Actor
Anton Lesser
- Born February 14, 1952 in Birmingham, England, UK
Anton Lesser is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour, and Major Lio Partagaz in Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.
Known for
Game of Thrones2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011
Allied2016
The Crown2016
Andor2022
18992022
Killing Eve2018
The Courier2020
Filmography
- TBATick Tick TickFilmNarrator
- TBASanto Subito!FilmFather Mattew
- TBAA Blue ButterflyFilm
- 2026ViQueensFilmLars (voice)
- 2025The World Will TrembleFilmRobbi Schulman
- 2025The Yellow TieFilmMartin Steinke
- 2025BeshertFilmMr Pinsky
- 2023BetterSeriesVernon Marley
- 2022AndorSeriesMajor Partagaz
- 20221899SeriesMr. Franklin
- 2022Making 1899FilmSelf
- 2022Art That Made UsSeriesSelf - Actor (Endeavour)
- 2021BenedictionFilmStephen Tennant (Older)
- 2021DalglieshSeriesFather John
- 2021DoughnutFilmThanks
- 2021From A Strange LandFilmProfessor Dr Wolfgang Engel
- 2020The CourierFilmBertrand
- 2020KindredFilmDr. Richards
- 2020GatecrashFilmSid
- 2019The Trial of Christine KeelerSeriesMichael Eddowes
- 2018Killing EveSeriesRobert
- 2018DisobedienceFilmRav Krushka
- 2018A Discovery of WitchesSeriesRabbi Loew
- 2018On Chesil BeachFilmReverend Woollett
- 2017The ExceptionFilmGeneral Falkenberg
- 2016AlliedFilmEmmanuel Lombard
- 2016The CrownSeriesHarold Macmillan
- 2016A United KingdomFilmPrime Minister Attlee
- 2016Hooten & The LadySeries
- 2015Wolf HallSeriesThomas More
- 2015DickensianSeriesFagin
- 2015Game of Thrones The IMAX ExperienceFilmQyburn
- 2015Life in SquaresSeriesDr. Hyslop
- 2014The MusketeersSeries
- 2014Closer to the MoonFilmHolban
- 2014The GameSeriesC
- 2013EndeavourSeriesCS Reginald Bright
- 2013AtlantisSeriesKyros
- 2013Father BrownSeriesFather Ignatius
- 2013The Escape ArtistSeriesRichard Mayfield QC
- 2013Spies of WarsawSeriesDoctor Lapp
- 2012Ripper StreetSeriesDr. Karl Crabbe
- 2012The ScapegoatFilmFather McReady
- 2012The Hollow CrownSeriesExeter
- 2012Secret StateSeriesSir Michael Rix
- 2011Game of ThronesSeriesQyburn
- 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesFilmLord John Carteret
- 2011The LadyFilmProfessor Finnis
- 2011The HourSeriesClarence Fendley
- 2011The Man who Crossed HitlerFilmRudolf Olden
- 2011FlutterFilmBruno
- 2010Five DaughtersSeriesDr Nat Cary
- 2009Garrow's LawSeriesJohn Farmer
- 2008Einstein and EddingtonFilmFritz Haber
- 2008Little DorritSeriesMr. Merdle
- 2007The History of the World BackwardsSeries
- 2006Miss PotterFilmHarold Warne
- 2006Vital SignsSeriesDr Lindsay
- 2005The Girl in the CaféFilmGeorge
- 2005River QueenFilmBaine
- 2005Dirty Filthy LoveFilmCharles
- 2005Einstein's Big IdeaFilmVoltaire
- 2005Class of '76FilmMartin Gibson
- 2005Ahead of the ClassFilmGraham Ranger
- 2005Class of '76SeriesMartin Gibson
- 2004New TricksSeries
- 2004LondonSeriesCharles Dickens
- 2003Imagining ArgentinaFilmGeneral Guzmán
- 2003EroicaFilmSukowaty
- 2003OtherworldFilmTeyrnon (voice)
- 2003Danielle Cable: EyewitnessFilmBatten
- 2002SpooksSeriesNicholas Ashworth
- 2002Foyle's WarSeriesAustin Carmichael
- 2002Sir Gawain and the Green KnightFilmBertilak / Green Knight (voice)
- 2002DickensSeriesCharles Dickens
- 2002The ProjectFilmStanley Hall
- 2001Charlotte GrayFilmRenech
- 2001UprisingFilmNathan Lensky
- 2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StorySeriesVidas Merlinis
- 2001Waking the DeadSeriesProfessor Ray Levin