Alun Armstrong
ActingAlso Known As
Αλούν Άρμστρονγκ
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.
Movies
(87 total)
Braveheart
as Mornay
The Mummy Returns
as Baltus Hafez
Sleepy Hollow
as High Constable
Van Helsing
as Cardinal Jinette
Eragon
as Uncle Garrow
Patriot Games
as Owens
Oliver Twist
as Magistrate Fang
The Saint
as Inspector Teal
A Bridge Too Far
as Cpl. Davies
Proof of Life
as Wyatt
The Duellists
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
Krull
as Torquil
Get Carter
as Keith
Millions
as Saint Peter
Split Second
as Thrasher
Black Beauty
as Reuben Smith
Possum
as Maurice
White Hunter, Black Heart
as Ralph Lockhart
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Grimes
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
TV Shows
(61 total)
Penny Dreadful
as Vincent Brand
Married... with Children
as Trevor
Tales from the Crypt
as Inspector Herbert
Frontier
as Lord Benton
The Storyteller
as Troll (voice)
Inspector Morse
as Superintendent Holdsby
Breeders
as Jim
Sherwood
as Gary Jackson
The Hollow Crown
as Northumberland
Little Dorrit
as Ephraim Flintwinch
New Tricks
as Brian Lane
Bleak House
as Inspector Bucket
David Copperfield
as Dan Peggotty
Year of the Rabbit
as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
Porridge
as Spraggon
The New Avengers
as Private George Harris
Prime Suspect 1973
as Clifford Bentley
Dark Angel
as George Stot
After the Flood
as Alan Benson
The Sweeney
as Peter Jenner