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
- 2019 · Out of Innocence as Detective Callaghan
- 2012 · The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Hiram Grewgious
- 2008 · Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Ernest Whitehouse
- 2004 · When I'm Sixty-Four as Jim
- 2004 · Carrie's War as Mr. Samuel Evans
- 2003 · Between The Sheets as Peter Delany
- 2003 · It's All About Love as David
- 2001 · Strictly Sinatra as Bill
- 2001 · Score as George
- 1999 · G:MT Greenwich Mean Time as Uncle Henry
- 1999 · With or Without You as Sammy
- 1999 · Aristocrats as Lord Holland
- 1997 · Underworld as
- 1996 · Brazen Hussies as Jimmy Hardcastle
- 1996 · Breaking the Code as Mick Ross
- 1996 · Witness Against Hitler as Pastor Harold Poelchau
- 1995 · Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall as Thenardier
- 1994 · MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday as Capshaw
- 1994 · Doggin' Around as Charlie Foster
- 1991 · London Kills Me as John Stone
- 1991 · Stanley and the Women as Rufus Hilton
- 1991 · American Friends as Dr. Weeks
- 1990 · The Widowmaker as Dad
- 1990 · Sticky Wickets as Evans
- 1989 · Nineteen96 as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
- 1985 · Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
- 1985 · The Caucasian Chalk Circle as Singer
- 1979 · Measure for Measure as Provost
- 1976 · The Likely Lads as Tommy
- 1975 · Days of Hope as Billy Shepherd
- 1975 · The Stars Look Down as Joe Gowlan
- 1973 · Only Make Believe as Michael Biddle
- 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
- 2018 · Possum as Maurice
- 2018 · Funny Cow as Lenny
- 2017 · Prime Suspect 1973 as Clifford Bentley
- 2016 · Frontier as Lord Benton
- 2016 · Dark Angel as George Stot
- 2016 · Asunder as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Golden Years as Sid
- 2014 · Penny Dreadful as Vincent Brand
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Northumberland
- 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
- 2007 · The Dinner Party as Jim
- 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 · Paradise Found as Camille Pissarro
- 2002 · Inquisition as Martin
- 2002 · Sparkhouse as Richard Bolton
- 2001 · Extinct as Himself - Narrator
- 2001 · Bedtime as Neil Henshaw
- 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 · Harrison's Flowers as Samuel Brubeck
- 2000 · 7 Up 2000 as Himself - Narrator
- 2000 · This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
- 2000 · This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
- 1999 · David Copperfield as Dan Peggotty
- 1999 · Onegin as Zaretsky
- 1999 · Oliver Twist as Mr. Fleming
- 1999 · Sleepy Hollow as High Constable
- 1998 · In the Red as DCI Frank Jefferson
- 1997 · The Saint as Inspector Teal
- 1996 · Our Friends in the North as Austin Donohue
- 1995 · Sorry About Last Night as Mickey
- 1995 · Braveheart as Mornay
- 1995 · An Awfully Big Adventure as Uncle Vernon
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Reuben Smith
- 1993 · Goggle Eyes as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Caliban (voice)
- 1992 · Blue Ice as Osgood
- 1992 · Patriot Games as Owens
- 1992 · Split Second as Thrasher
- 1991 · Murder in Eden as Sgt. McGing
- 1990 · White Hunter, Black Heart as Ralph Lockhart
- 1990 · Looking After Number One as Dick
- 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
- 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
- 1981 · Get Lost! as Neville Keaton
- 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 · The Sweeney as Peter Jenner
- 1974 · Father Brown as Joe
- 1974 · Porridge as Spraggon
- 1974 · Easy Go as First docker
- 1973 · The 14 as Tommy
- 1973 · The Eyes Have It as Mike
- 1973 · Thriller as Mike
- 1973 · The Sex Victims as George
- 1973 · Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? as Scaife
- 1971 · Justice as Bob Graham
- 1971 · Get Carter as Keith
- 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