Alun Armstrong
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-07-17 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
Alun Armstrong
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 Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables and he won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd.
Acting
(2021)
(2020)
(2019)
Out of Innocence
as Detective Callaghan
(2018)
Possum
as Maurice
(2018)
Funny Cow
as Lenny
(2016)
Golden Years
as Sid
(2016)
Asunder
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2010)
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
(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)
Oliver Twist
as Magistrate Fang
(2004)
Van Helsing
as Cardinal Jinette
(2004)
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
(2004)
Millions
as Saint Peter
(2004)
When I'm Sixty-Four
as Jim
(2004)
Carrie's War
as Mr. Samuel Evans
(2003)
It's All About Love
as David
(2003)
Paradise Found
as Camille Pissarro
(2002)
Inquisition
as Martin
(2001)
The Mummy Returns
as Baltus Hafez
(2001)
Strictly Sinatra
as Bill
(2001)
Score
as George
(2000)
Proof of Life
as Wyatt
(2000)
Harrison's Flowers
as Samuel Brubeck
(2000)
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
(2000)
7 Up 2000
as Himself - Narrator
(1999)
Sleepy Hollow
as High Constable
(1999)
Onegin
as Zaretsky
(1999)
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
as Uncle Henry
(1999)
With or Without You
as Sammy
(1999)
Aristocrats
as Lord Holland
(1997)
The Saint
as Inspector Teal
(1996)
Breaking the Code
as Mick Ross
(1996)
Brazen Hussies
as Jimmy Hardcastle
(1996)
Witness Against Hitler
as Pastor Harold Poelchau
(1995)
Braveheart
as Mornay
(1995)
An Awfully Big Adventure
as Uncle Vernon
(1995)
(1995)
Sorry About Last Night
as Mickey
(1994)
Black Beauty
as Reuben Smith
(1994)
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Capshaw
(1994)
Doggin' Around
as Charlie Foster
(1992)
Patriot Games
as Owens
(1992)
Split Second
as Thrasher
(1992)
Blue Ice
as Osgood
(1991)
London Kills Me
as John Stone
(1991)
American Friends
as Dr. Weeks
(1990)
White Hunter, Black Heart
as Ralph Lockhart
(1990)
The Widowmaker
as Dad
(1990)
Sticky Wickets
as Evans
(1990)
Looking After Number One
as Dick
(1989)
Nineteen96
as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
(1989)
That Summer of White Roses
as Zemba
(1989)
The Childeater
as Stefano
(1989)
A Night on the Tyne
as Willy
(1985)
Number One
as Blackpool Police Sergeant
(1985)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Singer
(1985)
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
(1984)
The House
as Mr. Smeth
(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)
Measure for Measure
as Provost
(1979)
(1978)
Liza
as Mikhalevich
(1978)
Freedom of the Dig
as Quinn
(1977)
A Bridge Too Far
as Cpl. Davies
(1977)
The Duellists
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
(1977)
Our Day Out
as Mr. Briggs
(1977)
Risking It
as Richard Clewes
(1977)
Shooting the Chandelier
as Brodovich
(1976)
The Likely Lads
as Tommy
(1974)
Easy Go
as First docker
(1973)
The 14
as Tommy
(1973)
Only Make Believe
as Michael Biddle
(1973)
The Eyes Have It
as Mike
(1973)
The Sex Victims
as George
(1971)
Get Carter
as Keith