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Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong

Highest Rated: 90% Possum (2018)

Lowest Rated: 16% Eragon (2006)

Birthday: Jul 17, 1946

Birthplace: Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Alun Armstrong is known for his faithful dedication to the works of Charles Dickens, starring in numerous British television and stage adaptations of the author's novels. A member of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company and part of the original cast of Les Miserables, Armstrong first became known to audiences through the 1971 crime thriller "Get Carter" with Michael Caine. Afterwards he frequently guested on a wide array of British TV shows and specials including the comedy series "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" and "A Sharp Intake of Breath." Armstrong's bushy eyebrows and stern countenance have not only made him an easy cast as a Dickens protagonist but have led him to a handful of supporting roles in fantasy-adventure films, including "Krull," "The Mummy Returns," and "Van Helsing." In 2005 his work in two different Dickens adaptations, the BBC series "Bleak House" and Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist," drew accolades from critics.

Highest rated movies

90% Possum
88% Millions
87% Get Carter
86% Out of Innocence
83% White Hunter, Black Heart
83% The French Lieutenant's Woman
79% Funny Cow
74% Cordelia

Photos

KRULL, Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Alun Armstrong, 1983 BILLY THE KID AND THE GREEN BAIZE VAMPIRE, Alun Armstrong (left), 1987. ©ITC Entertainment BILLY THE KID AND THE GREEN BAIZE VAMPIRE, from left: Alun Armstrong, Phil Daniels, 1987. ©ITC Entertainment BILLY THE KID AND THE GREEN BAIZE VAMPIRE, Alun Armstrong, 1987. ©ITC Entertainment KRULL, Bernard Bresslaw (rear second from left), Alun Armstrong (second from right), Ken Marshall, 1983, (c)Columbia Pictures Penny Dreadful, Alun Armstrong, 'Resurrection', Season 1, Ep. #3, 05/25/2014, ©SHO POSSUM, ALUN ARMSTRONG, 2018. © DARK SKY FILMS POSSUM, ALUN ARMSTRONG, 2018. © DARK SKY FILMS
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
74% No Score Yet Cordelia Roger (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bookshop Unknown (Character) - 2019
90% 54% Possum Maurice (Character) - 2018
79% 71% Funny Cow Lenny (Character) - 2017
86% No Score Yet Out of Innocence Detective Callaghan (Character) - 2016
29% 28% Golden Years Sid (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 85% Garrow's Law Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girls Who Came to Stay Unknown (Character) - 2006
16% 46% Eragon Uncle Garrow (Character) $75.0M 2006
61% 63% Oliver Twist Magistrate Fang (Character) $2.0M 2005
No Score Yet 53% Van Helsing: The London Assignment Cardinal Jinette (Voice) - 2004
No Score Yet 59% Carrie's War Mr. Samuel Evans (Character) - 2004
88% 78% Millions St. Peter (Character) $6.6M 2004
24% 57% Van Helsing Cardinal Jinette (Character) $120.0M 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet When I'm 64 Unknown (Character) - 2004
19% 27% It's All About Love David (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine DCI Charlie MacIntyre (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 33% Paradise Found Camille Pissaro (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 86% Sparkhouse Richard Bolton (Character) - 2002
63% 31% Strictly Sinatra Bill (Character) $1.2K 2001
46% 63% The Mummy Returns Curator (Character) $202.0M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Score Unknown (Character) - 2001
49% 76% Harrison's Flowers Samuel Brubeck (Character) $1.8M 2000
39% 43% Proof of Life Wyatt (Character) $32.6M 2000
No Score Yet 78% G:MT Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 36% With or Without You Sammy (Character) - 1999
48% 72% Onegin Zaretsky (Character) $183.8K 1999
70% 80% Sleepy Hollow High Constable (Character) $101.1M 1999
No Score Yet 71% Aristocrats Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Red DCI Frank Jefferson (Character) - 1998
30% 63% The Saint Inspector Teal (Character) $61.4M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Witness Against Hitler Pastor Harold Poelchau (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brazen Hussies Jimmy Hardcastle (Character) - 1996
40% 57% An Awfully Big Adventure Uncle Vernon (Character) $258.0K 1995
No Score Yet 66% MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday Chief Superintendent Capshaw (Character) - 1994
74% 76% Black Beauty Reuben Smith (Character) $4.2M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doggin' Around Charlie Foster (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 57% Split Second Thrasher (Character) $4.8M 1992
No Score Yet 32% Blue Ice Osgood (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 83% Breaking the Code Mick Ross (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Families Superintendent Holdsby (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 42% American Friends Dr. Weeks (Character) $3.3K 1991
No Score Yet 62% London Kills Me John Stone (Character) $169.0K 1991
83% 62% White Hunter, Black Heart Ralph Lockhart (Character) $1.7M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Widowmaker Dad (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Summer of White Roses Zemba (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Number 27 Murray Lester (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 58% Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire Maxwell Randall (Character) - 1985
35% 52% Krull Torquil (Character) - 1983
83% 67% The French Lieutenant's Woman Grimes (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 77% Measure for Measure Provost (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 78% The Likely Lads Tommy (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Existence Tommy (Character) - 1973
87% 84% Get Carter Keith (Character) - 1971

TV

Credit
92% 89% Breeders Jim (Character) 2020-2023
94% 83% Year of the Rabbit Hugh Wisbech (Character) 2019
75% 79% Frontier Lord Benton (Character) 2016-2018
88% 93% Downton Abbey Stowell (Character) 2014
100% No Score Yet Little Dorrit on Masterpiece Jeremiah/Ephraim Flintwinch (Character) 2009 2014
98% 82% The Hollow Crown Unknown (Character) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet New Tricks Brian Lane (Character) 2004-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Garrow's Law Unknown (Character) 2009-2011
No Score Yet 83% Bleak House Bucket (Character) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Extinct Narrator 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aristocrats Henry Fox (Character) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Masterpiece Theatre Unknown (Character) 1999-2000
82% 92% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Our Friends in the North Austin Donohue (Character) 1966 1996
No Score Yet 98% Married ... With Children Trevor (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Porridge Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Unknown (Character) 1974