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 c ... haracters 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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New Tricks
as Brian Lane
Episodes: 87
First Aired: Jan 01, 2004
Breeders
as Jim
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Mar 02, 2020
Frontier
as Lord Benton
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Nov 06, 2016
Little Dorrit
as Ephraim Flintwinch
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Oct 26, 2008
The Stars Look Down
as Joe Gowlan
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Sep 04, 1975
Garrow's Law
as John Southouse
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Nov 01, 2009
Bleak House
as Inspector Bucket
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Oct 27, 2005
Our Friends in the North
as Austin Donohue
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Jan 15, 1996
Bedtime
as Neil Henshaw
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Aug 28, 2001
Between The Sheets
as Peter Delany
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 17, 2003
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
as George Mole
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Feb 02, 2001
Prime Suspect 1973
as Clifford Bentley
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Mar 02, 2017
Year of the Rabbit
as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jun 10, 2019
Get Lost!
as Neville Keaton
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jun 12, 1981
Tom Jones
as Squire Western
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Apr 30, 2023
Oliver Twist
as Mr. Fleming
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 28, 1999
Stanley and the Women
as Rufus Hilton
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 28, 1991
Goggle Eyes
as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 24, 1993
Days of Hope
as Billy Shepherd
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 11, 1975
Sparkhouse
as Richard Bolton
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 01, 2002
Murder in Eden
as Sgt. McGing
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 19, 1991
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 26, 2000
In the Red
as DCI Frank Jefferson
Episodes: 3
First Aired: May 26, 1998
Married... with Children
as Trevor
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Apr 05, 1987
A Passionate Woman
as Donald (1980s)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 11, 2010
Messiah
as DCI Charlie McIntyre
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 26, 2001
Dark Angel
as George Stot
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 31, 2016
David Copperfield
as Dan Peggotty
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 25, 1999
The Hollow Crown
as Northumberland
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 30, 2012
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Hiram Grewgious
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 10, 2012
The Sweeney
as Peter Jenner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 02, 1975
Thriller
as Mike
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 14, 1973
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as Scaife
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1973
Tales from the Crypt
as Inspector Herbert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 1989
Inspector Morse
as Superintendent Holdsby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 06, 1987
Play for Today
as 1st Docker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
BBC Play of the Month
as Lightborne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
Porridge
as Spraggon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1974
Penny Dreadful
as Vincent Brand
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 11, 2014
Downton Abbey
as Stowell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2010
Enemy at the Door
as Louis Mendoza
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1978
Justice
as Bob Graham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 1971
A.D.
as Gamesmaster
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 31, 1985
Sherwood
as Gary Jackson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 13, 2022
MacGyver
as Chief Superintendent Capshaw
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1985
Public Eye
as Vince Gregson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1965
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Caliban (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 09, 1992
Play for Today
as Mr Briggs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
Father Brown
as Joe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1974
Armchair Thriller
as Trahearne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 21, 1978
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Jul 28, 1977
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Nov 07, 1982
Underworld
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 04, 1997
Extinct
as Himself - Narrator
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 25, 2001
The Storyteller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 15, 1988
The New Avengers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 22, 1976
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 03, 1978
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2025 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 7 |
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