Alun Armstrong
Acting
Born: July 17, 1946 (age 80) · Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Braveheart
1995
The Mummy Returns
2001
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Van Helsing
2004
Eragon
2006
Patriot Games
1992
Penny Dreadful
2014
The Saint
1997
Oliver Twist
2005
Married... with Children
1987
Tales from the Crypt
1989
A Bridge Too Far
1977
Photos (3)
Movies (82)
Braveheart
Mornay
Sleepy Hollow
High Constable
Patriot Games
Owens
The Mummy Returns
Baltus Hafez
Van Helsing
Cardinal Jinette
The Saint
Inspector Teal
The Choral
Herbert Trickett
A Bridge Too Far
Cpl. Davies
Split Second
Thrasher
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Grimes
Eragon
Uncle Garrow
Krull
Torquil
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
Black Beauty
Reuben Smith
Oliver Twist
Magistrate Fang
Proof of Life
Wyatt
White Hunter, Black Heart
Ralph Lockhart
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
The Duellists
Lieutenant Lacourbe
Paradise Found
Camille Pissarro
Strictly Sinatra
Bill
Get Carter
Keith
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Monsieur Thénardier
Breaking the Code
Mick Ross
Onegin
Zaretsky
It's All About Love
David
Millions
Saint Peter
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Uncle Henry
London Kills Me
John Stone
An Awfully Big Adventure
Uncle Vernon
Golden Years
Sid
Harrison's Flowers
Samuel Brubeck
Possum
Maurice
With or Without You
Sammy
Brazen Hussies
Jimmy Hardcastle
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Capshaw
Funny Cow
Lenny
The Childeater
Stefano
Blue Ice
Osgood
When I'm Sixty-Four
Jim
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Ernest Whitehouse
The Chester Mystery Plays
Lightborne
The 14
Tommy
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Singer
Witness Against Hitler
Pastor Harold Poelchau
American Friends
Dr. Weeks
The House
Mr. Smeth
Freedom of the Dig
Quinn
The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of Odysseus
1998
Doggin' Around
Charlie Foster
The Dinner Party
Jim
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
Breaking The Codes
2020
Carrie's War
Mr. Samuel Evans
That Summer of White Roses
Zemba
All Day on the Sands
1979
Measure for Measure
Provost
Out of Innocence
Detective Callaghan
The Storyteller: The True Bride
Troll (Voice)
Number One
Blackpool Police Sergeant
Number 27
Murray Lester
Only Make Believe
Michael Biddle
Risking It
Richard Clewes
The Likely Lads
Tommy
Aristocrats
Lord Holland
A Night on the Tyne
Willy
The Widowmaker
Dad
The Eyes Have It
Mike
Our Day Out
Mr. Briggs
Sorry About Last Night
Mickey
The Sex Victims
George
Inquisition
Martin
The Tempest
Caliban
Nineteen96
Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
Shooting the Chandelier
Brodovich
Looking After Number One
Dick
Easy Go
First docker
Liza
Mikhalevich
Mr Moon's Last Case
Narrator
Sticky Wickets
Evans
The Nicky Nack
2021
TV Shows (77)
Married... with Children
Trevor · 3 eps
Great Performances
Thénardier · 1 eps
Play for Today
1st Docker · 1 eps
Play for Today
Mr Briggs · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Lightborne · 1 eps
New Tricks
Brian Lane · 87 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Inspector Herbert · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Superintendent Holdsby · 1 eps
The Sweeney
Peter Jenner · 1 eps
Penny Dreadful
Vincent Brand · 1 eps
Public Eye
Vince Gregson · 1 eps
The Hollow Crown
Northumberland · 2 eps
ScreenPlay
Willy · 1 eps
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Caliban (voice) · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Brodovich · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Mikhalevich · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Provost · 1 eps
Thriller
Mike · 1 eps
Breeders
Jim · 27 eps
New Scotland Yard
Ray Davies · 1 eps
The New Avengers
Private George Harris · 1 eps
Frontier
Lord Benton · 18 eps
Enemy at the Door
Louis Mendoza · 1 eps
Sherwood
Gary Jackson · 1 eps
The Storyteller
Troll (voice) · 1 eps
Bleak House
Inspector Bucket · 9 eps
Screen One
Det Supt Frank Burroughs · 1 eps
Screen One
Evans · 1 eps
Screen One
Charlie Foster · 1 eps
Centre Play
Richard Clewes · 1 eps
The Jim Henson Hour
The Troll (archive audio) · 1 eps
Justice
Bob Graham · 1 eps
Little Dorrit
Ephraim Flintwinch · 14 eps
Our Friends in the North
Austin Donohue · 5 eps
Year of the Rabbit
Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech · 6 eps
David Copperfield
Dan Peggotty · 2 eps
Messiah
DCI Charlie McIntyre · 2 eps
Prime Suspect 1973
Clifford Bentley · 6 eps
Garrow's Law
John Southouse · 12 eps
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Scaife · 1 eps
Porridge
Spraggon · 1 eps
After the Flood
Alan Benson · 5 eps
Father Brown
Joe · 1 eps
A.D.
Gamesmaster · 1 eps
Oliver Twist
Mr. Fleming · 4 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Arthur Clegg · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Terry · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Jackson · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Brian · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Simon Wilson · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Albert · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Wilson · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Jack Dyson · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Alec · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Frank Grant · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Barry · 1 eps
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Les Buckley · 1 eps
Villains
Terence 'Tel' Bolden · 3 eps
Tom Jones
Squire Western · 4 eps
Underworld
6 eps
Armchair Thriller
Trahearne · 1 eps
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
10 eps
Bedtime
Neil Henshaw · 9 eps
Between The Sheets
Peter Delany · 6 eps
Six Days of Justice
P.C. Williamson · 1 eps
Dark Angel
George Stot · 2 eps
In the Red
DCI Frank Jefferson · 3 eps
The Stars Look Down
Joe Gowlan · 13 eps
Stanley and the Women
Rufus Hilton · 4 eps
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
George Mole · 6 eps
A Passionate Woman
Donald (1980s) · 2 eps
Sparkhouse
Richard Bolton · 3 eps
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Hiram Grewgious · 2 eps
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield · 3 eps
Murder in Eden
Sgt McGing · 3 eps
Get Lost!
Neville Keaton · 4 eps
Goodbye Cruel World
Roy Grade · 3 eps
