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Actor
Antony Sher
- Born June 14, 1949 in Cape Town, South Africa
- Died December 3, 2021
Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) was an English actor of South African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time nominee. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a writer and theatre director. He died of cancer on 3rd December 2021.
Known for
Shakespeare in Love1998
Superman II1980
The Wolfman2010
Erik the Viking1989
Mrs Brown1997
Agatha Christie's Marple2004
One Foot in the Grave1990
The Shadow Line2011
Filmography
- 2017Queer as ArtFilmSelf
- 2017Joe Orton Laid BareFilmEnsemble Cast
- 2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCFilmSelf
- 2016RSC Live: King LearFilmKing Lear
- 2015War BookFilmDavid
- 2015Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregorFilmHimself
- 2015Shylock's GhostFilmSelf
- 2015RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1FilmSir John Falstaff
- 2015RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2FilmSir John Falstaff
- 2012Dickens in LondonFilmOlder Dickens(Voice)
- 2012Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol FugardFilmSelf
- 2012National Theatre Live: Travelling LightFilmJacob Bindel
- 2011The Shadow LineSeriesPeter Glickman
- 2010The WolfmanFilmDr. Hoenneger
- 2008God on TrialFilmAkiba
- 2008Three and OutFilmMaurice
- 2007The CompanySeriesEzra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
- 2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsFilmAdolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005PrimoFilmPrimo Levi
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeriesRafiel
- 2004Churchill: The Hollywood YearsFilmHitler
- 2003HomeFilmGerald Ballantyne
- 2003In Search of ShakespeareSeriesSelf
- 2002The JurySeriesGerald Lewis QC
- 2001Murphy's LawSeriesFrank Jeremy
- 2001MacbethFilmMacbeth
- 2000The Miracle MakerFilmBen Azra (voice)
- 1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the LobstersFilmColonel Moncoutant
- 1999The Winter's TaleFilmLeontes
- 1998Shakespeare in LoveFilmDr. Moth
- 1998HornblowerSeriesMarquis de Moncoutant
- 1997Mrs BrownFilmPrime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
- 1996The Wind in the WillowsFilmChief Weasel
- 1996Alive and KickingFilmJack
- 1996The MoonstoneFilmSergeant Cuff
- 1995The Young Poisoner's HandbookFilmDr. Ernest Zeigler
- 1995Look at the State We're In!SeriesThe Don
- 1994King Richard IIIFilmRichard (voice)
- 1993Genghis CohnFilmGenghis Cohn
- 1993Camp ChristmasFilm
- 1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesSeriesRichard (voice)
- 1992The Crying GameFilmScum Editor
- 1990One Foot in the GraveSeriesBusinessman
- 1990The Land of DreamsFilmDavid Samuels
- 1990Changing StepFilmCapt. Edmund Lambert, Writer
- 1989Erik the VikingFilmLoki
- 1988The Play on OneSeriesCapt Edmund Lambert, Writer
- 1988Omnibus: Caryl ChurchillFilmSelf / Player in 'Cloud 9' extract
- 1987The Dame Edna ExperienceSeriesSelf
- 1986ScreenPlaySeriesDavid Samuels
- 1985ShadeyFilmOliver Shadey
- 1985Screen TwoSeriesGenghis Cohn
- 1985Theatre NightSeriesBulgakov
- 1983Tartuffe, or The ImposterFilmTartuffe
- 1982Mike Leigh: Making PlaysFilmSelf
- 1981The History ManSeriesProfessor Howard Kirk
- 1980Superman IIFilmBell Boy
- 1979YanksFilmGI at Cinema
- 1979One Fine DayFilmMr. Alpert
- 1979The Out of Town BoysFilmNathan
- 1978Cold HarbourFilmMorris
- 1978Pickersgill PeopleSeriesSheikh Fahmi Al-Daoud Al-Tufah, Piers Hatch
- 1976The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil WarFilmMilitiaman
- 1967ITV PlayhouseSeriesMorris