Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong

Acting

Birthday

1946/07/17 (78 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK

Also know 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 ...Read more

Acting
Paradise Found
6.6

(2003) Paradise Found

as Camille Pissarro

The Saint
6.1

(1997) The Saint

as Inspector Teal

Krull
6.1

(1983) Krull

as Torquil

The Mummy Returns
6.4

(2001) The Mummy Returns

as Baltus Hafez

Eragon
5.1

(2006) Eragon

as Uncle Garrow

Sleepy Hollow
7.2

(1999) Sleepy Hollow

as High Constable

An Awfully Big Adventure
6.7

(1995) An Awfully Big Adventure

as Uncle Vernon

The Nicky Nack
0.0

(2021) The Nicky Nack

as ---

Van Helsing: The London Assignment
6.1

(2004) Van Helsing: The London Assignment

as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)

Van Helsing
6.4

(2004) Van Helsing

as Cardinal Jinette

It's All About Love
5.5

(2003) It's All About Love

as David

Split Second
5.9

(1992) Split Second

as Thrasher

Patriot Games
6.7

(1992) Patriot Games

as Owens

MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
5.9

(1994) MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

as Capshaw

Black Beauty
6.7

(1994) Black Beauty

as Reuben Smith

Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
8.5

(1995) Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

as Thenardier

Sticky Wickets
0.0

(1990) Sticky Wickets

as Evans

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
5.8

(1999) G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

as Uncle Henry

The Duellists
7.3

(1977) The Duellists

as Lieutenant Lacourbe

Breaking the Code
5.4

(1996) Breaking the Code

as Mick Ross

Carrie's War
7.4

(2004) Carrie's War

as Mr. Samuel Evans

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
6.0

(2008) Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

as Ernest Whitehouse

Number One
5.0

(1985) Number One

as Blackpool Police Sergeant

Witness Against Hitler
6.0

(1996) Witness Against Hitler

as Pastor Harold Poelchau

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
5.6

(1985) Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire

Our Day Out
7.6

(1977) Our Day Out

as Mr. Briggs

When I'm Sixty-Four
5.3

(2004) When I'm Sixty-Four

as Jim

6.0

(2006) The Girls Who Came to Stay

as Bob Jenkins

London Kills Me
6.1

(1991) London Kills Me

as John Stone

White Hunter, Black Heart
6.3

(1990) White Hunter, Black Heart

as Ralph Lockhart

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
8.2

(2010) Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)

0.0

(1980) Fear of God

as Trahearne

Looking After Number One
0.0

(1990) Looking After Number One

as Dick

The 14
5.7

(1973) The 14

as Tommy

The Childeater
7.0

(1989) The Childeater

as Stefano

With or Without You
5.5

(1999) With or Without You

as Sammy

Blue Ice
5.1

(1992) Blue Ice

as Osgood

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
0.0

(2000) This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield

Braveheart
7.9

(1995) Braveheart

as Mornay

A Night on the Tyne
0.0

(1989) A Night on the Tyne

as Willy

All Day on the Sands
0.0

(1979) All Day on the Sands

as ---

The Likely Lads
6.2

(1976) The Likely Lads

as Tommy

The Dinner Party
6.0

(2007) The Dinner Party

as Jim

The Widowmaker
0.0

(1990) The Widowmaker

as Dad

0.0

(1977) Risking It

as Richard Clewes

Sorry About Last Night
6.0

(1995) Sorry About Last Night

as Mickey

0.0

The Choral

as ---

Golden Years
6.3

(2016) Golden Years

as Sid

Doggin' Around
6.0

(1994) Doggin' Around

as Charlie Foster

Get Carter
7.0

(1971) Get Carter

as Keith

A Bridge Too Far
7.2

(1977) A Bridge Too Far

as Cpl. Davies

Harrison's Flowers
6.5

(2000) Harrison's Flowers

as Samuel Brubeck

Đavolji raj
5.3

(1989) That Summer of White Roses

as ---

Asunder
0.0

(2016) Asunder

as Self - Narrator (voice)

0.0

(2002) Inquisition

as Martin

Brazen Hussies
3.3

(1996) Brazen Hussies

as Jimmy Hardcastle

Funny Cow
6.4

(2018) Funny Cow

as Lenny

Oliver Twist
6.8

(2005) Oliver Twist

as Magistrate Fang

Strictly Sinatra
4.7

(2001) Strictly Sinatra

as Bill

Millions
6.4

(2004) Millions

as Saint Peter

Possum
6.1

(2018) Possum

as Maurice

0.0

(2001) Score

as George

7 Up 2000
0.0

(2000) 7 Up 2000

as Himself - Narrator

Proof of Life
6.1

(2000) Proof of Life

as Wyatt

Only Make Believe
0.0

(1973) Only Make Believe

as Michael Biddle

Mr Moon's Last Case
0.0

(1983) Mr Moon's Last Case

as Narrator

Out of Innocence
6.6

(2019) Out of Innocence

as Detective Callaghan

Aristocrats
6.0

(1999) Aristocrats

as Lord Holland

The House
5.0

(1984) The House

as Mr. Smeth

Measure for Measure
6.0

(1979) Measure for Measure

as Provost

The French Lieutenant's Woman
6.4

(1981) The French Lieutenant's Woman

as Grimes

Shooting the Chandelier
0.0

(1977) Shooting the Chandelier

as Brodovich

Easy Go
0.0

(1974) Easy Go

as First docker

The Sex Victims
4.3

(1973) The Sex Victims

as George

Onegin
6.2

(1999) Onegin

as Zaretsky

Nineteen96
0.0

(1989) Nineteen96

as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs

The Eyes Have It
7.0

(1973) The Eyes Have It

as Mike

The Caucasian Chalk Circle
0.0

(1985) The Caucasian Chalk Circle

as Singer

American Friends
5.9

(1991) American Friends

as Dr. Weeks

Freedom of the Dig
0.0

(1978) Freedom of the Dig

as Quinn

Liza
0.0

(1978) Liza

as Mikhalevich

Breaking The Codes
0.0

(2020) Breaking The Codes

as ---

Thriller
6.6

(1973) Thriller

as Mike

The Sweeney
7.7

(1975) The Sweeney

as Peter Jenner

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
7.6

(1973) Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

as Scaife

Tales from the Crypt
8.0

(1989) Tales from the Crypt

as Inspector Herbert

Bleak House
8.2

(2005) Bleak House

as Inspector Bucket

Inspector Morse
7.8

(1987) Inspector Morse

as Superintendent Holdsby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
7.0

(1982) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

as ---

A Sharp Intake of Breath
6.7

(1977) A Sharp Intake of Breath

as ---

Between The Sheets
5.3

(2003) Between The Sheets

as Peter Delany

Sparkhouse
7.6

(2002) Sparkhouse

as Richard Bolton

The Storyteller
8.1

(1988) The Storyteller

as ---

The New Avengers
6.9

(1976) The New Avengers

as ---

Our Friends in the North
7.3

(1996) Our Friends in the North

as Austin Donohue

Little Dorrit
7.8

(2008) Little Dorrit

as Ephraim Flintwinch

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as 1st Docker

New Tricks
7.4

(2004) New Tricks

as Brian Lane

Bedtime
2.0

(2001) Bedtime

as Neil Henshaw

Get Lost!
5.0

(1981) Get Lost!

as Neville Keaton

Underworld
7.0

(1997) Underworld

as ---

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Lightborne

Porridge
8.1

(1974) Porridge

as Spraggon

The BBC Television Shakespeare
5.2

(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare

as ---

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
3.0

(2001) Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

as George Mole

Garrow's Law
7.0

(2009) Garrow's Law

as John Southouse

A Passionate Woman
6.5

(2010) A Passionate Woman

as Donald (1980s)

6.0

(1991) Murder in Eden

as Sgt. McGing

Father Brown
6.6

(1974) Father Brown

as ---

Penny Dreadful
7.8

(2014) Penny Dreadful

as Vincent Brand

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
7.6

(2000) This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield

Tom Jones
5.7

(2023) Tom Jones

as Squire Western

Frontier
6.8

(2016) Frontier

as Lord Benton

Messiah
7.2

(2001) Messiah

as DCI Charlie McIntyre

In the Red
6.2

(1998) In the Red

as DCI Frank Jefferson

Downton Abbey
8.1

(2010) Downton Abbey

as Stowell

Dark Angel
6.3

(2016) Dark Angel

as George Stot

Married... with Children
7.7

(1987) Married... with Children

as Trevor

Enemy at the Door
8.0

(1978) Enemy at the Door

as Louis Mendoza

Prime Suspect 1973
7.3

(2017) Prime Suspect 1973

as Clifford Bentley

The Stars Look Down
0.0

(1975) The Stars Look Down

as Joe Gowlan

Justice
6.0

(1971) Justice

as Bob Graham

A.D.
4.9

(1985) A.D.

as Gamesmaster

Oliver Twist
6.3

(1999) Oliver Twist

as Mr. Fleming

Stanley and the Women
6.0

(1991) Stanley and the Women

as Rufus Hilton

Goggle Eyes
0.0

(1993) Goggle Eyes

as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner

David Copperfield
7.1

(1999) David Copperfield

as Dan Peggotty

Days of Hope
6.2

(1975) Days of Hope

as Billy Shepherd

Sherwood
6.9

(2022) Sherwood

as Gary Jackson

MacGyver
7.7

(1985) MacGyver

as Chief Superintendent Capshaw

Breeders
7.0

(2020) Breeders

as Jim

8.0

(2001) Extinct

as Himself - Narrator

The Hollow Crown
7.4

(2012) The Hollow Crown

as Northumberland

Year of the Rabbit
7.2

(2019) Year of the Rabbit

as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech

Public Eye
7.8

(1965) Public Eye

as Vince Gregson

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
6.8

(1992) Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Caliban (voice)

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as Mr Briggs

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
5.8

(2012) The Mystery of Edwin Drood

as Hiram Grewgious