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Acting
Anthony Andrews
- Born
- (age 78)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Credits
- 68 titles
Biography
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.7
Movie
7.1
Movie
The Professor and the Madman
8.0
TV
Tales from the Crypt
8.1
TV
Columbo
7.4
TV
The English Game
6.2
TV
The Love Boat
6.1
Movie
Haunted
7.8
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
6.6
Movie
Under the Volcano
5.5
Movie
The Holcroft Covenant
7.9
TV
Brideshead Revisited
6.4
Movie
Ivanhoe
6.8
Movie
The Scarlet Pimpernel
6.9
Movie
Operation: Daybreak
6.1
Movie
The Lighthorsemen
7.8
TV
Upstairs, Downstairs
7.6
TV
The Syndicate
6.3
Movie
David Copperfield
Acting credits 68
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The English Game TV | Lord Kinnaird (6 ep) |
| 2019 | The Professor and the Madman Film | Benjamin Jowett |
| 2016 | Bornebusch i tevefabriken TV | Guest (1 ep) |
| 2012 | The Syndicate TV | Lord Hazelwood (6 ep) |
| 2010 | The King's Speech Film | Stanley Baldwin |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Film | Self |
| 2005 | Revisiting Brideshead Film | Self |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple TV | Tommy (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Cambridge Spies TV | King George VI (1 ep) |
| 2001 | David Copperfield Film | Edward Murdstone |
| 2000 | David Copperfield TV | Edward Murdstone (2 ep) |
| 1997 | Mothertime Film | Robin |
| 1995 | Haunted Film | Robert Mariell |
| 1992 | Jewels TV | William Whitfield (2 ep) |
| 1992 | The Law Lord Film | Christopher Edwardes |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1991 | Lost in Siberia Film | Andrei Miller |
| 1990 | Hands of a Murderer Film | Prof. James Moriarty |
| 1989 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Film | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde |
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics TV | Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde (4 ep) |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt TV | Jonathan (1 ep) |
| 1989 | A Fine Romance TV | Michael Trent (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Hanna's War Film | McCormack |
| 1988 | The Woman He Loved Film | Prince of Wales / Edward VIII |
| 1988 | Bluegrass TV | Michael Fitzgerald (2 ep) |
| 1987 | The Lighthorsemen Film | Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen |
| 1987 | The Grand Knockout Tournament Film | Self |
| 1987 | The Second Victory Film | Major Hanlon |
| 1987 | Suspicion Film | Johnnie Aysgarth |
| 1985 | The Holcroft Covenant Film | Johann von Tiebolt |
| 1985 | A.D. TV | Nero (5 ep) |
| 1984 | Notes from Under the Volcano Film | Self |
| 1984 | Observations Under the Volcano Film | Self |
| 1984 | Under the Volcano Film | Hugh Firmin |
| 1984 | Z for Zachariah Film | John Loomis |
| 1983 | Sparkling Cyanide Film | Tony Browne |
| 1982 | The Scarlet Pimpernel Film | Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| 1982 | Wogan TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 1982 | Ivanhoe Film | Wilfred of Ivanhoe |
| 1982 | American Playhouse TV | John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited TV | Sebastian Flyte (6 ep) |
| 1981 | Mistress of Paradise Film | Buckley |
| 1980 | An Audience with Dame Edna Everage Film | |
| 1979 | Danger UXB TV | Lieutenant Brian Ash (13 ep) |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet Film | Mercutio |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare TV | Mercutio (1 ep) |
| 1978 | An Audience with... TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1977 | The Love Boat TV | Tony Selkirk (5 ep) |
| 1977 | The Sunday Drama TV | Harry (1 ep) |
| 1977 | The Country Wife Film | Horner |
| 1976 | Call girl: la vida privada de una señorita bien Film | Marcos |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street TV | Marcus Carrington (1 ep) |
| 1976 | French Without Tears Film | Alan Howard |
| 1975 | Operation: Daybreak Film | Jozef Gabcík |
| 1975 | The Adolescents Film | Jimmy |
| 1974 | David Copperfield TV | James Steerforth (4 ep) |
| 1974 | Percy's Progress Film | Catchpole |
| 1974 | QB VII TV | Stephen Kelno (2 ep) |
| 1974 | The Fortunes of Nigel TV | Sir Nigel Olifaunt (5 ep) |
Crew credits 2
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Haunted Film | Producer |
| 1991 | Lost in Siberia Film | Producer |