
Alun Armstrong is a prolific English character actor.
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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The Choral
Character:Herbert Trickett
Release Date:07/11/2025

The Nicky Nack
Character:
Release Date:07/10/2021

Breaking The Codes
Character:
Release Date:23/01/2020

Out of Innocence
Character:Detective Callaghan
Release Date:12/04/2019

Possum
Character:Maurice
Release Date:26/10/2018

Funny Cow
Character:Lenny
Release Date:20/04/2018

Asunder
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:10/07/2016

Golden Years
Character:Sid
Release Date:29/04/2016

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Character:Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
Release Date:03/10/2010

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Character:Ernest Whitehouse
Release Date:27/05/2008

The Dinner Party
Character:Jim
Release Date:09/09/2007

Eragon
Character:Uncle Garrow
Release Date:14/12/2006

The Girls Who Came to Stay
Character:Bob Jenkins
Release Date:16/06/2006

Oliver Twist
Character:Magistrate Fang
Release Date:23/09/2005

When I'm Sixty-Four
Character:Jim
Release Date:04/08/2004

Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Character:Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
Release Date:11/05/2004

Van Helsing
Character:Cardinal Jinette
Release Date:03/05/2004

Millions
Character:Saint Peter
Release Date:29/04/2004

Carrie's War
Character:Mr. Samuel Evans
Release Date:01/01/2004

It's All About Love
Character:David
Release Date:10/01/2003

Paradise Found
Character:Camille Pissarro
Release Date:01/01/2003

Inquisition
Character:Martin
Release Date:22/12/2002

Strictly Sinatra
Character:Bill
Release Date:29/06/2001

Score
Character:George
Release Date:05/06/2001

The Mummy Returns
Character:Baltus Hafez
Release Date:04/05/2001

Proof of Life
Character:Wyatt
Release Date:08/12/2000

Harrison's Flowers
Character:Samuel Brubeck
Release Date:23/09/2000

7 Up 2000
Character:Himself - Narrator
Release Date:13/04/2000

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Character:Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
Release Date:26/01/2000

Onegin
Character:Zaretsky
Release Date:22/12/1999

Sleepy Hollow
Character:High Constable
Release Date:19/11/1999

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Character:Uncle Henry
Release Date:01/10/1999

With or Without You
Character:Sammy
Release Date:10/09/1999

Aristocrats
Character:Lord Holland
Release Date:20/06/1999

The Saint
Character:Inspector Teal
Release Date:03/04/1997

Brazen Hussies
Character:Jimmy Hardcastle
Release Date:30/11/1996

Breaking the Code
Character:Mick Ross
Release Date:17/09/1996

Witness Against Hitler
Character:Pastor Harold Poelchau
Release Date:10/03/1996

Sorry About Last Night
Character:Mickey
Release Date:27/12/1995

Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Character:Thenardier
Release Date:14/10/1995

Braveheart
Character:Mornay
Release Date:24/05/1995

An Awfully Big Adventure
Character:Uncle Vernon
Release Date:11/05/1995

MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Character:Capshaw
Release Date:24/11/1994

Doggin' Around
Character:Charlie Foster
Release Date:16/10/1994

Black Beauty
Character:Reuben Smith
Release Date:29/07/1994

The Tempest
Character:Caliban
Release Date:12/03/1993

Blue Ice
Character:Osgood
Release Date:09/10/1992

Patriot Games
Character:Owens
Release Date:04/06/1992

Split Second
Character:Thrasher
Release Date:01/05/1992

London Kills Me
Character:John Stone
Release Date:13/12/1991

American Friends
Character:Dr. Weeks
Release Date:22/03/1991

The Widowmaker
Character:Dad
Release Date:29/12/1990

Sticky Wickets
Character:Evans
Release Date:14/10/1990

White Hunter, Black Heart
Character:Ralph Lockhart
Release Date:16/05/1990

Looking After Number One
Character:Dick
Release Date:06/02/1990

Nineteen96
Character:Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
Release Date:17/09/1989

A Night on the Tyne
Character:Willy
Release Date:12/07/1989

The Childeater
Character:Stefano
Release Date:01/01/1989

That Summer of White Roses
Character:Zemba
Release Date:01/01/1989

Number 27
Character:Murray Lester
Release Date:23/10/1988

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Character:Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
Release Date:25/11/1985

Number One
Character:Blackpool Police Sergeant
Release Date:01/03/1985

The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Character:Singer
Release Date:01/01/1985

The House
Character:Mr. Smeth
Release Date:27/09/1984

Krull
Character:Torquil
Release Date:29/07/1983

Mr Moon's Last Case
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1983

The French Lieutenant's Woman
Character:Grimes
Release Date:28/08/1981

Fear of God
Character:Trahearne
Release Date:26/02/1980

All Day on the Sands
Character:
Release Date:24/02/1979

Measure for Measure
Character:Provost
Release Date:18/02/1979

Freedom of the Dig
Character:Quinn
Release Date:23/10/1978

Liza
Character:Mikhalevich
Release Date:28/03/1978

Our Day Out
Character:Mr. Briggs
Release Date:12/12/1977

Shooting the Chandelier
Character:Brodovich
Release Date:26/10/1977

The Duellists
Character:Lieutenant Lacourbe
Release Date:31/08/1977

Risking It
Character:Richard Clewes
Release Date:05/07/1977

A Bridge Too Far
Character:Cpl. Davies
Release Date:15/06/1977

The Likely Lads
Character:Tommy
Release Date:01/02/1976

Easy Go
Character:First docker
Release Date:07/03/1974

The 14
Character:Tommy
Release Date:15/06/1973

The Eyes Have It
Character:Mike
Release Date:09/06/1973

The Sex Victims
Character:George
Release Date:04/04/1973

Only Make Believe
Character:Michael Biddle
Release Date:12/02/1973

Get Carter
Character:Keith
Release Date:03/02/1971

Tom Jones
Character:Squire Western

Sherwood
Character:Gary Jackson

Breeders
Character:Jim

Year of the Rabbit
Character:Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech

Prime Suspect 1973
Character:Clifford Bentley

Frontier
Character:Lord Benton

Dark Angel
Character:George Stot

Penny Dreadful
Character:Vincent Brand

The Hollow Crown
Character:Northumberland

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Character:Hiram Grewgious

A Passionate Woman
Character:Donald (1980s)

Garrow's Law
Character:John Southouse

Little Dorrit
Character:Ephraim Flintwinch

Bleak House
Character:Inspector Bucket

New Tricks
Character:Brian Lane

Between The Sheets
Character:Peter Delany

Sparkhouse
Character:Richard Bolton

Extinct
Character:Himself - Narrator

Bedtime
Character:Neil Henshaw

Messiah
Character:DCI Charlie McIntyre

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
Character:George Mole

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Character:Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield

David Copperfield
Character:Dan Peggotty

Oliver Twist
Character:Mr. Fleming

In the Red
Character:DCI Frank Jefferson

Underworld
Character:

Our Friends in the North
Character:Austin Donohue

Goggle Eyes
Character:Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Character:Caliban (voice)

Stanley and the Women
Character:Rufus Hilton

Murder in Eden
Character:Sgt. McGing

Tales from the Crypt
Character:Inspector Herbert

The Storyteller
Character:Troll (voice)

Married... with Children
Character:Trevor

Inspector Morse
Character:Superintendent Holdsby

A.D.
Character:Gamesmaster

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Character:

Get Lost!
Character:Neville Keaton

Armchair Thriller
Character:Trahearne

Enemy at the Door
Character:Louis Mendoza

BBC2 Play of the Week
Character:Brodovich

BBC2 Play of the Week
Character:Mikhalevich

A Sharp Intake of Breath
Character:

The New Avengers
Character:Private George Harris

Days of Hope
Character:Billy Shepherd

The Stars Look Down
Character:Joe Gowlan

The Sweeney
Character:Peter Jenner

Father Brown
Character:Joe

Porridge
Character:Spraggon

Thriller
Character:Mike

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Character:Scaife

Justice
Character:Bob Graham

Great Performances
Character:Thénardier

Play for Today
Character:1st Docker

Play for Today
Character:Mr Briggs

BBC Play of the Month
Character:Lightborne

Public Eye
Character:Vince Gregson