Alun Armstrong
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1946 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
Biography
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.
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Filmography
My Little Eye
Movie · as Dad
A Ticket Too Far
Movie · as Dad
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
TV · as Bert Baxter · 10 eps
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
TV · as Harald Vanger · 1 ep
The Choral
Movie · as Herbert Trickett
After the Flood
TV · as Alan Benson · 5 eps
Tom Jones
TV · as Squire Western · 4 eps
Sherwood
TV · as Gary Jackson · 1 ep
Remembers…
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Nicky Nack
Movie
Breaking The Codes
Movie
Breeders
TV · as Jim · 27 eps
Out of Innocence
Movie · as Detective Callaghan
Year of the Rabbit
TV · as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech · 6 eps
Funny Cow
Movie · as Lenny
Possum
Movie · as Maurice
Prime Suspect 1973
TV · as Clifford Bentley · 6 eps
Golden Years
Movie · as Sid
Asunder
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Frontier
TV · as Lord Benton · 18 eps
Dark Angel
TV · as George Stot · 2 eps
Penny Dreadful
TV · as Vincent Brand · 1 ep
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Northumberland · 2 eps
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
TV · as Hiram Grewgious · 2 eps
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Movie · as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
A Passionate Woman
TV · as Donald (1980s) · 2 eps
Garrow's Law
TV · as John Southouse · 12 eps
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Movie · as Ernest Whitehouse
Little Dorrit
TV · as Ephraim Flintwinch · 14 eps
The Dinner Party
Movie · as Jim
Eragon
Movie · as Uncle Garrow
The Girls Who Came to Stay
Movie · as Bob Jenkins
Oliver Twist
Movie · as Magistrate Fang
Millions
Movie · as Saint Peter
Bleak House
TV · as Inspector Bucket · 9 eps
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Movie · as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
Van Helsing
Movie · as Cardinal Jinette
Carrie's War
Movie · as Mr. Samuel Evans
When I'm Sixty-Four
Movie · as Jim
New Tricks
TV · as Brian Lane · 87 eps
Paradise Found
Movie · as Camille Pissarro
It's All About Love
Movie · as David
Between The Sheets
TV · as Peter Delany · 6 eps
Inquisition
Movie · as Martin
Sparkhouse
TV · as Richard Bolton · 3 eps
The Mummy Returns
Movie · as Baltus Hafez
Strictly Sinatra
Movie · as Bill
Score
Movie · as George
Bedtime
TV · as Neil Henshaw · 9 eps
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
TV · as George Mole · 6 eps
Messiah
TV · as DCI Charlie McIntyre · 2 eps
Extinct
TV · as Himself - Narrator · 6 eps
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Movie · as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
Harrison's Flowers
Movie · as Samuel Brubeck
7 Up 2000
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
Proof of Life
Movie · as Wyatt
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
TV · as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield · 3 eps
Sleepy Hollow
Movie · as High Constable
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Movie · as Uncle Henry
With or Without You
Movie · as Sammy
Onegin
Movie · as Zaretsky
Oliver Twist
TV · as Mr. Fleming · 4 eps
David Copperfield
TV · as Dan Peggotty · 2 eps
The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of Odysseus
Movie
In the Red
TV · as DCI Frank Jefferson · 3 eps
The Saint
Movie · as Inspector Teal
Underworld
TV · 6 eps
Breaking the Code
Movie · as Mick Ross
Witness Against Hitler
Movie · as Pastor Harold Poelchau
Brazen Hussies
Movie · as Jimmy Hardcastle
Our Friends in the North
TV · as Austin Donohue · 5 eps
An Awfully Big Adventure
Movie · as Uncle Vernon
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Movie · as Monsieur Thénardier
Braveheart
Movie · as Mornay
Sorry About Last Night
Movie · as Mickey
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Movie · as Capshaw
Black Beauty
Movie · as Reuben Smith
Doggin' Around
Movie · as Charlie Foster
The Tempest
Movie · as Caliban
Goggle Eyes
TV · as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner · 4 eps
Split Second
Movie · as Thrasher
Patriot Games
Movie · as Owens
Blue Ice
Movie · as Osgood
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV · as Caliban (voice) · 1 ep
Goodbye Cruel World
TV · as Roy Grade · 3 eps
The Life and Times of Henry Pratt
TV · as Uncle Teddy · 4 eps
London Kills Me
Movie · as John Stone
American Friends
Movie · as Dr. Weeks
Murder in Eden
TV · as Sgt McGing · 3 eps
Stanley and the Women
TV · as Rufus Hilton · 4 eps
Sticky Wickets
Movie · as Evans
White Hunter, Black Heart
Movie · as Ralph Lockhart
Looking After Number One
Movie · as Dick
The Widowmaker
Movie · as Dad
The Childeater
Movie · as Stefano
A Night on the Tyne
Movie · as Willy
That Summer of White Roses
Movie · as Zemba
Nineteen96
Movie · as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Inspector Herbert · 1 ep
The Jim Henson Hour
TV · as The Troll (archive audio) · 1 ep
Screen One
TV · as Det Supt Frank Burroughs, Evans, Charlie Foster · 1 ep
Number 27
Movie · as Murray Lester
The Storyteller: The True Bride
Movie · as Troll (Voice)
The Storyteller
TV · as Troll (voice) · 1 ep
Inspector Morse
TV · as Superintendent Holdsby · 1 ep
Married... with Children
TV · as Trevor · 3 eps
ScreenPlay
TV · as Willy · 1 ep
Number One
Movie · as Blackpool Police Sergeant
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Movie · as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Movie · as Singer
A.D.
TV · as Gamesmaster · 1 ep
The House
Movie · as Mr. Smeth
Sharing Time
TV · as Luke · 1 ep
Krull
Movie · as Torquil
Mr Moon's Last Case
Movie · as Narrator
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
TV · 10 eps
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Movie · as Grimes
Get Lost!
TV · as Neville Keaton · 4 eps
Fear of God
Movie · as Trahearne
All Day on the Sands
Movie
Measure for Measure
Movie · as Provost
Freedom of the Dig
Movie · as Quinn
Liza
Movie · as Mikhalevich
Enemy at the Door
TV · as Louis Mendoza · 1 ep
Armchair Thriller
TV · as Trahearne · 1 ep
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Provost · 1 ep
The Duellists
Movie · as Lieutenant Lacourbe
Our Day Out
Movie · as Mr. Briggs
Risking It
Movie · as Richard Clewes
A Bridge Too Far
Movie · as Cpl. Davies
Shooting the Chandelier
Movie · as Brodovich
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Brodovich, Mikhalevich · 1 ep
Premiere
TV · as Quinn · 1 ep
Romance
TV · as Weaver · 1 ep
A Sharp Intake of Breath
TV · as Arthur Clegg, Terry, Jackson, Brian, Simon Wilson, Albert, Jack Dyson, Alec, Frank Grant, Barry, Les Buckley · 1 ep
The Likely Lads
Movie · as Tommy
The Chester Mystery Plays
Movie · as Lightborne
The New Avengers
TV · as Private George Harris · 1 ep
The Sweeney
TV · as Peter Jenner · 1 ep
The Stars Look Down
TV · as Joe Gowlan · 13 eps
Easy Go
Movie · as First docker
Porridge
TV · as Spraggon · 1 ep
Father Brown
TV · as Joe · 1 ep
The 14
Movie · as Tommy
Only Make Believe
Movie · as Michael Biddle
The Sex Victims
Movie · as George
The Eyes Have It
Movie · as Mike
Thriller
TV · as Mike · 1 ep
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
TV · as Scaife · 1 ep
Centre Play
TV · as Richard Clewes · 1 ep
Armchair 30
TV · as Glazier · 1 ep
Second City Firsts
TV · as Ken · 1 ep
Sporting Scenes
TV · as Bernie · 1 ep
Villains
TV · as Terence 'Tel' Bolden · 3 eps
New Scotland Yard
TV · as Ray Davies · 1 ep
Six Days of Justice
TV · as P.C. Williamson · 1 ep
Get Carter
Movie · as Keith
Justice
TV · as Bob Graham · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Thénardier · 1 ep
Play for Today
TV · as 1st Docker, Mr Briggs · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Lightborne · 1 ep
Public Eye
TV · as Vince Gregson · 1 ep