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