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 (81)
Braveheart
Mornay
The Mummy Returns
Baltus Hafez
Van Helsing
Cardinal Jinette
Sleepy Hollow
High Constable
Patriot Games
Owens
The Saint
Inspector Teal
The Choral
Herbert Trickett
Krull
Torquil
Eragon
Uncle Garrow
A Bridge Too Far
Cpl. Davies
Proof of Life
Wyatt
Black Beauty
Reuben Smith
Oliver Twist
Magistrate Fang
Split Second
Thrasher
Get Carter
Keith
The Duellists
Lieutenant Lacourbe
White Hunter, Black Heart
Ralph Lockhart
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Grimes
Possum
Maurice
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
Harrison's Flowers
Samuel Brubeck
Paradise Found
Camille Pissarro
Onegin
Zaretsky
Millions
Saint Peter
Blue Ice
Osgood
Funny Cow
Lenny
Brazen Hussies
Jimmy Hardcastle
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
An Awfully Big Adventure
Uncle Vernon
Golden Years
Sid
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Capshaw
It's All About Love
David
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
The Childeater
Stefano
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Uncle Henry
London Kills Me
John Stone
The House
Mr. Smeth
American Friends
Dr. Weeks
The Widowmaker
Dad
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Ernest Whitehouse
Risking It
Richard Clewes
The Sex Victims
George
Strictly Sinatra
Bill
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Monsieur Thénardier
Measure for Measure
Provost
That Summer of White Roses
Zemba
The Storyteller: The True Bride
Troll (Voice)
The Dinner Party
Jim
Number One
Blackpool Police Sergeant
Doggin' Around
Charlie Foster
Number 27
Murray Lester
Sorry About Last Night
Mickey
Only Make Believe
Michael Biddle
Breaking the Code
Mick Ross
The 14
Tommy
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
When I'm Sixty-Four
Jim
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Singer
Aristocrats
Lord Holland
Out of Innocence
Detective Callaghan
Our Day Out
Mr. Briggs
Witness Against Hitler
Pastor Harold Poelchau
Breaking The Codes
2020
The Likely Lads
Tommy
The Chester Mystery Plays
Lightborne
Carrie's War
Mr. Samuel Evans
The Tempest
Caliban
All Day on the Sands
1979
With or Without You
Sammy
Liza
Mikhalevich
The Eyes Have It
Mike
Sticky Wickets
Evans
Inquisition
Martin
The Nicky Nack
2021
Easy Go
First docker
Shooting the Chandelier
Brodovich
Nineteen96
Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
A Night on the Tyne
Willy
Freedom of the Dig
Quinn
Looking After Number One
Dick
Mr Moon's Last Case
Narrator
TV Shows (77)
Married... with Children
Trevor · 3 eps
Play for Today
1st Docker · 1 eps
Play for Today
Mr Briggs · 1 eps
Great Performances
Thénardier · 1 eps
New Tricks
Brian Lane · 87 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Lightborne · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Inspector Herbert · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Superintendent Holdsby · 1 eps
Penny Dreadful
Vincent Brand · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Provost · 1 eps
The Sweeney
Peter Jenner · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Willy · 1 eps
The Hollow Crown
Northumberland · 2 eps
Screen One
Det Supt Frank Burroughs · 1 eps
Screen One
Evans · 1 eps
Screen One
Charlie Foster · 1 eps
The Storyteller
Troll (voice) · 1 eps
Frontier
Lord Benton · 18 eps
The New Avengers
Private George Harris · 1 eps
Thriller
Mike · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Brodovich · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Mikhalevich · 1 eps
Centre Play
Richard Clewes · 1 eps
New Scotland Yard
Ray Davies · 1 eps
Sherwood
Gary Jackson · 1 eps
Little Dorrit
Ephraim Flintwinch · 14 eps
Public Eye
Vince Gregson · 1 eps
Breeders
Jim · 27 eps
The Jim Henson Hour
The Troll (archive audio) · 1 eps
Justice
Bob Graham · 1 eps
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Caliban (voice) · 1 eps
Bleak House
Inspector Bucket · 9 eps
Prime Suspect 1973
Clifford Bentley · 6 eps
Year of the Rabbit
Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech · 6 eps
Enemy at the Door
Louis Mendoza · 1 eps
Porridge
Spraggon · 1 eps
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Scaife · 1 eps
David Copperfield
Dan Peggotty · 2 eps
Villains
Terence 'Tel' Bolden · 3 eps
Our Friends in the North
Austin Donohue · 5 eps
Garrow's Law
John Southouse · 12 eps
After the Flood
Alan Benson · 5 eps
Oliver Twist
Mr. Fleming · 4 eps
Father Brown
Joe · 1 eps
A.D.
Gamesmaster · 1 eps
Six Days of Justice
P.C. Williamson · 1 eps
Messiah
DCI Charlie McIntyre · 2 eps
Tom Jones
Squire Western · 4 eps
Dark Angel
George Stot · 2 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
Bedtime
Neil Henshaw · 9 eps
In the Red
DCI Frank Jefferson · 3 eps
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
10 eps
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Hiram Grewgious · 2 eps
Armchair Thriller
Trahearne · 1 eps
Murder in Eden
Sgt McGing · 3 eps
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
George Mole · 6 eps
Sparkhouse
Richard Bolton · 3 eps
Stanley and the Women
Rufus Hilton · 4 eps
Goodbye Cruel World
Roy Grade · 3 eps
Between The Sheets
Peter Delany · 6 eps
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield · 3 eps
Underworld
6 eps
A Passionate Woman
Donald (1980s) · 2 eps
Get Lost!
Neville Keaton · 4 eps
The Stars Look Down
Joe Gowlan · 13 eps
