---
name: "Tim Potter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-potter-79888"
fi1m_id: "tim-potter-79888"
imdb_id: "nm0693364"
tmdb_id: 79888
wikidata_id: "Q17417501"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T01:47:08.045701+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Tim Potter

## Identity

Tim Potter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-potter-79888
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-potter-79888
- **IMDb ID:** nm0693364
- **TMDB ID:** 79888
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17417501
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Potter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17417501, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79888

Actor. Born 1 January 1959 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1959, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1999–2004
- **Also known as:** Tim Potter (II)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 49 (1), 2000s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Potter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17417501, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79888

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Entrapment*](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md) (49)

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## Biography

Tim Potter is an English actor born in Nottingham in 1959. He has worked in theatre, film and television since the 1980s.

His stage credits include Salvador Dalí in the original 1993 Royal Court production of *Hysteria* and Charles II in *The Libertine* (1994). He was a founder member of the Acme Acting company and has appeared in productions by playwrights including Edward Bond, Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare, working with directors such as Sam Mendes and Phyllida Lloyd.

Film roles include Millennium Man in *Entrapment* (1999), the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in *A Christmas Carol* (1999), 'Hook' / Lord Carlton in *Finding Neverland* (2004), and the Fishing Captain in *House of the Dragon* (2022). Other appearances include *Fierce Creatures* (1997), *Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* (2008), *Still Life* (2013) and *A Royal Night Out* (2015).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Finding Neverland* (2004), Fi1m 64, as 'Hook' / Lord Carlton — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)
- *Entrapment* (1999), Fi1m 49, as Millennium Man — [page](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, as Fishing Captain
- *A Royal Night Out* (2015), as Duty Manager
- *Still Life* (2013), as Homeless Man
- *Faintheart* (2009), as Headmaster
- *Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* (2008), as Nightclub Patron
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), as 'Hook' / Lord Carlton — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)
- *Byron* (2003), as Millingen
- *Cheeky* (2003), as Horace
- *Crime and Punishment* (2002), as Nikolai
- *Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes* (2001), series, as Bolton
- *The Prince and the Pauper* (2000), as Chief Gentleman
- *The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz* (2000), as Apocalyptic Nutter
- *Onegin* (1999), as Dandy 2
- *A Christmas Carol* (1999), as Third Spirit
- *Entrapment* (1999), as Millennium Man — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md)
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1999), as Three of Hearts
- *Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse* (1997), as Dr. Osbourne
- *Fierce Creatures* (1997), as Vulture Keeper
- *Bramwell* (1995), series, as Crispin
- *The Young Poisoner's Handbook* (1995), as Simon
- *Witchcraft* (1992), series, as Sealed Knotter
- *My Sister-Wife* (1992), as Mr. Bell
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as RMP
- *The Chief* (1990), series, as Dick Mortimer
- *Vroom* (1988), as Harry
- *Salome's Last Dance* (1988), as Pharisee
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Harrison
- *Titus Andronicus* (1985), as Clown
- *Angels in the Annexe* (1984), as Mr Lomax
- *Video Stars* (1983), as Eric Dancer
- *Walter and June* (1983), as Squatter's Advisor
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Lionel

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