Alun Armstrong
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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.Read full biography
TV Shows
23 Tracked Shows
Other Credits
Tom Jones (2023), Year of the Rabbit (2019), Prime Suspect 1973 (2017), Dark Angel (2016), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012), A Passionate Woman (2010), Garrow's Law (2009), Little Dorrit (2008), Bleak House (2005), Between The Sheets (2003), Sparkhouse (2002), Bedtime (2001), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), Messiah (2001), Extinct (2001), This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000), Oliver Twist (1999), David Copperfield (1999), In the Red (1998), Underworld (1997), Goggle Eyes (1993), Goodbye Cruel World (1992), Murder in Eden (1991), Stanley and the Women (1991), A.D. (1985), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982), Get Lost! (1981), Enemy at the Door (1978), Armchair Thriller (1978), A Sharp Intake of Breath (1977), The Stars Look Down (1975), Days of Hope (1975), Porridge (1974), Father Brown (1974), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973), Centre Play (1973), Villains (1972)