
Anton Lesser
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Anton Lesser is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour, and Major Lio Partagaz in Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.
Known for
Credits

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
as Lord John Carteret

Allied (2016)
as Emmanuel Lombard

Disobedience (2018)
as Rav Krushka

The Courier (2020)
as Bertrand

The Yellow Tie (2025)
as Martin Steinke

Miss Potter (2006)
as Harold Warne

The Exception (2017)
as General Falkenberg

Uprising (2001)
as Nathan Lensky

River Queen (2005)
as Baine

A United Kingdom (2016)
as Prime Minister Attlee

The Lady (2011)
as Professor Finnis

The World Will Tremble (2025)
as Robbi Schulman
Santo Subito! (—)
as Father Mattew

Charlotte Gray (2001)
as Renech

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
as Qyburn

Einstein and Eddington (2008)
as Fritz Haber

On Chesil Beach (2018)
as Reverend Woollett

Benediction (2021)
as Stephen Tennant (Older)

The Miracle Maker (2000)
as Herod (voice)

FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Wounded Corporal

ViQueens (2026)
as Lars (voice)

The Missionary (1982)
as Young Man at Shoot

Lorna Doone (2001)
as Counsellor Doone

Einstein's Big Idea (2005)
as Voltaire

Esther Kahn (2000)
as Sean

The Scapegoat (2012)
as Father McReady
The Project (2002)
as Stanley Hall

Making 1899 (2022)
as Self

The Moonstone (1996)
as Ezra Jennings

Guinevere (1994)
as Envoy

Otherworld (2003)
as Teyrnon (voice)

Dirty Filthy Love (2005)
as Charles

Monsignor Quixote (1985)
as Robber

King Lear (1982)
as Edgar

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)
as Karl/Stein

Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1988)
as Feste

Class of '76 (2005)
as Martin Gibson

The Girl in the Café (2005)
as George

Into the Blue (1997)
as Dr. John Ockleton

Eroica (2003)
as Sukowaty

The Assam Garden (1985)
as Mr. Sutton

Kindred (2020)
as Dr. Richards

Closer to the Moon (2014)
as Holban

Beshert (2025)
as Mr Pinsky

Flutter (2011)
as Bruno

Ahead of the Class (2005)
as Graham Ranger

Gatecrash (2020)
as Sid

Sakharov (1984)
as Valery Chalidze

Airbase (1988)
as Vincenzo

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2002)
as Bertilak / Green Knight (voice)

The Cherry Orchard (1981)
as Trofimov

The Man who Crossed Hitler (2011)
as Rudolf Olden

Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (2003)
as Batten
A Blue Butterfly (—)
Actor

Tick Tick Tick (—)
as Narrator

From A Strange Land (2021)
as Professor Dr Wolfgang Engel

Troilus & Cressida (1981)
as Troilus

Traitors (1990)
as Robert Cecil

Stanley (1988)
as Stanley Spencer

The Mill on the Floss (1978)
as Philip Wakem
Good and Bad at Games (1983)
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