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My Take
I know James Faulkner the way a lot of people do, through the slow burn of recognition rather than one breakout role. He's been working since the 1970s, but it was that run of imposing older men, Pope Sixtus IV in Da Vinci's Demons, Randyll Tarly in Game of Thrones, then Saint Paul in Paul, Apostle of Christ, that finally made his face click for me. What I admire is the patience of it: a British actor who spent decades being quietly reliable and got his richest parts in his late sixties. There's something reassuring about a career that keeps deepening instead of fading.
Overview
James Sebastian Faulkner (born 18 July 1948) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Pope Sixtus IV in the television series Da Vinci's Demons (2014–2015), Randyll Tarly in the television series Game of Thrones (2016–2017), and Saint Paul in the film Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- James Faulkner
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェームズ・フォークナー
- Reading
- じぇーむず・ふぉーくなー
- Born
- July 18, 1948 (age 77)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Hampstead, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / voice actor / film actor / stage actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.