Anton Lesser

Anton Lesser

Known for
Acting
Born
February 14, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Birmingham, England, UK

Biography

Anton Lesser is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour, and Major Lio Partagaz in Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.

Known For

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Filmography

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Tick Tick Tick poster

Tick Tick Tick

Movie · as Narrator

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Santo Subito!

Santo Subito!

Movie · as Father Mattew

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A Blue Butterfly

A Blue Butterfly

Movie

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Rubinstein’s

Rubinstein’s

Movie · as Arnold

2026
ViQueens poster

ViQueens

Movie · as Lars (voice)

2025
The Yellow Tie poster

The Yellow Tie

Movie · as Martin Steinke

2025
Beshert poster

Beshert

Movie · as Mr Pinsky

2025
The World Will Tremble poster

The World Will Tremble

Movie · as Robbi Schulman

2023
Better poster

Better

TV · as Vernon Marley · 4 eps

2022
Making 1899 poster

Making 1899

Movie · as Self

2022
Art That Made Us poster

Art That Made Us

TV · as Self - Actor (Endeavour) · 1 ep

2022
1899 poster

1899

TV · as Mr. Franklin · 8 eps

2022
Andor poster

Andor

TV · as Major Partagaz · 24 eps

2021
From A Strange Land poster

From A Strange Land

Movie · as Professor Dr Wolfgang Engel

2021
Benediction poster

Benediction

Movie · as Stephen Tennant (Older)

2021
Dalgliesh poster

Dalgliesh

TV · as Father John · 2 eps

2020
Gatecrash poster

Gatecrash

Movie · as Sid

2020
Kindred poster

Kindred

Movie · as Dr. Richards

2020
The Courier poster

The Courier

Movie · as Bertrand

2019
The Trial of Christine Keeler poster

The Trial of Christine Keeler

TV · as Michael Eddowes · 6 eps

2018
Disobedience poster

Disobedience

Movie · as Rav Krushka

2018
On Chesil Beach poster

On Chesil Beach

Movie · as Reverend Woollett

2018
Killing Eve poster

Killing Eve

TV · as Robert · 1 ep

2018
A Discovery of Witches poster

A Discovery of Witches

TV · as Rabbi Loew · 1 ep

2017
The Exception poster

The Exception

Movie · as General Falkenberg

2016
Allied poster

Allied

Movie · as Emmanuel Lombard

2016
A United Kingdom poster

A United Kingdom

Movie · as Prime Minister Attlee

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Harold Macmillan · 10 eps

2016
Hooten & The Lady poster

Hooten & The Lady

TV · 1 ep

2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience poster

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Movie · as Qyburn

2015
Dickensian poster

Dickensian

TV · as Fagin · 20 eps

2015
Life in Squares poster

Life in Squares

TV · as Dr. Hyslop · 3 eps

2015
Wolf Hall poster

Wolf Hall

TV · as Thomas More · 6 eps

2014
Closer to the Moon poster

Closer to the Moon

Movie · as Holban

2014
The Musketeers poster

The Musketeers

TV · 1 ep

2014
The Game poster

The Game

TV · as C · 1 ep

2013
Atlantis poster

Atlantis

TV · as Kyros · 1 ep

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Father Ignatius · 1 ep

2013
Endeavour poster

Endeavour

TV · as CS Reginald Bright · 35 eps

2013
The Escape Artist poster

The Escape Artist

TV · as Richard Mayfield QC · 3 eps

2013
Spies of Warsaw poster

Spies of Warsaw

TV · as Doctor Lapp · 2 eps

2012
The Scapegoat poster

The Scapegoat

Movie · as Father McReady

2012
Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street

TV · as Dr. Karl Crabbe · 2 eps

2012
Secret State poster

Secret State

TV · as Sir Michael Rix · 4 eps

2012
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

TV · as Exeter · 4 eps

2011
The Man who Crossed Hitler poster

The Man who Crossed Hitler

Movie · as Rudolf Olden

2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Movie · as Lord John Carteret

2011
Flutter poster

Flutter

Movie · as Bruno

2011
The Lady poster

The Lady

Movie · as Professor Finnis

2011
The Hour poster

The Hour

TV · as Clarence Fendley · 6 eps

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Qyburn · 22 eps

2010
Five Daughters poster

Five Daughters

TV · as Dr Nat Cary · 2 eps

2009
Garrow's Law poster

Garrow's Law

TV · as John Farmer · 4 eps

2008
Einstein and Eddington poster

Einstein and Eddington

Movie · as Fritz Haber

2008
Little Dorrit poster

Little Dorrit

TV · as Mr. Merdle · 14 eps

2007
The History of the World Backwards poster

The History of the World Backwards

TV · 6 eps

2006
Miss Potter poster

Miss Potter

Movie · as Harold Warne

2006
Vital Signs poster

Vital Signs

TV · as Dr Lindsay · 4 eps

2005
The Girl in the Café poster

The Girl in the Café

Movie · as George

2005
Class of '76 poster

Class of '76

Movie · as Martin Gibson

2005
Einstein's Big Idea poster

Einstein's Big Idea

Movie · as Voltaire

2005
Dirty Filthy Love poster

Dirty Filthy Love

Movie · as Charles

2005
Ahead of the Class poster

Ahead of the Class

Movie · as Graham Ranger

2005
River Queen poster

River Queen

Movie · as Baine

2005
Class of '76 poster

Class of '76

TV · as Martin Gibson · 2 eps

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · 1 ep

2004
London

London

TV · as Charles Dickens · 3 eps

2003
Otherworld poster

Otherworld

Movie · as Teyrnon (voice)

2003
Eroica poster

Eroica

Movie · as Sukowaty

2003
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness poster

Danielle Cable: Eyewitness

Movie · as Batten

2003
Imagining Argentina poster

Imagining Argentina

Movie · as General Guzmán

2002
The Project

The Project

Movie · as Stanley Hall

2002
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poster

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Movie · as Bertilak / Green Knight (voice)

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Nicholas Ashworth · 1 ep

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Austin Carmichael · 1 ep

2002
Dickens poster

Dickens

TV · as Charles Dickens · 3 eps

2001
Charlotte Gray poster

Charlotte Gray

Movie · as Renech

2001
Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone

Movie · as Counsellor Doone

2001
Uprising poster

Uprising

Movie · as Nathan Lensky

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Professor Ray Levin · 2 eps

2001
Messiah poster

Messiah

TV · as Samuel Waite · 1 ep

2001
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes poster

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Milburn · 1 ep

2001
Perfect Strangers poster

Perfect Strangers

TV · as Stephen · 3 eps

2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story poster

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

TV · as Vidas Merlinis · 2 eps

2001
Uprising poster

Uprising

TV · as Nathan Lensky · 2 eps

2001
Swallow poster

Swallow

TV · as Paul Valley · 3 eps

2000
The Miracle Maker poster

The Miracle Maker

Movie · as Herod (voice)

2000
Esther Kahn poster

Esther Kahn

Movie · as Sean

2000
Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone

TV · as Counsellor Doone · 2 eps

1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel poster

The Scarlet Pimpernel

TV · as Antoine Picard · 3 eps

1998
The Echo poster

The Echo

TV · as Billy Blake · 2 eps

1998
Invasion: Earth poster

Invasion: Earth

TV · as Lt. Charles Terrell · 6 eps

1998
Vanity Fair poster

Vanity Fair

TV · as Mr Pitt Crawley · 5 eps

1997
Into the Blue poster

Into the Blue

Movie · as Dr. John Ockleton

1997
FairyTale: A True Story poster

FairyTale: A True Story

Movie · as Wounded Corporal

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Eddie Darwin, Rev. Wallace Stone · 1 ep

1997
Bodyguards poster

Bodyguards

TV · as Dusan Mesic · 1 ep

1996
The Moonstone poster

The Moonstone

Movie · as Ezra Jennings

1996
Joseph

Joseph

Movie · as Joseph (Voice)

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · as Marcus Gwilym · 2 eps

1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation poster

Testament: The Bible in Animation

TV · as Joseph (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Moses poster

Moses

TV · as Eliav · 2 eps

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV · as Paul Goodman · 2 eps

1995
Sharman poster

Sharman

TV · as Galilee · 1 ep

1995
Bugs poster

Bugs

TV · as Patrick Marcel · 1 ep

1995
The Politician's Wife poster

The Politician's Wife

TV · as Mark Hollister · 3 eps

1994
Guinevere poster

Guinevere

Movie · as Envoy

1994
The Winter's Tale poster

The Winter's Tale

Movie · as Leontes (voice)

1992
A Touch of Frost poster

A Touch of Frost

TV · as Dennis Prior · 1 ep

1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

TV · as Leontes (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Downtown Lagos

Downtown Lagos

TV · as Mungo Dawson · 3 eps

1991
The Strauss Dynasty poster

The Strauss Dynasty

TV · as Levi · 1 ep

1990
Traitors poster

Traitors

Movie · as Robert Cecil

1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story poster

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Movie · as Karl/Stein

1988
Stanley poster

Stanley

Movie · as Stanley Spencer

1988
Twelfth Night, or What You Will poster

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Movie · as Feste

1988
Airbase poster

Airbase

Movie · as Vincenzo

1988
The Play on One poster

The Play on One

TV · as Vincenzo · 1 ep

1985
Monsignor Quixote poster

Monsignor Quixote

Movie · as Robber

1985
The Assam Garden poster

The Assam Garden

Movie · as Mr. Sutton

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Stanley Spencer · 1 ep

1985
Anna of the Five Towns poster

Anna of the Five Towns

TV · as Willie Price · 3 eps

1984
Sakharov poster

Sakharov

Movie · as Valery Chalidze

1984
Freud poster

Freud

TV · as Wilhelm Fliess · 5 eps

1983
Good and Bad at Games

Good and Bad at Games

Movie

1982
The Missionary poster

The Missionary

Movie · as Young Man at Shoot

1982
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as Edgar

1981
Troilus & Cressida poster

Troilus & Cressida

Movie · as Troilus

1981
The Cherry Orchard poster

The Cherry Orchard

Movie · as Trofimov

1979
The Serpent Son poster

The Serpent Son

TV · as Orestes · 3 eps

1978
The Mill on the Floss poster

The Mill on the Floss

Movie · as Philip Wakem

1978
The Mill on the Floss poster

The Mill on the Floss

TV · as Philip Wakem · 6 eps

1974
NOVA poster

NOVA

TV · as Voltaire · 1 ep