| Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Notes
|
|---|
| 1980
|
Nijinsky
|
Mikhail Fokine
|
|
| 1981
|
French Lieutenant's Woman, TheThe French Lieutenant's Woman
|
Charles Henry Smithson/ Mike
|
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
|
| 1981
|
Brideshead Revisited
|
Charles Ryder
|
|
| 1982
|
Moonlighting
|
Nowak
|
|
| 1983
|
Betrayal
|
Jerry
|
|
| 1984
|
Wild Duck, TheThe Wild Duck
|
Harold
|
|
| 1984
|
Swann in Love
|
Charles Swann
|
|
| 1986
|
Mission, TheThe Mission
|
Father Gabriel
|
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
|
| 1988
|
Chorus of Disapproval, AA Chorus of Disapproval
|
Guy Jones
|
|
| 1987
|
My Fair Lady
|
Henry Higgins
|
| 1988
|
Dead Ringers
|
Beverly Mantle/ Elliot Mantle
|
|
| 1989
|
Australia
|
Edouard Pierson
|
|
| 1989
|
Danny, the Champion of the World
|
William Smith
|
|
| 1990
|
Reversal of Fortune
|
Claus von Bülow
|
|
| 1991
|
Beggar's Opera, TheThe Beggar's Opera
|
Prisoner
|
|
| 1991
|
Kafka
|
Kafka
|
|
| 1992
|
Timekeeper, TheThe Timekeeper
|
H.G. Wells
|
|
| 1992
|
Waterland
|
Tom Crick
|
|
| 1992
|
Damage
|
Dr. Stephen Fleming
|
|
| 1993
|
M. Butterfly
|
René Gallimard
|
|
| 1993
|
House of the Spirits, TheThe House of the Spirits
|
Esteban Trueba
|
|
| 1994
|
Spaceship Earth
|
Narrator
|
|
| 1994
|
Lion King, TheThe Lion King
|
Scar (voice)
|
|
| 1995
|
Die Hard with a Vengeance
|
Simon Gruber
|
|
| 1996
|
Stealing Beauty
|
Alex
|
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
|
| 1997
|
Chinese Box
|
John
|
|
| 1997
|
Lolita
|
Humbert Humbert
|
|
| 1998
|
Man in the Iron Mask, TheThe Man in the Iron Mask
|
Aramis
|
|
| 1999
|
Islands of Adventure: Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City
|
Poseidon
|
voice actor
|
| 2000
|
Dungeons & Dragons
|
Profion
|
|
| 2000
|
Longitude
|
Rupert Gould
|
Television series (4 episodes)
|
| 2001
|
Fourth Angel, TheThe Fourth Angel
|
Jack Elgin
|
|
| 2001
|
Beckett on Film – Ohio Impromptu
|
Reader/ Listener
|
|
| 2002
|
Callas Forever
|
Larry Kelly
|
|
| 2002
|
Last Call
|
F. Scott Fitzgerald
|
|
| 2002
|
Time Machine, TheThe Time Machine
|
Über-Morlock
|
|
| 2003
|
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen
|
Valentin Valentin
|
|
| 2003
|
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
|
Voice
|
|
| 2003
|
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
|
Himself
|
|
| 2004
|
Mathilde
|
Pukovnik Unprofora
|
|
| 2004
|
Merchant of Venice, TheThe Merchant of Venice
|
Antonio
|
|
| 2004
|
Being Julia
|
Michael Gosselyn
|
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
|
| 2005
|
Gallipoli
|
Gallipoli
|
|
| 2005
|
Kingdom of Heaven
|
Tiberias
|
|
| 2005
|
Casanova
|
Pucci
|
|
| 2006
|
Inland Empire
|
Kingsley Stewart
|
|
| 2006
|
Eragon
|
Brom
|
|
| 2006
|
Elizabeth I
|
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
|
|
| 2008
|
Colour of Magic, TheThe Colour of Magic
|
Havelock Vetinari
|
Television miniseries
|
| 2008
|
Appaloosa
|
Randall Bragg
|
|
| 2009
|
Pink Panther 2, TheThe Pink Panther 2
|
Alonso Avellaneda
|
|
| 2009
|
Georgia O'Keeffe
|
Alfred Stieglitz
|
|
| 2011
|
Margin Call
|
John Tuld
|
|
| 2011
|
Borgias, TheThe Borgias
|
Rodrigo Borgia
|
|
| 2013
|
Beautiful Creatures
|
Macon Ravenwood
|
| 2016
|
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
|
Alfred Pennyworth
|
|
| 2017
|
Justice League
|
Alfred Pennyworth
|
Post-Production
|