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
- Great Performances (1971) as Thénardier
- Play for Today (1970) as 1st Docker
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Lightborne
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Inspector Herbert
- Possum (2018) as Maurice
- New Tricks (2004) as Brian Lane
- Inspector Morse (1987) as Superintendent Holdsby
- The Sweeney (1975) as Peter Jenner
- Van Helsing (2004) as Cardinal Jinette
- The Mummy Returns (2001) as Baltus Hafez
- Penny Dreadful (2014) as Vincent Brand
- Remembers… (2022) as Self
- Braveheart (1995) as Mornay
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) as High Constable
- Thriller (1973) as Mike
- The New Avengers (1976) as Private George Harris
- Frontier (2016) as Lord Benton
- The Hollow Crown (2012) as Northumberland
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Brodovich
- ScreenPlay (1986) as Willy
- Public Eye (1965) as Vince Gregson
- The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) as Provost
- The Storyteller (1988) as Troll (voice)
- New Scotland Yard (1972) as Ray Davies
- Justice (1971) as Bob Graham
- Breeders (2020) as Jim
- Screen One (1989) as Det Supt Frank Burroughs
- Eragon (2006) as Uncle Garrow
- Enemy at the Door (1978) as Louis Mendoza
- Sherwood (2022) as Gary Jackson
- Porridge (1974) as Spraggon
- The Jim Henson Hour (1989) as The Troll (archive audio)
- Bleak House (2005) as Inspector Bucket
- Little Dorrit (2008) as Ephraim Flintwinch
- Centre Play (1973) as Richard Clewes
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) as Cpl. Davies
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992) as Caliban (voice)
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973) as Scaife
- Messiah (2001) as DCI Charlie McIntyre
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Most-watched Alun Armstrong films currently: Possum (2018), Van Helsing (2004), The Mummy Returns (2001), Braveheart (1995), Sleepy Hollow (1999).
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Selected TV credits: Married... with Children (1987), Great Performances (1971), Play for Today (1970), BBC Play of the Month (1965), Tales from the Crypt (1989).
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