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Alun Armstrong
Highest Rated: 90% Possum (2018)
Lowest Rated: 16% Eragon (2006)
Birthday: Jul 17, 1946
Birthplace: Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Alun Armstrong is known for his faithful dedication to the works of Charles Dickens, starring in numerous British television and stage adaptations of the author's novels. A member of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company and part of the original cast of Les Miserables, Armstrong first became known to audiences through the 1971 crime thriller "Get Carter" with Michael Caine. Afterwards he frequently guested on a wide array of British TV shows and specials including the comedy series "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" and "A Sharp Intake of Breath." Armstrong's bushy eyebrows and stern countenance have not only made him an easy cast as a Dickens protagonist but have led him to a handful of supporting roles in fantasy-adventure films, including "Krull," "The Mummy Returns," and "Van Helsing." In 2005 his work in two different Dickens adaptations, the BBC series "Bleak House" and Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist," drew accolades from critics.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74% | No Score Yet | Cordelia | Roger (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 90% | 55% | Possum | Maurice (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 79% | 71% | Funny Cow | Lenny (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 86% | No Score Yet | Out of Innocence | Detective Callaghan (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 29% | 28% | Golden Years | Sid (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Garrow's Law | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girls Who Came to Stay | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 16% | 46% | Eragon | Uncle Garrow (Character) | $75.0M | 2006 |
| 61% | 63% | Oliver Twist | Magistrate Fang (Character) | $2.0M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Van Helsing: The London Assignment | Cardinal Jinette (Voice) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Carrie's War | Mr. Samuel Evans (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 88% | 78% | Millions | St. Peter (Character) | $6.6M | 2004 |
| 24% | 57% | Van Helsing | Cardinal Jinette (Character) | $120.0M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When I'm 64 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 19% | 27% | It's All About Love | David (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine | DCI Charlie MacIntyre (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Paradise Found | Camille Pissaro (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Sparkhouse | Richard Bolton (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 63% | 31% | Strictly Sinatra | Bill (Character) | $1.2K | 2001 |
| 46% | 63% | The Mummy Returns | Curator (Character) | $202.0M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Score | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 49% | 76% | Harrison's Flowers | Samuel Brubeck (Character) | $1.8M | 2000 |
| 39% | 43% | Proof of Life | Wyatt (Character) | $32.6M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | G:MT | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | With or Without You | Sammy (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 48% | 72% | Onegin | Zaretsky (Character) | $183.8K | 1999 |
| 70% | 80% | Sleepy Hollow | High Constable (Character) | $101.1M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Aristocrats | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Red | DCI Frank Jefferson (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 30% | 63% | The Saint | Inspector Teal (Character) | $61.4M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Witness Against Hitler | Pastor Harold Poelchau (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brazen Hussies | Jimmy Hardcastle (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 40% | 56% | An Awfully Big Adventure | Uncle Vernon (Character) | $258.0K | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday | Chief Superintendent Capshaw (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 74% | 76% | Black Beauty | Reuben Smith (Character) | $4.2M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doggin' Around | Charlie Foster (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Split Second | Thrasher (Character) | $4.8M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Blue Ice | Osgood (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Breaking the Code | Mick Ross (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Families | Superintendent Holdsby (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | American Friends | Dr. Weeks (Character) | $3.3K | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | London Kills Me | John Stone (Character) | $169.0K | 1991 |
| 83% | 62% | White Hunter, Black Heart | Ralph Lockhart (Character) | $1.7M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Widowmaker | Dad (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Summer of White Roses | Zemba (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Number 27 | Murray Lester (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire | Maxwell Randall (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 35% | 52% | Krull | Torquil (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 83% | 67% | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Grimes (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 77% | Measure for Measure | Provost (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The Likely Lads | Tommy (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Existence | Tommy (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 87% | 84% | Get Carter | Keith (Character) | - | 1971 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91% | 89% | Breeders | Jim (Character) | 2020-2023 |
| 94% | 82% | Year of the Rabbit | Hugh Wisbech (Character) | 2019 |
| 75% | 79% | Frontier | Lord Benton (Character) | 2016-2018 |
| 87% | 93% | Downton Abbey | Stowell (Character) | 2014 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | Little Dorrit on Masterpiece |
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2009 2014 |
| 98% | 82% | The Hollow Crown | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New Tricks | Brian Lane (Character) | 2004-2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Garrow's Law | Unknown (Character) | 2009-2011 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Bleak House | Bucket (Character) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Extinct | Narrator | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aristocrats | Henry Fox (Character) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1999-2000 |
| 82% | 96% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our Friends in the North | Austin Donohue (Character) | 1966 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 98% | Married ... With Children | Trevor (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Porridge | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | Unknown (Character) | 1974 |