Antony Sher

Personal Info

Birthday

June 14, 1949

Day of Death

2021-12-03

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Cape Town, South Africa

Antony Sher

Biography

Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) was an English actor of South African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time nominee. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a writer and theatre director. He died of cancer on 3rd December 2021.

Known For

Agatha Christie's Marple

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Jury

Hornblower

Superman II

The Wolfman

The Play on One

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Filmography

2017
Joe Orton Laid Bare
as Ensemble Cast
Queer as Art
as Self
2016
RSC Live: King Lear
as King Lear
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self
2015
Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor
as Himself
Shylock's Ghost
as Self
War Book
as David
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
as Sir John Falstaff
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
as Sir John Falstaff
2012
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
as Self
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
as Jacob Bindel
Dickens in London
as Older Dickens(Voice)
2010
The Wolfman
as Dr. Hoenneger
2008
God on Trial
as Akiba
Three and Out
as Maurice
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Primo
as Primo Levi
2004
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
as Hitler
2003
Home
as Gerald Ballantyne
2001
Macbeth
as Macbeth
2000
The Miracle Maker
as Ben Azra (voice)
1999
The Winter's Tale
as Leontes
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Colonel Moncoutant
1998
Shakespeare in Love
as Dr. Moth
1997
Mrs Brown
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
1996
The Moonstone
as Sergeant Cuff
Alive and Kicking
as Jack
The Wind in the Willows
as Chief Weasel
1995
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
as Dr. Ernest Zeigler
1993
Genghis Cohn
as Genghis Cohn
1992
The Crying Game
as Scum Editor
1990
The Land of Dreams
as David Samuels
Changing Step
as Capt. Edmund Lambert
1989
Erik the Viking
as Loki
1985
Shadey
as Oliver Shadey
1983
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Tartuffe
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self
1980
Superman II
as Bell Boy
1979
Yanks
as GI at Cinema
One Fine Day
as Mr. Alpert
The Out of Town Boys
as Nathan
1978
Cold Harbour
as Morris