The actor's family ambitions however, will have to be put on hold as he is set to star in John Le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Colin Firth later this year.

This week's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (pictured above) isn't quite so starry in international terms, but few films which aren't set at Hogwarts can boast so many prestigious British thespians.