Stephen Dillane (born 27 March 1957, Kensington, London) is a British actor. He is best known as Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones (2012–2015), Thomas Jefferson in John Adams (2008, Emmy-nominated), and DCI Karl Roebuck in The Tunnel (2013–2017, BAFTA-winning). He won a Tony Award for The Real Thing (2000). In film, he has appeared in Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Darkest Hour (2017), and Outlaw King (2018). He is married to Naomi Wirthner; his children include actor Frank Dillane, and his brother is Richard Dillane.

KNOWN FOR

Game of Thrones
2012
The Uprising
2026
The Crown
2016
Screen Two
1991
Remington Steele
1985
Agatha Christie's Marple
2010
Performance
1995
ScreenPlay
1986
Soldier Soldier
1993
Vigil
2021
Alex Rider
2020
Sherwood
2024

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
87
2027
The Wanted Man
as John Carmichael · unreleased
2026
The Uprising
as Archbishop Sudbury
2026
The Three Urns
as The Damp Man
2026
How It Is
2024
The Outrun
as Andrew
2024
Sherwood
as Roy Branson
2024
KAOS
as Prometheus
2022
The Gold Machine
as Narrator (voice)
2021
Boxing Day
as Richard
2021
Vigil
as Shaw
2021
Red Election
as William Ogilvy
2020
The Man in the Hat
as The Damp Man
2020
Alex Rider
as Alan Blunt
2019
The Professor and the Madman
as Dr. Richard Brayne
2018
His Picture In Little
2018
Antigone
2018
Outlaw King
as King Edward I of England
2017
Mary Shelley
as William Godwin
2017
Darkest Hour
as Viscount Halifax
2016
The Crown
as Graham Sutherland
2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Stannis Baratheon
2015
Event for a Stage
as Actor
2013
A Touch of Cloth
as Macratty
2013
The Tunnel
as Karl Roebuck
2012
Zero Dark Thirty
as National Security Advisor
2012
Murder: Joint Enterprise
as Raglin
2012
Twenty8K
as DCI Stone
2012
Papadopoulos & Sons
as Harry Papadopoulos
2012
Game of Thrones
as Stannis Baratheon
2012
Hunted
as Rupert Keel
2012
Secret State
as Paul J. Clark
2011
Perfect Sense
as Stephen
2010
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Finch
2009
Storm
as Keith Haywood
2009
44 Inch Chest
as Mal
2008
God on Trial
as Schmidt
2008
Red Mist
as Dr. Harris
2008
Fugitive Pieces
as Jakob Beer
2008
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
as Anthony Hurndall
2008
John Adams
as Thomas Jefferson
2007
Savage Grace
as Brooks Baekeland
2007
Goal II: Living the Dream
as Glen Foy
2006
Klimt
as Secretary
2005
Goal!
as Glen Foy
2005
The Greatest Game Ever Played
as Harry Vardon
2005
Nine Lives
as Martin
2004
King Arthur
as Merlin
2004
Haven
as Mr. Allen
2003
The Gathering
as Simon Kirkman
2002
The Hours
as Leonard Woolf
2002
The Truth About Charlie
as Charlie Lambert
2001
Spy Game
as Charles Harker
2001
The Parole Officer
as Inspector Burton
2001
The Cazalets
as Edward Cazalet
2000
Ordinary Decent Criminal
as Noel Quigley
2000
Love & Rage
as Dr. Coly
2000
The Darkest Light
as Tom
2000
Anna Karenina
as Karenin
1998
Firelight
as Charles Godwin
1998
Déjà Vu
as Sean
1998
Kings in Grass Castles
as Patsy
1997
Welcome to Sarajevo
as Michael Henderson
1996
Two If by Sea
as Evan Marsh
1995
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
as Mr. Blackmore
1995
Performance
as Mr Blackmore
1994
Power and Lovers
as Antonio
1994
The Rector's Wife
as Jonathan Byrne
1993
Soldier Soldier
as Captain Mike Davidson
1993
You, Me and It
as James Woodley
1992
Frankie's House
1992
Hostages
as Chris Pearson
1992
Frankie's House
as Anthony Strickland
1991
Heading Home
as Leonard Meopham
1991
Screen Two
as Leonard Meopham
1990
Hamlet
as Horatio
1989
The Yellow Wallpaper
as John
1988
An Affair in Mind
as Gray Harston
1988
The One Game
as Nicholas Thorne
1988
Christabel
as Peter Bielenberg
1987
Business as Usual
as Mr. Dunlop (as Stephen Dillon)
1987
The Secret Garden
as Captain Lennox
1987
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Captain Lennox
1986
Shift Work
as George
1986
Frankie and Johnnie
as Reporter at Press Conference
1986
ScreenPlay
as George
1985
Remington Steele
as Bradford Galt
Untitled Luther Sequel