Alun Armstrong
Acting
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.
Born: July 17, 1946
Place of Birth: Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
Known For
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
The top stars from the original London and Broadway productions join together with a 150-voice chorus and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London's venerated Royal Albert Hall for a truly magical gala performance of Les Misérables. You'll watch and listen time and again to the magnificent Tony Award-winning score as sung by stars forever linked to these roles.
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
This concert, recorded to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark musical Les Miserables, gathers the casts of the show's 2010 original production at the Queen's Theatre, the 1985 original production by the London company, and the 2010 production at the Barbican together for one performance. Together with talents like Michael Ball, Hadley Fraser, and John Owen-Jones, the performers present the play's musical numbers in a semi-theatrical style, fully costumed and with all the emotion of the musical's heyday.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
Bleak House
The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.
Porridge
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. "Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons. The series was followed by a 1978 sequel, Going Straight, which established that Fletcher would not be going back to prison again. Porridge was voted number seven in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms.
Tales from the Crypt
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Braveheart
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
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.
Penny Dreadful
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.
The Sweeney
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
Filmography
as Herbert Trickett
as Alan Benson
as Squire Western
as Gary Jackson
as Jim
as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
as Detective Callaghan
as Maurice
as Lenny
as Clifford Bentley
as Lord Benton
as George Stot
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Sid
as Vincent Brand
as Northumberland
as Hiram Grewgious
as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
as Donald (1980s)
as John Southouse
as Ephraim Flintwinch
as Ernest Whitehouse
as Jim
as Uncle Garrow
as Inspector Bucket
as Magistrate Fang
as Saint Peter
as Jim
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
as Cardinal Jinette
as Mr. Samuel Evans
as Brian Lane
as Peter Delany
as David
as Camille Pissarro
as Martin
as Richard Bolton
as Neil Henshaw
as Bill
as DCI Charlie McIntyre
as Baltus Hafez
as George Mole
as Wyatt
as Samuel Brubeck
as Himself - Narrator
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
as Dan Peggotty
as Zaretsky
as Mr. Fleming
as High Constable
as Uncle Henry
as Sammy
as Lord Holland
as DCI Frank Jefferson
as Inspector Teal
as Jimmy Hardcastle
as Mick Ross
as Pastor Harold Poelchau
as Austin Donohue
as Mickey
as Mornay
as Uncle Vernon
as Capshaw
as Charlie Foster
as Reuben Smith
as Caliban
as Caliban (voice)
as Osgood
as Owens
as Thrasher
as John Stone
as Rufus Hilton
as Dr. Weeks
as Dad
as Evans
as Ralph Lockhart
as Dick
as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
as Willy
as Inspector Herbert
as Stefano
as Zemba
as Murray Lester
as Troll (Voice)
as Troll (voice)
as Trevor
as Superintendent Holdsby
as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
as Gamesmaster
as Blackpool Police Sergeant
as Singer
as Mr. Smeth
as Torquil
as Narrator
as Grimes
as Neville Keaton
as Provost
as Quinn
as Mikhalevich
as Trahearne
as Louis Mendoza
as Mr. Briggs
as Brodovich
as Brodovich
as Mikhalevich
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
as Richard Clewes
as Cpl. Davies
as Private George Harris
as Tommy
as Billy Shepherd
as Joe Gowlan
as Peter Jenner
as Joe
as Spraggon
as First docker
as Tommy
as Mike
as Mike
as George
as Michael Biddle
as Bob Graham
as Keith
as Thénardier
as 1st Docker
as Mr Briggs
as Lightborne
as Vince Gregson