Julian Alistair Rhind-Tutt (born 20 July 1967) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Dr "Mac" Macartney in the comedy television series Green Wing.

Early life Rhind-Tutt was born on 20 July 1967 in West Drayton, London, to Philip Rhind-Tutt, a building business owner, and his wife Joan, as the youngest of five children. He attended the John Lyon School in Harrow, Middlesex, where he acted in school productions, eventually taking the lead in a school production of Hamlet that played at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the mid-1980s. After reading English and Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick, he attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London where he won the 1992 Carleton Hobbs Award from BBC Radio Drama.

Career Rhind-Tutt's first significant acting role was as the Duke of York in The Madness of King George (1994). This was followed by a succession of lesser television and film roles. He then landed a major role in William Boyd's First World War drama The Trench (1999), alongside Paul Nicholls and Daniel Craig. His first major recurring TV role was co-starring in the Graham Linehan–Arthur Mathews sitcom Hippies (1999), and he subsequently appeared in several other major British sketch and situation comedy series of the period including Smack the Pony, Absolutely Fabulous and Black Books. He starred in Green Wing from 2004 to 2006, and had a major role in cult American show Keen Eddie as Inspector Monty Pippin. He appeared as a duellist in the video for Roots Manuva's single "Too Cold". He has appeared in over 50 radio productions.

In 2008, he narrated a short film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 2015 he appeared in the TV series The Bastard Executioner as Lord Pembroke. In 2018, he appeared as the Marquess of Blayne in the Hulu original series Harlots.

Personal life Rhind-Tutt is married to Natasa Zajc, a Slovenian make-up artist and yoga instructor. They have a son.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1993 Piccolo Grande Amore Barone Von Bismarck 1994 The Madness of King George Duke of York1997 The Saint Young Student Tomorrow Never Dies Yeoman – HMS Devonshire1998 Les Misérables Bamatabois The Tribe Forester1999 Notting Hill Time Out Journalist The Trench 2nd Lt. Ellis Harte 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Mr Pimms 2002 Miranda Rod 2003 To Kill a King James 2005 The River King Eric Herman 2006 Rabbit Fever Rupert 2007 Stardust Quartus 2010 Meant to Be Will 2011 Your Highness Warlock 2012 Gambit Xander 2013 Rush Bubbles Horsley2014 Castles in the Sky Albert Rowe Lucy The Limey2015 Aaaaaaaah! Ryan Burn Burn Burn Adam2016 Bridget Jones's Baby Fergus, Shazza's husband Chubby Funny Commercial Director2017 The Rizen Blast Door Scientist Slovenija, Avstralija in jutri ves svet Roger Brown 2020 Blithe Spirit George Bradman 2023 Napoleon Abbé Sieyès

Television

Year Title Role Notes 1994 A Breed of Heroes Lt. Tim Bryant 1995 The Vacillations of Poppy Carew Sean TV film1997 Richard II Duke of Aumerle Reckless Danny Glassman 6 episodes Dangerfield Adam Episode: "Adam"1998 Heat of the Sun Asst. Supt. James Valentine 3 episodes An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Philip Hampson Episode: "A Last Embrace" Reckless: The Movie Danny Glassman TV film1999 Let Them Eat Cake Advisor 3 episodes Hippies Alex Picton-Dinch 6 episodes2000 The Wilsons Colin 6 episodes Hero of the Hour Danny TV film Smack the Pony Uncredited Episode #2.7 2000–2001 Clocking Off Peter Cochrane 2 episodes2001 Sword of Honour Ian Kilbannock Bei aller Liebe Peter Cobold Episode: "Kidnapping Lara" Absolutely Fabulous Taylor Episode: "Donkey" 2004 Black Books Jason Hamilton Episode: "Travel Writer" 2003–2004 Keen Eddie Insp. Monty Pippin 13 episodes2005 The Rotter's Club Nigel Plumb 3 episodes E=mc² Antoine Lavoisier TV film 2004–2006 Green Wing 'Mac' Macartney 18 episodes 2006 The Secret Policeman's Ball 2006 'Mac' Macartney / Rev Green TV film2007 Agatha Christie's Marple Arthur Calgary Episode: "Ordeal by Innocence" The Shadow in the North Alistair MacKinnon TV film Oliver Twist Edward "Monks" Brownlow Miniseries, 5 episodes Seven Ages of Rock Narrator2008 Uncle Max Conductor Episode: "Uncle Max Plays the Piano" Merlin Edwin Muirden Episode: "A Remedy to Cure All Ills" Crooked House Noakes Episodes: "Omnibus", "The Wainscoting"2010 Rude Britannia Narrator Inside John Lewis Narrator The Modern Age of the Coach Narrator Agatha Christie's Poirot Michael Garfield Episode: "Hallowe'en Party" Any Human Heart John Vivian Miniseries 2011–2012 The Hour Angus McCain 12 episodes 2012 Gadget Geeks Narrator 2012–2014 A Touch of Cloth A.C.C. Tom Boss 6 episodes2013 The Lady Vanishes Mr. Todhunter TV film Wipers Times Pearson TV film2014 Blandings Galahad Threepwood 2 episodes Parking Mad Narrator 2014, 2024 Inside No. 9 Mark / Party Guest Episodes: "Sardines", "Plodding On"2015 Banished Tommy Barrett 7 episodes The Devil You Know Minister Samuel Parris Episode: "Pilot" The Bastard Executioner Lord Pembroke Episode: "The Bernadette Maneuver/Cynllwyn Bernadette"2016 Drunk History Oscar Slater Episode: "Battle of Waterloo/Arthur Conan Doyle" Hoff the Record Bunny Vasilis Episode: "Finance" 2017 SS-GB Bernard Staines 2 episodes 2017–2021 Britannia Prince Phelan 24 episodes 2018 Silent Witness David Cannon Episode: "Moment of Surrender" 2018–2019 Harlots Marquess of Blayne 14 episodes 2019 The Witcher Giltine Episode: "Betrayer Moon"2022 Man vs. Bee Christian Kolstad-Bergenbatten 4 episodes The Larkins Mr Jerebohm 6 episodes2023 Tom Jones Fitzpatrick 3 episodes Extraordinary Charles II (voice) Episode: "The Merry Monarch" The Reckoning Johnnie Stewart 2 episodes 2024 Sexy Beast Stephen Eaton 4 episodes 2025 Washington Black Erasmus Wilde Post-production2026Death in ParadiseCheech McCarthySeries 15, Episode 6

Theatre

Year Title Role 2007 Landscape with Weapon 2009 Darker Shores (Hampstead Theatre)

Animated television series and video games

Year Title Role 2005 Sunday Pants (animated television series) Bob 2006 The Imp (animated television series) Bob 2009 The Imp: Episode 1 (video game)Bob

Radio

Year Title Role 1996 People Like Us Police Detective 1999 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial:Sketches by Boz Cymon Tuggs 2000 Arrested Development Andy 2002 BBC Radio 4 Drama: Magnolia Blossom Vincent 2003 BBC Radio 4 Drama: Friday's Child Ferdy Fakenham 2007–2009 The Maltby Collection Rod Millet 2008 Number 10 Steve McKie 2009 Sapper Bulldog Drummond Narrator2012 Bird Island Graham Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully Field Commander Uljabaan Alice through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll2013 BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week: The Norfolk Mystery Narrator BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama: The Gestapo Minutes Michael Oppenheim BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial:Three Men in a Boat Narrator and character "J"2015 BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week: Birth of a Theorem Narrator BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week:The Inheritor's Powder: A Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and GreedNarrator BBC Radio 4 Extra: The Corrections OmnibusChip Lambert BBC Radio 4 Drama: The Norman ConquestsNorman 2016 BBC Radio 4 Drama: Rumpole Young Rumpole 2021 BBC Radio 4 Drama Series: The Archers Trevor Fry2025BBC Radio 4 Drama: Acqua Alta Commissario Guido Brunetti

References

External links

interview on Channel 4's Green Wing microsite The Other Man BBC Radio 4