Alun Armstrong
Acting · Born 1946-07-17 · age 80 · 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." 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.
Titles
Braveheart
The Mummy Returns
Sleepy Hollow
Van Helsing
Eragon
Patriot Games
Penny Dreadful
The Saint
Oliver Twist
Married... with Children
Tales from the Crypt
A Bridge Too Far
Proof of Life
The Duellists
Krull
Get Carter
Millions
Split Second
Black Beauty
Frontier
Possum
White Hunter, Black Heart
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The Storyteller
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Inspector Morse
Onegin
It's All About Love
Breeders
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Sherwood
Harrison's Flowers
The Hollow Crown
Little Dorrit
An Awfully Big Adventure
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Bleak House
New Tricks
David Copperfield
Porridge
Year of the Rabbit
The New Avengers
The Choral
Prime Suspect 1973
Golden Years
Dark Angel
After the Flood
Funny Cow
Blue Ice
Paradise Found
The Sweeney
Our Friends in the North
Messiah
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Great Performances
Oliver Twist
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
The Likely Lads
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