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 Dad
as Dad
as Bert Baxter(10 eps)
as Harald Vanger(1 ep)
as Herbert Trickett
as Alan Benson(5 eps)
as Squire Western(4 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Gary Jackson(1 ep)
as Jim(27 eps)
as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech(6 eps)
as Detective Callaghan
as Maurice
as Lenny
as Clifford Bentley(6 eps)
as Lord Benton(18 eps)
as George Stot(2 eps)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Sid
as Vincent Brand(1 ep)
as Northumberland(2 eps)
as Hiram Grewgious(2 eps)
as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
as Donald (1980s)(2 eps)
as John Southouse(12 eps)
as Ephraim Flintwinch(14 eps)
as Ernest Whitehouse
as Jim
as Uncle Garrow
as Bob Jenkins
as Inspector Bucket(9 eps)
as Magistrate Fang
as Saint Peter
as Jim
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
as Cardinal Jinette
as Mr. Samuel Evans
as Brian Lane(87 eps)
as Peter Delany(6 eps)
as David
as Camille Pissarro
as Martin
as Richard Bolton(3 eps)
as Himself - Narrator(6 eps)
as Neil Henshaw(9 eps)
as Bill
as George
as DCI Charlie McIntyre(2 eps)
as Baltus Hafez
as George Mole(6 eps)
as Wyatt
as Samuel Brubeck
as Himself - Narrator
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield(3 eps)
as Dan Peggotty(2 eps)
as Zaretsky
as Mr. Fleming(4 eps)
as High Constable
as Uncle Henry
as Sammy
as DCI Frank Jefferson(3 eps)
as Inspector Teal
as Jimmy Hardcastle
as Mick Ross
as Pastor Harold Poelchau
as Austin Donohue(5 eps)
as Mickey
as Monsieur Thénardier
as Mornay
as Uncle Vernon
as Capshaw
as Charlie Foster
as Reuben Smith
as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner(4 eps)
as Caliban
as Caliban (voice)(1 ep)
as Uncle Teddy(4 eps)
as Osgood
as Owens
as Thrasher
as Roy Grade(3 eps)
as John Stone
as Rufus Hilton(4 eps)
as Sgt McGing(3 eps)
as Dr. Weeks
as Dad
as Evans
as Ralph Lockhart
as Dick
as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
as Det Supt Frank Burroughs(1 ep)
as Evans(1 ep)
as Charlie Foster(1 ep)
as Willy
as Inspector Herbert(1 ep)
as The Troll (archive audio)(1 ep)
as Stefano
as Zemba
as Murray Lester
as Troll (Voice)
as Troll (voice)(1 ep)
as Trevor(3 eps)
as Superintendent Holdsby(1 ep)
as Willy(1 ep)
as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
as Gamesmaster(1 ep)
as Blackpool Police Sergeant
as Singer
as Mr. Smeth
as Luke(1 ep)
as Torquil
as Narrator
as Grimes
as Neville Keaton(4 eps)
as Trahearne
as Provost
as Provost(1 ep)
as Quinn
as Mikhalevich
as Trahearne(1 ep)
as Louis Mendoza(1 ep)
as Mr. Briggs
as Brodovich
as Quinn(1 ep)
as Brodovich(1 ep)
as Mikhalevich(1 ep)
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
as Arthur Clegg(1 ep)
as Terry(1 ep)
as Jackson(1 ep)
as Brian(1 ep)
as Simon Wilson(1 ep)
as Albert(1 ep)
as Wilson(1 ep)
as Jack Dyson(1 ep)
as Alec(1 ep)
as Frank Grant(1 ep)
as Barry(1 ep)
as Les Buckley(1 ep)
as Richard Clewes
as Cpl. Davies
as Weaver(1 ep)
as Private George Harris(1 ep)
as Lightborne
as Tommy
as Joe Gowlan(13 eps)
as Peter Jenner(1 ep)
as Joe(1 ep)
as Spraggon(1 ep)
as First docker
as Bernie(1 ep)
as Ken(1 ep)
as Richard Clewes(1 ep)
as Tommy
as Mike
as Mike(1 ep)
as Glazier(1 ep)
as George
as Michael Biddle
as Scaife(1 ep)
as Terence 'Tel' Bolden(3 eps)
as Ray Davies(1 ep)
as P.C. Williamson(1 ep)
as Bob Graham(1 ep)
as Keith
as Thénardier(1 ep)
as 1st Docker(1 ep)
as Mr Briggs(1 ep)
as Lightborne(1 ep)
as Vince Gregson(1 ep)