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Alun Armstrong
Alun Armstrong’s screen credits include Cardinal Jinette in Van Helsing, Uncle Garrow in Eragon, and Baltus Hafez in The Mummy Returns.
Born July 17, 1946 Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK3 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2025The ChoralHerbert Trickett
- 2021The Nicky NackActor
- 2020Breaking The CodesActor
- 2019Out of InnocenceDetective Callaghan
- 2018PossumMaurice
- 2018Funny CowLenny
- 2016AsunderSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2016Golden YearsSid
- 2010Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in ConcertMonsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
- 2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse StoryErnest Whitehouse
- 2007The Dinner PartyJim
- 2006The Girls Who Came to StayBob Jenkins
- 2005Oliver TwistMagistrate Fang
- 2005MillionsSaint Peter
- 2004When I'm Sixty-FourJim
- 2004Van Helsing: The London AssignmentCardinal Jinetta (voice)
- 2004Carrie's WarMr. Samuel Evans
- 2003It's All About LoveDavid
- 2003Paradise FoundCamille Pissarro
- 2002InquisitionMartin
- 2001Strictly SinatraBill
- 2001ScoreGeorge
- 2000Proof of LifeWyatt
- 2000Harrison's FlowersSamuel Brubeck
- 20007 Up 2000Himself - Narrator
- 2000This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire RipperAsst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
- 1999OneginZaretsky
- 1999Sleepy HollowHigh Constable
- 1999G:MT Greenwich Mean TimeUncle Henry
- 1999With or Without YouSammy
- 1999AristocratsLord Holland
- 1998The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of OdysseusActor
- 1997The SaintInspector Teal
- 1996Brazen HussiesJimmy Hardcastle
- 1996Breaking the CodeMick Ross
- 1996Witness Against HitlerPastor Harold Poelchau
- 1995Sorry About Last NightMickey
- 1995Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert HallMonsieur Thénardier
- 1995BraveheartMornay
- 1995An Awfully Big AdventureUncle Vernon
- 1994MacGyver: Trail to DoomsdayCapshaw
- 1994Doggin' AroundCharlie Foster
- 1994Black BeautyReuben Smith
- 1993The TempestCaliban
- 1992Blue IceOsgood
- 1992Patriot GamesOwens
- 1992Split SecondThrasher
- 1991London Kills MeJohn Stone
- 1991American FriendsDr. Weeks
- 1990The WidowmakerDad
- 1990Sticky WicketsEvans
- 1990White Hunter, Black HeartRalph Lockhart
- 1990Looking After Number OneDick
- 1989Nineteen96Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
- 1989A Night on the TyneWilly
- 1989That Summer of White RosesZemba
- 1989The ChildeaterStefano
- 1988Number 27Murray Lester
- 1988The Storyteller: The True BrideTroll (Voice)
- 1985Billy the Kid and the Green Baize VampireMaxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
- 1985Number OneBlackpool Police Sergeant
- 1985The Caucasian Chalk CircleSinger
- 1984The HouseMr. Smeth
- 1983KrullTorquil
- 1983Mr Moon's Last CaseNarrator
- 1981The French Lieutenant's WomanGrimes
- 1980Fear of GodTrahearne
- 1979All Day on the SandsActor
- 1979Measure for MeasureProvost
- 1978Freedom of the DigQuinn
- 1978LizaMikhalevich
- 1977Our Day OutMr. Briggs
- 1977Shooting the ChandelierBrodovich
- 1977The DuellistsLieutenant Lacourbe
- 1977Risking ItRichard Clewes
- 1977A Bridge Too FarCpl. Davies
- 1976The Chester Mystery PlaysLightborne
- 1976The Likely LadsTommy
- 1974Easy GoFirst docker
- 1973The 14Tommy
- 1973The Eyes Have ItMike
- 1973The Sex VictimsGeorge
- 1973Only Make BelieveMichael Biddle
- 1971Get CarterKeith
- A Ticket Too FarDad
- My Little EyeDad
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