Pickup was born in Chester, England, the son of Daisy (née Williams) and Eric Pickup, who was a lecturer.[1] Pickup was educated at The King's School, Chester, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, and became an Associate Member of RADA.
His television work began with an episode during the second series of Doctor Who in 1964, for which he was paid £30. Pickup worked with Laurence Olivier at the Royal National Theatre, mo...
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
As Monsieur Moitessier
The Mission
As Hontar
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
As Aslan (voice)
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
As Alan Coleman
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
As King Sharaman
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
As Aslan (voice)
Dark Floors
As Tobias
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
As Don Massaredo
A Murder of Quality
As Felix D'Arcy
Evilenko
As Aron Richter
Ivanhoe
As Prince John
Jekyll & Hyde
As Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
Danny the Champion of the World
As Captain Lancaster
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
As Norman Cousins
Puccini
As Giulio Ricordi
Schadenfreude
As The Gambler
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
As Bearded Man
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
As Percy Stone
Nijinsky
As Igor Stravinsky
Theatreland
As Himself
Joseph Andrews
As Mr. Wilson
In The Cold Light Of Day
As Morris
End of Term
As Damian Self
Henry IV
As Henry IV
Long Day's Journey Into Night
As Edmund Tyrone
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
As Lord Randolph Churchill
The Golden Years
Pope John Paul II
As Jan Tyranowski
Never Say Never Again
As Elliott
Much Ado About Nothing
As Don Pedro
...but the clouds...
Supernova
As Dr. Malcolm Handey
King Lear
As Edgar
Camille
As Jean
All Good Men
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
As Norman Cousins
The Philanthropist
As Philip
Secret Passage
As Da Monte
Zulu Dawn
As Lt. Harford
The Letter
As Howard Joyce
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
As Aslan (voice)
The War That Never Ends
As Diodotus
Absolute Hell
As Siegfried Shrager
Lolita
As Young Humbert's Father
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
As William McDowell
The Have-Nots
As Bentham
Verdi
As Giuseppe Verdi
The Fourth Protocol
As Wynne-Evans
Romeo and Juliet
As Mercutio
Message for Posterity
As Richard Browning
Milner
As Jocelyn Fry
A Life in Suitcases
As Monsieur Moitessier
Cherished
As Professor Sir Roy Meadow
The Time of Their Lives
As Frank
Eleni
As Spiro
A Dry White Season
As Louw
Darkest Hour
As Neville Chamberlain
Mahler
As Nick
Testimony
As Marshall Tukhachevsky
The Day of the Jackal
As The Forger
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
As Cecil Johnson
Stealing Silver
As Udo
A Very Open Prison
As Brian Silcott
Der Blinde
As Dr. Bartnik
The Thirty Nine Steps
As Bayliss
Henry VIII
As Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Journey of Honor
As Capt. Crawford
My Friend Walter
As Sir Walter Raleigh
The Happy Prince
As Judge
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
As Narrator
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
As Physician
Three Sisters
As Baron Tusenbach
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
As George Orwell
Breathtaking
As Dr. Maclaren
Ladies' Night
As James Tripp
The Hound of the Baskervilles
As Barrymore
Ghost Trio
For Tea on Sunday
As Ian
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
As Norman Reynolds
Midsomer Murders
As Rupert Smythe-Webster
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
As Sir Stuart Stinhurst
Hustle
As Harry Holmes
Silent Witness
Moving
Inspector Morse
As Ian Matthews
The Worst Week of My Life
As Fraser
Lovejoy
As Edwin Felt
Waking the Dead
As Charles Sutton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Jean
Not with a Bang
As Brian Appleyard
The Chronicles of Narnia
Fortunes of War
As Prince Yakimov
Sea of Souls
As Alex Galt
Behaving Badly
Feather Boy
As Ernest Sorrel
BBC Television Shakespeare
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
As Randolph Churchill
Hornblower
As Don Massaredo
Father Brown
The Riff Raff Element
As Roger Tundish
Unnatural Causes
As James Tripp
Performance
As King Henry IV
The Jury
As Jeffrey Livingstone
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
As Lester Rose
Atlantis
As Orpheus
Foyle's War
As Sir Giles Messinger
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
As Chief Inspector Moore
Play for Today
As Richard Massingham
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
As Sir John Starr
Pramface
Sherlock Holmes
As Barrymore
Lark Rise to Candleford
Downton Abbey
As Sir Michael Reresby
Albert Einstein
As Albert Einstein
Vera
As Mr. Kipford
Matlock
As Sir Alec Moore
Casualty
As Martin / Reginald Freeborn
Ivanhoe
As Waldemar Fitzurse
The Fight Against Slavery
As William Pitt
The Rector's Wife
As Daniel Byrne
Cambridge Spies
As Colonel Winter
Black Hearts in Battersea
As Duke Of Battersea
Verdi
As Giuseppe Verdi
Bergerac
As Sir Antony Villiers
El C.I.D.
As Jack
Call the Midwife
As Philip Worth
BBC Play of the Month
As Mercutio
A Time to Dance
As Andrew Powell
The Crown
As Archbishop of Canterbury