Actor
Alun Armstrong
- Born July 17, 1946 in Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
Alun Armstrong is a prolific English character actor. Armstrong grew up in County Durham in North East England. He first became interested in acting through Shakespeare productions at his grammar school. Since his career began in the early 1970s, he has played, in his words, "the full spectrum of characters from the grotesque to musicals... I always play very colourful characters, often a bit crazy, despotic, psychotic."
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His numerous credits include six different Dickens adaptations and seven series as eccentric ex-detective Brian Lane in New Tricks. Armstrong is also an accomplished stage actor who spent nine years with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He originated the role of Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables and he won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd.
Known for
Braveheart1995
The Mummy Returns2001
Sleepy Hollow1999
Van Helsing2004
Eragon2006
Patriot Games1992
Penny Dreadful2014
The Saint1997
Filmography
- TBAMy Little EyeFilmDad
- TBAA Ticket Too FarFilmDad
- TBAThe Secret Diary of Adrian MoleSeriesBert Baxter
- 2025The ChoralFilmHerbert Trickett
- 2024After the FloodSeriesAlan Benson
- 2023Tom JonesSeriesSquire Western
- 2022SherwoodSeriesGary Jackson
- 2022Remembers…SeriesSelf
- 2021The Nicky NackFilm
- 2020BreedersSeriesJim
- 2020Breaking The CodesFilm
- 2019Year of the RabbitSeriesChief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
- 2019Out of InnocenceFilmDetective Callaghan
- 2018PossumFilmMaurice
- 2018Funny CowFilmLenny
- 2017Prime Suspect 1973SeriesClifford Bentley
- 2016FrontierSeriesLord Benton
- 2016Dark AngelSeriesGeorge Stot
- 2016Golden YearsFilmSid
- 2016AsunderFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2014Penny DreadfulSeriesVincent Brand
- 2012The Hollow CrownSeriesNorthumberland
- 2012The Mystery of Edwin DroodSeriesHiram Grewgious
- 2010Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in ConcertFilmMonsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
- 2010A Passionate WomanSeriesDonald (1980s)
- 2009Garrow's LawSeriesJohn Southouse
- 2008Little DorritSeriesEphraim Flintwinch
- 2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse StoryFilmErnest Whitehouse
- 2007The Dinner PartyFilmJim
- 2006EragonFilmUncle Garrow
- 2006The Girls Who Came to StayFilmBob Jenkins
- 2005Oliver TwistFilmMagistrate Fang
- 2005MillionsFilmSaint Peter
- 2005Bleak HouseSeriesInspector Bucket
- 2004Van HelsingFilmCardinal Jinette
- 2004Van Helsing: The London AssignmentFilmCardinal Jinetta (voice)
- 2004New TricksSeriesBrian Lane
- 2004When I'm Sixty-FourFilmJim
- 2004Carrie's WarFilmMr. Samuel Evans
- 2003It's All About LoveFilmDavid
- 2003Paradise FoundFilmCamille Pissarro
- 2003Between The SheetsSeriesPeter Delany
- 2002SparkhouseSeriesRichard Bolton
- 2002InquisitionFilmMartin
- 2001The Mummy ReturnsFilmBaltus Hafez
- 2001MessiahSeriesDCI Charlie McIntyre
- 2001Strictly SinatraFilmBill
- 2001BedtimeSeriesNeil Henshaw
- 2001Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino YearsSeriesGeorge Mole
- 2001ExtinctSeriesHimself - Narrator
- 2001ScoreFilmGeorge
- 2000Proof of LifeFilmWyatt
- 2000Harrison's FlowersFilmSamuel Brubeck
- 2000This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire RipperSeriesAsst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
- 2000This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire RipperFilmAsst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
- 20007 Up 2000FilmHimself - Narrator
- 1999Sleepy HollowFilmHigh Constable
- 1999OneginFilmZaretsky
- 1999David CopperfieldSeriesDan Peggotty
- 1999Oliver TwistSeriesMr. Fleming
- 1999G:MT Greenwich Mean TimeFilmUncle Henry
- 1999With or Without YouFilmSammy
- 1998In the RedSeriesDCI Frank Jefferson
- 1998The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of OdysseusFilm
- 1997The SaintFilmInspector Teal
- 1997UnderworldSeries
- 1996Our Friends in the NorthSeriesAustin Donohue
- 1996Breaking the CodeFilmMick Ross
- 1996Brazen HussiesFilmJimmy Hardcastle
- 1996Witness Against HitlerFilmPastor Harold Poelchau
- 1995BraveheartFilmMornay
- 1995An Awfully Big AdventureFilmUncle Vernon
- 1995Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert HallFilmMonsieur Thénardier
- 1995Sorry About Last NightFilmMickey
- 1994Black BeautyFilmReuben Smith
- 1994MacGyver: Trail to DoomsdayFilmCapshaw
- 1994Doggin' AroundFilmCharlie Foster
- 1993The TempestFilmCaliban
- 1993Goggle EyesSeriesGerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
- 1992Patriot GamesFilmOwens