"...as a younger man, I’d sworn never to become a TV detective."
Michael Kitchen (born 31 October 1948 in Leicester, England) is an English actor, best known for his role as Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle in the ITV drama series Foyle's War. He also played the role of Bill Tanner in two James Bond films, GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough.
Film roles
- Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) as Greg
- Out of Africa (1985) as Berkeley
- The Russia House (1990) as Clive
- James Bond film series (1995; 1999) as Bill Tanner:
- GoldenEye (1995)
- The World Is Not Enough (1999)
- Mrs. Dalloway (1997) as Peter Walsh
- My Week with Marilyn (2011) as Hugh Perceval
Television roles
- Z Cars (1971, two episodes) as Royal Hall
- The Brontës of Haworth (1973) as Branwell Brontë
- The Professionals (1979, one episode) as Duffy
- Minder (1989, one episode) as Maltese Tony
- Lovejoy (1992, one episode) as David Herbert
- Inspector Morse (1992, one episode) as Russell Clark
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993, one episode) as Lloyd George
- To Play the King (1993) as the King
- The Hanging Gale (1995) as Captain William Townsend
- A Touch of Frost (1993, one episode) as Jonathan Meyerbridge
- Harry Enfield and Chums (1997, one episode) as David the director
- Oliver Twist (1999) as Mr. Brownlow
- The Railway Children (2000) as Father
- Foyle's War (2002–15) as Detective Chief Christopher Foyle
