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Alun Armstrong

English actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1946 · age 80

Alan Armstrong, known professionally as Alun Armstrong, is an English character actor. He grew up in County Durham, in North East England, and became interested in acting through Shakespeare productions at his grammar school.

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A life in dates

2025The ChoralFilm, Herbert Trickett2022SherwoodSeries, Gary Jackson2019Year of the RabbitSeries, Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech2016Golden YearsFilm, Sid2012The Hollow CrownSeries, Northumberland2006EragonFilm, Uncle Garrow2005Bleak HouseSeries, Inspector BucketMillionsFilm, 2005Saint Peter2003It's All About LoveFilm, David2000Harrison's FlowersFilm, Samuel Brubeck1997The SaintFilm, Inspector Teal1996Breaking the CodeFilm, Mick Ross1994Black BeautyFilm, Reuben Smith1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesSeries, Caliban (voice)1991London Kills MeFilm, John Stone1987Inspector MorseSeries, Superintendent Holdsby1985Billy the Kid and the Green Baize VampireFilm, Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire1983KrullFilm, Torquil1978The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries, Provost1977A Bridge Too FarFilm, Cpl. Davies1976The New AvengersSeries, Private George Harris1971Great PerformancesSeries, ThénardierGet CarterFilm, 1971Keith1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Lightborne1946Born17 July 1946

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Known for

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  • Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert 2010
  • Braveheart 1995
  • The Duellists 1977
  • Sleepy Hollow 1999
  • A Bridge Too Far 1977

Also in Français

Filmography 40

177 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Laurence Olivier Awards
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical

About this person

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."

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 80

In the same film or series as Alun

Sean YoungAlso in Blue Ice (1992)Nastassja KinskiAlso in Paradise Found (2003)Richard Dean AndersonAlso in MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994)Ian McDiarmidAlso in The Likely Lads (1976)Sean HarrisAlso in Possum (2018)Britt EklandAlso in Get Carter (1971)