Allan Corduner
Acting
Biography
Allan Corduner (born April 2, 1950) is an English actor born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father. He grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol University he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively on stage, TV, and film, both in the UK and in the United States. His voice is familiar from many BBC radio plays, audio books and TV documentaries. Corduner made his feature film debut in Yentl, with Barbra Streisand. Of his 44 films he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. He is married to Juha Leppäjärvi, a yoga instructor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allan Corduner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: April 2, 1950
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Known For
Gadgetman
When an inventor's son learns that his father has been kidnapped, he searches for a clever contraption that can save his dad’s life.
Simon Schama's Power of Art
Documentary series in which historian Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight artistic masterpieces.
Utopia
The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.
FBI
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
Foyle's War
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
The Way We Live Now
Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks of his arrival in London, financier Augustus Melmotte announces a railway is to be built from Salt Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico and entices distinguished members of England's land-rich, cash-poor aristocracy into his web. Many are eager to sell their ailing land parcels to afford moving to London proper and naïve speculators are all lured in with promises of an instant fortune.
Mr. Nobody
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
The Last Detective
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
Fat Friends
Fat Friends is an ITV drama created by Kay Mellor, broadcast from 12 October 2000 to 24 March 2005. It follows a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. It examines people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships, or not living their lives to the full. Four cast members—Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith, and Alison Steadman—went on to appear in Gavin & Stacey.
Filmography
as Mr Fezzywig
as Hume Cronyn
as The Deacon
as Sebastian Brix
as Saul
as Ozwald Godfrey
as Rabbi Lehrer
as Boris Pahor (voice)
as Victor Beniov
as Moshe Hartog
as Monty Berman
as Saul
as John Totten
as Gustav Bloch-Bauer
as Flaviu
as Van Laar
as Self - Narrator
as Aaron
as Mr. Wax
as Ross
as Viktor Rosen
as Doctor
as Buddy
as Martin Winter
as Alex Liberman
as Arnold Gelin
as Etai Luskin
as Geller
as Michelangelo Gattuso
as Art Janov
as Nicephore
as Richard
as Mr. Solomon
as Dr. Feldheim
as Shimon Haretz
as Dr. Goldfarb
as Deacon
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Samuel Feinstein
as Greenhough Smith
as Marcus
as Kippy Newberg
as Tubal
as Psychiatrist
as Monty Woolley
as Aramis
as Maurice Leyman
as Carlo Lucciano
as (voice)
as Stan Michaels
as Joseph Mansourian
as Croll
as Big Bob
as Max
as Francois Fuller
as Nyiszli
as Rupert
as Leonard Harris
as Francis McCrudden
as Sir Arthur Sullivan
as Captain
as Michael Hipsman
as Hirsch
as Therapist
as Billy Wilder
as Professor McNeil
as Oscar Butterworth
as Minotti
as Dinner Guest
as Ion
as Verme
as Sam
as Osofsky
as Gerard Lowe
as Tristram Johnstone
as Poet
as Critic
as Stephen Carlinsky
as Franz Goethe
as Vince / Morris
as Benny
as Gentile Bellocchio
as Loke (voice)
as Dr. Diaz the Bus Driver
as Benny
as Oscar Rie
as Shimmele
as Pianist at Party
as Melvin Solomons
as Marty
as Hatchard's Bookshop Assistant
as Store Assistant
as Manservant
as The Deacon