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Alun Armstrong
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.
As actor
The Choral
The Nicky Nack
Breaking The Codes
Out of Innocence
Funny Cow
Possum
Golden Years
Asunder
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
The Dinner Party
Eragon
The Girls Who Came to Stay
Oliver Twist
Millions
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Van Helsing
Carrie's War
When I'm Sixty-Four
Paradise Found
It's All About Love
Inquisition
The Mummy Returns
Strictly Sinatra
Score
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Harrison's Flowers
7 Up 2000
Proof of Life
Sleepy Hollow