Alun Armstrong

About

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.

Known for

Married... with ChildrenSeries • 1987Great PerformancesSeries • 1971Play for TodaySeries • 1970BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965New TricksSeries • 2004Tales from the CryptSeries • 1989Inspector MorseSeries • 1987BraveheartMovie • 1995The SweeneySeries • 1975Penny DreadfulSeries • 2014The Mummy ReturnsMovie • 2001Sleepy HollowMovie • 1999The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries • 1978New Scotland YardSeries • 1972ScreenPlaySeries • 1986ThrillerSeries • 1973BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries • 1977Van HelsingMovie • 2004The Hollow CrownSeries • 2012Public EyeSeries • 1965FrontierSeries • 2016Centre PlaySeries • 1973The New AvengersSeries • 1976Screen OneSeries • 1989