Allan Corduner

Allan Corduner

Known for
Acting
Born
April 2, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Stockholm, Sweden

Biography

Allan Corduner (born April 2, 1950) is an English actor born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father. He grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol University he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively on stage, TV, and film, both in the UK and in the United States. His voice is familiar from many BBC radio plays, audio books and TV documentaries. Corduner made his feature film debut in Yentl, with Barbra Streisand. Of his 44 films he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. He is married to Juha Leppäjärvi, a yoga instructor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allan Corduner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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The Funeral

The Funeral

Movie · as Rabbi Stephen

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The Wedding Dress

The Wedding Dress

Movie · as Rabbi Munck

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Rubinstein’s

Rubinstein’s

Movie · as Morris

2027
The Entertainment System Is Down poster

The Entertainment System Is Down

Movie

2025
Christmas Karma poster

Christmas Karma

Movie · as Mr Fezzywig

2025
Alfie & Ed

Alfie & Ed

Movie

2025
Bookish poster

Bookish

TV · as Maxie Kleinmann · 2 eps

2024
Family poster

Family

Movie · as Samuel

2024
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue poster

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

Movie · as Hume Cronyn

2022
TÁR poster

TÁR

Movie · as Sebastian Brix

2022
The Offering poster

The Offering

Movie · as Saul

2022
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus

Movie · as The Deacon

2022
Mosquito poster

Mosquito

Movie · as Ozwald Godfrey

2021
Ridley Road poster

Ridley Road

TV · as Rabbi Lehrer · 4 eps

2019
The Man Who Saw Too Much poster

The Man Who Saw Too Much

Movie · as Boris Pahor (voice)

2018
Disobedience poster

Disobedience

Movie · as Moshe Hartog

2018
Miss Dalí poster

Miss Dalí

Movie · as Captain Moore

2018
FBI poster

FBI

TV · as Victor Beniov · 1 ep

2017
The Book of Gabrielle poster

The Book of Gabrielle

Movie · as Saul

2017
Fearless poster

Fearless

TV · as Monty Berman · 6 eps

2016
Florence Foster Jenkins poster

Florence Foster Jenkins

Movie · as John Totten

2015
Woman in Gold poster

Woman in Gold

Movie · as Gustav Bloch-Bauer

2014
Closer to the Moon poster

Closer to the Moon

Movie · as Flaviu

2014
Secrets of the Third Reich poster

Secrets of the Third Reich

TV · as Self - Narrator · 8 eps

2014
The Musketeers poster

The Musketeers

TV · as Van Laar · 2 eps

2013
Utopia poster

Utopia

TV · as Ross · 2 eps

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Aaron · 1 ep

2013
Dancing on the Edge poster

Dancing on the Edge

TV · as Mr. Wax · 5 eps

2013
Spies of Warsaw poster

Spies of Warsaw

TV · as Viktor Rosen · 2 eps

2012
An Enemy to Die For poster

An Enemy to Die For

Movie · as Martin Winter

2012
The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney

Movie · as Doctor

2012
We'll Take Manhattan poster

We'll Take Manhattan

Movie · as Alex Liberman

2012
A Thousand Kisses Deep poster

A Thousand Kisses Deep

Movie · as Buddy

2012
Call the Midwife poster

Call the Midwife

TV · as Arnold Gelin · 1 ep

2011
Zen poster

Zen

TV · as Michelangelo Gattuso · 1 ep

2011
Homeland poster

Homeland

TV · as Etai Luskin · 7 eps

2011
Exile poster

Exile

TV · as Geller · 1 ep

2010
Burke & Hare poster

Burke & Hare

Movie · as Nicephore

2010
Lennon Naked poster

Lennon Naked

Movie · as Art Janov

2010
Grandma's House poster

Grandma's House

TV · as Richard · 1 ep

2010
A Passionate Woman poster

A Passionate Woman

TV · as Mr. Solomon · 1 ep

2009
Mr. Nobody poster

Mr. Nobody

Movie · as Dr. Feldheim

2008
Defiance poster

Defiance

Movie · as Shimon Haretz

2008
No Heroics poster

No Heroics

TV · 1 ep

2007
The Last Days of the Raj poster

The Last Days of the Raj

Movie · as Lord Ismay

2007
Fred Claus poster

Fred Claus

Movie · as Dr. Goldfarb

2006
Against Nature

Against Nature

Movie · as Des Esseintes

2006
Simon Schama's Power of Art poster

Simon Schama's Power of Art

TV · 1 ep

2005
The White Countess poster

The White Countess

Movie · as Samuel Feinstein

2005
Friends & Crocodiles poster

Friends & Crocodiles

Movie · as Marcus

2005
The Owls and the Orchard poster

The Owls and the Orchard

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

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

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

Movie · as Greenhough Smith

2005
Bigger Than the Sky poster

Bigger Than the Sky

Movie · as Kippy Newberg

2004
De-Lovely poster

De-Lovely

Movie · as Monty Woolley

2004
The Merchant of Venice poster

The Merchant of Venice

Movie · as Tubal

2004
Vera Drake poster

Vera Drake

Movie · as Psychiatrist

2004
Christine poster

Christine

Movie · as Maurice Leyman

2004
The Lady Musketeer poster

The Lady Musketeer

TV · as Aramis · 2 eps

2003
The Last Detective poster

The Last Detective

TV · 1 ep

2003
Trust poster

Trust

TV · as Michael Cohen · 1 ep

2002
Food of Love poster

Food of Love

Movie · as Joseph Mansourian

2002
The King's Beard poster

The King's Beard

Movie · as Ronnie (voice)

2002
Moonlight Mile poster

Moonlight Mile

Movie · as Stan Michaels

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Carlo Lucciano · 1 ep

2002
Daniel Deronda poster

Daniel Deronda

TV · as Herr Julius Klesmer · 4 eps

2001
Zoe poster

Zoe

Movie · as Rupert

2001
Me Without You poster

Me Without You

Movie · as Max

2001
The Grey Zone poster

The Grey Zone

Movie · as Nyiszli

2001
The Search for John Gissing poster

The Search for John Gissing

Movie · as Francois Fuller

2001
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) poster

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)

Movie · as Big Bob

2001
The Way We Live Now poster

The Way We Live Now

TV · as Croll · 4 eps

2000
Joe Gould's Secret poster

Joe Gould's Secret

Movie · as Francis McCrudden

2000
Fat Friends poster

Fat Friends

TV · as Leonard Harris · 4 eps

1999
Topsy-Turvy poster

Topsy-Turvy

Movie · as Sir Arthur Sullivan

1998
The Impostors poster

The Impostors

Movie · as Captain

1997
Nostromo poster

Nostromo

TV · as Hirsch · 3 eps

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Michael Hipsman · 1 ep

1996
Gadgetman poster

Gadgetman

Movie · as Professor McNeil

1996
Norma Jean & Marilyn poster

Norma Jean & Marilyn

Movie · as Billy Wilder

1996
Alive and Kicking poster

Alive and Kicking

Movie · as Therapist

1995
Voices poster

Voices

Movie · as Oscar Butterworth

1995
The Last Machine poster

The Last Machine

TV · 5 eps

1995
An Independent Man

An Independent Man

TV · 1 ep

1994
A Business Affair poster

A Business Affair

Movie · as Dinner Guest

1994
Nobody's Children poster

Nobody's Children

Movie · as Ion

1994
Heart of Darkness poster

Heart of Darkness

Movie · as Verme

1994
Paris poster

Paris

TV · as Minotti · 6 eps

1992
Carry On Columbus poster

Carry On Columbus

Movie · as Sam

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Gerard Lowe, Tristram Johnstone · 1 ep

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Osofsky · 1 ep

1991
Edward II poster

Edward II

Movie · as Poet

1991
Teenage Health Freak poster

Teenage Health Freak

TV · as Dr Lime · 2 eps

1990
Antonia and Jane poster

Antonia and Jane

Movie · as Stephen Carlinsky

1990
Drop the Dead Donkey poster

Drop the Dead Donkey

TV · as Critic · 2 eps

1989
Fat Man and Little Boy poster

Fat Man and Little Boy

Movie · as Franz Goethe

1988
Talk Radio poster

Talk Radio

Movie · as Vince / Morris

1987
Mandela poster

Mandela

Movie · as Benny

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Gentile Bellocchio · 1 ep

1986
Valhalla poster

Valhalla

Movie · as Loke (voice)

1985
Bad Medicine poster

Bad Medicine

Movie · as Dr. Diaz the Bus Driver

1985
Girls On Top poster

Girls On Top

TV · as Benny · 1 ep

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 2 eps

1984
Cold Warrior

Cold Warrior

TV · as Joachim Maasen · 1 ep

1984
Freud poster

Freud

TV · as Oscar Rie · 2 eps

1983
Yentl poster

Yentl

Movie · as Shimmele

1983
The Return of the Soldier poster

The Return of the Soldier

Movie · as Pianist at Party

1981
Roots poster

Roots

TV · as Melvin Solomons · 6 eps

1980
Buccaneer

Buccaneer

TV · as Monty Bateman · 4 eps

1979
Follow the Star

Follow the Star

Movie

1979
Phoelix poster

Phoelix

Movie

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Hatchard's Bookshop Assistant, Store Assistant · 1 ep

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Marty · 1 ep

1975
Poldark poster

Poldark

TV · as Manservant · 1 ep

1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas

TV · as The Deacon · 1 ep