Alun Armstrong
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.
Acted in
Tom Jones
2023
as Squire Western
Sherwood
2022
as Gary Jackson
The Nicky Nack
2021
Breeders
2020
as Jim
Year of the Rabbit
2019
as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
Out of Innocence
2019
as Detective Callaghan
Possum
2018
as Maurice
Funny Cow
2018
as Lenny
Prime Suspect 1973
2017
as Clifford Bentley
Frontier
2016
as Lord Benton
Dark Angel
2016
as George Stot
Asunder
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Golden Years
2016
as Sid
Penny Dreadful
2014
as Vincent Brand
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Northumberland
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
2012
as Hiram Grewgious
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
2010
as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
Downton Abbey
2010
as Stowell
A Passionate Woman
2010
as Donald (1980s)
Garrow's Law
2009
as John Southouse
Little Dorrit
2008
as Ephraim Flintwinch
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008
as Ernest Whitehouse
The Dinner Party
2007
as Jim
Eragon
2006
as Uncle Garrow
The Girls Who Came to Stay
2006
as Bob Jenkins
Bleak House
2005
as Inspector Bucket
Oliver Twist
2005
as Magistrate Fang
When I'm Sixty-Four
2004
as Jim
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
2004
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
Van Helsing
2004
as Cardinal Jinette
Millions
2004
as Saint Peter
Carrie's War
2004
as Mr. Samuel Evans
New Tricks
2004
as Brian Lane
Between The Sheets
2003
as Peter Delany
It's All About Love
2003
as David
Paradise Found
2003
as Camille Pissarro
Inquisition
2002
as Martin
Sparkhouse
2002
as Richard Bolton
Extinct
2001
as Himself - Narrator
Bedtime
2001
as Neil Henshaw
Strictly Sinatra
2001
as Bill
Score
2001
as George
Messiah
2001
as DCI Charlie McIntyre
The Mummy Returns
2001
as Baltus Hafez
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
2001
as George Mole
Proof of Life
2000
as Wyatt
Harrison's Flowers
2000
as Samuel Brubeck
7 Up 2000
2000
as Himself - Narrator
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
David Copperfield
1999
as Dan Peggotty
Onegin
1999
as Zaretsky
Oliver Twist
1999
as Mr. Fleming
Sleepy Hollow
1999
as High Constable
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
1999
as Uncle Henry
With or Without You
1999
as Sammy
Aristocrats
1999
as Lord Holland
In the Red
1998
as DCI Frank Jefferson
Underworld
1997
The Saint
1997
as Inspector Teal
Brazen Hussies
1996
as Jimmy Hardcastle
Breaking the Code
1996
as Mick Ross
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as Pastor Harold Poelchau
Our Friends in the North
1996
as Austin Donohue
Sorry About Last Night
1995
as Mickey
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
1995
as Thenardier
Braveheart
1995
as Mornay
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
as Uncle Vernon
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994
as Capshaw
Doggin' Around
1994
as Charlie Foster
Black Beauty
1994
as Reuben Smith
Goggle Eyes
1993
as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Caliban (voice)
Blue Ice
1992
as Osgood
Patriot Games
1992
as Owens
Split Second
1992
as Thrasher
London Kills Me
1991
as John Stone
Stanley and the Women
1991
as Rufus Hilton
Murder in Eden
1991
as Sgt. McGing
American Friends
1991
as Dr. Weeks
The Widowmaker
1990
as Dad
Sticky Wickets
1990
as Evans
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990
as Ralph Lockhart
Looking After Number One
1990
as Dick
Nineteen96
1989
as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
A Night on the Tyne
1989
as Willy
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Inspector Herbert
The Childeater
1989
as Stefano
That Summer of White Roses
1989
The Storyteller
1988
Married... with Children
1987
as Trevor
Inspector Morse
1987
as Superintendent Holdsby
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
MacGyver
1985
as Chief Superintendent Capshaw
A.D.
1985
as Gamesmaster
Number One
1985
as Blackpool Police Sergeant
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985
as Singer
The House
1984
as Mr. Smeth
Krull
1983
as Torquil
Mr Moon's Last Case
1983
as Narrator
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
as Grimes
Get Lost!
1981
as Neville Keaton
Fear of God
1980
as Trahearne
All Day on the Sands
1979
Measure for Measure
1979
as Provost
BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Freedom of the Dig
1978
as Quinn
Liza
1978
as Mikhalevich
Enemy at the Door
1978
as Louis Mendoza
Our Day Out
1977
as Mr. Briggs
Shooting the Chandelier
1977
as Brodovich
The Duellists
1977
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
Risking It
1977
as Richard Clewes
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Cpl. Davies
The New Avengers
1976
The Likely Lads
1976
as Tommy
Days of Hope
1975
as Billy Shepherd
The Stars Look Down
1975
as Joe Gowlan
The Sweeney
1975
as Peter Jenner
Father Brown
1974
Porridge
1974
as Spraggon
Easy Go
1974
as First docker
The 14
1973
as Tommy
The Eyes Have It
1973
as Mike
Thriller
1973
as Mike
The Sex Victims
1973
as George
Only Make Believe
1973
as Michael Biddle
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Scaife
Justice
1971
as Bob Graham
Get Carter
1971
as Keith
Play for Today
1970
as 1st Docker
Play for Today
1970
as Mr Briggs
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Lightborne
Public Eye
1965
as Vince Gregson
