Alun Armstrong
Acting
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." 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.
Filmography
The Choral
2025 · Movie
After the Flood
2024 · Series
Tom Jones
2023 · Series
Remembers…
2022 · Series
Sherwood
2022 · Series
The Nicky Nack
2021 · Movie
Breeders
2020 · Series
Breaking The Codes
2020 · Movie
Year of the Rabbit
2019 · Series
Out of Innocence
2019 · Movie
Possum
2018 · Movie
Funny Cow
2018 · Movie
Prime Suspect 1973
2017 · Series
Frontier
2016 · Series
Dark Angel
2016 · Series
Asunder
2016 · Movie
Golden Years
2016 · Movie
Penny Dreadful
2014 · Series
The Hollow Crown
2012 · Series
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
2012 · Series
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
2010 · Movie
A Passionate Woman
2010 · Series
Garrow's Law
2009 · Series
Little Dorrit
2008 · Series
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008 · Movie
The Dinner Party
2007 · Movie
Eragon
2006 · Movie
The Girls Who Came to Stay
2006 · Movie
Bleak House
2005 · Series
Oliver Twist
2005 · Movie
Millions
2005 · Movie
When I'm Sixty-Four
2004 · Movie
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
2004 · Movie
Van Helsing
2004 · Movie
New Tricks
2004 · Series
Carrie's War
2004 · Movie
Between The Sheets
2003 · Series
It's All About Love
2003 · Movie
Paradise Found
2003 · Movie
Inquisition
2002 · Movie
Sparkhouse
2002 · Series
Extinct
2001 · Series
Bedtime
2001 · Series
Strictly Sinatra
2001 · Movie
Score
2001 · Movie
Messiah
2001 · Series
The Mummy Returns
2001 · Movie
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
2001 · Series
Proof of Life
2000 · Movie
Harrison's Flowers
2000 · Movie
7 Up 2000
2000 · Movie
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000 · Series
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000 · Movie
David Copperfield
1999 · Series
Onegin
1999 · Movie
Oliver Twist
1999 · Series
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Movie
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
1999 · Movie
With or Without You
1999 · Movie
Aristocrats
1999 · Movie
In the Red
1998 · Series
Underworld
1997 · Series
The Saint
1997 · Movie
Brazen Hussies
1996 · Movie
Breaking the Code
1996 · Movie
Witness Against Hitler
1996 · Movie
Our Friends in the North
1996 · Series
Sorry About Last Night
1995 · Movie
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
1995 · Movie
Braveheart
1995 · Movie
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995 · Movie
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994 · Movie
Doggin' Around
1994 · Movie
Black Beauty
1994 · Movie
Goggle Eyes
1993 · Series
The Tempest
1993 · Movie
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992 · Series
The Life and Times of Henry Pratt
1992 · Series
Blue Ice
1992 · Movie
Patriot Games
1992 · Movie
Split Second
1992 · Movie
Goodbye Cruel World
1992 · Series
London Kills Me
1991 · Movie
Stanley and the Women
1991 · Series
Murder in Eden
1991 · Series
American Friends
1991 · Movie
The Widowmaker
1990 · Movie
Sticky Wickets
1990 · Movie
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990 · Movie
Looking After Number One
1990 · Movie
Nineteen96
1989 · Movie
Screen One
1989 · Series
A Night on the Tyne
1989 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
The Jim Henson Hour
1989 · Series
The Childeater
1989 · Movie
That Summer of White Roses
1989 · Movie
Number 27
1988 · Movie
The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988 · Movie
The Storyteller
1988 · Series
Married... with Children
1987 · Series
Inspector Morse
1987 · Series
ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985 · Movie
A.D.
1985 · Series
Number One
1985 · Movie
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985 · Movie
The House
1984 · Movie
Sharing Time
1984 · Series
Krull
1983 · Movie
Mr Moon's Last Case
1983 · Movie
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982 · Series
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · Movie
Get Lost!
1981 · Series
Fear of God
1980 · Movie
All Day on the Sands
1979 · Movie
Measure for Measure
1979 · Movie
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Series
Freedom of the Dig
1978 · Movie
Liza
1978 · Movie
Armchair Thriller
1978 · Series
Enemy at the Door
1978 · Series
Our Day Out
1977 · Movie
Shooting the Chandelier
1977 · Movie
Premiere
1977 · Series
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Series
The Duellists
1977 · Movie
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977 · Series
Risking It
1977 · Movie
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Movie
Romance
1977 · Series
The New Avengers
1976 · Series
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976 · Movie
The Likely Lads
1976 · Movie
Days of Hope
1975 · Series
The Stars Look Down
1975 · Series
The Sweeney
1975 · Series
Father Brown
1974 · Series
Porridge
1974 · Series
Easy Go
1974 · Movie
Sporting Scenes
1973 · Series
Second City Firsts
1973 · Series
Centre Play
1973 · Series
The 14
1973 · Movie
The Eyes Have It
1973 · Movie
Thriller
1973 · Series
Armchair 30
1973 · Series
The Sex Victims
1973 · Movie
Only Make Believe
1973 · Movie
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973 · Series
Villains
1972 · Series
New Scotland Yard
1972 · Series
Six Days of Justice
1972 · Series
Justice
1971 · Series
Get Carter
1971 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Play for Today
1970 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Public Eye
1965 · Series
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Series
My Little Eye
Movie