Larkin trained at the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He is best known for playing
Hermann Göring in the film
Hitler: The Rise of Evil, but also played
Charles Darwin for the
PBS series
Evolution and the abolitionist
William Wilberforce in the radio production of
Grace Victorious. Larkin also played Captain Howard of the Marines in
Peter Weir's
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World alongside
Paul Bettany and
Russell Crowe, and appeared in
Valkyrie with
Tom Cruise playing Sgt. Helm. Other film credits are
Angels and Insects,
Franco Zeffirelli's
Jane Eyre and
Tea with Mussolini, and
Heroes and Villains directed by Selwyn Roberts. Larkin played Cambridge, a minicab driver who went to university in series 1 and 2 of John Sullivan's
Roger Roger for
BBC1 and portrayed
George Marston in
Charles Sturridge's
Shackleton for Channel Four. Larkin also appeared in the 2007 episode of
Doctor Who "
The Shakespeare Code" and the 2012 low-budget horror film
The Facility (originally titled
Guinea Pigs) directed by
Ian Clark. He appeared in three episodes of the fourth season of
Black Sails, starring his brother,
Toby Stephens. In 2013 he starred in the
television revival of Yes, Prime Minister as
Bernard Woolley, reprising the role he had played in the
Gielgud Theatre in London's West End. Other theatre credits include: Edgar in
The Lady from Dubuque starring his mother,
Maggie Smith, and directed by
Anthony Page; Jopari in
Nicholas Hytner's production of
His Dark Materials at The National Theatre;
The Whisky Taster by James Graham at the Bush Theatre, London; and the nationwide tour of
Noises Off, directed by
Lindsay Posner. == Filmography ==