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
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Lightborne
- Play for Today (1970) as 1st Docker
- Great Performances (1971) as Thénardier
- New Tricks (2004) as Brian Lane
- Inspector Morse (1987) as Superintendent Holdsby
- Van Helsing (2004) as Cardinal Jinette
- 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
- Thriller (1973) as Mike
- Penny Dreadful (2014) as Vincent Brand
- Public Eye (1965) as Vince Gregson
- Braveheart (1995) as Mornay
- The New Avengers (1976) as Private George Harris
- Justice (1971) as Bob Graham
- Frontier (2016) as Lord Benton
- The Storyteller (1988) as Troll (voice)
- The Hollow Crown (2012) as Northumberland
- Remembers… (2022) as Self
- Centre Play (1973) as Richard Clewes
- Breeders (2020) as Jim
- Enemy at the Door (1978) as Louis Mendoza
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) as High Constable
- 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
- Porridge (1974) as Spraggon
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992) as Caliban (voice)
- Messiah (2001) as DCI Charlie McIntyre
- Krull (1983) as Torquil
- Our Friends in the North (1996) as Austin Donohue
- Little Dorrit (2008) as Ephraim Flintwinch
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973) as Scaife
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) as Cpl. Davies
- Garrow's Law (2009) as John Southouse
- David Copperfield (1999) as Dan Peggotty
- Patriot Games (1992) as Owens
- Prime Suspect 1973 (2017) as Clifford Bentley
- The Choral (2025) as Herbert Trickett
- Oliver Twist (1999) as Mr. Fleming
- Proof of Life (2000) as Wyatt
- After the Flood (2024) as Alan Benson
- Oliver Twist (2005) as Magistrate Fang
- Year of the Rabbit (2019) as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
- Bedtime (2001) as Neil Henshaw
- In the Red (1998) as DCI Frank Jefferson
- The Saint (1997) as Inspector Teal
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982) Cast
- Get Carter (1971) as Keith
- Onegin (1999) as Zaretsky
- Tom Jones (2023) as Squire Western
- Possum (2018) as Maurice
- Split Second (1992) as Thrasher
- The Duellists (1977) as Lieutenant Lacourbe
- Black Beauty (1994) as Reuben Smith
- Millions (2005) as Saint Peter
- Armchair Thriller (1978) as Trahearne
- Between The Sheets (2003) as Peter Delany
- Villains (1972) as Terence 'Tel' Bolden
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) as Grimes
- Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012) as Hiram Grewgious
- Days of Hope (1975) as Billy Shepherd
- Sparkhouse (2002) as Richard Bolton
- A Passionate Woman (2010) as Donald (1980s)
- Underworld (1997) Cast
- Dark Angel (2016) as George Stot
- The Stars Look Down (1975) as Joe Gowlan
- Goggle Eyes (1993) as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
- Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001) as George Mole
- White Hunter, Black Heart (1990) as Ralph Lockhart
- Harrison's Flowers (2000) as Samuel Brubeck
- An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) as Uncle Vernon
- It's All About Love (2003) as David
- Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010) as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
- Blue Ice (1992) as Osgood
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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), BBC Play of the Month (1965), Play for Today (1970), Great Performances (1971), New Tricks (2004).
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