Iain Glen
Born 1961 · Scottish actor
Iain Alan Sutherland Glen is a Scottish actor. He has appeared as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the Resident Evil film series (2004–2016) and as Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). Other notable film and television roles include John Hanning Speke in Mountains of the Moon (1990), Larry Winters in Silent Scream (1990) for which he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, Manfred Powell in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Brother John in Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), the title role in Jack Taylor (2010–2016), Sir Richard Carlisle in Downton Abbey (2011), James Willett in Eye in the Sky (2015), Bruce Wayne in Titans (2019–2021), Magnus MacMillan in The Rig (2023–present), and Dr. Pete Nichols in Silo (2023–2025).
Iain Glen, in order
- 1988 Gorillas in the Mist: acted · directed by Michael Apted
- 1988 Paris by Night: acted · directed by David Hare · streaming on Prime Video, Prime Video (free), Fawesome
- 1990 Fools of Fortune: acted · directed by Pat O'Connor
- 1990 Mountains of the Moon: acted · directed by Bob Rafelson
- 1990 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead: acted · directed by Tom Stoppard · critics 64%, audiences 87% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1990 Silent Scream: acted · directed by David Hayman
- 1991 Ferdydurke: acted · directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
- 1992 Frankie's House (TV series): acted · directed by Peter Fisk
- 1993 The Young Americans: acted · directed by Danny Cannon
- 1996 Death of a Salesman (TV movie): acted · directed by David Thacker
- 1998 Mararía: acted · directed by Antonio Betancor
- 2000 Beautiful Creatures: acted · directed by Bill Eagles · critics 38%, audiences 33%
- 2000 Paranoid: acted · directed by John Duigan
- 2001 Gabriel & Me: acted · directed by Udayan Prasad
- 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: acted · directed by Simon West · critics 21%, audiences 47% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2002 Darkness: acted · directed by Jaume Balagueró
- 2002 The Case of Unfaithful Klara: acted · directed by Roberto Faenza
- 2002 The Soul Keeper: acted · directed by Roberto Faenza
- 2003 Song for a Raggy Boy: acted · directed by Aisling Walsh
- 2003 Spy Sorge: acted · directed by Masahiro Shinoda
- 2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse: acted · directed by Alexander Witt · critics 19%, audiences 60% · streaming on Netflix, Paramount+, AMC+
- 2005 Kidnapped (TV movie): acted · directed by Brendan Maher
- 2005 Kingdom of Heaven: acted · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 39%, audiences 72%
- 2005 Man to Man: acted · directed by Régis Wargnier
- 2005 Tara Road: acted · directed by Gillies MacKinnon
- 2007 Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution: acted · directed by Bille Eltringham
- 2007 Resident Evil: Extinction: acted · directed by Russell Mulcahy
- 2007 Starting Over (TV movie): acted · directed by Giles Foster
- 2007 The Last Legion: acted · directed by Doug Lefler
- 2008 City of Vice (TV series): acted
- 2009 Harry Brown: acted · directed by Daniel Barber · critics 63%, audiences 75% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, AMC+
- 2009 Into the Storm (TV movie): acted · directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan
- 2009 The Diary of Anne Frank (TV series): acted · directed by Jon Jones
- 2010 Doctor Who (2005) (TV series): acted
- 2010 Downton Abbey (TV series): acted · directed by Andy Goddard and Brian Kelly · critics 92%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, Peacock
- 2010 Jack Taylor (TV series): acted
- 2011 Borgia (TV series): acted · directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari and Christoph Schrewe
- 2011–19 Game of Thrones (TV series): acted · critics 89%, audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2011 The Iron Lady: acted · directed by Phyllida Lloyd · critics 52%, audiences 51% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2012 Resident Evil: Retribution: acted · directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
- 2012 The Hollow Crown (TV series): acted · directed by Richard Eyre
- 2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series): acted
- 2013 Kick-Ass 2: acted · directed by Jeff Wadlow
- 2014 Guy Martin's Spitfire (TV movie): acted · directed by James Woodroffe
- 2014 The Red Tent (TV movie): acted · directed by Roger Young · critics 77%, audiences 87%
- 2015 Eye in the Sky: acted · directed by Gavin Hood · critics 95%, audiences 82% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
- 2015 The Bad Education Movie: acted · directed by Elliot Hegarty
- 2016 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter: acted · directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
- 2017 My Cousin Rachel: acted · directed by Roger Michell · critics 76%, audiences 45% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2018 Mrs Wilson (TV series): acted · directed by Richard Laxton
- 2019 Game of Thrones: The Last Watch: acted · directed by Jeanie Finlay · critics 100%, audiences 33% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2020 Black Beauty: acted · directed by Ashley Avis
- 2020 The Racer: acted · directed by Kieron J. Walsh
- 2021 Reyka (TV series): acted
- 2021 Tides: acted · directed by Tim Fehlbaum
- 2023 Operation Napoleon: acted · directed by Óskar Thór Axelsson
- 2024 The Last Front: acted · directed by Julien Hayet-Kerknawi
- 2024 What About Love: acted · directed by Klaus Menzel
- 2026 Seven Dials Mystery (TV series): acted · directed by Christopher Sweeney
- Delicious (TV series): acted
- Impact (TV series): acted · directed by John Strickland
- Quezon: acted · directed by Jerrold Tarog
- Small Engine Repair: acted
- Tanvi The Great: acted · directed by Anupam Kher
- The Fear (TV series): acted