Trivia

In the TV Mini-Series documentary Leonardo (2003), based on Leonardo da Vinci, he played the role of Duke Sforza. In Da Vinci's Demons (2013), which is also based on the life of Leonardo da Vinci, he played the role of Pope Sixtus IV.

Father of Guy Faulkner and Leo Faulkner.

James Faulkner first gained recognition in North America in 1976's landmark BBC miniseries I, Claudius. Faulkner gave a sympathetic performance as the young King Herod Agrippa and provided this famous advice to future-Emperor Claudius (Derek Jacobi): "trust no one".