Cast
Alun Armstrong
Acting
Cast
Alun Armstrong
Known for
Acting
Born
1946-07-17
From
Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
Also known as Alan 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.
★7.9
MOVIE1995
Braveheart
as Mornay
★6.4
MOVIE2001
The Mummy Returns
as Baltus Hafez
★6.4
MOVIE2004
Van Helsing
as Cardinal Jinette
★7.2
MOVIE1999
Sleepy Hollow
as High Constable
★6.4
MOVIE2025
The Choral
as Herbert Trickett
★6.0
MOVIE1983
Krull
as Torquil
★7.2
MOVIE1977
A Bridge Too Far
as Cpl. Davies
★5.1
MOVIE2006
Eragon
as Uncle Garrow
★6.7
MOVIE1992
Patriot Games
as Owens
★6.1
MOVIE1997
The Saint
as Inspector Teal
★6.0
MOVIE1992
Split Second
as Thrasher
★3.8
MOVIE1996
Brazen Hussies
as Jimmy Hardcastle
★6.3
MOVIE2018
Funny Cow
as Lenny
★6.8
MOVIE2005
Oliver Twist
as Magistrate Fang
★7.2
MOVIE1977
The Duellists
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
★6.4
MOVIE1990
White Hunter, Black Heart
as Ralph Lockhart
★6.7
MOVIE1994
Black Beauty
as Reuben Smith
★6.1
MOVIE2000
Proof of Life
as Wyatt
★6.1
MOVIE1999
Onegin
as Zaretsky
★5.3
MOVIE1992
Blue Ice
as Osgood
★6.1
MOVIE2018
Possum
as Maurice
★6.5
MOVIE1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Grimes
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Millions
as Saint Peter
★6.2
MOVIE2004
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1971
Get Carter
as Keith
MOVIE2016
Asunder
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2003
Paradise Found
as Camille Pissarro
★6.5
MOVIE2000
Harrison's Flowers
as Samuel Brubeck
MOVIE1976
The Chester Mystery Plays
as Lightborne
★8.3
MOVIE2010
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
★6.3
MOVIE2016
Golden Years
as Sid
★8.0
MOVIE2000
7 Up 2000
as Himself - Narrator
★5.0
MOVIE2004
When I'm Sixty-Four
as Jim
★6.0
MOVIE2007
The Dinner Party
as Jim
★7.7
MOVIE1989
The Childeater
as Stefano
★5.6
MOVIE1999
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
as Uncle Henry
★10.0
MOVIE1990
The Widowmaker
as Dad
MOVIE1988
The Storyteller: The True Bride
as Troll (Voice)
★6.5
MOVIE1995
An Awfully Big Adventure
as Uncle Vernon
MOVIE1978
Freedom of the Dig
as Quinn
★6.4
MOVIE1991
American Friends
as Dr. Weeks
MOVIE1977
Risking It
as Richard Clewes
★8.0
MOVIE1996
Witness Against Hitler
as Pastor Harold Poelchau
★5.0
MOVIE2001
Strictly Sinatra
as Bill
★10.0
MOVIE1973
Only Make Believe
as Michael Biddle
★5.5
MOVIE2003
It's All About Love
as David
★6.3
MOVIE1976
The Likely Lads
as Tommy
★5.9
MOVIE1991
London Kills Me
as John Stone
★5.5
MOVIE1996
Breaking the Code
as Mick Ross
★6.7
MOVIE1985
Number One
as Blackpool Police Sergeant
★8.8
MOVIE1995
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
as Monsieur Thénardier
★5.0
MOVIE1993
The Tempest
as Caliban
★6.0
MOVIE1994
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Capshaw
★5.9
MOVIE1979
Measure for Measure
as Provost
★6.6
MOVIE2019
Out of Innocence
as Detective Callaghan
★6.5
MOVIE1994
Doggin' Around
as Charlie Foster
MOVIE2020
Breaking The Codes
★5.3
MOVIE1999
With or Without You
as Sammy
★6.0
MOVIE1989
That Summer of White Roses
as Zemba
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
as Ernest Whitehouse
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Score
as George
★5.9
MOVIE1973
The 14
as Tommy
★8.0
MOVIE1995
Sorry About Last Night
as Mickey
★7.0
MOVIE2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
★7.0
MOVIE1979
All Day on the Sands
★6.1
MOVIE1985
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
★7.7
MOVIE2004
Carrie's War
as Mr. Samuel Evans
MOVIE1977
Shooting the Chandelier
as Brodovich
★7.3
MOVIE1973
The Eyes Have It
as Mike
★7.8
MOVIE1977
Our Day Out
as Mr. Briggs
MOVIE1978
Liza
as Mikhalevich
★9.0
MOVIETBA
My Little Eye
as Dad
★6.0
MOVIE1999
Aristocrats
as Lord Holland
★7.0
MOVIE2002
Inquisition
as Martin
★5.7
MOVIE1984
The House
as Mr. Smeth
★9.0
MOVIE1989
A Night on the Tyne
as Willy
★9.0
MOVIE1988
Number 27
as Murray Lester
MOVIE1985
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Singer
MOVIE1990
Looking After Number One
as Dick
MOVIE1989
Nineteen96
as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
★10.0
MOVIE1980
Fear of God
as Trahearne
★5.0
MOVIE1973
The Sex Victims
as George
★8.0
MOVIE2006
The Girls Who Came to Stay
as Bob Jenkins
MOVIE1983
Mr Moon's Last Case
as Narrator
MOVIE2021
The Nicky Nack
MOVIE1990
Sticky Wickets
as Evans
MOVIE1974
Easy Go
as First docker