Alun Armstrong

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

141

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

  • Married... with Children

    Married... with Children

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Van Helsing

    Van Helsing

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • The Mummy Returns

    The Mummy Returns

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Braveheart

    Braveheart

  • Penny Dreadful

    Penny Dreadful

  • Frontier

    Frontier

  • The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

  • The Choral

    The Choral

  • Sleepy Hollow

    Sleepy Hollow

  • Eragon

    Eragon

  • Breaking the Code

    Breaking the Code

  • Breeders

    Breeders

  • The Storyteller

    The Storyteller

  • Get Carter

    Get Carter

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • The Hollow Crown

    The Hollow Crown

  • The New Avengers

    The New Avengers

  • Patriot Games

    Patriot Games

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • Public Eye

    Public Eye

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Justice

    Justice

  • The Widowmaker

    The Widowmaker

  • Liza

    Liza

  • A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too Far

  • Sherwood

    Sherwood

  • Millions

    Millions

  • Krull

    Krull

  • Bleak House

    Bleak House

  • Inquisition

    Inquisition

  • Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

    Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Van Helsing: The London Assignment

    Van Helsing: The London Assignment

  • The 14

    The 14

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

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

  • Witness Against Hitler

    Witness Against Hitler

  • Blue Ice

    Blue Ice

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • Porridge

    Porridge

  • Year of the Rabbit

    Year of the Rabbit

  • Strictly Sinatra

    Strictly Sinatra

  • American Friends

    American Friends

  • Number 27

    Number 27

  • David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

  • Number One

    Number One

  • Prime Suspect 1973

    Prime Suspect 1973

  • Golden Years

    Golden Years

  • Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

    Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

  • Proof of Life

    Proof of Life

  • Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

    Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

  • Enemy at the Door

    Enemy at the Door

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Sticky Wickets

    Sticky Wickets

  • The Duellists

    The Duellists

  • Garrow's Law

    Garrow's Law

  • Funny Cow

    Funny Cow

  • White Hunter, Black Heart

    White Hunter, Black Heart

  • Tom Jones

    Tom Jones

  • Our Friends in the North

    Our Friends in the North

  • A.D.

    A.D.

  • Messiah

    Messiah

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

    MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

  • Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

    Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

  • Doggin' Around

    Doggin' Around

  • The French Lieutenant's Woman

    The French Lieutenant's Woman

  • Harrison's Flowers

    Harrison's Flowers

  • Brazen Hussies

    Brazen Hussies

  • Carrie's War

    Carrie's War

  • An Awfully Big Adventure

    An Awfully Big Adventure

  • The Sex Victims

    The Sex Victims

  • Possum

    Possum

  • Onegin

    Onegin

  • Aristocrats

    Aristocrats

  • With or Without You

    With or Without You

  • G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

    G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

  • This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

    This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle

    The Caucasian Chalk Circle

  • It's All About Love

    It's All About Love

  • Split Second

    Split Second

  • London Kills Me

    London Kills Me

  • Our Day Out

    Our Day Out

  • Out of Innocence

    Out of Innocence

  • Easy Go

    Easy Go

  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

  • Between The Sheets

    Between The Sheets

  • Only Make Believe

    Only Make Believe

  • Sorry About Last Night

    Sorry About Last Night

  • Dark Angel

    Dark Angel

  • A Night on the Tyne

    A Night on the Tyne

  • The Dinner Party

    The Dinner Party

  • The Eyes Have It

    The Eyes Have It

  • Underworld

    Underworld

  • Armchair Thriller

    Armchair Thriller

  • When I'm Sixty-Four

    When I'm Sixty-Four

  • Days of Hope

    Days of Hope

  • Breaking The Codes

    Breaking The Codes

  • In the Red

    In the Red

  • Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

    Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

  • Bedtime

    Bedtime

  • A Passionate Woman

    A Passionate Woman

  • Murder in Eden

    Murder in Eden

  • Looking After Number One

    Looking After Number One

  • Sparkhouse

    Sparkhouse

  • Fear of God

    Fear of God

  • Freedom of the Dig

    Freedom of the Dig

  • Paradise Found

    Paradise Found

  • The Tempest

    The Tempest

  • Goggle Eyes

    Goggle Eyes

  • Score

    Score

  • A Sharp Intake of Breath

    A Sharp Intake of Breath

  • This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

    This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

  • Stanley and the Women

    Stanley and the Women

  • Get Lost!

    Get Lost!

  • The Likely Lads

    The Likely Lads

  • The Stars Look Down

    The Stars Look Down

  • Extinct

    Extinct

  • That Summer of White Roses

    That Summer of White Roses

  • Asunder

    Asunder

  • The Nicky Nack

    The Nicky Nack

  • Measure for Measure

    Measure for Measure

  • The House

    The House

  • Nineteen96

    Nineteen96

  • The Childeater

    The Childeater

  • Shooting the Chandelier

    Shooting the Chandelier

  • Risking It

    Risking It

  • All Day on the Sands

    All Day on the Sands

  • 7 Up 2000

    7 Up 2000

  • Mr Moon's Last Case

    Mr Moon's Last Case

  • The Girls Who Came to Stay

    The Girls Who Came to Stay