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Alun Armstrong

17 Jul, 1946 in Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK

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.

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Αλούν Άρμστρονγκ

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The Duellists
73% (1977)
Fear of God
0% (1980)
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The 14
57% (1973)
Risking It
0% (1977)
The Choral
0% (1970)
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Funny Cow
64% (2018)
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Easy Go
0% (1974)
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Onegin
62% (1999)
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Liza
0% (1978)
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Bleak House
82% (2005)
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Sparkhouse
71% (2002)
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Little Dorrit
78% (2008)
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New Tricks
74% (2004)
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Bedtime
20% (2001)
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Get Lost!
50% (1981)
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Underworld
70% (1997)
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Porridge
81% (1974)
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Garrow's Law
68% (2009)
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Tom Jones
57% (2023)
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Messiah
71% (2001)
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In the Red
62% (1998)
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Downton Abbey
81% (2010)
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Justice
60% (1971)
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A.D.
49% (1985)
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Oliver Twist
63% (1999)
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Days of Hope
62% (1975)
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Sherwood
70% (2022)
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Breeders
70% (2020)
Extinct
80% (2001)
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Public Eye
78% (1965)

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