Where to watch Alun Armstrong in the UK
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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 …
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- Married... with Children (1987) as Trevor
- Play for Today (1970) as 1st Docker
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Lightborne
- Great Performances (1971) as Thénardier
- New Tricks (2004) as Brian Lane
- Van Helsing (2004) as Cardinal Jinette
- Inspector Morse (1987) as Superintendent Holdsby
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Inspector Herbert
- The Sweeney (1975) as Peter Jenner
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Brodovich
- The Mummy Returns (2001) as Baltus Hafez
- Penny Dreadful (2014) as Vincent Brand
- Thriller (1973) as Mike
- Braveheart (1995) as Mornay
- Justice (1971) as Bob Graham
- The Storyteller (1988) as Troll (voice)
- The New Avengers (1976) as Private George Harris
- Public Eye (1965) as Vince Gregson
- Remembers… (2022) as Self
- Frontier (2016) as Lord Benton
- The Hollow Crown (2012) as Northumberland
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) as High Constable
- Breeders (2020) as Jim
- Enemy at the Door (1978) as Louis Mendoza
- Centre Play (1973) as Richard Clewes
- Father Brown (1974) as Joe
- Eragon (2006) as Uncle Garrow
- Sherwood (2022) as Gary Jackson
- A.D. (1985) as Gamesmaster
- Bleak House (2005) as Inspector Bucket
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992) as Caliban (voice)
- Our Friends in the North (1996) as Austin Donohue
- Porridge (1974) as Spraggon
- Messiah (2001) as DCI Charlie McIntyre
- Krull (1983) as Torquil
- Little Dorrit (2008) as Ephraim Flintwinch
- Patriot Games (1992) as Owens
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) as Cpl. Davies
- Garrow's Law (2009) as John Southouse
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973) as Scaife
- David Copperfield (1999) as Dan Peggotty
- Oliver Twist (1999) as Mr. Fleming
- Proof of Life (2000) as Wyatt
- The Saint (1997) as Inspector Teal
- After the Flood (2024) as Alan Benson
- Prime Suspect 1973 (2017) as Clifford Bentley
- Oliver Twist (2005) as Magistrate Fang
- The Choral (2025) as Herbert Trickett
- Get Carter (1971) as Keith
- Possum (2018) as Maurice
- Year of the Rabbit (2019) as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
- The Duellists (1977) as Lieutenant Lacourbe
- Onegin (1999) as Zaretsky
- In the Red (1998) as DCI Frank Jefferson
- Split Second (1992) as Thrasher
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982) Cast
- Bedtime (2001) as Neil Henshaw
- Black Beauty (1994) as Reuben Smith
- Millions (2005) as Saint Peter
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) as Grimes
- Tom Jones (2023) as Squire Western
- Between The Sheets (2003) as Peter Delany
- Armchair Thriller (1978) as Trahearne
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012) as Hiram Grewgious
- Days of Hope (1975) as Billy Shepherd
- White Hunter, Black Heart (1990) as Ralph Lockhart
- Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
- A Passionate Woman (2010) as Donald (1980s)
- Harrison's Flowers (2000) as Samuel Brubeck
- Sparkhouse (2002) as Richard Bolton
- Dark Angel (2016) as George Stot
- Underworld (1997) Cast
- Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001) as George Mole
- Goggle Eyes (1993) as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
- Get Lost! (1981) as Neville Keaton
- It's All About Love (2003) as David
- Blue Ice (1992) as Osgood
- An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) as Uncle Vernon
- The Stars Look Down (1975) as Joe Gowlan
- Paradise Found (2003) as Camille Pissarro
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Most-watched Alun Armstrong films currently: Van Helsing (2004), The Mummy Returns (2001), Braveheart (1995), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Eragon (2006).
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Selected TV credits: Married... with Children (1987), Play for Today (1970), BBC Play of the Month (1965), Great Performances (1971), New Tricks (2004).
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