Anthony Andrews

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

Acting credits 68

YearTitleRole
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

YearTitleJob
1995 Haunted Film Producer
1991 Lost in Siberia Film Producer
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