Alun Armstrong
July 17, 1946 (78 years old) in Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Tom Jones as Squire Western
- 2022 · Sherwood as Gary Jackson
- 2018 · Funny Cow as Lenny
- 2016 · Dark Angel as George Stot
- 2016 · Golden Years as Sid
- 2007 · The Dinner Party as Jim
- 2004 · When I'm Sixty-Four as Jim
- 2004 · Carrie's War as Mr. Samuel Evans
- 2003 · Paradise Found as Camille Pissarro
- 2002 · Inquisition as Martin
- 2002 · Sparkhouse as Richard Bolton
- 2001 · Strictly Sinatra as Bill
- 2000 · Harrison's Flowers as Samuel Brubeck
- 2000 · This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
- 1999 · Onegin as Zaretsky
- 1999 · Oliver Twist as Mr. Fleming
- 1999 · G:MT Greenwich Mean Time as Uncle Henry
- 1999 · With or Without You as Sammy
- 1998 · In the Red as DCI Frank Jefferson
- 1996 · Brazen Hussies as Jimmy Hardcastle
- 1996 · Breaking the Code as Mick Ross
- 1995 · Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall as Thenardier
- 1995 · An Awfully Big Adventure as Uncle Vernon
- 1994 · MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday as Capshaw
- 1992 · Blue Ice as Osgood
- 1991 · London Kills Me as John Stone
- 1991 · Murder in Eden as Sgt. McGing
- 1991 · American Friends as Dr. Weeks
- 1985 · Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
- 1981 · Get Lost! as Neville Keaton
- 1979 · Measure for Measure as Provost
- 1976 · The Likely Lads as Tommy
- 1975 · The Stars Look Down as Joe Gowlan
- 1973 · The 14 as Tommy
- 1971 · Get Carter as Keith
- Future · The Choral as
- 2021 · The Nicky Nack as
- 2020 · Breeders as Jim
- 2020 · Breaking The Codes as
- 2019 · Year of the Rabbit as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
- 2019 · Out of Innocence as Detective Callaghan
- 2018 · Possum as Maurice
- 2017 · Prime Suspect 1973 as Clifford Bentley
- 2016 · Frontier as Lord Benton
- 2016 · Asunder as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Penny Dreadful as Vincent Brand
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Northumberland
- 2012 · The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Hiram Grewgious
- 2010 · Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Stowell
- 2010 · A Passionate Woman as Donald (1980s)
- 2009 · Garrow's Law as John Southouse
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as Ephraim Flintwinch
- 2008 · Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Ernest Whitehouse
- 2006 · Eragon as Uncle Garrow
- 2006 · The Girls Who Came to Stay as Bob Jenkins
- 2005 · Bleak House as Inspector Bucket
- 2005 · Oliver Twist as Magistrate Fang
- 2004 · Van Helsing: The London Assignment as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
- 2004 · Van Helsing as Cardinal Jinette
- 2004 · Millions as Saint Peter
- 2004 · New Tricks as Brian Lane
- 2003 · Between The Sheets as Peter Delany
- 2003 · It's All About Love as David
- 2001 · Extinct as Himself - Narrator
- 2001 · Bedtime as Neil Henshaw
- 2001 · Score as George
- 2001 · Messiah as DCI Charlie McIntyre
- 2001 · The Mummy Returns as Baltus Hafez
- 2001 · Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years as George Mole
- 2000 · Proof of Life as Wyatt
- 2000 · 7 Up 2000 as Himself - Narrator
- 2000 · This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
- 1999 · David Copperfield as Dan Peggotty
- 1999 · Sleepy Hollow as High Constable
- 1999 · Aristocrats as Lord Holland
- 1997 · Underworld as
- 1997 · The Saint as Inspector Teal
- 1996 · Witness Against Hitler as Pastor Harold Poelchau
- 1996 · Our Friends in the North as Austin Donohue
- 1995 · Sorry About Last Night as Mickey
- 1995 · Braveheart as Mornay
- 1994 · Doggin' Around as Charlie Foster
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Reuben Smith
- 1993 · Goggle Eyes as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Caliban (voice)
- 1992 · Patriot Games as Owens
- 1992 · Split Second as Thrasher
- 1991 · Stanley and the Women as Rufus Hilton
- 1990 · The Widowmaker as Dad
- 1990 · Sticky Wickets as Evans
- 1990 · White Hunter, Black Heart as Ralph Lockhart
- 1990 · Looking After Number One as Dick
- 1989 · Nineteen96 as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
- 1989 · A Night on the Tyne as Willy
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Inspector Herbert
- 1989 · That Summer of White Roses as Zemba
- 1989 · The Childeater as Stefano
- 1988 · The Storyteller as
- 1987 · Married... with Children as Trevor
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Superintendent Holdsby
- 1985 · MacGyver as Chief Superintendent Capshaw
- 1985 · A.D. as Gamesmaster
- 1985 · Number One as Blackpool Police Sergeant
- 1985 · The Caucasian Chalk Circle as Singer
- 1984 · The House as Mr. Smeth
- 1983 · Krull as Torquil
- 1983 · Mr Moon's Last Case as Narrator
- 1982 · The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as
- 1981 · The French Lieutenant's Woman as Grimes
- 1980 · Fear of God as Trahearne
- 1979 · All Day on the Sands as
- 1978 · The BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · Freedom of the Dig as Quinn
- 1978 · Liza as Mikhalevich
- 1978 · Armchair Thriller as Trahearne
- 1978 · Enemy at the Door as Louis Mendoza
- 1977 · Our Day Out as Mr. Briggs
- 1977 · Shooting the Chandelier as Brodovich
- 1977 · The Duellists as Lieutenant Lacourbe
- 1977 · A Sharp Intake of Breath as
- 1977 · Risking It as Richard Clewes
- 1977 · A Bridge Too Far as Cpl. Davies
- 1976 · The New Avengers as
- 1975 · Days of Hope as Billy Shepherd
- 1975 · The Sweeney as Peter Jenner
- 1974 · Father Brown as Joe
- 1974 · Porridge as Spraggon
- 1974 · Easy Go as First docker
- 1973 · The Eyes Have It as Mike
- 1973 · Thriller as Mike
- 1973 · The Sex Victims as George
- 1973 · Only Make Believe as Michael Biddle
- 1973 · Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? as Scaife
- 1971 · Justice as Bob Graham
- 1970 · Play for Today as 1st Docker
- 1970 · Play for Today as Mr Briggs
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Lightborne
- 1965 · Public Eye as Vince Gregson