Highest rated as cast or director
Little Dorrit
2008 · 1 Season
Prime Suspect 1973
2017 · 1 Season
Frontier
2016 · 3 Seasons
Funny Cow
2018
Possum
2018
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.
Acted in 143
2020s
- 2025
- 2024
After the Flood
Alan Benson · 5 episodes
- 2023
Tom Jones
Squire Western · 4 episodes
- 2022
- 2021
The Nicky Nack
Movie
- 2020
Breaking The Codes
Movie
2010s
- 2019
Year of the Rabbit
Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech · 6 episodes
Out of Innocence
Detective Callaghan
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
Dark Angel
George Stot · 2 episodes
- 2014
- 2012
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Hiram Grewgious · 2 episodes
- 2010
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
A Passionate Woman
Donald (1980s) · 2 episodes
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Ernest Whitehouse
- 2007
The Dinner Party
Jim
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
When I'm Sixty-Four
Jim
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
Carrie's War
Mr. Samuel Evans
- 2003
Between The Sheets
Peter Delany · 6 episodes
It's All About Love
David
Paradise Found
Camille Pissarro
- 2002
Inquisition
Martin
Sparkhouse
Richard Bolton · 3 episodes
- 2001
Bedtime
Neil Henshaw · 9 episodes
Strictly Sinatra
Bill
Messiah
DCI Charlie McIntyre · 2 episodes
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
George Mole · 6 episodes
- 2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield · 3 episodes
1990s
- 1999
Oliver Twist
Mr. Fleming · 4 episodes
With or Without You
Sammy
- 1998
The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of Odysseus
Movie
- 1997
Underworld
TV
- 1996
Breaking the Code
Mick Ross
Witness Against Hitler
Pastor Harold Poelchau
- 1995
Sorry About Last Night
Mickey
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Monsieur Thénardier
An Awfully Big Adventure
Uncle Vernon
- 1994
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Capshaw
Doggin' Around
Charlie Foster
- 1993
The Tempest
Caliban
- 1992
Blue Ice
Osgood
Goodbye Cruel World
Roy Grade · 3 episodes
- 1991
London Kills Me
John Stone
Stanley and the Women
Rufus Hilton · 4 episodes
Murder in Eden
Sgt McGing · 3 episodes
American Friends
Dr. Weeks
- 1990
The Widowmaker
Dad
Sticky Wickets
Evans
Looking After Number One
Dick
1980s
- 1989
Nineteen96
Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
A Night on the Tyne
Willy
The Childeater
Stefano
That Summer of White Roses
Zemba
- 1988
Number 27
Murray Lester
The Storyteller: The True Bride
Troll (Voice)
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
A.D.
Gamesmaster · 1 episode
Number One
Blackpool Police Sergeant
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Singer
- 1984
The House
Mr. Smeth
- 1983
- 1982
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
TV
- 1981
Get Lost!
Neville Keaton · 4 episodes
1970s
- 1979
All Day on the Sands
Movie
Measure for Measure
Provost
- 1978
Freedom of the Dig
Quinn
Liza
Mikhalevich
Armchair Thriller
Trahearne · 1 episode
- 1977
Our Day Out
Mr. Briggs
Shooting the Chandelier
Brodovich
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Arthur Clegg, Terry, Jackson, Brian, Simon Wilson, Albert, Wilson, Jack Dyson, Alec, Frank Grant, Barry, Les Buckley · 1 episode
Risking It
Richard Clewes
- 1976
The Chester Mystery Plays
Lightborne
The Likely Lads
Tommy
- 1975
The Stars Look Down
Joe Gowlan · 13 episodes
- 1974
Easy Go
First docker
- 1973
The 14
Tommy
The Eyes Have It
Mike
The Sex Victims
George
Only Make Believe
Michael Biddle
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Scaife · 1 episode
- 1972
Six Days of Justice
P.C. Williamson · 1 episode
- 1971
- 1970
No release date
A Ticket Too Far
Dad
Appearances4
2020s
- 2022
2010s
- 2016
Asunder
Self - Narrator (voice)
2000s
- 2000
7 Up 2000
Himself - Narrator
1980s
- 1983
Mr Moon's Last Case
Narrator