Alun Armstrong
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
The Choral
2025
as Herbert Trickett
After the Flood
2024
as Alan Benson
Tom Jones
2023
as Squire Western
Sherwood
2022
as Gary Jackson
Remembers…
2022
as Self
The Nicky Nack
2021
Breaking The Codes
2020
Breeders
2020
as Jim
Out of Innocence
2019
as Detective Callaghan
Year of the Rabbit
2019
as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
Funny Cow
2018
as Lenny
Possum
2018
as Maurice
Prime Suspect 1973
2017
as Clifford Bentley
Golden Years
2016
as Sid
Asunder
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Frontier
2016
as Lord Benton
Dark Angel
2016
as George Stot
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)
A Passionate Woman
2010
as Donald (1980s)
Garrow's Law
2009
as John Southouse
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008
as Ernest Whitehouse
Little Dorrit
2008
as Ephraim Flintwinch
The Dinner Party
2007
as Jim
Eragon
2006
as Uncle Garrow
The Girls Who Came to Stay
2006
as Bob Jenkins
Oliver Twist
2005
as Magistrate Fang
Millions
2005
as Saint Peter
Bleak House
2005
as Inspector Bucket
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
2004
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
Van Helsing
2004
as Cardinal Jinette
Carrie's War
2004
as Mr. Samuel Evans
When I'm Sixty-Four
2004
as Jim
New Tricks
2004
as Brian Lane
Paradise Found
2003
as Camille Pissarro
It's All About Love
2003
as David
Between The Sheets
2003
as Peter Delany
Inquisition
2002
as Martin
Sparkhouse
2002
as Richard Bolton
The Mummy Returns
2001
as Baltus Hafez
Strictly Sinatra
2001
as Bill
Score
2001
as George
Bedtime
2001
as Neil Henshaw
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
2001
as George Mole
Messiah
2001
as DCI Charlie McIntyre
Extinct
2001
as Himself - Narrator
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
Harrison's Flowers
2000
as Samuel Brubeck
7 Up 2000
2000
as Himself - Narrator
Proof of Life
2000
as Wyatt
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
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
Onegin
1999
as Zaretsky
Oliver Twist
1999
as Mr. Fleming
David Copperfield
1999
as Dan Peggotty
The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of Odysseus
1998
In the Red
1998
as DCI Frank Jefferson
The Saint
1997
as Inspector Teal
Underworld
1997
Breaking the Code
1996
as Mick Ross
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as Pastor Harold Poelchau
Brazen Hussies
1996
as Jimmy Hardcastle
Our Friends in the North
1996
as Austin Donohue
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
as Uncle Vernon
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
1995
as Monsieur Thénardier
Braveheart
1995
as Mornay
Sorry About Last Night
1995
as Mickey
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994
as Capshaw
Black Beauty
1994
as Reuben Smith
Doggin' Around
1994
as Charlie Foster
The Tempest
1993
as Caliban
Goggle Eyes
1993
as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
Split Second
1992
as Thrasher
Patriot Games
1992
as Owens
Blue Ice
1992
as Osgood
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Caliban (voice)
Goodbye Cruel World
1992
as Roy Grade
The Life and Times of Henry Pratt
1992
as Uncle Teddy
London Kills Me
1991
as John Stone
American Friends
1991
as Dr. Weeks
Murder in Eden
1991
as Sgt McGing
Stanley and the Women
1991
as Rufus Hilton
Sticky Wickets
1990
as Evans
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990
as Ralph Lockhart
Looking After Number One
1990
as Dick
The Widowmaker
1990
as Dad
The Childeater
1989
as Stefano
A Night on the Tyne
1989
as Willy
That Summer of White Roses
1989
as Zemba
Nineteen96
1989
as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Inspector Herbert
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
as The Troll (archive audio)
Screen One
1989
as Det Supt Frank Burroughs
Screen One
1989
as Evans
Screen One
1989
as Charlie Foster
Number 27
1988
as Murray Lester
The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988
as Troll (Voice)
The Storyteller
1988
as Troll (voice)
Inspector Morse
1987
as Superintendent Holdsby
Married... with Children
1987
as Trevor
ScreenPlay
1986
as Willy
Number One
1985
as Blackpool Police Sergeant
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985
as Singer
A.D.
1985
as Gamesmaster
The House
1984
as Mr. Smeth
Sharing Time
1984
as Luke
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
Freedom of the Dig
1978
as Quinn
Liza
1978
as Mikhalevich
Enemy at the Door
1978
as Louis Mendoza
Armchair Thriller
1978
as Trahearne
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Provost
The Duellists
1977
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
Our Day Out
1977
as Mr. Briggs
Risking It
1977
as Richard Clewes
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Cpl. Davies
Shooting the Chandelier
1977
as Brodovich
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Brodovich
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Mikhalevich
Premiere
1977
as Quinn
Romance
1977
as Weaver
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Arthur Clegg
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Terry
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Jackson
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Brian
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Simon Wilson
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Albert
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Wilson
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Jack Dyson
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Alec
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Frank Grant
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Barry
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977
as Les Buckley
The Likely Lads
1976
as Tommy
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
as Lightborne
The New Avengers
1976
as Private George Harris
The Sweeney
1975
as Peter Jenner
The Stars Look Down
1975
as Joe Gowlan
Easy Go
1974
as First docker
Porridge
1974
as Spraggon
Father Brown
1974
as Joe
The 14
1973
as Tommy
Only Make Believe
1973
as Michael Biddle
The Sex Victims
1973
as George
The Eyes Have It
1973
as Mike
Thriller
1973
as Mike
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Scaife
Centre Play
1973
as Richard Clewes
Armchair 30
1973
as Glazier
Second City Firsts
1973
as Ken
Sporting Scenes
1973
as Bernie
Villains
1972
as Terence 'Tel' Bolden
New Scotland Yard
1972
as Ray Davies
Six Days of Justice
1972
as P.C. Williamson
Get Carter
1971
as Keith
Justice
1971
as Bob Graham
Great Performances
1971
as Thénardier
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