Acting
Alun Armstrong
EN, RU, SH cinema · 88 credits
Born
17 July 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
Also known as Alan Armstrong
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Choral
as Herbert Trickett
Out of Innocence
as Detective Callaghan
Funny Cow
as Lenny
Possum
as Maurice
Golden Years
as Sid
Asunder
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
as Ernest Whitehouse
Eragon
as Uncle Garrow
Oliver Twist
as Magistrate Fang
Millions
as Saint Peter
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
Van Helsing
as Cardinal Jinette
Carrie's War
as Mr. Samuel Evans
Paradise Found
as Camille Pissarro
It's All About Love
as David
Inquisition
as Martin
The Mummy Returns
as Baltus Hafez
Strictly Sinatra
as Bill
Score
2001
Score
as George
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
Harrison's Flowers
as Samuel Brubeck
7 Up 2000
as Himself - Narrator
Proof of Life
as Wyatt
Sleepy Hollow
as High Constable
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
as Uncle Henry
With or Without You
as Sammy
Onegin
as Zaretsky
The Saint
as Inspector Teal
Breaking the Code
as Mick Ross
Witness Against Hitler
as Pastor Harold Poelchau
Brazen Hussies
as Jimmy Hardcastle
An Awfully Big Adventure
as Uncle Vernon
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
as Monsieur Thénardier
Braveheart
as Mornay
Sorry About Last Night
as Mickey
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Capshaw
Black Beauty
as Reuben Smith
Doggin' Around
as Charlie Foster
The Tempest
as Caliban
Split Second
as Thrasher
Patriot Games
as Owens
Blue Ice
as Osgood
London Kills Me
as John Stone
American Friends
as Dr. Weeks
Sticky Wickets
as Evans
White Hunter, Black Heart
as Ralph Lockhart
The Childeater
as Stefano
A Night on the Tyne
as Willy
Nineteen96
as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
Number 27
as Murray Lester
The Storyteller: The True Bride
as Troll (Voice)
Number One
as Blackpool Police Sergeant
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
The House
as Mr. Smeth
Krull
as Torquil
Mr Moon's Last Case
as Narrator
Fear of God
1980
Fear of God
as Trahearne
Measure for Measure
as Provost
Liza
as Mikhalevich
The Duellists
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
Our Day Out
as Mr. Briggs
Risking It
as Richard Clewes
A Bridge Too Far
as Cpl. Davies
Shooting the Chandelier
as Brodovich
The Likely Lads
as Tommy
The Chester Mystery Plays
as Lightborne
Easy Go
as First docker
The 14
as Tommy
Only Make Believe
as Michael Biddle
The Sex Victims
as George
The Eyes Have It
as Mike
Get Carter
as Keith