
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

De Gaulle: Résistance
Movie · as Spears

De Gaulle: Liberté
Movie · as Spears

A Teacher's Gift
Movie · as Charles

One Day
TV · as Sid · 1 ep

Partygate
Movie · as Sir Mark Sidwell

Sisi & I
Movie · as Earl Spencer

The Gold
TV · as Michael Corkery QC · 1 ep

The Buccaneers
TV · as Lord Brightlingsea · 4 eps

I Came By
Movie · as Superintendent William Roy

Anne
TV · as Bishop James Jones KBE · 4 eps

Suspicion
TV · as Professor Dean · 1 ep

SAS Rogue Heroes
TV · as Stirling's Father · 1 ep

The Children Act
Movie · as Mark Berner

King Lear
Movie · as Duke of Albany

The Man Who Knew Infinity
Movie · as Howard

Power Monkeys
TV · as Tony · 6 eps

The Crown
TV · as Royal Photographer · 1 ep

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
Movie · as Jerry

Poldark
TV · as William Wickham · 8 eps

Home Fires
TV · as Peter Barden · 2 eps

Private Lives
Movie · as Victor Prynne

Dracula
TV · as Dr William Murray · 3 eps

Restless
TV · as Gerald Laird · 2 eps

Call the Midwife
TV · as Aubrey Tracey · 1 ep

Identity
TV · 1 ep

Upstairs Downstairs
TV · as Anthony Eden · 3 eps

Trinity
TV · as Lord Ravensby · 2 eps

Mistresses
TV · as John Grey · 1 ep

Straightheads
Movie · as Heffer

Lewis
TV · as Malcolm Finniston · 1 ep

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
Movie · as Duke of York
Perfect Day: The Millennium
Movie · as Michael

The Impressionists
TV · as Emile Zola · 3 eps

Dead Cool
Movie · as Mark

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Movie · as Bryan Charles Walker

Doctor Who
TV · as Godsacre · 1 ep

The Robinsons
TV · as Peter · 2 eps

The Hotel In Amsterdam
Movie · as Gus

New Tricks
TV · as Robert Strickland · 34 eps

Amnesia
TV · as John Dean · 2 eps

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Movie · as Tim Bowden

The Brides in the Bath
Movie · as Howard Munday

Lucky Jim
Movie · as Cecil Goldsmith

Trust
TV · as Mark Hanrahan · 1 ep

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

Foyle's War
TV · as Martin Keller · 1 ep

Sirens
TV · as Anthony Soames · 2 eps

The Cry
TV · as Simon Bartlett · 4 eps

Lorna Doone
Movie · as Tom Faggus

Judge John Deed
TV · as James Brooklands · 2 eps

Lorna Doone
TV · as Tom Faggus · 2 eps

A Woman of the North
Movie · as Hugo Aylva

Our Mutual Friend
TV · as Alfred Lammle · 4 eps

Anna Karenina
Movie · as Serpuliovskoy

My Night with Reg
Movie · as John

FairyTale: A True Story
Movie · as Geoffrey Hodson

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Stephen Cavendish, Julian Lennard · 1 ep

Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Joe Furst · 2 eps

Pride and Prejudice
TV · as Colonel Fitzwilliam · 2 eps

Bramwell
TV · as Andrew Armstrong · 1 ep

Kavanagh Q.C.
TV · as Miles Beddoes · 1 ep

The Madness of King George
Movie · as Fitzroy

Riders
Movie · as Billy Lloyd-Foxe

A Touch of Frost
TV · as James Barr · 1 ep

Absolute Hell
Movie · as Douglas Eden

I Misteri Della Giungla Nera
TV · as Richard · 5 eps

Performance
TV · as John · 1 ep

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Lawrence Cavendish · 1 ep

Great Expectations
TV · as Pip · 6 eps
4 Play
TV · as Jonathan Knight · 1 ep

Mary Rose
Movie · as Simon

My Family and Other Animals
TV · as Larry Durrell · 10 eps

Fortunes of War
TV · as Corporal Arnold · 2 eps

The Fools on the Hill
Movie · as Leslie Mitchell
Drummonds
TV · as Charles Drummond · 20 eps

Oxford Blues
Movie · as Gareth Rycroft

To Catch a King
Movie · as Butterfly Man
Love and Marriage
TV · as Richard · 1 ep

Chessgame
TV · as Dan Maclachlan · 1 ep

Doctor Who: The Visitation
Movie · as Charles

Beau Geste
TV · as Digby Geste, Bugler · 6 eps

Doctor Who
TV · as Charles · 2 eps