Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong is known for acting, with films including The Mummy Returns, Braveheart, Van Helsing. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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 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

• The Mummy Returns (2001)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Van Helsing (2004)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• Eragon (2006)
• Krull (1983)
• Patriot Games (1992)
• The Saint (1997)
• Split Second (1992)
• Proof of Life (2000)
• Oliver Twist (2005)
• The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
• White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
• The Duellists (1977)
• Black Beauty (1994)
• Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004)
• Harrison's Flowers (2000)
• Get Carter (1971)
• Onegin (1999)
• Millions (2005)
• An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
• It's All About Love (2003)
• Possum (2018)
• Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010)
• MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994)