Alun Armstrong

Also Known As: Αλούν Άρμστρονγκ

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK

Adult: No

Birthday: July 17, 1946

Age: 78 years old

Gender: Male

Popularity:

2.70%

Known For:

Paradise Found
The Saint
Krull
The Mummy Returns
Eragon
Sleepy Hollow
An Awfully Big Adventure
The Nicky Nack
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Van Helsing
It's All About Love
Split Second
Patriot Games
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Black Beauty
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Sticky Wickets
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
The Duellists
Breaking the Code
Carrie's War
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Number One
Witness Against Hitler
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Our Day Out
When I'm Sixty-Four
The Girls Who Came to Stay
London Kills Me
White Hunter, Black Heart
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Fear of God
Looking After Number One
The 14
The Childeater
Blue Ice
With or Without You
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Braveheart
A Night on the Tyne
All Day on the Sands
The Likely Lads
The Dinner Party
The Widowmaker
Risking It
Sorry About Last Night
The Choral
Golden Years
Doggin' Around
Get Carter
A Bridge Too Far
Harrison's Flowers
That Summer of White Roses
Asunder
Inquisition
Brazen Hussies
Funny Cow
Oliver Twist
Strictly Sinatra
Millions
Possum
Score
7 Up 2000
Proof of Life
Only Make Believe
Mr Moon's Last Case
Out of Innocence
Aristocrats
The House
Measure for Measure
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Shooting the Chandelier
Easy Go
The Sex Victims
Onegin
Nineteen96
The Eyes Have It
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
American Friends
Freedom of the Dig
Liza
Breaking The Codes