Guy Henry

Guy Henry (born 17 October 1960) is an English actor whose roles include Henrik Hanssen in Holby City, Pius Thicknesse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, Cassius in Rome and Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One.

Early life and career Henry was born on 17 October 1960 in London. He attended Homefield School and then Brockenhurst College in Hampshire where he took A levels. He trained at RADA (1979–81). In 1982, he took the title role in ITV's Young Sherlock Holmes series, playing Holmes as a teenager (though Henry was by then nearly 22).

In February 2015, Henry was announced as a public supporter of Chapel Lane Theatre Company based in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Stage work Highcliffe Charity Players Henry first appeared on stage as a footman in amateur dramatic society Highcliffe Charity Players' production of Cinderella at age 11. He is now the president of HCP and continues to support their productions.

RSC work Henry's main work has been with the Royal Shakespeare Company, including the following roles:

1991 – Thurio (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), Poggio (Tis Pity She's a Whore), Ananias (The Alchemist). 1992 – Osric (Hamlet), Sir Formal Trifle (The Virtuoso) 1993 – Second Tempter and Second Knight (Murder in the Cathedral), Lelio (The Venetian Twins) 1994 – Director [character name] (A Life in the Theatre) 1996 – Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Twelfth Night) 1997 – Cloten (Cymbeline), Dr Caius (The Merry Wives of Windsor) 1998 – Lord Chamberlain (Henry VIII) 1999 – Russayev (Yuri Gagarin), Octavius Caesar (Antony and Cleopatra) 2001 – Malvolio (Twelfth Night), King John (King John), Mosca (Volpone) 2003 – Parolles (All's Well That Ends Well) 2013 – Captain Hook (Wendy & Peter Pan) 2026 - Stephano (The Tempest), Pishchik (The Cherry Orchard)

Other theatre work He has also worked with Cheek by Jowl, Theatre Set Up and the National Theatre (including Turgenev in Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia in 2002).

He was an acclaimed Earl of Leicester in the 2005–06 Donmar Warehouse production of Schiller's Mary Stuart, which transferred to the West End. He had previously played the same character in the 1986 film Lady Jane. From December 2008 to March 2009 he appeared as Andrew Aguecheek (alongside Derek Jacobi) in the Donmar: West End production of Twelfth Night. In April and May 2009 he appeared in Hay Fever at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Television appearances

1980s–1990s In 1982, Henry appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the TV series Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House. He appeared in the episode "Rumpole and the Official Secret" from Season 4 of Rumpole of the Bailey in 1987. In the early 1990s, he played the acerbic, demonic Dr Walpurgis in The Vault of Horror, a BBC Halloween special. His make-up was provided by Hellraiser veteran Geoff Portass. Henry also introduced a few series of cult horror films in several BBC One Friday night horror seasons (with a name change to "Dr Terror"), with scripted introductions written by horror novelist and film historian Kim Newman. He appeared in the 1996 schools series Look and Read: Spywatch, and in ITV's 1996 adaptation of Emma. In 1998 he appeared in the medical soap opera Peak Practice, and in two episodes of The Grand.

2000 onwards He appeared in four episodes of the 2001 series of the medical soap Doctors.

He has also frequently been cast as a conspiratorial and/or Machiavellian civil servant, as in Fields of Gold (2002) and Foyle's War (in a 2003 episode). He played the title role in Channel 4's 2004 documentary Who Killed Thomas Becket? (a "promotion" from his role as Tempter in the RSC Murder in the Cathedral, T. S. Eliot's version of the same story); and was a deportment tutor and a shoemaker respectively in the BBC's adaptation of The Young Visiters (2003) and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (Christmas 2004). He played the part of Corporal Ludovic in the C4 presentation of Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy (2001) alongside the then relatively unknown Daniel Craig.

In 2004 he appeared in Waking the Dead series 3 "Multistorey" as Guy Reynolds.

In 2005 he appeared in the feature-length ITV drama Colditz and had a recurring role in Extras, which continued into a few episodes of the comedy's second season. He also had a small role in the ITV drama, Trial & Retribution IX: The Lovers. His main role that year, however, was as a fictionalised version of Gaius Cassius Longinus in the last two or three episodes of the first series of HBO/BBC series Rome. He reprised this role in the second series (broadcast 2007) until the character's death at the Battle of Philippi in the episode Philippi. His friend Sarah Kennedy (see #Radio) commented that this was a natural progression for one with his "lean and hungry look" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 2.I).

In 2006, he played a lawyer in Midsomer Murders, appeared with Michael Sheen in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (as Hugh Paddick), and featured in the first, fifth and sixth episodes of the first series of The Chase (in another role he reprised in 2007). In 2007 he appeared as the UK's UN Ambassador in The Trial of Tony Blair and appeared in the seventh episode of the second series of Hotel Babylon. Also in 2007 he appeared on radio as Noël Coward in the Afternoon Play of 4 May 2007, "The Master and Mrs Tucker" by Roy Apps, which told of Coward's friendship with Edith Nesbit (played by Ann Bell).

In 2008, he appeared in HBO's John Adams as Jonathan Sewall, Massachusetts Attorney General, as Mr Collins in Lost in Austen, and in Series 7, Episode 4 of Spooks. In 2009 he appeared in Margaret and in Lewis (Series 4, Episode 1). Also in 2009 he appeared in several episodes of Ricky Gervais' BBC comedy Extras as the commissioning editor of BBC Comedy. In 2010 he appeared as a lawyer in an episode of The IT Crowd titled "Something Happened".

In October 2010 he joined the regular cast of Holby City as surgeon Henrik Hanssen, a role he played for three years until his departure in October 2013. In October 2014, it was announced that he would rejoin the cast of Holby City.

In October 2014, he appeared as the Inspector in the BBC 6-part drama Our Zoo. In January 2015, he appeared as hypnotist Arthur Welkin in the BBC series Father Brown in the episode "The Invisible Man". In October 2016, he appeared as Mr Murthwaite in the BBC mini-series The Moonstone. In November 2017, he appeared as the Dean of Westminster in the second season of the Rainmark Films series The Frankenstein Chronicles.

In 2023, he appeared in four episodes of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story as John Monro, George III's physician.

Film Henry's film credits include appearances in Another Country with Rupert Everett, Lady Jane, England, My England film by Tony Palmer, in Stephen Fry's 2003 film Bright Young Things (appearing in the poster for it, top left) as Archie Schwert, in V for Vendetta as Conrad Heyer, in Starter for 10 as a university professor, in Expresso, in Vincente Amorim's 2008 film Good as a senior doctor in Nazi Germany and as Pius Thicknesse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.

In 2014, he appeared in the short film Done In.

In 2016, Henry appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, providing the physical and vocal performance for Grand Moff Tarkin; the use of CGI special effects recreated the likeness of Peter Cushing, who died in 1994, for the character. The performance was praised by Cushing's estate.

Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1984 Another Country Head Boy 1986 Lady Jane Robert Dudley 1995 England, My England James II 1997 Caught in the Act Algie 2003 Bright Young Things Archie 2004 EMR Head Agent 2005 V for Vendetta Heyer 2006 Starter for 10 Dr. Morrison 2008 Filth and Wisdom Lorcan O'Neill Good Doctor 2009 Creation Technician 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Pius Thicknesse 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Pius Thicknesse 2016 Rogue One Grand Moff Tarkin 2018 The Krays: Dead Man Walking Lord Boothby

Television Year Film Role Notes 1982 Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House Sherlock Holmes 8 episodes 1985 Family Ties Vacation Jonathan Television film 1986 The Two of Us Estate Agent Episode: "The End of the Beginning" 1987 Rumpole of the Bailey Tim Warboys Episode: "Rumpole and the Official Secret" A Small Problem TV Reporter Episode: "We'll Meet Again. Don't Know Where. Don't Know When" 1992 EastEnders Waiter 2 episodes The Vault of Horror Dr. Walpurgis Television film 1993 Stay Lucky Letchworth Episode: "Gilding the Lily" 1995 The Plant Harry the PR Man Television film 1996 Emma John Knightley Television film Dr. Terror Presents Dr. Terror 10 episodes Spywatch Phillip Grainger 10 episodes 1998 Peak Practice Dr. Martin Bryford Episode: "A Matter of Principle" The Grand Douglas Curzon 2 episodes 1999 Horizon George Varley Episode: "Wings of Angels" 2001 Sword of Honour Ludovic Television film Doctors Giles Carey 5 episodes 2002 Fields of Gold Andrew MacIntosh Television film 2003 Waking the Dead Guy Reynolds 2 episodes Home Martin Television film Foyle's War John Bishop Episode: "Fifty Ships" The Young Visiters Mr. Domonic Television film 2004 Who Killed Thomas Becket? Thomas Becket Television film Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Mr. Bilney Television film 2005 The Trial of the King Killers Sir Heneage Finch Documentary film Hustle Samuel Episode: "Confessions" Colditz Sawyer 2 episodes Trial & Retribution Charles Bingham QC Episode: "The Lovers: Part 2" 2005–2007 Rome Cassius 8 episodes 2005–2007 Extras Iain Morris 4 episodes 2006 Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! Hugh Paddick Television film Midsomer Murders Marcus Bramwell Episode: "Last Year's Model" 2006–2007 The Chase William Montgomery 9 episodes 2007 The Trial of Tony Blair UN Ambassador Television film Hotel Babylon Neville Bellingham Thomas Episode: "Episode #2.7" 2008 John Adams Jonathan Sewall Episode: "Join or Die" Lost in Austen Mr. Collins 3 episodes Spooks Sam Stevens Episode: "Episode #7.4" Wallander Erik Hokberg Episode: "Firewall" 2009 Margaret Tristan Garel-Jones Television film Framed Reynolds Television film U Be Dead Stephen Perrian Television film Criminal Justice Nick Holloway 3 episodes Murderland Crawford 3 episodes Poirot Matthew Waterhouse Episode: "The Clocks" 2010 Lewis Professor Pelham Episode: "The Dead of Winter" The IT Crowd Lawyer Episode: "Something Happened" 2010–2022 Holby City Henrik Hanssen 371 episodes 2011–2019 Casualty Henrik Hanssen 14 episodes 2014 New Worlds Randolph 3 episodes Our Zoo Joseph Keene Episode: "Episode #1.6" 2015 Father Brown Arthur Welkin Episode: "The Invisible Man" Count Arthur Strong Psychiatrist Episode: "Stuck in the Middle" Life in Squares Leonard Woolf 2 episodes 2016 The Moonstone Mr. Murthwaite 3 episodes Crew Low Budget Ron Shortman Television film 2017 The Frankenstein Chronicles Dean of Westminster 3 episodes 2020 Roadkill Trevor Quinn 2 episodes 2023 Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Dr. John Monro 4 episodes 2024 Death in Paradise Ray Saunders Episode: "As the Sun Sets..." 2026 The Hairdresser Mysteries Race Runard TBA The Revengelists Anthony le Trip 6 episodesPost-production

Short films Year Film Role Notes 2007 Expresso Charles (Cream tea) 2012 Who Shall I Play with Now? Man on bike 2014 Done In Harry Callow & Sons Henry The Leaf Blower The Leaf Blower 2015 Genius Hermann Einstein 2016 Retribution Death The Listener Thomas The Nightmare on Deskteeth Street Secret Man 2019 The Devil's Harmony Headmaster Plugg 2023 Road Kill Richard TBA All of Everything Conscience

Radio From around 2004 until the end of her show in 2010, Guy Henry gained an additional fanbase as a result of his friendship with the Radio 2 presenter Sarah Kennedy, who began by corresponding with his father. Through letters to Sarah from Henry himself, his father and "the Lady Agrippa" (a nickname for his mother), listeners were kept up to date on his career. A recording of his voice announced her regular "It's Showtime!" slot of tunes from the musicals at about 6.45am GMT – originally he just spoke the title of the slot, and a whole repertoire of different recordings was later added. He also occasionally appeared live on her show, and co-hosted with her as part of the annual charity appeal Children in Need.

Since 2022 he has hosted his own Sunday morning radio show (between 11am and 1pm) for Cosham based QA Radio which is also available to listen to online.

Personal life Henry learned to drive buses during a two year break from Holby City. He has taken a UK PCV test, which allows him the ability of driving coaches when he is not in acting employment.