Antony Sher
June 14, 1949 (75 years old) in Cape Town, South Africa
Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) was an English actor of South African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time nominee. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a writer and theatre director. He died of cancer on 3rd December 2021.
Known For
Credits
- 2017 · Joe Orton Laid Bare as Ensemble Cast
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2016 · Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear as King Lear
- 2016 · Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self
- 2015 · Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor as Himself
- 2015 · Shylock's Ghost as Self
- 2015 · War Book as David
- 2015 · RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2 as Sir John Falstaff
- 2015 · RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1 as Sir John Falstaff
- 2012 · Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard as Himself
- 2012 · National Theatre Live: Travelling Light as Jacob Bindel
- 2012 · Dickens in London as Older Dickens(Voice)
- 2011 · The Shadow Line as Peter Glickman
- 2010 · The Wolfman as Dr. Hoenneger
- 2008 · Three and Out as Maurice
- 2008 · God on Trial as Akiba
- 2007 · The Company as Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
- 2007 · Hitler: The Comedy Years as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005 · Primo as Primo Levi
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Rafiel
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Hitler
- 2003 · Home as Gerald Ballantyne
- 2003 · In Search of Shakespeare as Self
- 2002 · The Jury as Gerald Lewis QC
- 2001 · Murphy's Law as
- 2001 · Macbeth as Macbeth
- 2000 · The Miracle Maker as Ben Azra (voice)
- 1999 · The Winter's Tale as Leontes
- 1999 · Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters as Colonel Moncoutant
- 1998 · Shakespeare in Love as Dr. Moth
- 1998 · Hornblower as Marquis de Moncoutant
- 1997 · Mrs Brown as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
- 1996 · The Moonstone as Sergeant Cuff
- 1996 · Alive and Kicking as Jack
- 1996 · The Wind in the Willows as Chief Weasel
- 1995 · The Young Poisoner's Handbook as Dr. Ernest Zeigler
- 1994 · Genghis Cohn as Genghis Cohn
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Richard (voice)
- 1992 · The Crying Game as Scum Editor
- 1990 · The Land of Dreams as David Samuels
- 1990 · Changing Step as Capt. Edmund Lambert
- 1990 · One Foot In the Grave as
- 1989 · Erik the Viking as Loki
- 1988 · The Play on One as Captain Edmund Lambert
- 1987 · The Dame Edna Experience as Self
- 1985 · Shadey as Oliver Shadey
- 1983 · Tartuffe, or The Imposter as Tartuffe
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Scum Editor
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self
- 1981 · The History Man as Howard Kirk
- 1980 · Superman II as Bell Boy
- 1979 · Yanks as GI at Cinema
- 1979 · One Fine Day as Mr. Alpert
- 1979 · The Out of Town Boys as Nathan
- 1978 · Cold Harbour as Morris