While the name Faulkner may bring up memories of high school English class, this is not that Faulkner. This isJames Faulkner, and the memories you’ll be left with after experiencing his skintillating scenes will have nothing to do with not hating the south; in fact, you might find you love the south – south of the chest area, hah! (See? Mr. Man isn’t just about high-brow literature; he’s about cheesy humor, too!) James appears as Pope Sixtus IV in the Starz seriesDa Vinci’s Demonsfrom...
While the name Faulkner may bring up memories of high school English class, this is not that Faulkner. This isJames Faulkner, and the memories you’ll be left with after experiencing his skintillating scenes will have nothing to do with not hating the south; in fact, you might find you love the south – south of the chest area, hah! (See? Mr. Man isn’t just about high-brow literature; he’s about cheesy humor, too!) James appears as Pope Sixtus IV in the Starz seriesDa Vinci’s Demonsfrom 2013-2015, and does so fully naked on more than one occasion, his holy rollers (that be balls), and everything in front of them and behind them, on full display. The proper English gentleman can also be found more fully clothed in a variety of popular series and films, both in the US and in the UK.Downton Abbeyfan? He played Lord Sinderby in 2014.Game of Thronesaddict? He was Randyll Tarly from 2016-2017. The London native was also Uncle Geoffrey in theBridget Jonesfilms (2001, 2004, 2016), Chief C in the movieAtomic Blonde(2017) with Charlize Theron, and Lord Cooper in the Robert De Niro directedThe Good Shepherd(2006) with Matt Damon. He also appears as Simon in the Hallmark Christmas movieJolly Good Christmas(2022) (yes, Hallmark makes movies for the UK, too). And, very early on, he played Herod in the mini-seriesI, Claudius(1976), which, to bring it all full circle, may have been show in your high school history class.