Anthony Calf
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Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor with an extensive career across theatre, television, and film. Born in 1950s London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) before making his professional screen debut in the early 1980s. Calf is widely recognized for his roles in prominent period dramas and feature films, including Great Expectations (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), Anna Karenina (1997), and The Children Act (2017). On television, his notable credits include Pride and Prejudice (1995) and New Tricks. In addition to his screen work, Calf has maintained a distinguished career in British theatre, performing regularly with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Known for
Credits
De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)
as Spears
De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)
as Spears
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
as Howard
Anna Karenina (1997)
as Serpuliovskoy
King Lear (2018)
as Duke of Albany
I Came By (2022)
as Superintendent William Roy
Straightheads (2007)
as Heffer
Oxford Blues (1984)
as Gareth Rycroft
Partygate (2023)
as Sir Mark Sidwell
Absolute Hell (1991)
as Douglas Eden
The Children Act (2018)
as Mark Berner
The Madness of King George (1994)
as Fitzroy
Sisi & I (2023)
as Earl Spencer
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2006)
as Duke of York
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Geoffrey Hodson
My Night with Reg (1997)
as John
The Hotel In Amsterdam (2004)
as Gus
Perfect Day: The Millennium (2006)
as Michael
To Catch a King (1984)
as Butterfly Man
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie (2003)
as Tim Bowden
The Falklands Play (2002)
as Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
Lorna Doone (2001)
as Tom Faggus
The Brides in the Bath (2003)
as Howard Munday
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem (2015)
as Jerry
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
as Bryan Charles Walker
The Fools on the Hill (1986)
as Leslie Mitchell
Doctor Who: The Visitation (1982)
as Charles
Lucky Jim (2003)
as Cecil Goldsmith
Riders (1993)
as Billy Lloyd-Foxe
Dead Cool (2005)
as Mark
A Woman of the North (1999)
as Hugo Aylva
Private Lives (2013)
as Victor Prynne
Mary Rose (1987)
as Simon
A Teacher's Gift (2025)
as Charles