Alun Armstrong
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.
Filmography (146 Appearances)
My Little Eye
The Choral
After the Flood
Tom Jones
Remembers…
Sherwood
The Nicky Nack
Breeders
Breaking The Codes
Year of the Rabbit
Out of Innocence
Possum
Funny Cow
Prime Suspect 1973
Frontier
Dark Angel
Asunder
Golden Years
Penny Dreadful
The Hollow Crown
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
A Passionate Woman
Garrow's Law
Little Dorrit
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
The Dinner Party
Eragon
The Girls Who Came to Stay
Bleak House
Oliver Twist
Millions
When I'm Sixty-Four
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Van Helsing
New Tricks
Carrie's War
Between The Sheets
It's All About Love
Paradise Found
Inquisition
Sparkhouse
Extinct
Bedtime
Strictly Sinatra
Score
Messiah
The Mummy Returns
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
Proof of Life
Harrison's Flowers
7 Up 2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
David Copperfield
Onegin
Oliver Twist
Sleepy Hollow
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
With or Without You
Aristocrats
In the Red
Underworld
The Saint
Brazen Hussies
Breaking the Code
Witness Against Hitler
Our Friends in the North
Sorry About Last Night
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Braveheart
An Awfully Big Adventure
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Doggin' Around
Black Beauty
Goggle Eyes
The Tempest
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Blue Ice
Patriot Games
Split Second
Goodbye Cruel World
London Kills Me
Stanley and the Women
Murder in Eden
American Friends
The Widowmaker
Sticky Wickets
White Hunter, Black Heart
Looking After Number One
Nineteen96
A Night on the Tyne
Tales from the Crypt
That Summer of White Roses
The Childeater
Number 27
The Storyteller: The True Bride
The Storyteller
Married... with Children
Inspector Morse
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
A.D.
Number One
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The House
Krull
Mr Moon's Last Case
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Get Lost!
Fear of God
All Day on the Sands
Measure for Measure
Freedom of the Dig
Liza
Armchair Thriller
Enemy at the Door
Our Day Out
Shooting the Chandelier
BBC2 Play of the Week
The Duellists
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Risking It
A Bridge Too Far
The New Avengers
The Chester Mystery Plays
The Likely Lads
Days of Hope
The Stars Look Down
The Sweeney
Father Brown
Porridge
Easy Go
Centre Play
The 14
The Eyes Have It
Thriller
The Sex Victims
Only Make Believe
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Justice
Get Carter
Great Performances
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
Public Eye