Anthony Calf

Anthony Calf

Known for
Acting
Born
May 4, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Biography

Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor with an extensive career across theatre, television, and film. Born in 1950s London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) before making his professional screen debut in the early 1980s. Calf is widely recognized for his roles in prominent period dramas and feature films, including Great Expectations (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), Anna Karenina (1997), and The Children Act (2017). On television, his notable credits include Pride and Prejudice (1995) and New Tricks. In addition to his screen work, Calf has maintained a distinguished career in British theatre, performing regularly with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Known For

Filmography

2026
De Gaulle: Résistance poster

De Gaulle: Résistance

Movie · as Spears

2026
De Gaulle: Liberté poster

De Gaulle: Liberté

Movie · as Spears

2025
A Teacher's Gift poster

A Teacher's Gift

Movie · as Charles

2024
One Day poster

One Day

TV · as Sid · 1 ep

2023
Partygate poster

Partygate

Movie · as Sir Mark Sidwell

2023
Sisi & I poster

Sisi & I

Movie · as Earl Spencer

2023
The Gold poster

The Gold

TV · as Michael Corkery QC · 1 ep

2023
The Buccaneers poster

The Buccaneers

TV · as Lord Brightlingsea · 4 eps

2022
I Came By poster

I Came By

Movie · as Superintendent William Roy

2022
Anne poster

Anne

TV · as Bishop James Jones KBE · 4 eps

2022
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as Professor Dean · 1 ep

2022
SAS Rogue Heroes poster

SAS Rogue Heroes

TV · as Stirling's Father · 1 ep

2018
The Children Act poster

The Children Act

Movie · as Mark Berner

2018
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as Duke of Albany

2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity poster

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Movie · as Howard

2016
Power Monkeys poster

Power Monkeys

TV · as Tony · 6 eps

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Royal Photographer · 1 ep

2015
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem poster

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

Movie · as Jerry

2015
Poldark poster

Poldark

TV · as William Wickham · 8 eps

2015
Home Fires poster

Home Fires

TV · as Peter Barden · 2 eps

2013
Private Lives poster

Private Lives

Movie · as Victor Prynne

2013
Dracula poster

Dracula

TV · as Dr William Murray · 3 eps

2012
Restless poster

Restless

TV · as Gerald Laird · 2 eps

2012
Call the Midwife poster

Call the Midwife

TV · as Aubrey Tracey · 1 ep

2010
Identity poster

Identity

TV · 1 ep

2010
Upstairs Downstairs poster

Upstairs Downstairs

TV · as Anthony Eden · 3 eps

2009
Trinity poster

Trinity

TV · as Lord Ravensby · 2 eps

2008
Mistresses poster

Mistresses

TV · as John Grey · 1 ep

2007
Straightheads poster

Straightheads

Movie · as Heffer

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Malcolm Finniston · 1 ep

2006
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man poster

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

Movie · as Duke of York

2006
Perfect Day: The Millennium

Perfect Day: The Millennium

Movie · as Michael

2006
The Impressionists poster

The Impressionists

TV · as Emile Zola · 3 eps

2005
Dead Cool poster

Dead Cool

Movie · as Mark

2005
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle poster

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

Movie · as Bryan Charles Walker

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Godsacre · 1 ep

2005
The Robinsons poster

The Robinsons

TV · as Peter · 2 eps

2004
The Hotel In Amsterdam poster

The Hotel In Amsterdam

Movie · as Gus

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Robert Strickland · 34 eps

2004
Amnesia poster

Amnesia

TV · as John Dean · 2 eps

2003
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie poster

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

Movie · as Tim Bowden

2003
The Brides in the Bath poster

The Brides in the Bath

Movie · as Howard Munday

2003
Lucky Jim poster

Lucky Jim

Movie · as Cecil Goldsmith

2003
Trust poster

Trust

TV · as Mark Hanrahan · 1 ep

2002
The Falklands Play poster

The Falklands Play

Movie · as Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Martin Keller · 1 ep

2002
Sirens poster

Sirens

TV · as Anthony Soames · 2 eps

2002
The Cry poster

The Cry

TV · as Simon Bartlett · 4 eps

2001
Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone

Movie · as Tom Faggus

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · as James Brooklands · 2 eps

2000
Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone

TV · as Tom Faggus · 2 eps

1999
A Woman of the North poster

A Woman of the North

Movie · as Hugo Aylva

1998
Our Mutual Friend poster

Our Mutual Friend

TV · as Alfred Lammle · 4 eps

1997
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

Movie · as Serpuliovskoy

1997
My Night with Reg poster

My Night with Reg

Movie · as John

1997
FairyTale: A True Story poster

FairyTale: A True Story

Movie · as Geoffrey Hodson

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Stephen Cavendish, Julian Lennard · 1 ep

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV · as Joe Furst · 2 eps

1995
Pride and Prejudice poster

Pride and Prejudice

TV · as Colonel Fitzwilliam · 2 eps

1995
Bramwell poster

Bramwell

TV · as Andrew Armstrong · 1 ep

1995
Kavanagh Q.C. poster

Kavanagh Q.C.

TV · as Miles Beddoes · 1 ep

1994
The Madness of King George poster

The Madness of King George

Movie · as Fitzroy

1993
Riders poster

Riders

Movie · as Billy Lloyd-Foxe

1992
A Touch of Frost poster

A Touch of Frost

TV · as James Barr · 1 ep

1991
Absolute Hell poster

Absolute Hell

Movie · as Douglas Eden

1991
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera poster

I Misteri Della Giungla Nera

TV · as Richard · 5 eps

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as John · 1 ep

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Lawrence Cavendish · 1 ep

1989
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

TV · as Pip · 6 eps

1989
4 Play

4 Play

TV · as Jonathan Knight · 1 ep

1987
Mary Rose poster

Mary Rose

Movie · as Simon

1987
My Family and Other Animals poster

My Family and Other Animals

TV · as Larry Durrell · 10 eps

1987
Fortunes of War poster

Fortunes of War

TV · as Corporal Arnold · 2 eps

1986
The Fools on the Hill poster

The Fools on the Hill

Movie · as Leslie Mitchell

1985
Drummonds

Drummonds

TV · as Charles Drummond · 20 eps

1984
Oxford Blues poster

Oxford Blues

Movie · as Gareth Rycroft

1984
To Catch a King poster

To Catch a King

Movie · as Butterfly Man

1984
Love and Marriage

Love and Marriage

TV · as Richard · 1 ep

1983
Chessgame poster

Chessgame

TV · as Dan Maclachlan · 1 ep

1982
Doctor Who: The Visitation poster

Doctor Who: The Visitation

Movie · as Charles

1982
Beau Geste poster

Beau Geste

TV · as Digby Geste, Bugler · 6 eps

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Charles · 2 eps