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2Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford DL (born 17 August 1949 in Cairo, Egypt) is a British actor turned Oscar and Emmy winning writer and producer. Originally wanting to be an actor, he spent decades in supporting and recurring roles, the most famous being Lord Kilwillie, the best friend to Hector [=MacDonald=] (Creator/RichardBriers) in the BBC Scotland drama ''Series/MonarchOfTheGlen''.
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4He eventually had more success as a writer. His claim to fame was as the screenwriter for the period drama mystery ''Gosford Park'' directed by Creator/RobertAltman which won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. On television he struck gold as the creator and showrunner of the international mega hit ''Series/DowntonAbbey''. His works are known for being period dramas that often focus on the relationship between the lower and upper classes that usually star Dame Creator/MaggieSmith.
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6[[BlueBlood Already from an aristocratic family (he'd previously been addressed as Julian Fellowes, Esq.)]], Fellowes was elevated to peerage on January 31, 2011 and made Baron Fellowes of West Stafford. He'd already been made Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2009. He sits in the Conservative Benches in the House of Lords, this being kind of the point of his elevation--there had been no question that he was in line for ''some'' kind of honour given his contributions to film and television (especially ones that promoted British culture abroad), but when UsefulNotes/DavidCameron's government found itself in need of extra votes in the Lords (after 13 years of Labour government and therefore Labour appointments to the Life Peerage), and, well, here was this clearly deserving man of impeccable breeding and Tory politics just staring them in the face....
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9!! Acting Credits
10* ''Film/TheScarletPimpernel1982''
11* ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend''
12* ''Film/{{Shadowlands}}''
13* ''Series/{{Sharpe}}''
14* ''Series/MonarchOfTheGlen''
15* ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth''
16* ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''
17* ''[[Film/Damage1992 Damage]]''
18!! Writing Credits
19!!! Film
20* ''Film/GosfordPark'' -- Oscar for Best Original Screenplay
21* ''Film/TheYoungVictoria''
22* ''Film/TheTourist''
23* ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet2013''
24* ''Film/CrookedHouse''
25* ''Film/DowntonAbbey''
26!!! Theatre
27* ''Theatre/MaryPoppins'' -- Book Writer
28* ''Film/SchoolOfRock'' -- Book Writer
29* ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'' -- Book Writer
30!!! Television
31* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' -- Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special [[note]] After Season One, "Downton Abbey" was moved to the Best Drama Series category for all of its subsequent seasons. [[/note]]
32* The English Game - six part drama miniseries and Netflix original
33* ''Series/TheGildedAge''

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