 In 2014 , Nesbitt had the lead role as the father character Tony Hughes in <unk> BBC drama series The Missing , alongside Frances O 'Connor ( as his wife / ex @-@ wife , Emily Hughes / Walsh ) and <unk> <unk> ( as Julien Baptiste , leading French police investigator ) . The drama focused on a British married couple , whose son goes missing while they are on holiday in France , and the subsequent years of enquiry trying to find answers as to what happened to their son and why . <unk> , Nesbitt and <unk> had appeared previously together in the Martin Sheen film The Way ( 2010 ) . 
