Timothy W. V. McMullan (born 1963) is a British actor, notable for his stage, television and film work. He is best known for playing Atticus Pünd in the BBC mystery dramas Magpie Murders, Moonflower Murders and Marble Hall Murders.
Career McMullan's stage work includes a 2008 adaptation of The Misanthrope alongside Damian Lewis and Keira Knightley along with the 2003 adaptation of His Dark Materials. In 2009 he was in Dominic Dromgoole Shakespeare's Globe production of As You Like It and worked for Complicite. In 2016, again for Dromgoole, he was Prospero in The Tempest at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
In 2017 McMullan played Sir Toby Belch in a production of Twelfth Night on the Olivier stage at the Royal National Theatre.
In July 2020 Deadline announced that PBS' Masterpiece would adapt Anthony Horowitz's Magpie Murders novel into a six-part drama series and air it in the US, and on BritBox in the UK. Horowitz prepared the script and Masterpiece produced the series along with Jill Green and Eleventh Hour Films. McMullan was signed to portray the character of Atticus Pünd after actor Timothy Spall pulled out of the production due to scheduling issues.
Filmography +YearTitleRoleNotes1993ShadowlandsNick Farrell1994Being HumanDeserter1995Princess CarabooLight Fingered AristocratComplicite: The Three Lives of Lucie CabrolHenri Cabrol1997The Fifth ElementScientist's AideRobinson CrusoeCrusoe's SecondCaught in the ActPip1998Dangerous BeautyZealotShakespeare in LoveFrees1999Plunkett & MacleaneBridegroomOneginDandy 12000EisensteinRak2002Two Men Went to WarMilitary Policeman on train2006The QueenStephen Lamport2010Shakespeare's Globe: As You Like ItJaques2011National Theatre Live: The Cherry OrchardSiminov-Pischik2012The Woman in BlackMr. Jerome2015National Theatre Live: Man and SupermanMendoza / The Devil2017National Theatre Live: Twelfth NightSir Toby BelchVictoria & AbdulTailor2018Willy and the Guardians of the LakeKingVoice (UK version)National Theatre Live: Antony & CleopatraEnobarbus2019Vic the Viking and the Magic SwordSvenVoice2021CyranoJodelet2022Enola Holmes 2Charles McIntyre2025Fackham HallCyril
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1993Stalag LuftDonaldsonTelevision film1994The Wimbledon PoisonerSebastian Williams2 episodes1995PerformanceSir Walter BluntEpisode: "Henry IV"1998Heat of the SunFranz-Dietrich GesslerEpisode: "Private Lives"2002Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador DaliPress ManTelevision film2004Agatha Christie: A Life in PicturesPharmacist2006Pinochet's Last StandDi Parfrey2007Trial & RetributionBrooks2 episodes2008Sense and SensibilityMr PalmerMutual FriendsConsultantEpisode #1.42009MargaretWilliam WaldegraveTelevision film2010The Great OutdoorsFarmerEpisode #1.2Devil in the FogMr. Treet2 episodes2012SilkJudge HoyleEpisode #2.2The Hollow CrownSilenceEpisode: "Henry IV, Part 2"Parade's EndStephen Waterhouse2 episodes2013ElementaryDCI HopkinsEpisode: "Step Nine"Fifty Years on StageFlaggTelevision film2013–2015Foyle's WarArthur Valentine6 episodes2014EndeavourMr. Brian QuinburyEpisode: "Sway"2015The Go-BetweenButlerTelevision film2016GrantchesterProfessor RabanEpisode #2.2Doctor ThorneEarl de Courcy4 episodesThe Witness for the ProsecutionSir Hugo Meredith2 episodes2017King Charles IIIJames ReissTelevision filmFearlessDavid Nolenn2 episodes2018Patrick MelroseSonny GravesendEpisode: "Some Hope"2019Brexit: The Uncivil WarBernard JenkinTelevision filmThe CrownRobin WoodsEpisode: "Moondust"2021The SerpentDouglas Cartwright2 episodes2022Magpie MurdersAtticus Pünd6 episodes2024Moonflower Murders6 episodes2026Death in ParadiseRichard DempsterSeries 15, Episode 5 2026 Marble Hall Murders Atticus Pünd Six-part series
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