Alun Armstrong
Acting
- Born:
- 1946-07-17
- Place of birth:
- Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
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
Filmography
The Choral
After the Flood
Tom Jones
Remembers…
Sherwood
The Nicky Nack
Breeders
Breaking The Codes
Year of the Rabbit
Out of Innocence
Possum
Funny Cow
Prime Suspect 1973
Frontier
Dark Angel
Asunder
Golden Years
Penny Dreadful
The Hollow Crown
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
A Passionate Woman
Garrow's Law
Little Dorrit
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
The Dinner Party
Eragon
The Girls Who Came to Stay
Bleak House
Oliver Twist
Millions
When I'm Sixty-Four
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Van Helsing
Carrie's War
New Tricks
Between The Sheets
It's All About Love
Paradise Found
Inquisition
Sparkhouse
Extinct
Bedtime
Strictly Sinatra
Score
Messiah
The Mummy Returns
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
Proof of Life
Harrison's Flowers
7 Up 2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
David Copperfield
Onegin
Oliver Twist
Sleepy Hollow
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
With or Without You
In the Red