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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 · When I'm Sixty-Four as Jim
- 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
- 2004 · Carrie's War as Mr. Samuel Evans
- 2003 · Between The Sheets as Peter Delany
- 2003 · It's All About Love as David
- 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 · Strictly Sinatra as Bill
- 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 · 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
- 1999 · G:MT Greenwich Mean Time as Uncle Henry
- 1999 · With or Without You as Sammy
- 1999 · Aristocrats as Lord Holland
- 1998 · In the Red as DCI Frank Jefferson
- 1997 · Underworld as
- 1997 · The Saint as Inspector Teal
- 1996 · Brazen Hussies as Jimmy Hardcastle
- 1996 · Breaking the Code as Mick Ross
- 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 · Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall as Thenardier
- 1995 · Braveheart as Mornay
- 1995 · An Awfully Big Adventure as Uncle Vernon
- 1994 · MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday as Capshaw
- 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 · Blue Ice as Osgood
- 1992 · Patriot Games as Owens
- 1992 · Split Second as Thrasher
- 1991 · London Kills Me as John Stone
- 1991 · Stanley and the Women as Rufus Hilton
- 1991 · Murder in Eden as Sgt. McGing
- 1991 · American Friends as Dr. Weeks
- 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 · Tales from the Crypt as Inspector Herbert
- 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 · The Caucasian Chalk Circle as Singer
- 1983 · Krull as Torquil
- 1983 · Mr Moon's Last Case as Narrator
- 1981 · The French Lieutenant's Woman as Grimes
- 1980 · Fear of God as Trahearne
- 1979 · All Day on the Sands as
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · Enemy at the Door as Louis Mendoza
- 1977 · Shooting the Chandelier as Brodovich
- 1977 · The Duellists as Lieutenant Lacourbe
- 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
- 1974 · Porridge as Spraggon
- 1973 · The 14 as Tommy
- 1973 · Thriller as Mike
- 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
- Future · The Choral as
- 1989 · A Night on the Tyne as Willy
- 1989 · That Summer of White Roses as
- 1985 · Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
- 1985 · Number One as Blackpool Police Sergeant
- 1984 · The House as Mr. Smeth
- 1982 · The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as
- 1981 · Get Lost! as Neville Keaton
- 1979 · Measure for Measure as Provost
- 1978 · Freedom of the Dig as Quinn
- 1978 · Liza as Mikhalevich
- 1977 · Our Day Out as Mr. Briggs
- 1977 · A Sharp Intake of Breath as
- 1976 · The Likely Lads as Tommy
- 1975 · The Stars Look Down as Joe Gowlan
- 1974 · Easy Go as First docker
- 1973 · The Eyes Have It as Mike
- 1973 · The Sex Victims as George
- 1973 · Only Make Believe as Michael Biddle
- 1965 · Public Eye as Vince Gregson