Anthony Andrews

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Anthony Andrews

Acting 78 January 12, 1948

London, England, UK

Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. He began his career a…

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Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. His theater credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Company - "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff's "Coming in to Land" with Maggie Smith, directed by Peter Hall, the much-acclaimed Greenwich Theatre production of Robin Chapman's "One of Us" and, as "Pastor Manders", in Robin Phillips's highly acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" at the Comedy Theatre in London, produced by Bill Kenwright. Anthony's first television appearance was in The Wednesday Play: A Beast with Two Backs (1968) by Dennis Potter, which was part of The Wednesday Play (1964) series. His first leading role in a series was as the title character in the BBC's The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) by Sir Walter Scott. Subsequently, he distinguished himself in various television classics playing "Mercutio" in Romeo & Juliet (1978) and starred in three different plays in the "Play of the Month" (1976) series, including playing "Charles Harcourt" in "London Assurance". He also starred in Danger UXB (1979), in which he played bomb disposal hero "Brian Ash". Most famously, he received worldwide recognition for his portrayal of the doomed "Sebastian Flyte" in Brideshead Revisited (1981) for which he won a BAFTA in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor. Anthony's since gone on to star in Jewels (1992), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination. Most recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his outstanding portrayal of "Count Fosco" in "The Woman In White" at the Palace Theatre in London's West End. As a producer, he co-produced Lost in Siberia (1991), which translates as "Lost in Siberia", filmed entirely in Russia, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and Haunted (1995), produced by his own production company, Double 'A' Films.

Filmography

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  1. 2020
    The English Game

    TV show Lord Kinnaird

  2. 2019
    The Professor and the Madman

    Movie Benjamin Jowett

  3. 2016
    Bornebusch i tevefabriken

    TV show Guest

  4. 2012
    The Syndicate

    TV show Lord Hazelwood

  5. 2010
    The King's Speech

    Movie Stanley Baldwin

  6. 2007
    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    TV show Self

  7. 2007
    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    Movie Self

  8. 2005
    Revisiting Brideshead

    Movie Self

  9. 2004
    Agatha Christie's Marple

    TV show Tommy

  10. 2003
    Cambridge Spies

    TV show King George VI

  11. 2001
    David Copperfield

    Movie Edward Murdstone

  12. 2000
    David Copperfield

    TV show Edward Murdstone

  13. 1997
    Mothertime

    Movie Robin

  14. 1995
    Haunted

    Movie Robert Mariell

  15. 1992
    Jewels

    TV show William Whitfield

  16. 1992
    The Law Lord

    Movie Christopher Edwardes

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  1. 1991
    Pebble Mill

    TV show Self

  2. 1991
    Lost in Siberia

    Movie Andrei Miller

  3. 1990
    Hands of a Murderer

    Movie Prof. James Moriarty

  4. 1989
    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Movie Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

  5. 1989
    Nightmare Classics

    TV show Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde

  6. 1989
    Tales from the Crypt

    TV show Jonathan

  7. 1989
    A Fine Romance

    TV show Michael Trent

  8. 1988
    Hanna's War

    Movie McCormack

  9. 1988
    The Woman He Loved

    Movie Prince of Wales / Edward VIII

  10. 1988
    Bluegrass

    TV show Michael Fitzgerald

  11. 1987
    The Lighthorsemen

    Movie Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen

  12. 1987
    The Grand Knockout Tournament

    Movie Self

  13. 1987
    The Second Victory

    Movie Major Hanlon

  14. 1987
    Suspicion

    Movie Johnnie Aysgarth

  15. 1985
    The Holcroft Covenant

    Movie Johann von Tiebolt

  16. 1985
    A.D.

    TV show Nero

  17. 1984
    Notes from Under the Volcano

    Movie Self

  18. 1984
    Observations Under the Volcano

    Movie Self

  19. 1984
    Under the Volcano

    Movie Hugh Firmin

  20. 1984
    Z for Zachariah

    Movie John Loomis

  21. 1983
    Sparkling Cyanide

    Movie Tony Browne

  22. 1982
    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    Movie Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel

  23. 1982
    Wogan

    TV show Self

  24. 1982
    Ivanhoe

    Movie Wilfred of Ivanhoe