Alun Armstrong

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

140

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-07-17 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK

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... 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

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Married... with Children

    Married... with Children

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Sleepy Hollow

    Sleepy Hollow

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

  • The New Avengers

    The New Avengers

  • The Mummy Returns

    The Mummy Returns

  • Braveheart

    Braveheart

  • Public Eye

    Public Eye

  • Van Helsing

    Van Helsing

  • Penny Dreadful

    Penny Dreadful

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Hollow Crown

    The Hollow Crown

  • Frontier

    Frontier

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • The Storyteller

    The Storyteller

  • Porridge

    Porridge

  • Justice

    Justice

  • Breeders

    Breeders

  • Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

    Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

  • Bleak House

    Bleak House

  • Eragon

    Eragon

  • A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too Far

  • Van Helsing: The London Assignment

    Van Helsing: The London Assignment

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Our Day Out

    Our Day Out

  • The French Lieutenant's Woman

    The French Lieutenant's Woman

  • Enemy at the Door

    Enemy at the Door

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • Our Friends in the North

    Our Friends in the North

  • A Night on the Tyne

    A Night on the Tyne

  • Breaking the Code

    Breaking the Code

  • Sherwood

    Sherwood

  • Split Second

    Split Second

  • G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

    G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

  • Breaking The Codes

    Breaking The Codes

  • Get Carter

    Get Carter

  • Millions

    Millions

  • David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Carrie's War

    Carrie's War

  • MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

    MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

  • Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

    Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

  • Messiah

    Messiah

  • Looking After Number One

    Looking After Number One

  • Garrow's Law

    Garrow's Law

  • Patriot Games

    Patriot Games

  • Sorry About Last Night

    Sorry About Last Night

  • An Awfully Big Adventure

    An Awfully Big Adventure

  • With or Without You

    With or Without You

  • It's All About Love

    It's All About Love

  • Krull

    Krull

  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle

    The Caucasian Chalk Circle

  • Harrison's Flowers

    Harrison's Flowers

  • Proof of Life

    Proof of Life

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • The 14

    The 14

  • White Hunter, Black Heart

    White Hunter, Black Heart

  • A.D.

    A.D.

  • The Widowmaker

    The Widowmaker

  • Prime Suspect 1973

    Prime Suspect 1973

  • Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

    Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

  • Year of the Rabbit

    Year of the Rabbit

  • Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

  • Bedtime

    Bedtime

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Armchair Thriller

    Armchair Thriller

  • Strictly Sinatra

    Strictly Sinatra

  • That Summer of White Roses

    That Summer of White Roses

  • When I'm Sixty-Four

    When I'm Sixty-Four

  • Only Make Believe

    Only Make Believe

  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

  • Possum

    Possum

  • Fear of God

    Fear of God

  • American Friends

    American Friends

  • Nineteen96

    Nineteen96

  • The Choral

    The Choral

  • Tom Jones

    Tom Jones

  • Onegin

    Onegin

  • Number 27

    Number 27

  • Liza

    Liza

  • Inquisition

    Inquisition

  • Number One

    Number One

  • The Duellists

    The Duellists

  • Aristocrats

    Aristocrats

  • Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

    Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

  • Dark Angel

    Dark Angel

  • This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

    This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

  • The Sex Victims

    The Sex Victims

  • Blue Ice

    Blue Ice

  • Between The Sheets

    Between The Sheets

  • In the Red

    In the Red

  • Sparkhouse

    Sparkhouse

  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

  • Goggle Eyes

    Goggle Eyes

  • Underworld

    Underworld

  • Days of Hope

    Days of Hope

  • All Day on the Sands

    All Day on the Sands

  • Witness Against Hitler

    Witness Against Hitler

  • Doggin' Around

    Doggin' Around

  • The Dinner Party

    The Dinner Party

  • The Eyes Have It

    The Eyes Have It

  • The Likely Lads

    The Likely Lads

  • London Kills Me

    London Kills Me

  • Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

    Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

  • Golden Years

    Golden Years

  • Sticky Wickets

    Sticky Wickets

  • Out of Innocence

    Out of Innocence

  • Get Lost!

    Get Lost!

  • The Stars Look Down

    The Stars Look Down

  • A Passionate Woman

    A Passionate Woman

  • A Sharp Intake of Breath

    A Sharp Intake of Breath

  • Easy Go

    Easy Go

  • This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

    This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

  • Brazen Hussies

    Brazen Hussies

  • Stanley and the Women

    Stanley and the Women

  • Murder in Eden

    Murder in Eden

  • Freedom of the Dig

    Freedom of the Dig

  • Extinct

    Extinct

  • Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

    Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

  • Funny Cow

    Funny Cow

  • The House

    The House

  • Risking It

    Risking It

  • Paradise Found

    Paradise Found

  • Measure for Measure

    Measure for Measure

  • Mr Moon's Last Case

    Mr Moon's Last Case

  • The Childeater

    The Childeater

  • Score

    Score

  • Shooting the Chandelier

    Shooting the Chandelier

  • 7 Up 2000

    7 Up 2000

  • The Girls Who Came to Stay

    The Girls Who Came to Stay

  • The Nicky Nack

    The Nicky Nack

  • Asunder

    Asunder