Alun Armstrong
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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
Credits
Braveheart (1995)
as Mornay
The Mummy Returns (2001)
as Baltus Hafez
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
as High Constable
Van Helsing (2004)
as Cardinal Jinette
Patriot Games (1992)
as Owens
The Saint (1997)
as Inspector Teal
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
as Cpl. Davies
Krull (1983)
as Torquil
The Choral (2025)
as Herbert Trickett
Eragon (2006)
as Uncle Garrow
Split Second (1992)
as Thrasher
Proof of Life (2000)
as Wyatt
Black Beauty (1994)
as Reuben Smith
Possum (2018)
as Maurice
Oliver Twist (2005)
as Magistrate Fang
Get Carter (1971)
as Keith
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
as Grimes
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
as Ralph Lockhart
The Duellists (1977)
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
Millions (2005)
as Saint Peter
Blue Ice (1992)
as Osgood
Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004)
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
Harrison's Flowers (2000)
as Samuel Brubeck
Onegin (1999)
as Zaretsky
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010)
as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
Funny Cow (2018)
as Lenny
Paradise Found (2003)
as Camille Pissarro
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
as Uncle Vernon
Brazen Hussies (1996)
as Jimmy Hardcastle
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994)
as Capshaw
Aristocrats (1999)
as Lord Holland
It's All About Love (2003)
as David
The Childeater (1989)
as Stefano
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
as Uncle Henry
London Kills Me (1991)
as John Stone
Golden Years (2016)
as Sid
Strictly Sinatra (2001)
as Bill
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (1995)
as Monsieur Thénardier
American Friends (1991)
as Dr. Weeks
When I'm Sixty-Four (2004)
as Jim
Breaking the Code (1996)
as Mick Ross
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008)
as Ernest Whitehouse
The House (1984)
as Mr. Smeth
The Dinner Party (2007)
as Jim
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985)
as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
Risking It (1977)
as Richard Clewes
Asunder (2016)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Our Day Out (1977)
as Mr. Briggs
The Chester Mystery Plays (1976)
as Lightborne
Doggin' Around (1994)
as Charlie Foster
Carrie's War (2004)
as Mr. Samuel Evans
The 14 (1973)
as Tommy
Number One (1985)
as Blackpool Police Sergeant
Breaking The Codes (2020)
Actor
The Likely Lads (1976)
as Tommy
Witness Against Hitler (1996)
as Pastor Harold Poelchau
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1985)
as Singer
The Widowmaker (1990)
as Dad
Measure for Measure (1979)
as Provost
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000)
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
The Storyteller: The True Bride (1988)
as Troll (Voice)
The Eyes Have It (1973)
as Mike
Sorry About Last Night (1995)
as Mickey
Number 27 (1988)
as Murray Lester
The Sex Victims (1973)
as George
Only Make Believe (1973)
as Michael Biddle
With or Without You (1999)
as Sammy
My Little Eye (—)
as Dad
The Girls Who Came to Stay (2006)
as Bob Jenkins
That Summer of White Roses (1989)
as Zemba
All Day on the Sands (1979)
Actor
The Nicky Nack (2021)
Actor
Score (2001)
as George
Sticky Wickets (1990)
as Evans
Out of Innocence (2019)
as Detective Callaghan
Shooting the Chandelier (1977)
as Brodovich
7 Up 2000 (2000)
as Himself - Narrator
The Tempest (1993)
as Caliban
Easy Go (1974)
as First docker
A Night on the Tyne (1989)
as Willy
Nineteen96 (1989)
as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
Freedom of the Dig (1978)
as Quinn
Liza (1978)
as Mikhalevich
Looking After Number One (1990)
as Dick
Inquisition (2002)
as Martin
Fear of God (1980)
as Trahearne
Mr Moon's Last Case (1983)
as Narrator