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Quantum Leap (2022)
Guest starring as Gideon Rydge
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Against Time (Feb 20, 2024)
- Episode 2x12: As the World Burns (Feb 20, 2024)
- Episode 2x11: The Outsider (Feb 13, 2024)
- Episode 2x10: The Family Treasure (Feb 6, 2024)
The Twilight Zone (2019)
Guest starring as HSI Interrogator Allendale
- Episode 1x08: Point of Origin (May 16, 2019)
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
Guest starring as Black Peter, A Goat
- Episode 2x09: Witches (Jun 3, 2020) [Co-Star]
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Guest starring as Ambassador Sarek
(9 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1 (Apr 11, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Light and Shadows (Feb 28, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Brother (Jan 17, 2019)
- Episode 1x15: Will You Take My Hand? (Feb 11, 2018)
- Episode 1x14: The War Without, the War Within (Feb 4, 2018)
- Episode 1x11: The Wolf Inside (Jan 14, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Lethe (Oct 22, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Battle at the Binary Stars (Sep 24, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: The Vulcan Hello (Sep 24, 2017)
Marvel's Agent Carter (2015)
Guest starring as Leet Brannis
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Bridge and Tunnel (Jan 6, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Now Is Not the End (Jan 6, 2015)
Gotham (2014)
Starring as Theo Galavan
(16 episodes)
- Episode 2x20: Wrath of the Villains: Unleashed (May 9, 2016)
- Episode 2x19: Wrath of the Villains: Azrael (May 2, 2016)
- Episode 2x18: Wrath of the Villains: Pinewood (Apr 18, 2016)
- Episode 2x13: Wrath of the Villains: A Dead Man Feels No Cold (Mar 7, 2016)
- Episode 2x12: Wrath of the Villains: Mr. Freeze (Feb 29, 2016)
- Episode 2x11: Rise of the Villains: Worse Than a Crime (Nov 30, 2015)
- Episode 2x10: Rise of the Villains: The Son of Gotham (Nov 23, 2015)
- Episode 2x09: Rise of the Villains: A Bitter Pill to Swallow (Nov 16, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: Rise of the Villains: Tonight's the Night (Nov 9, 2015)
- Episode 2x07: Rise of the Villains: Mommy's Little Monster (Nov 2, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: Rise of the Villains: By Fire (Oct 26, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: Rise of the Villains: Scarification (Oct 19, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: Rise of the Villains: Strike Force (Oct 12, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: Rise of the Villains: The Last Laugh (Oct 5, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: Rise of the Villains: Knock Knock (Sep 28, 2015)
- Episode 2x01: Rise of the Villains: Damned If You Do (Sep 21, 2015)
Intruders (2014)
Starring as Richard Shepherd
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: There Is No End (Oct 11, 2014)
- Episode 1x07: The Crossing Place (Oct 4, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Bound (Sep 27, 2014)
- Episode 1x05: The Shepherds and the Fox (Sep 20, 2014)
- Episode 1x04: Ave Verum Corpus (Sep 13, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: Time Has Come Today (Sep 6, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: And Here…You Must Listen (Aug 30, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: She Was Provisional (Aug 23, 2014)
True Detective (2014)
Guest starring as Lieutenant Kevin Burris
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Omega Station (Aug 9, 2015)
- Episode 2x07: Black Maps and Motel Rooms (Aug 2, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: Other Lives (Jul 19, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: Down Will Come (Jul 12, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: Maybe Tomorrow (Jul 5, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: Night Finds You (Jun 28, 2015)
- Episode 2x01: The Western Book of the Dead (Jun 21, 2015)
The Tunnel (2013)
Guest starring as John Sumner
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Episode 10 (Dec 18, 2013)
- Episode 1x09: Episode 9 (Dec 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Dec 4, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Episode 7 (Nov 27, 2013)
The White Queen (2013)
Starring as Lord Warwick
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: War at First Hand (Jul 14, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: The Bad Queen (Jul 7, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: The Storm (Jun 30, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: The Price of Power (Jun 23, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: In Love with the King (Jun 16, 2013)
Orphan Black (2013)
Guest starring as Ferdinand Chevalier
(8 episodes)
- Episode 5x08: Guillotines Decide (Jul 29, 2017)
- Episode 5x02: Clutch of Greed (Jun 17, 2017)
- Episode 4x10: From Dancing Mice to Psychopaths (Jun 16, 2016)
- Episode 4x04: From Instinct to Rational Control (May 5, 2016)
- Episode 4x03: The Stigmata of Progress (Apr 28, 2016)
- Episode 3x10: History Yet to Be Written (Jun 20, 2015)
- Episode 3x09: Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow (Jun 13, 2015)
- Episode 3x01: The Weight of This Combination (Apr 18, 2015)
Elementary (2012)
Starring as Odin Reichenbach
(7 episodes)
- Episode 7x13: Their Last Bow (Aug 15, 2019)
- Episode 7x12: Reichenbach Falls (Aug 8, 2019)
- Episode 7x11: Unfriended (Aug 1, 2019)
- Episode 7x10: The Latest Model (Jul 25, 2019)
- Episode 7x09: On the Scent (Jul 18, 2019)
- Episode 7x06: Command: Delete (Jun 27, 2019)
- Episode 7x05: Into the Woods (Jun 20, 2019)
Grimm (2011)
Guest starring as Eric Renard
(7 episodes)
- Episode 3x01: The Ungrateful Dead (Oct 25, 2013)
- Episode 2x22: Goodnight, Sweet Grimm (May 21, 2013)
- Episode 2x21: The Waking Dead (May 14, 2013)
- Episode 2x17: One Angry Fuchsbau (Apr 5, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: The Other Side (Oct 19, 2012)
- Episode 2x02: The Kiss (Aug 20, 2012)
- Episode 2x01: Bad Teeth (Aug 13, 2012)
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Guest starring as Sebastian Wake
- Episode 8x05: Kama'oma'o, Ka 'aina Huli Hana (Nov 3, 2017)
FlashForward (2009)
Guest starring as Gordon Myhill
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x19: Course Correction (May 6, 2010)
- Episode 1x10: A561984 (Dec 3, 2009)
Leverage (2008)
Guest starring as John Douglas Keller
- Episode 3x12: The King George Job (Aug 29, 2010)
True Blood (2008)
Guest starring as Franklin Mott
(7 episodes)
- Episode 3x09: Everything is Broken (Aug 15, 2010)
- Episode 3x08: Night on the Sun (Aug 8, 2010)
- Episode 3x06: I Got a Right to Sing the Blues (Jul 25, 2010)
- Episode 3x05: Trouble (Jul 18, 2010)
- Episode 3x04: 9 Crimes (Jul 11, 2010)
- Episode 3x03: It Hurts Me Too (Jun 27, 2010)
- Episode 3x02: Beautifully Broken (Jun 20, 2010)
In Plain Sight (2008)
Guest starring as Phillip Ashmore
- Episode 2x14: Once a Ponzi Time (Aug 2, 2009) [Special Guest Star]
The Tudors (2007)
Starring as Thomas Cromwell
(24 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: The Undoing of Cromwell (May 24, 2009)
- Episode 3x07: Protestant Anne of Cleves (May 17, 2009)
- Episode 3x06: Search for a New Queen (May 10, 2009)
- Episode 3x05: Problems in the Reformation (May 3, 2009)
- Episode 3x04: The Death of a Queen (Apr 26, 2009)
- Episode 3x03: Dissension and Punishment (Apr 19, 2009)
- Episode 3x02: The Northern Uprising (Apr 12, 2009)
- Episode 3x01: Civil Unrest (Apr 5, 2009)
- Episode 2x10: Destiny and Fortune (Jun 1, 2008)
- Episode 2x09: The Act of Treason (May 25, 2008)
- Episode 2x08: Lady in Waiting (May 18, 2008)
- Episode 2x07: Matters of State (May 11, 2008)
- Episode 2x06: The Definition of Love (May 4, 2008)
- Episode 2x05: His Majesty's Pleasure (Apr 27, 2008)
- Episode 2x04: The Act of Succession (Apr 20, 2008)
- Episode 2x03: Checkmate (Apr 13, 2008)
- Episode 2x02: Tears of Blood (Apr 6, 2008)
- Episode 2x01: Everything Is Beautiful (Mar 30, 2008)
- Episode 1x10: The Death of Wolsey (Jun 10, 2007)
- Episode 1x09: Look to God First (Jun 3, 2007)
- Episode 1x08: Truth and Justice (May 20, 2007)
- Episode 1x06: True Love (May 6, 2007)
- Episode 1x05: Arise, My Lord (Apr 29, 2007)
- Episode 1x04: His Majesty, The King (Apr 22, 2007)
The Closer (2005)
Guest starring as Paul Andrews
- Episode 2x08: Critical Missing (Jul 31, 2006) [Special Guest Star]
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Guest starring as Tom Crawley
- Episode 6x03: I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me (Oct 1, 2009)
24 (2001)
Guest starring as Paul Raines
(10 episodes)
- Episode 4x20: Day 4: 2:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M. (May 2, 2005)
- Episode 4x16: Day 4: 10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. (Apr 4, 2005)
- Episode 4x14: Day 4: 8:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. (Mar 21, 2005)
- Episode 4x13: Day 4: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. (Mar 14, 2005)
- Episode 4x12: Day 4: 6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. (Mar 7, 2005)
- Episode 4x11: Day 4: 5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. (Feb 28, 2005)
- Episode 4x10: Day 4: 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (Feb 21, 2005)
- Episode 4x07: Day 4: 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. (Jan 31, 2005)
- Episode 4x06: Day 4: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. (Jan 24, 2005)
- Episode 4x01: Day 4: 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. (Jan 9, 2005)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Jeffrey Hughes
- Episode 10x11: Sin City Blue (Jan 14, 2010)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Martin Gold
- Episode 11x07: Users (Nov 4, 2009)