Alun Armstrong
Known for ActingBorn 1946-07-17 Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
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."
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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
The Mummy Returns
2001 · as Baltus Hafez
Braveheart
1995 · as Mornay
Van Helsing
2004 · as Cardinal Jinette
Eragon
2006 · as Uncle Garrow
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · as High Constable
Patriot Games
1992 · as Owens
The Choral
2025 · as Herbert Trickett
Proof of Life
2000 · as Wyatt
Krull
1983 · as Torquil
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · as Cpl. Davies
The Saint
1997 · as Inspector Teal
Oliver Twist
2005 · as Magistrate Fang
The Duellists
1977 · as Lieutenant Lacourbe
Black Beauty
1994 · as Reuben Smith
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · as Grimes
Split Second
1992 · as Thrasher
Blue Ice
1992 · as Osgood
Funny Cow
2018 · as Lenny