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