Acting
Antony Sher
EN cinema · 46 credits
Born
14 June 1949
Died
3 December 2021 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Cape Town, South Africa
Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) was an English actor of South African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time nominee. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a writer and theatre director. He died of cancer on 3rd December 2021.
Known for
Filmography
Queer as Art
as Self
Joe Orton Laid Bare
as Ensemble Cast
RSC Live: King Lear
as King Lear
War Book
as David
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
as Sir John Falstaff
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
as Sir John Falstaff
Dickens in London
as Older Dickens(Voice)
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
as Jacob Bindel
The Wolfman
as Dr. Hoenneger
God on Trial
as Akiba
Three and Out
as Maurice
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Primo
as Primo Levi
Home
as Gerald Ballantyne
Macbeth
as Macbeth
The Miracle Maker
as Ben Azra (voice)
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Colonel Moncoutant
The Winter's Tale
as Leontes
Shakespeare in Love
as Dr. Moth
Mrs Brown
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
The Wind in the Willows
as Chief Weasel
The Moonstone
as Sergeant Cuff
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
as Dr. Ernest Zeigler
King Richard III
as Richard (voice)
Genghis Cohn
as Genghis Cohn
The Crying Game
as Scum Editor
The Land of Dreams
as David Samuels
Changing Step
as Capt. Edmund Lambert, Writer
Erik the Viking
as Loki
Omnibus: Caryl Churchill
1988
Omnibus: Caryl Churchill
as Self / Player in 'Cloud 9' extract
Shadey
as Oliver Shadey
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Tartuffe
Superman II
as Bell Boy
One Fine Day
as Mr. Alpert
Yanks
as GI at Cinema
