Alun Armstrong
Biography
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-07-17
Place of birth
Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
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Cast
Paradise Found
2003
6.57
The Saint
1997
6.11
Krull
1983
6.06
The Mummy Returns
2001
6.40
Eragon
2006
5.11
Sleepy Hollow
1999
7.18
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
6.70
The Nicky Nack
2021
0.00
Van Helsing
2004
6.38
It's All About Love
2003
5.40
Split Second
1992
5.90
Patriot Games
1992
6.69
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994
6.00
Black Beauty
1994
6.70
Sticky Wickets
1990
0.00
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
1999
5.50
The Duellists
1977
7.30
Breaking the Code
1996
5.40
Carrie's War
2004
7.40
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008
6.33
Number One
1985
5.00
Witness Against Hitler
1996
6.00
Our Day Out
1977
7.60
When I'm Sixty-Four
2004
5.30
The Girls Who Came to Stay
2006
6.00
London Kills Me
1991
6.04
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990
6.40
Fear of God
1980
0.00
Looking After Number One
1990
0.00
The 14
1973
6.08
The Childeater
1989
7.00
With or Without You
1999
5.50
Blue Ice
1992
5.10
Braveheart
1995
7.94
A Night on the Tyne
1989
0.00
All Day on the Sands
1979
0.00
The Likely Lads
1976
6.10
The Dinner Party
2007
6.00
The Widowmaker
1990
0.00
Risking It
1977
0.00
Sorry About Last Night
1995
6.00
The Choral
0.00
Golden Years
2016
6.30
Doggin' Around
1994
6.00
Get Carter
1971
7.00
A Bridge Too Far
1977
7.23
Harrison's Flowers
2000
6.50
That Summer of White Roses
1989
5.30
Asunder
2016
0.00
Inquisition
2002
0.00
Brazen Hussies
1996
3.30
Funny Cow
2018
6.30
Oliver Twist
2005
6.74
Strictly Sinatra
2001
4.80
Millions
2004
6.41
Possum
2018
6.16
Score
2001
0.00
7 Up 2000
2000
0.00
Proof of Life
2000
6.10
Only Make Believe
1973
0.00
Mr Moon's Last Case
1983
0.00
Out of Innocence
2019
6.60
Aristocrats
1999
6.00
The House
1984
5.00
Measure for Measure
1979
6.00
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
6.40
Shooting the Chandelier
1977
0.00
Easy Go
1974
0.00
The Sex Victims
1973
4.30
Onegin
1999
6.14
Nineteen96
1989
0.00
The Eyes Have It
1973
7.00
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985
0.00
American Friends
1991
6.20
Freedom of the Dig
1978
0.00
Liza
1978
0.00
Breaking The Codes
2020
0.00