People
Alun Armstrong
- Name: Alun Armstrong
- Birthday: 1946-07-17
- Also known as: Αλούν Άρμστρονγκ
- Place of birth: Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
- Popularity: 7.405
Biography:
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Nicky Nack | 2021-10-07 |
| Out of Innocence as Detective Callaghan | 2019-04-12 |
| Possum as Maurice | 2018-10-26 |
| Funny Cow as Lenny | 2018-04-20 |
| Asunder as Self - Narrator (voice) | 2016-07-10 |
| Golden Years as Sid | 2016-04-29 |
| Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast) | 2010-10-03 |
| Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Ernest Whitehouse | 2008-05-27 |
| The Dinner Party as Jim | 2007-09-09 |
| Eragon as Uncle Garrow | 2006-12-14 |
| The Girls Who Came to Stay as Bob Jenkins | 2006-06-16 |
| Oliver Twist as Magistrate Fang | 2005-09-23 |
| When I'm Sixty-Four as Jim | 2004-08-04 |
| Van Helsing: The London Assignment as Cardinal Jinetta (voice) | 2004-05-11 |
| Van Helsing as Cardinal Jinette | 2004-05-03 |
| Millions as Saint Peter | 2004-04-29 |
| Carrie's War as Mr. Samuel Evans | 2004-01-01 |
| It's All About Love as David | 2003-01-10 |
| Paradise Found as Camille Pissarro | 2003-01-01 |
| Inquisition as Martin | 2002-12-22 |
| Strictly Sinatra as Bill | 2001-06-29 |
| Score as George | 2001-06-05 |
| The Mummy Returns as Baltus Hafez | 2001-05-04 |
| Proof of Life as Wyatt | 2000-12-08 |
| Harrison's Flowers as Samuel Brubeck | 2000-09-23 |
| 7 Up 2000 as Himself - Narrator | 2000-04-13 |
| This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield | 2000-01-26 |
| Onegin as Zaretsky | 1999-12-22 |
| Sleepy Hollow as High Constable | 1999-11-19 |
| G:MT Greenwich Mean Time as Uncle Henry | 1999-10-01 |
| With or Without You as Sammy | 1999-09-10 |
| Aristocrats as Lord Holland | 1999-06-20 |
| The Saint as Inspector Teal | 1997-04-03 |
| Brazen Hussies as Jimmy Hardcastle | 1996-11-30 |
| Breaking the Code as Mick Ross | 1996-09-17 |
| Witness Against Hitler as Pastor Harold Poelchau | 1996-03-10 |
| Sorry About Last Night as Mickey | 1995-12-27 |
| Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall as Thenardier | 1995-10-14 |
| Braveheart as Mornay | 1995-05-24 |
| An Awfully Big Adventure as Uncle Vernon | 1995-05-11 |
| MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday as Capshaw | 1994-11-24 |
| Doggin' Around as Charlie Foster | 1994-10-16 |
| Black Beauty as Reuben Smith | 1994-07-29 |
| Blue Ice as Osgood | 1992-10-09 |
| Patriot Games as Owens | 1992-06-04 |
| Split Second as Thrasher | 1992-05-01 |
| London Kills Me as John Stone | 1991-12-13 |
| American Friends as Dr. Weeks | 1991-03-22 |
| The Widowmaker as Dad | 1990-12-29 |
| Sticky Wickets as Evans | 1990-10-14 |
| White Hunter, Black Heart as Ralph Lockhart | 1990-05-16 |
| Looking After Number One as Dick | 1990-02-06 |
| Nineteen96 as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs | 1989-09-17 |
| A Night on the Tyne as Willy | 1989-07-12 |
| That Summer of White Roses | 1989-01-01 |
| The Childeater as Stefano | 1989-01-01 |
| Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire | 1985-11-25 |
| Number One as Blackpool Police Sergeant | 1985-03-01 |
| The Caucasian Chalk Circle as Singer | 1985-01-01 |
| The House as Mr. Smeth | 1984-09-27 |
| Krull as Torquil | 1983-07-29 |
| Mr Moon's Last Case as Narrator | 1983-01-01 |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman as Grimes | 1981-08-28 |
| Fear of God as Trahearne | 1980-02-26 |
| All Day on the Sands | 1979-02-24 |
| Measure for Measure as Provost | 1979-02-18 |
| Freedom of the Dig as Quinn | 1978-10-23 |
| Liza as Mikhalevich | 1978-03-28 |
| Our Day Out as Mr. Briggs | 1977-12-12 |
| Shooting the Chandelier as Brodovich | 1977-10-26 |
| The Duellists as Lieutenant Lacourbe | 1977-08-31 |
| Risking It as Richard Clewes | 1977-07-05 |
| A Bridge Too Far as Cpl. Davies | 1977-06-15 |
| The Likely Lads as Tommy | 1976-02-01 |
| Easy Go as First docker | 1974-03-07 |
| The 14 as Tommy | 1973-06-15 |
| The Eyes Have It as Mike | 1973-06-09 |
| The Sex Victims as George | 1973-04-04 |
| Only Make Believe as Michael Biddle | 1973-02-12 |
| Get Carter as Keith | 1971-02-03 |
