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Alun Armstrong
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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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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
MacGyver
BBC Play of the Month
Inspector Morse
Tales from the Crypt
Downton Abbey
The New Avengers
The Hollow Crown
A.D.
The Storyteller
Sherwood
Breeders
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Bleak House
Enemy at the Door
Penny Dreadful
Braveheart
Sleepy Hollow
American Friends
Patriot Games
Messiah
David Copperfield
The Duellists
The Mummy Returns
Van Helsing
Measure for Measure
Blue Ice
Tom Jones
Bedtime
Eragon
The Saint
Little Dorrit
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
New Tricks
Shooting the Chandelier
Sparkhouse
An Awfully Big Adventure
Frontier
Brazen Hussies
Dark Angel
Sorry About Last Night
Garrow's Law
Possum
Murder in Eden
The Dinner Party
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