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Alun Armstrong

Actor / Character Actor | * 07/17/1946 (77) | Annfield Plain, County Durham, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Alan Armstrong (born 1946), known professionally as Alun Armstrong, is an English character actor. He grew up in County Durham in North East England, and 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 credits include several Charles Dickens adaptations, and the eccentric ex-detective Brian Lane in New Tricks. He 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 won an Olivier Award in the title role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet. ...

Krull

PG

1983 | 3.0/5 | 1h 57min
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. Locals believe the culprit to be none other than the leg ...

Sleepy Hollow

R

1999 | 3.6/5 | 1h 45min
Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery, Horror
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Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unhol ...

Van Helsing

PG-13

2004 | 3.2/5 | 2h 12min
Horror, Adventure, Action
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Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep ...

The Mummy Returns

Certification unknown

2001 | 3.2/5 | 2h 10min
Adventure, Action, Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Alun Armstrong

Laurence Olivier Awards Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Movies with Alun Armstrong as Actor(66)

2021 The Nicky Nack
as Detective Callaghan2019 Out of Innocence
as Lenny2018 Funny Cow
as Maurice2018 Possum
as Sid2016 Golden Years
as Ernest Whitehouse2008 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
as Jim2007 The Dinner Party
as Uncle Garrow2006 Eragon
as Bob Jenkins2006 The Girls Who Came to Stay
as Magistrate Fang2005 Oliver Twist
as Mr. Samuel Evans2004 Carrie's War
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)2004 Van Helsing: The London Assignment
as Cardinal Jinette2004 Van Helsing
as Saint Peter2004 Millions
as Jim2004 When I'm Sixty-Four
as David2003 It's All About Love
as Camille Pissarro2003 Paradise Found
as Martin2002 Inquisition
as Bill2001 Strictly Sinatra
as Baltus Hafez2001 The Mummy Returns
as George2001 Score
as Samuel Brubeck2000 Harrison's Flowers
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield2000 This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Himself - Narrator2000 7 Up 2000
as Wyatt2000 Proof of Life
1999 Onegin
as Uncle Henry1999 G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
as High Constable1999 Sleepy Hollow
as Sammy1999 With or Without You
as Inspector Teal1997 The Saint
as Jimmy Hardcastle1996 Brazen Hussies
as Mick Ross1996 Breaking the Code
as Thenardier1995 Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
as Uncle Vernon1995 An Awfully Big Adventure
as Mickey1995 Sorry About Last Night
as Mornay1995 Braveheart
as Charlie Foster1994 Doggin' Around
as Capshaw1994 MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Reuben Smith1994 Black Beauty
as Owens1992 Patriot Games
as Osgood1992 Blue Ice
as Thrasher1992 Split Second
as John Stone1991 London Kills Me
as Dr. Weeks1991 American Friends
as Evans1990 Sticky Wickets
as Dad1990 The Widowmaker
as Ralph Lockhart1990 White Hunter, Black Heart
1989 That Summer of White Roses
as Willy1989 A Night on the Tyne
as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire1985 Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as Blackpool Police Sergeant1985 Number One
as Mr. Smeth1984 The House
as Torquil1983 Krull
as Grimes1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Trahearne1980 Fear of God
as Provost1979 Measure for Measure
1979 All Day on the Sands
as Mr. Briggs1977 Our Day Out
as Lacourbe1977 The Duellists
as Cpl. Davies1977 A Bridge Too Far
as Tommy1976 The Likely Lads
as First docker1974 Easy Go
as Mike1973 The Eyes Have It
as Tommy1973 The 14
as George1973 The Sex Victims
as Keith1971 Get Carter

TV Shows/Series with Alun Armstrong as Actor(44)

as Squire Western2023 Tom Jones
as Gary Jackson2022 Sherwood
as Jim2020 Breeders
as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech2019 Year of the Rabbit
as Clifford Bentley2017 Prime Suspect 1973
as Lord Benton2016 Frontier
as George Stot2016 Dark Angel
as Vincent Brand2014 Penny Dreadful
as Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland2012 The Hollow Crown
as Stowell2010 Downton Abbey
as John Southouse2009 Garrow's Law
as Ephraim Flintwinch2008 Little Dorrit
as Brian Lane2004 New Tricks
as Peter Delany2003 Between The Sheets
as Richard Bolton2002 Sparkhouse
2001 Bedtime
2001 Messiah
as DCI Charlie McIntyre2001 Messiah
as DCI Frank Jefferson1998 In the Red
1997 Underworld
as Austin Donohue1996 Our Friends in the North
as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner1993 Goggle Eyes
as Caliban (voice)1992 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Sgt. McGing1991 Murder in Eden
as Rufus Hilton1991 Stanley and the Women
1989 Tales from the Crypt
1988 The Storyteller
as Superintendent Holdsby1987 Inspector Morse
1982 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Neville Keaton1981 Get Lost!
as Louis Mendoza1978 Enemy at the Door
1977 A Sharp Intake of Breath
1976 The New Avengers
as Peter Jenner1975 The Sweeney
as Joe Gowlan1975 The Stars Look Down
as Billy Shepherd1975 Days of Hope
1974 Father Brown
as Spraggon1974 Porridge
as Mike1973 Thriller
1973 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as Bob Graham1971 Justice
1970 Play for Today
as Lightborne1965 Play of the Month
as Vince Gregson1965 Public Eye

Full Name: Alun Armstrong
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 07/17 1946 (July) in Annfield Plain, County Durham, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 77 years + 284 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Children: Joe Armstrong
Other names for Alun Armstrong (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Αλούν Άρμστρονγκ"
Alun Armstrong frequently works together with these people:
Ronald Lacey (8x, Actor)
Christopher Benjamin (8x, Actor)
Peter Jeffrey (8x, Actor)
Michael Gambon (7x, Actor)
Ivor Roberts (7x, Actor)
Michael Kitchen (6x, Actor)
Michael Culver (6x, Actor)
John Normington (6x, Actor)
Julian Holloway (6x, Actor)
Derek Francis (6x, Actor)
Paul Copley (6x, Actor)
Michael Caine (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10286, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024