Anthony Calf

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Anthony Calf

Acting 67 May 4, 1959

Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor with an extensive career across theatre, television, and film. Born in 1950s London, he trained at the London Academy of Music a…

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.6 2005 TV Show
The Crown

The Crown

8.2 2016 TV Show
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
The Man Who Knew Infinity

The Man Who Knew Infinity

7.1 2016 Movie
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.2 1989 TV Show
I Came By

I Came By

6.3 2022 Movie
Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

7.6 2012 TV Show
The Children Act

The Children Act

6.6 2018 Movie
Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

8.2 1995 TV Show
Dracula

Dracula

7.1 2013 TV Show
Poldark

Poldark

7.8 2015 TV Show

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Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor with an extensive career across theatre, television, and film. Born in 1950s London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) before making his professional screen debut in the early 1980s. Calf is widely recognized for his roles in prominent period dramas and feature films, including Great Expectations (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), Anna Karenina (1997), and The Children Act (2017). On television, his notable credits include Pride and Prejudice (1995) and New Tricks. In addition to his screen work, Calf has maintained a distinguished career in British theatre, performing regularly with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    De Gaulle: Liberté

    Movie Spears

  2. 2026
    De Gaulle: Résistance

    Movie Spears

  3. 2025
    A Teacher's Gift

    Movie Charles

  4. 2024
    One Day

    TV show Sid

  5. 2023
    The Buccaneers

    TV show Lord Brightlingsea

  6. 2023
    Partygate

    Movie Sir Mark Sidwell

  7. 2023
    Sisi & I

    Movie Earl Spencer

  8. 2023
    The Gold

    TV show Michael Corkery QC

  9. 2022
    SAS Rogue Heroes

    TV show Stirling's Father

  10. 2022
    I Came By

    Movie Superintendent William Roy

  11. 2022
    Suspicion

    TV show Professor Dean

  12. 2022
    Anne

    TV show Bishop James Jones KBE

  13. 2018
    The Children Act

    Movie Mark Berner

  14. 2018
    King Lear

    Movie Duke of Albany

  15. 2016
    The Crown

    TV show Royal Photographer

  16. 2016
    Power Monkeys

    TV show Tony

More credits
  1. 2016
    The Man Who Knew Infinity

    Movie Howard

  2. 2015
    National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

    Movie Jerry

  3. 2015
    Poldark

    TV show William Wickham

  4. 2013
    Private Lives

    Movie Victor Prynne

  5. 2013
    Dracula

    TV show Dr William Murray

  6. 2012
    Restless

    TV show Gerald Laird

  7. 2012
    Call the Midwife

    TV show Aubrey Tracey

  8. 2010
    Upstairs Downstairs

    TV show Anthony Eden

  9. 2010
    Identity

    TV show

  10. 2009
    Trinity

    TV show Lord Ravensby

  11. 2008
    Mistresses

    TV show John Grey

  12. 2007
    Straightheads

    Movie Heffer

  13. 2007
    Lewis

    TV show Malcolm Finniston

  14. 2006
    Perfect Day: The Millennium

    Movie Michael

  15. 2006
    Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

    Movie Duke of York

  16. 2006
    The Impressionists

    TV show Emile Zola

  17. 2005
    The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

    Movie Bryan Charles Walker

  18. 2005
    Dead Cool

    Movie Mark

  19. 2005
    The Robinsons

    TV show Peter

  20. 2005
    Doctor Who

    TV show Godsacre

  21. 2004
    Amnesia

    TV show John Dean

  22. 2004
    The Hotel In Amsterdam

    Movie Gus

  23. 2004
    New Tricks

    TV show Robert Strickland

  24. 2003
    The Brides in the Bath

    Movie Howard Munday