Overview
- His death at 87, reported Saturday by the Stratford-Upon-Avon Herald, was widely confirmed by major outlets, and no cause was disclosed.
- He reached his widest TV audience as John Greer, the calculating antagonist on CBS’s Person of Interest, joining in Season 2 and staying through the 2016 finale.
- He appeared in several of Christopher Nolan’s films, playing Wayne Enterprises board member Douglas Fredericks in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Rises, with additional roles in Following and Dunkirk.
- He trained at Drama Centre London and built a classical stage career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre after early TV leads in Daniel Deronda and Doomwatch.
- He is survived by his wife, actress Kim Hartman, their children Miranda and Tom, and grandchildren Dylan and Kara, and Hartman praised him as a “free spirit” in a public tribute.