Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
17 luglio 1946 (80)
Place of birth
Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
Also known as
Alan Armstrong
Biography
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.
Conosciuto per
6.4
Film
The Mummy Returns
Baltus Hafez
2001
7.2
Film
Sleepy Hollow
High Constable
1999
6.4
Film
Van Helsing
Cardinal Jinette
2004
6.7
Film
Patriot Games
Owens
1992
7.9
Series
Little Dorrit
Ephraim Flintwinch
2008
6.1
Film
Proof of Life
Wyatt
2000
6.8
Series
Frontier
Lord Benton
2016–2018
6.5
Film
The Choral
Herbert Trickett
2025
5.1
Film
Eragon
Uncle Garrow
2006
7.1
Series
David Copperfield
Dan Peggotty
1999
6.1
Film
The Saint
Inspector Teal
1997
6.7
Film
Black Beauty
Reuben Smith
1994
7.3
Series
Prime Suspect 1973
Clifford Bentley
2017
7.4
Series
Garrow's Law
John Southouse
2009–2011
7.3
Film
The Duellists
Lieutenant Lacourbe
1977
6.1
Film
Krull
Torquil
1983
6.2
Film
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
2004
6.0
Series
Tom Jones
Squire Western
2023
6.3
Series
Oliver Twist
Mr. Fleming
1999
7.0
Series
Year of the Rabbit
Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
2019
5.9
Film
Split Second
Thrasher
1992
6.1
Series
In the Red
DCI Frank Jefferson
1998
5.2
Series
Between The Sheets
Peter Delany
2003
6.1
Film
Possum
Maurice
2018
4.3
Series
Bedtime
Neil Henshaw
2001–2003
7.7
Series
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
5.9
Series
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Hiram Grewgious
2012
7.0
Series
Underworld
1997
10.0
Series
The Life and Times of Henry Pratt
Uncle Teddy
1992–
6.0
Series
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
George Mole
2001
6.2
Series
Dark Angel
George Stot
2016
8.0
Series
The Stars Look Down
Joe Gowlan
1975
8.0
Series
Goggle Eyes
Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
1993
7.8
Series
Sparkhouse
Richard Bolton
2002
6.5
Series
Stanley and the Women
Rufus Hilton
1991
5.9
Series
A Passionate Woman
Donald (1980s)
2010
6.3
Film
Funny Cow
Lenny
2018
7.0
Series
Murder in Eden
Sgt McGing
1991
7.0
Series
Get Lost!
Neville Keaton
1981
6.3
Film
Golden Years
Sid
2016
7.4
Series
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
2000
8.0
Series
Extinct
Himself - Narrator
2001
7.5
Series
Goodbye Cruel World
Roy Grade
1992
6.6
Film
Out of Innocence
Detective Callaghan
2019
Acting credits 44 titles
The Choral
as Herbert Trickett
6.5
2025
Tom Jones
as Squire Western
6.0
2023
Out of Innocence
as Detective Callaghan
6.6
2019
Year of the Rabbit
as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
7.0
2019
Possum
as Maurice
6.1
2018
Funny Cow
as Lenny
6.3
2018
Prime Suspect 1973
as Clifford Bentley
7.3
2017
Dark Angel
as George Stot
6.2
2016
Frontier
as Lord Benton
6.8
2016–2018
Golden Years
as Sid
6.3
2016
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Hiram Grewgious
5.9
2012
A Passionate Woman
as Donald (1980s)
5.9
2010
Garrow's Law
as John Southouse
7.4
2009–2011
Little Dorrit
as Ephraim Flintwinch
7.9
2008
Eragon
as Uncle Garrow
5.1
2006
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
6.2
2004
Van Helsing
as Cardinal Jinette
6.4
2004
Between The Sheets
as Peter Delany
5.2
2003
Sparkhouse
as Richard Bolton
7.8
2002
Extinct
as Himself - Narrator
8.0
2001
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
as George Mole
6.0
2001
Bedtime
as Neil Henshaw
4.3
2001–2003
The Mummy Returns
as Baltus Hafez
6.4
2001
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
7.4
2000
Proof of Life
as Wyatt
6.1
2000
David Copperfield
as Dan Peggotty
7.1
1999
Oliver Twist
as Mr. Fleming
6.3
1999
Sleepy Hollow
as High Constable
7.2
1999
In the Red
as DCI Frank Jefferson
6.1
1998
Underworld
7.0
1997
The Saint
as Inspector Teal
6.1
1997
Black Beauty
as Reuben Smith
6.7
1994
Goggle Eyes
as Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner
8.0
1993
Goodbye Cruel World
as Roy Grade
7.5
1992
The Life and Times of Henry Pratt
as Uncle Teddy
10.0
1992–
Split Second
as Thrasher
5.9
1992
Patriot Games
as Owens
6.7
1992
Murder in Eden
as Sgt McGing
7.0
1991
Stanley and the Women
as Rufus Hilton
6.5
1991
Krull
as Torquil
6.1
1983
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
7.7
1982
Get Lost!
as Neville Keaton
7.0
1981
The Duellists
as Lieutenant Lacourbe
7.3
1977
The Stars Look Down
as Joe Gowlan
8.0
1975