Matthew Marsh (born 8 July 1954) is an English actor. He is the older brother of Jon Marsh of the English dance band "The Beloved". He has appeared in the films '' The Fourth Protocol'' (1987), '' Diamond Skulls'' (1989), '' Mountains of the Moon'' (1990), '' Alambrado'' (1991), '' Dirty Weekend'' (1993), ''

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'' (2001), '' Miranda'' (2002), ''

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'' (2002), ''

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'' (2003) and '' An American Haunting'' (2005). In 2011 Marsh starred in the

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film '' The Iron Lady'' as the United States Secretary of State

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. In 2005, Marsh starred as Simon Hewitt in the first series of ''

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''. In May 1998, Marsh portrayed the character Alex Duncan in the British TV programme As Time Goes By, series 7, episode 3 entitled "The New Neighbours". He co-starred with Amanda Burton in '' The Commander'', and guest-starred in the sixth series of the spy drama '' Spooks'' in 2007 and the second series of '' Lewis'' in 2008. He played Harry Gallo in the

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(series 7, episode 9) "Gloves Off" in 2010. He appeared twice in ''

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'' (season 6, episode 3 "Painted Blood" and season 10, episode 7 "They Seek Him Here"). He has also appeared in the ''

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'' episode " Holoship" and the fifth episode of series two of '' Game On'', "Tangerine Candy Floss and Herne Bay Rock" as Brian Kennedy, Mandy's lecherous former university tutor in 1996, as well as portraying

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in '' John and Yoko: A Love Story'' the 1985 made-for-TV film. In 2019 Marsh went on to play ''

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'', the ill-fated 14th century Grand Master of the Knights Templar in seven episodes of History's ''Knightfall''. His frequent theatre work includes ''

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'' (1998) and '' Blood and Gifts'' (2010). He played

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in Michael Dobbs's play ''Turning Point'' which aired as one of a series of TV plays broadcast live on Sky Arts channel. The two-hander depicted a little-known October 1938 meeting between the future prime minister and

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spy

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, then a young man working for the BBC. Burgess was played by

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, with whom Marsh had previously worked in the acclaimed 2004 TV movie '' Hawking''.

Filmography

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Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marsh, Matthew 1954 births English male film actors English male television actors Living people Male actors from London