Alun Armstrong

Personal Info

Birthday

July 17, 1946

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK

Also Known As

Αλούν Άρμστρονγκ

Alun Armstrong

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..

Known For

Married... with Children

Great Performances

Play for Today

Tales from the Crypt

BBC Play of the Month

The Sweeney

Penny Dreadful

Inspector Morse

Filmography

2019
Out of Innocence
as Detective Callaghan
2018
Possum
as Maurice
Funny Cow
as Lenny
2016
Asunder
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Golden Years
as Sid
2010
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
2008
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
as Ernest Whitehouse
2007
The Dinner Party
as Jim
2006
Eragon
as Uncle Garrow
The Girls Who Came to Stay
as Bob Jenkins
2005
Oliver Twist
as Magistrate Fang
2004
When I'm Sixty-Four
as Jim
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
Van Helsing
as Cardinal Jinette
Millions
as Saint Peter
Carrie's War
as Mr. Samuel Evans
2003
It's All About Love
as David
Paradise Found
as Camille Pissarro
2002
Inquisition
as Martin
2001
Strictly Sinatra
as Bill
Score
as George
The Mummy Returns
as Baltus Hafez
2000
Proof of Life
as Wyatt
Harrison's Flowers
as Samuel Brubeck
7 Up 2000
as Himself - Narrator
1999
Onegin
as Zaretsky
Sleepy Hollow
as High Constable
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
as Uncle Henry
With or Without You
as Sammy
Aristocrats
as Lord Holland
1997
The Saint
as Inspector Teal
1996
Brazen Hussies
as Jimmy Hardcastle
Breaking the Code
as Mick Ross
Witness Against Hitler
as Pastor Harold Poelchau
1995
Sorry About Last Night
as Mickey
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
as Thenardier
Braveheart
as Mornay
An Awfully Big Adventure
as Uncle Vernon
1994
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Capshaw
Doggin' Around
as Charlie Foster
Black Beauty
as Reuben Smith
1992
Blue Ice
as Osgood
Patriot Games
as Owens
Split Second
as Thrasher
1991
London Kills Me
as John Stone
American Friends
as Dr. Weeks
1990
The Widowmaker
as Dad
Sticky Wickets
as Evans
White Hunter, Black Heart
as Ralph Lockhart
Looking After Number One
as Dick
1989
Nineteen96
as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
A Night on the Tyne
as Willy
That Summer of White Roses
as Zemba
The Childeater
as Stefano
1988
Number 27
as Murray Lester
1985
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
Number One
as Blackpool Police Sergeant
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Singer
1984
The House
as Mr. Smeth
1983
Krull
as Torquil
Mr Moon's Last Case
as Narrator
1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Grimes
1980
Fear of God
as Trahearne
1979
Measure for Measure
as Provost
1978
Freedom of the Dig
as Quinn
Liza
as Mikhalevich
1977
Our Day Out
as Mr. Briggs
Shooting the Chandelier
as Brodovich
The Duellists
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
Risking It
as Richard Clewes
A Bridge Too Far
as Cpl. Davies
1976
The Likely Lads
as Tommy
1974
Easy Go
as First docker
1973
The 14
as Tommy
The Eyes Have It
as Mike
The Sex Victims
as George
Only Make Believe
as Michael Biddle
1971
Get Carter
as Keith