Rintoul's film credits include the title role in
Legend of the Werewolf (1975),
A.D. (1985),
Unrelated (2007) and
Is Anybody There? (2008). In 2010, he starred in the film
The Ghost Writer with
Pierce Brosnan and
Ewan McGregor. In 1980, he played the role of Mr Darcy in a
BBC television adaptation by
Fay Weldon of
Pride and Prejudice. From 1993 to 1996 he played
Doctor Finlay in the television series of the same name. His other television appearances include
Prince Regent,
Taggart,
Hornblower and the ''
Agatha Christie's Poirot film,
The Mysterious Affair at Styles''. He voices three characters, Granddad Dog, Mr. Bull and Dr. Brown Bear, in the popular children's series
Peppa Pig. He played the role of
Noah in the 2013
History Channel's
The Bible. In 2016 he portrayed
Aerys Targaryen in the
HBO series
Game of Thrones in
Season 6.
Selected television roles •
Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series) -Five Red Herrings as Jock Graham (1975) •
1990 as Philip Ross (1 episode, “You'll Never Walk Alone”, 1978) •
Lillie (1978) as Charles Longley •
Prince Regent (1979) as Dr John Willis •
Pride and Prejudice as Fitzwilliam Darcy (1980 adaptation) • ''
Agatha Christie's Poirot -
The Mysterious Affair at Styles'' as John Cavendish (1990) •
Taggart (2 episodes, 1990 and 2005) •
Doctor Finlay as Dr. John Finlay (1993–1996) •
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries -The Nursing Home Murder (1993) as Sir John Phillips •
Captain Pugwash (1998 version) as Cut Throat Jake / Governor of Portobello / Lieutenant Scratchwood / The Admiral •
The Big Knights (1999) as Sir Boris •
Hornblower as Dr. Clive, Ship's Surgeon (2001 and 2003) • ''
Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom'' (2010-2013) as Redbeard the Elf Pirate •
Grandpa in My Pocket (2010) as Heave Ho Horatio •
Midsomer Murders “Blood on the Saddle” (2010) as Jack Fincher •
Peppa Pig (2015, 2019) as Granddad Dog / Mr. Bull / Dr. Brown Bear •
Game of Thrones (2016) as
Aerys II Targaryen •
The Crown (2019) as
Michael Adeane Selected video games •
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron as Azazel •
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers as Ran'jit •
RuneScape as Zaros •
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 as Bardin Goreksson • ''
Baldur's Gate 3'' as Bane •
Blasphemous 2 as Trifón • ''
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures'' as Duncan McBiscuit
Audiobook narration Rintoul has narrated many audiobooks, including
Frederick Forsyth's
The Day of the Jackal and
J. G. Ballard's
Millennium People. In 1986, he recorded unabridged readings of all of
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and short stories for Chivers Audio Books (with the exception of
The Spy Who Loved Me, which has a
first person female narrator). He also later recorded
Nobody Lives Forever and
Licence to Kill, written by
John Gardner. Whilst reading the prose with his usual speaking voice, Rintoul speaks Bond's dialogue with a mild
Scottish accent. He also narrated
Robert Harris's
Dictator, the final volume of his Cicero trilogy. Rintoul took over this role from
Bill Wallis, who had read the previous two books,
Imperium and
Lustrum, but died two years before
Dictator's publication. He has narrated two young people's books,
The Boggart (2009) and
The Boggart and the Monster (2013) written by
Susan Cooper. Since 2015, he has been narrating the character of Sir James Powell in the audio drama series
John Sinclair – Demon Hunter. In 2016 Rintoul narrated
Philippe Sands'
East West Street – the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity", and in 2018 he narrated
Dorothy Dunnett's novel of Macbeth
King Hereafter. == Personal life ==