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Alun Armstrong

Born 17 July 1946 · 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.

Films and shows

  1. 2025The Choral1h 53mHerbert Trickett
  2. 2023Tom Jones1 seasonSquire Western
  3. 2021The Nicky Nack6m
  4. 2020Breaking The Codes2h 23m
  5. 2019Out of Innocence1h 49mDetective Callaghan
  6. 2019Year of the Rabbit1 seasonChief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
  7. 2018Possum1h 25mMaurice
  8. 2018Funny Cow1h 43mLenny
  9. 2017Prime Suspect 19731 seasonClifford Bentley
  10. 2016Asunder1h 12mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  11. 2016Frontier3 seasonsLord Benton
  12. 2016Dark Angel1 seasonGeorge Stot
  13. 2016Golden Years1h 36mSid
  14. 2012The Mystery of Edwin Drood1 seasonHiram Grewgious
  15. 2010A Passionate Woman1 seasonDonald (1980s)
  16. 2010Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2h 58mMonsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
  17. 2009Garrow's Law3 seasonsJohn Southouse
  18. 2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story1h 27mErnest Whitehouse
  19. 2008Little Dorrit1 seasonEphraim Flintwinch
  20. 2007The Dinner Party1hJim
  21. 2006The Girls Who Came to Stay1h 10mBob Jenkins
  22. 2006Eragon1h 44mUncle Garrow
  23. 2005Millions1h 38mSaint Peter
  24. 2004When I'm Sixty-Four1h 27mJim
  25. 2004Carrie's War1h 30mMr. Samuel Evans
  26. 2004Van Helsing: The London Assignment33mCardinal Jinetta (voice)
  27. 2004Van Helsing2h 12mCardinal Jinette
  28. 2003Between The Sheets1 seasonPeter Delany
  29. 2003Paradise Found1h 29mCamille Pissarro
  30. 2003It's All About Love1h 44mDavid
  31. 2002Inquisition50mMartin
  32. 2002Sparkhouse1 seasonRichard Bolton
  33. 2001Extinct1 seasonHimself - Narrator
  34. 2001Score1h 54mGeorge
  35. 2001Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years1 seasonGeorge Mole
  36. 2001Strictly Sinatra1h 37mBill
  37. 2001Bedtime2 seasonsNeil Henshaw
  38. 2001The Mummy Returns2h 10mBaltus Hafez
  39. 2000This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper1 seasonAsst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
  40. 2000This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper2hAsst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
  41. 20007 Up 20001h 30mHimself - Narrator
  42. 2000Harrison's Flowers2h 10mSamuel Brubeck
  43. 2000Proof of Life2h 15mWyatt
  44. 1999With or Without You1h 33mSammy
  45. 1999Aristocrats6hLord Holland
  46. 1999Onegin1h 44mZaretsky
  47. 1999G:MT Greenwich Mean Time1h 57mUncle Henry
  48. 1999David Copperfield1 seasonDan Peggotty
  49. 1999Oliver Twist1 seasonMr. Fleming
  50. 1999Sleepy Hollow1h 45mHigh Constable
  51. 1998The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of Odysseus1h 44m
  52. 1998In the Red1 seasonDCI Frank Jefferson
  53. 1997Underworld1 season
  54. 1997The Saint1h 56mInspector Teal
  55. 1996Breaking the Code1h 31mMick Ross
  56. 1996Brazen Hussies1h 29mJimmy Hardcastle
  57. 1996Witness Against Hitler1h 30mPastor Harold Poelchau
  58. 1995Sorry About Last Night47mMickey
  59. 1995An Awfully Big Adventure1h 53mUncle Vernon
  60. 1995Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall2h 27mMonsieur Thénardier
  61. 1994Doggin' Around1h 29mCharlie Foster
  62. 1994MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday1h 33mCapshaw
  63. 1994Black Beauty1h 28mReuben Smith
  64. 1993Goggle Eyes1 seasonGerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
  65. 1993The Tempest26mCaliban
  66. 1992Goodbye Cruel World1 seasonRoy Grade
  67. 1992The Life and Times of Henry Pratt1 seasonUncle Teddy
  68. 1992Split Second1h 30mThrasher
  69. 1992Blue Ice1h 45mOsgood
  70. 1992Patriot Games1h 57mOwens
  71. 1991Murder in Eden1 seasonSgt McGing
  72. 1991Stanley and the Women1 seasonRufus Hilton
  73. 1991London Kills Me1h 47mJohn Stone
  74. 1991American Friends1h 35mDr. Weeks
  75. 1990Looking After Number One30mDick
  76. 1990Sticky Wickets1h 13mEvans
  77. 1990The Widowmaker1h 42mDad
  78. 1990White Hunter, Black Heart1h 52mRalph Lockhart
  79. 1989The Childeater13mStefano
  80. 1989A Night on the Tyne48mWilly
  81. 1989Nineteen961h 33mDet. Supt. Frank Burroughs
  82. 1989That Summer of White Roses1h 39mZemba
  83. 1988The Storyteller: The True Bride24mTroll (Voice)
  84. 1988Number 271h 14mMurray Lester
  85. 1985Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire1h 29mMaxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
  86. 1985The Caucasian Chalk CircleSinger
  87. 1985Number One1h 38mBlackpool Police Sergeant
  88. 1984The House59mMr. Smeth
  89. 1983Mr Moon's Last CaseNarrator
  90. 1983Krull2h 1mTorquil
  91. 1982The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby1 season
  92. 1981Get Lost!1 seasonNeville Keaton
  93. 1980Fear of God1h 40mTrahearne
  94. 1979All Day on the Sands1h 5m
  95. 1979Measure for Measure2h 25mProvost
  96. 1978Freedom of the Dig30mQuinn
  97. 1978Liza1h 19mMikhalevich
  98. 1977Our Day Out1h 10mMr. Briggs
  99. 1977Risking It25mRichard Clewes
  100. 1977Shooting the Chandelier1h 35mBrodovich
  101. 1977The Duellists1h 40mLieutenant Lacourbe
  102. 1976The Chester Mystery Plays3h 50mLightborne
  103. 1976The Likely Lads1h 30mTommy
  104. 1975The Stars Look Down1 seasonJoe Gowlan
  105. 1974Easy Go50mFirst docker
  106. 1973The 141h 45mTommy
  107. 1973The Sex Victims37mGeorge
  108. 1973Only Make Believe1h 14mMichael Biddle
  109. 1973The Eyes Have It1h 18mMike
  110. 1971Get Carter1h 52mKeith
  111. My Little Eye11mDad
  112. A Ticket Too Far14mDad
  113. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole1 seasonBert Baxter