Actor profile

James Fleet

11th March 1952 Bilston, Staffordshire, England, UK Acting

James Edward Fleet (born 11 March 1952) is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley.

62 Movies 57 TV Shows 119 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

My Mother's Wedding poster

My Mother's Wedding 8th August 2025 as Geoff

A Very British Hotel at Christmas poster

A Very British Hotel at Christmas 18th December 2024 as Narrator

Broken Bird poster

Broken Bird 30th August 2024

Dodger Special: Bad Egg poster

Dodger Special: Bad Egg 7th April 2023 as Judge Fang

Dodger Special: Christmas poster

Dodger Special: Christmas 4th December 2022 as Judge Fang

Dodger Special: Train poster

Dodger Special: Train 27th November 2022 as Judge Fang

The Lost King poster

The Lost King 7th October 2022 as John Ashdown-Hill

Wolf Manor poster

Wolf Manor 28th August 2022 as Oliver Lawrence

Operation Mincemeat poster

Operation Mincemeat 1st April 2022 as Charles Fraser-Smith

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out poster

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out 6th March 2021 as Self

The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown poster

The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown 20th December 2020 as Hugo Horton

Blithe Spirit poster

Blithe Spirit 10th November 2020 as Harry Price

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs poster

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs 1st September 2019 as Dr. Willy Dekoven

Carry Ons at the Castle poster

Carry Ons at the Castle 19th May 2019 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Born a King poster

Born a King 25th April 2019 as George V

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding poster

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding 15th March 2019 as Tom

Death on the Tyne poster

Death on the Tyne 15th December 2018 as Captain Jack Pearson

The Spy Who Dumped Me poster

The Spy Who Dumped Me 2nd August 2018 as Tom

Revolution: New Art for a New World poster

Revolution: New Art for a New World 8th March 2017 as Wassily Kandinsky (voice)

Love of My Life poster

Love of My Life 17th February 2017 as Tom

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves poster

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves 12th September 2016 as Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited)

Love & Friendship poster

Love & Friendship 26th May 2016 as Sir Reginald DeCourcy

Billionaire Boy poster

Billionaire Boy 1st January 2016 as Mr Darrow

Mr. Turner poster

Mr. Turner 31st October 2014 as John Constable

Murder on the Home Front poster

Murder on the Home Front 9th May 2013 as Professor Stephens

The Decoy Bride poster

The Decoy Bride 6th June 2011 as William

Micro Men poster

Micro Men 8th October 2009 as Kenneth Baker

Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle poster

Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle 13th November 2007 as Alan Jenkins

A Cock and Bull Story poster

A Cock and Bull Story 17th July 2005 as Simon

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy 3rd March 2005 as Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Phantom of the Opera poster

The Phantom of the Opera 8th December 2004 as Lefevre

Promoted to Glory poster

Promoted to Glory 21st December 2003 as Michael Prendergast

Blackball poster

Blackball 18th May 2003 as Alan the Pipe

Three Sisters poster

Three Sisters 13th February 2003 as Kulygin

South from Granada poster

South from Granada 9th January 2003 as Lytton Strachey

Two Men Went To War poster

Two Men Went To War 1st November 2002 as Maj. Bates

Fields of Gold 8th June 2002 as Alan Buckley

Young Arthur 2nd May 2002 as Merlin

Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime poster

Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime 1st January 2002 as Alderman Fitzwarren

Charlotte Gray poster

Charlotte Gray 28th December 2001 as Richard Cannerly

Kevin & Perry Go Large poster

Kevin & Perry Go Large 20th April 2000 as Dad

Milk poster

Milk 1st January 1999 as Adrian

Frenchman's Creek poster

Frenchman's Creek 19th December 1998 as Sir Harry

Remember Me? poster

Remember Me? 2nd January 1997 as Donald

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders poster

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders 13th October 1996 as James Bland

Crossing the Floor poster

Crossing the Floor 5th October 1996 as Prime Minister

Lord of Misrule 6th May 1996 as Prime Minister

Eskimo Day poster

Eskimo Day 4th April 1996 as Simon

The Butterfly Effect poster

The Butterfly Effect 20th December 1995 as Oswald

Sense and Sensibility poster

Sense and Sensibility 13th December 1995 as John Dashwood

The Grotesque poster

The Grotesque 9th September 1995 as Inspector Limp

3 Steps to Heaven poster

3 Steps to Heaven 1st January 1995 as Harry Roberts

Milner poster

Milner 19th December 1994 as Hugh Bonning

Four Weddings and a Funeral poster

Four Weddings and a Funeral 9th March 1994 as Tom

Femme Fatale poster

Femme Fatale 7th February 1993 as Algie

Electric Moon poster

Electric Moon 4th December 1992 as Simon Lidell

Common Pursuit poster

Common Pursuit 9th November 1992

Running Late poster

Running Late 11th October 1992 as James Grahame

Blue Black Permanent poster

Blue Black Permanent 28th August 1992 as Jim Thorburn

They Never Slept poster

They Never Slept 20th January 1991 as Bob

Still Crazy Like a Fox 5th April 1987 as Bellhop

Defence of the Realm poster

Defence of the Realm 9th May 1986 as Ministry Man

I, Jack Wright poster

I, Jack Wright 23rd April 2025 as Bobby Botham

The Feud poster

The Feud 14th April 2025 as Derek Abshire

Brian and Maggie poster

Brian and Maggie 29th January 2025 as Ronald Millar

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story poster

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story 4th May 2023 as King George

Tom Jones poster

Tom Jones 30th April 2023 as Squire Allworthy

Karen Pirie poster

Karen Pirie 25th September 2022 as Mick Prentice Snr

The Watch poster

The Watch 3rd January 2021 as Archchancellor of Unseen University

Bridgerton poster

Bridgerton 25th December 2020 as King George III

All Creatures Great & Small poster

All Creatures Great & Small 1st September 2020 as Colonel Merrick

The Pale Horse poster

The Pale Horse 9th February 2020 as Oscar Venables

Thanks for the Memories poster

Thanks for the Memories 29th September 2019 as Patrick Conway

Patrick Melrose poster

Patrick Melrose 12th May 2018 as Sir Victor Eisen

Urban Myths poster

Urban Myths 19th January 2017 as The Professor

Houdini & Doyle poster

Houdini & Doyle 13th March 2016 as Dr. Pilsen

Unforgotten poster

Unforgotten 8th October 2015 as Chris Lowe

Partners in Crime poster

Partners in Crime 26th July 2015 as Carter

Indian Summers poster

Indian Summers 15th February 2015 as Lord Hawthorne

Outlander poster

Outlander 9th August 2014 as Reverend Wakefield

Death Comes to Pemberley poster

Death Comes to Pemberley 26th December 2013 as Mr Bennet

Murder on the Home Front poster

Murder on the Home Front 9th May 2013 as Professor Stephens

Plebs poster

Plebs 25th March 2013

It's Kevin poster

It's Kevin 17th March 2013 as Various

Father Brown poster

Father Brown 14th January 2013 as Dr. Adam Crawford

Blandings poster

Blandings 13th January 2013 as Colonel Fanshawe

Bad Education poster

Bad Education 14th August 2012 as Richard

The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown 30th June 2012 as Hastings

Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise 25th October 2011 as Jeremy Tipping

Being Human poster

Being Human 25th January 2009 as George Senior

Little Dorrit poster

Little Dorrit 26th October 2008 as Frederick Dorrit

Lewis poster

Lewis 18th February 2007 as Dr. Alex Falconer

Skins poster

Skins 25th January 2007 as Martin

Legit poster

Legit 16th September 2006

School's Out 19th April 2006 as Self

Hotel Babylon poster

Hotel Babylon 19th January 2006

Murder in Suburbia poster

Murder in Suburbia 13th March 2004 as John Stanton

Sea of Souls poster

Sea of Souls 2nd February 2004 as Findlay Morrison

Brotherly Love 6th October 2000

Chambers 15th June 2000

Monarch of the Glen poster

Monarch of the Glen 27th February 2000

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything poster

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything 2nd January 2000

Spark 10th November 1997 as Ashley Parkerwell

Underworld poster

Underworld 4th November 1997

A Dance to the Music of Time poster

A Dance to the Music of Time 9th October 1997 as Moreland

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Michael Falconer

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders poster

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders 1st December 1996 as James Bland

The Vicar of Dibley poster

The Vicar of Dibley 10th November 1994 as Hugo Horton

Harry Enfield and Chums poster

Harry Enfield and Chums 4th November 1994 as Teacher Mr. Banks

Cracker poster

Cracker 27th September 1993 as Michael Trant

An Exchange of Fire 6th July 1993 as Michael Shanks

A Year in Provence poster

A Year in Provence 28th February 1993 as Hugo Compton

Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid 14th November 1991 as Tom

The Advocates poster

The Advocates 2nd April 1991

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 2nd August 1987 as Neil Fairfax

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Algie

The Bill poster

The Bill 16th October 1984 as Paul Morgan

The Omega Factor poster

The Omega Factor 13th June 1979

Grange Hill poster

Grange Hill 8th February 1978 as Mr. Perkins