| Year,Title,Role,Venue | |
| 1974,The Churchill Play,Mike McCulloch,Nottingham Playhouse | |
| 1975,Comedians,Gethin Price,Nottingham Playhouse | |
| 1977,Comedians,Gethin Price,Music Box | |
| 1978,The Taming of the Shrew,Petruchio,Royal Shakespeare Theatre | |
| 1978,Antony and Cleopatra,Octavius Caesar,Royal Shakespeare Theatre | |
| 1978,Measure for Measure,Angelo,Royal Shakespeare Theatre | |
| 1980,Hamlet,Hamlet,Royal Court Theatre | |
| 1984,Accidental Death of an Anarchist,The Fool,"Broadway, Belasco Theatre" | |
| 1985,The Seagull,Trigorin,"London, Queens Theatre" | |
| 1986,Macbeth,Macbeth,Royal Shakespeare Company | |
| 1989,Uncle Vanya,Astrov,"London, Vaudeville Theatre" | |
| 1989,Miss Saigon,The Engineer,Royal Theatre | |
| 1991,Miss Saigon,The Engineer,Broadway Theatre (53rd Street) | |
| 1992,Nine,Guido Contini,London concert performance | |
| 1994,Oliver!,Fagin,"Revival, London Palladium" | |
| 2001,My Fair Lady,Professor Higgins,"Revival, Royal National Theatre" | |
| 2003,A Reckoning,Spencer,"London, Soho Theatre" | |
| 2004,"The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?",Martin Gray,"London, Almeida Theatre" | |
| 2006,Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,Lawrence Jameson (replacement),"Broadway, Imperial Theatre" | |
| 2007,Glengarry Glen Ross,Shelly Levene,"London, Apollo Theatre" | |
| 2009,Dimetos,Dimetos,"London, Donmar Warehouse" | |
| 2010,The Caretaker,Davies,"London, Trafalgar Studios" | |
| 2012,King Lear,Lear,"London, Almeida Theatre" | |
| 2015,The Merchant of Venice,Shylock,Shakespeare's Globe | |
| 2018,The Height of the Storm,Andre,"London, Wyndham's Theatre" | |
| 2019,In the Height of the Storm,Andre,"Broadway, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre" | |