<sod>Since then, he has become a familiar face to screen audiences, often playing villains. His television appearances have included dramas such as ''[[The Singing Detective]]'' (1986) and ''[[Middlemarch]]'' (1994), and he played [[Ngaio Marsh]]'s Inspector [[Roderick Alleyn]] in a 1993–94 series. His films include ''[[Comfort and Joy (1984 film)|Comfort and Joy]]'' (1984), ''[[A Month in the Country (film)|A Month in the Country]]'' (1987), and ''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin (film)|Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'' (2001). In 1999, he made a small appearance in the introduction to the [[James Bond]] film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' as a Swiss banker named Lachaise working in [[Bilbao]]. He played Mr. Ryder in the [[Brideshead Revisited (film)|2008 film adaptation]] of ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', and in 2012 portrayed [[Balon Greyjoy]], the father of Theon Greyjoy, in the TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<eod>
<sod>Since then, he has become a familiar face to screen audiences, often playing villains. His television appearances have included dramas such as ''[[The Singing Detective]]'' (1986) and ''[[Middlemarch]]'' (1994), and he played [[Ngaio Marsh]]'s Inspector [[Roderick Alleyn]] in a 1993–94 series. His films include ''[[Comfort and Joy (1984 film)|Comfort and Joy]]'' (1984), ''[[A Month in the Country (film)|A Month in the Country]]'' (1987), and ''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin (film)|Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'' (2001). In 1999, he made a small appearance in the introduction to the [[James Bond]] film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' as a Swiss banker named Lachaise working in [[Bilbao]]. He played Mr. Ryder in the [[Brideshead Revisited (film)|2008 film adaptation]] of ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', and from 2012 portrayed [[Balon Greyjoy]], the father of Theon Greyjoy, in the TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<eod>