005–2007RomePosca17 episodes2006Eleventh HourMartin CallanEpisode: "Containment"2007Rough DiamondRussian AmbassadorEpisode: "Old Gold"2008Foyle's WarJosef NovakEpisode: "Broken Souls"2008Poppy ShakespeareProfessorTelevision film2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse StoryHarman Grisewood2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Michael Warren2010BorgenAlexander GrozinEpisode: "Statsbesøg"2011The HourProfessor Beckett2 episodes2011ShamelessIsaacEpisode: "Frank Gallagher: Sent By God"2012SilkProfessor Stephen NymanEpisode #2.42012Secret StateLord Justice HolbeckEpisode #1.22012Loving Miss HattoErichTelevision film2013It's KevinVariousEpisode #1.62013Agatha Christie's PoirotDetective Sergeant HoskinsEpisode: "Dead Man's Folly"2013Ripper StreetDr. William CorcoranEpisode: "Am I Not Monstrous? "2013The Escape ArtistGeorge Balfour QC3 episodes2013MoonfleetBailiff2 episodes2014The AssetsVolkov2014The Honourable WomanJudah Ben Shahar4 episodes2014New TricksViktor ProustEpisode: "The English Defence"2014Mapp and LuciaAlgernon Wyse3 episodes2014BorgiaAlonso Pimental2 episodes2015The Eichmann ShowYaakov JonilowiczTelevision film2015Inspector George GentlyNormanEpisode: "Breathe in the Air"2016The Living and the DeadMatthew Denning6 episodes2016Friday Night DinnerRabbiEpisode: "The Funeral"2016–2017Holby CityArtem Chernik3 episodes2017DeliciousAllen BillingtonEpisode: "Funeral Plans"2017TabooRobert Thoyt5 episodes2017WillPhillip Henslowe3 episodes2019BaptistePeterEpisode: "Shell"2020QuizNicholas Hilliard QC2 episodes2021Silent WitnessDerek Galton2023A Paris ProposalJacques LaurentTelevision film2024Father BrownBernard RossEpisode: "The Dead of Night"2024Beyond ParadiseFather BrianEpisode: "#2.4"