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
- Great Performances (1971) as Thénardier
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Lightborne
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Inspector Herbert
- The Mummy Returns (2001) as Baltus Hafez
- Inspector Morse (1987) as Superintendent Holdsby
- Braveheart (1995) as Mornay
- New Tricks (2004) as Brian Lane
- Van Helsing (2004) as Cardinal Jinette
- Penny Dreadful (2014) as Vincent Brand
- The Sweeney (1975) as Peter Jenner
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) as High Constable
- The Jim Henson Hour (1989) as The Troll (archive audio)
- Remembers… (2022) as Self
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Brodovich
- The Hollow Crown (2012) as Northumberland
- Frontier (2016) as Lord Benton
- ScreenPlay (1986) as Willy
- The New Avengers (1976) as Private George Harris
- Patriot Games (1992) as Owens
- Justice (1971) as Bob Graham
- Thriller (1973) as Mike
- The Storyteller (1988) as Troll (voice)
- Public Eye (1965) as Vince Gregson
- Sherwood (2022) as Gary Jackson
- Eragon (2006) as Uncle Garrow
- The Saint (1997) as Inspector Teal
- New Scotland Yard (1972) as Ray Davies
- Krull (1983) as Torquil
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) as Cpl. Davies
- Breeders (2020) as Jim
- Screen One (1989) as Det Supt Frank Burroughs
- Centre Play (1973) as Richard Clewes
- Bleak House (2005) as Inspector Bucket
- The Choral (2025) as Herbert Trickett
- David Copperfield (1999) as Dan Peggotty
- Our Friends in the North (1996) as Austin Donohue
- The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) as Provost
- Prime Suspect 1973 (2017) as Clifford Bentley
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Most-watched Alun Armstrong films currently: The Mummy Returns (2001), Braveheart (1995), Van Helsing (2004), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Patriot Games (1992).
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Selected TV credits: Married... with Children (1987), Play for Today (1970), Great Performances (1971), BBC Play of the Month (1965), Tales from the Crypt (1989).
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