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Anton Lesser

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British actor Anton Lesser (b. 1952) has played many of the principal Shakespearian roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company (Associate Artist since 1990), including Petruchio, Romeo and Richard III. He is very active in radio (BBC) and spoken word audio. Over a dozen recordings range from Paradise Lost and Homer to the title role in Hamlet... See full bio »

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2013 Closer to the Moon (post-production)
Holban
 
2013 Game of Thrones (TV series)
Qyburn
– The Bear and the Maiden Fair (2013) … Qyburn
– Kissed by Fire (2013) … Qyburn
– Valar Dohaeris (2013) … Qyburn
 
2013 Endeavour (TV series)
Chief Superintendent Bright
– Home (2013) … Chief Superintendent Bright
– Rocket (2013) … Chief Superintendent Bright
– Fugue (2013) … Chief Superintendent Bright
– Girl (2013) … Chief Superintendent Bright
 
2013 Spies of Warsaw (TV mini-series)
Doctor Lapp / Dr. Lapp
– Episode #1.4 (2013) … Doctor Lapp
– Episode #1.3 (2013) … Doctor Lapp
– Episode #1.2 (2013) … Dr. Lapp
– Episode #1.1 (2013) … Doctor Lapp
 
2013 Ripper Street (TV series)
Dr. Karl Crabbe
– The Good of This City (2013) … Dr. Karl Crabbe
 
2012 Secret State (TV series)
Sir Michael Rix
– Episode #1.4 (2012) … Sir Michael Rix
– Episode #1.3 (2012) … Sir Michael Rix
 
2012 The Scapegoat
Father McReady
 
2012 The Hollow Crown (TV mini-series)
Exeter
– Henry V (2012) … Exeter
 
2011/I Flutter
Bruno
 
2011 The Hour (TV series)
Clarence Fendley
– Episode #1.6 (2011) … Clarence Fendley
– Episode #1.5 (2011) … Clarence Fendley
– Episode #1.4 (2011) … Clarence Fendley
– Episode #1.3 (2011) … Clarence Fendley
– Episode #1.2 (2011) … Clarence Fendley
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2011 The Man who Crossed Hitler (TV movie)
Rudolf Olden
 
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Lord John Carteret
 
2011 Primeval (TV series)
Gideon
– Episode #4.6 (2011) … Gideon
– Episode #4.5 (2011) … Gideon
– Episode #4.3 (2011) … Gideon
– Episode #4.2 (2011) … Gideon
– Episode #4.1 (2011) … Gideon
 
2010 Garrow's Law (TV series)
John Farmer
– Episode #2.4 (2010) … John Farmer
– Episode #2.3 (2010) … John Farmer
– Episode #2.2 (2010) … John Farmer
– Episode #2.1 (2010) … John Farmer
 
2010 Five Daughters (TV series)
Dr Nat Cary
– Episode #1.3 (2010) … Dr Nat Cary
– Episode #1.2 (2010) … Dr Nat Cary
 
2010 Holby City (TV series)
Sol Caplin
– Faith No More (2010) … Sol Caplin
 
2010 Primeval: Webisodes (TV series)
Gideon
 
2009 Casualty 1909 (TV series)
Dr. Henry Head
– Episode #1.5 (2009) … Dr. Henry Head
– Episode #1.4 (2009) … Dr. Henry Head
– Episode #1.3 (2009) … Dr. Henry Head
– Episode #1.2 (2009) … Dr. Henry Head
 
2009 Deep Sleep (short)
 
2008 Little Dorrit (TV mini-series)
Mr. Merdle
– Episode #1.14 (2008) … Mr. Merdle
– Episode #1.13 (2008) … Mr. Merdle
– Episode #1.12 (2008) … Mr. Merdle
– Episode #1.11 (2008) … Mr. Merdle
– Episode #1.10 (2008) … Mr. Merdle
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2008 Einstein and Eddington (TV movie)
Fritz Haber
 
2008 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
Inspector Kelsey
– Cat Among the Pigeons (2008) … Inspector Kelsey
 
2003-2008 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Eddie Darwin / Reverend Wallace Stone
– Talking to the Dead (2008) … Reverend Wallace Stone
– Birds of Prey (2003) … Eddie Darwin
 
2008 The Palace (TV series)
Archbishop of Canterbury
– Episode #1.8 (2008) … Archbishop of Canterbury
– Episode #1.6 (2008) … Archbishop of Canterbury
 
2008 Messiah: The Rapture (TV mini-series)
Samuel Waite
 
2006 Miss Potter
Harold Warne
 
2006 A Touch of Frost (TV series)
Dennis Prior
– Endangered Species (2006) … Dennis Prior
 
2006 The Outsiders (TV movie)
Maurice Heston
 
2006 New Tricks (TV series)
Pete Mackintyre
– Bank Robbery (2006) … Pete Mackintyre
 
2006 Vital Signs (TV series)
Dr. Lindsay
– Episode #1.2 (2006) … Dr. Lindsay
– Episode #1.1 (2006) … Dr. Lindsay
– Episode #1.5 (2006) … Dr. Lindsay
 
2006 Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Paul Goodman
– Guardian Angel: Part 2 (2006) … Paul Goodman
– Guardian Angel: Part 1 (2006) … Paul Goodman
 
2005 Nova (TV series documentary)
Voltaire
– E=mc²: Einstein's Big Idea (2005) … Voltaire
 
2005 Class of '76 (TV movie)
Martin Gibson
 
2005 River Queen
Baine
 
2005 Einstein's Big Idea (TV movie)
Voltaire
 
2005 The Girl in the Café (TV movie)
George
 
2005 Ahead of the Class (TV movie)
Graham Ranger
 
2004 MI-5 (TV series)
Nicholas Ashworth
– Episode #3.4 (2004) … Nicholas Ashworth (uncredited)
 
2004 Dirty Filthy Love (TV movie)
Charles
 
2004 Silent Witness (TV series)
Marcus Gwilym
– Death by Water: Part 2 (2004) … Marcus Gwilym
– Death by Water: Part 1 (2004) … Marcus Gwilym
 
2004 London (TV movie)
Charles Dickens
 
2003 Eroica (TV movie)
Sukowaty
 
2003 Imagining Argentina
General Guzmán
 
2003 Otherworld
Teyrnon (voice)
 
2003 Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (TV movie)
Batten
 
2002 Foyle's War (TV series)
Austin Carmichael
– Eagle Day (2002) … Austin Carmichael
 
2002 The Project (TV movie)
Stanley Hall
 
2002 Waking the Dead (TV series)
Professor Ray Levin
– Special Relationship: Part 2 (2002) … Professor Ray Levin
– Special Relationship: Part 1 (2002) … Professor Ray Levin
 
2002 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (TV movie)
The Green Knight (voice)
 
2002 Dickens (TV series)
Charles Dickens
– Terror to the End (2002) … Charles Dickens
– Blazing Away (2002) … Charles Dickens
– Secrets (2002) … Charles Dickens
 
2001 Swallow (TV series)
Paul Valley
– Episode #1.3 (2001) … Paul Valley
– Episode #1.2 (2001) … Paul Valley
– Episode #1.1 (2001) … Paul Valley
 
2001 Charlotte Gray
Renech
 
2001 Uprising (TV movie)
Nathan Lensky
 
2001 Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Milburn
– The White Knight Stratagem (2001) … Milburn
 
2001 Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (TV movie)
Vidas Merlinis, Research Scientist
 
2001 Perfect Strangers (TV series)
Stephen
– Episode #1.3 (2001) … Stephen
– Episode #1.2 (2001) … Stephen
– Episode #1.1 (2001) … Stephen
 
2000 Lorna Doone (TV movie)
Counsellor Doone
 
2000 The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV series)
Antoine Picard
– Friends & Enemies (2000) … Antoine Picard
 
2000 Safe as Houses (TV series)
Mr. Dunn
 
2000 Esther Kahn
Sean
 
2000 The Miracle Maker
Herod (voice)
 
1999 Pure Wickedness (TV series)
Dr. Andrew Ward
 
1999 Trial by Fire (TV movie)
Brian Redwood
 
1998 The Echo (TV movie)
Billy Blake
 
1998 Vanity Fair (TV mini-series)
Mr. Pitt Crawley
– Episode #1.6 (1998) … Mr. Pitt Crawley
– Episode #1.5 (1998) … Mr. Pitt Crawley
– Episode #1.4 (1998) … Mr. Pitt Crawley
– Episode #1.2 (1998) … Mr. Pitt Crawley
– Episode #1.1 (1998) … Mr. Pitt Crawley
 
1998 Invasion: Earth (TV mini-series)
Lt. Charles Terrell
– The Fall of Man (1998) … Lt. Charles Terrell
– Only the Dead (1998) … Lt. Charles Terrell
– The Fourth Dimension (1998) … Lt. Charles Terrell
– The Last War (1998) … Lt. Charles Terrell
 
1997 Into the Blue (TV movie)
Dr. John Ockleton
 
1997 The Moonstone (TV movie)
Ezra Jennings
 
1997 FairyTale: A True Story
Wounded Corporal
 
1997 Bodyguards (TV series)
Dusan Mesic
– A Choice of Evils (1997) … Dusan Mesic
 
1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation (TV series)
Joseph
– Joseph (1996) … Joseph (voice)
 
1996 Sharman (TV series)
Galilee
– Episode #1.4 (1996) … Galilee
 
1995 Moses (TV movie)
Eliav
 
1995 Bugs (TV series)
Patrick Marcel
– Pulse (1995) … Patrick Marcel
 
1995 The Politician's Wife (TV series)
Mark Hollister
– Body Politic (1995) … Mark Hollister
– Echo Chamber (1995) … Mark Hollister
– Stand by Him (1995) … Mark Hollister
 
1994 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV series)
Leontes
– The Winter's Tale (1994) … Leontes (voice)
 
1994 Guinevere (TV movie)
Envoy
 
1992 Downtown Lagos (TV mini-series)
Mungo Dawson
 
1991 The Strauss Dynasty (TV mini-series)
Levi
– Episode #1.1 (1991) … Levi
 
1990 Traitors (TV movie)
 
1989 Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (TV movie)
Karl
 
1988 A Vote for Hitler (TV movie)
A.L. Rowse
 
1988 Screen Two (TV series)
Stanley Spencer
– Stanley Spencer (1988) … Stanley Spencer
 
1988 Twelfth Night, or What You Will (TV movie)
Feste
 
1987 London Embassy (TV mini-series)
Robert Bronhouse
 
1987 Great Performances (TV series)
Robber
– Monsignor Quixote (1987) … Robber
 
1985 The Assam Garden
Mr. Sutton
 
1985 Anna of the Five Towns (TV mini-series)
Willie Price
– Episode #1.2 (1985) … Willie Price
– Episode #1.1 (1985) … Willie Price
 
1984 Freud (TV mini-series)
Wilhelm Fleiss
– The World as Dream (1984) … Wilhelm Fleiss
– Messiah (1984) … Wilhelm Fleiss
– Madonna (1984) … Wilhelm Fleiss
– The Secret of Dreams (1984) … Wilhelm Fleiss
– The Hypnotist (1984) … Wilhelm Fleiss
 
1984 Sakharov (TV movie)
Valery Chalidze
 
1983 Good and Bad at Games (TV movie)
Cox
 
1982 The Missionary
Young Man
 
1982 King Lear (TV movie)
Edgar
 
1982 Crown Court (TV series)
– Fair Play: Part 1 (1982)
 
1981 Troilus & Cressida (TV movie)
Troilus
 
1981 The Cherry Orchard (TV movie)
Trofimov
 
1979 Oresteia (TV mini-series)
Orestes
– Furies (1979) … Orestes
– Grave Gifts (1979) … Orestes
– Agamemnon (1979) … Orestes
 
1979 The Mill on the Floss (TV mini-series)
Philip Wakem
– Episode Eight (1979) … Philip Wakem
– Episode Six (1979) … Philip Wakem
 

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(2005) He acted in the William Shakespeare's play, "Julius Caesar," at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Ralph Fiennes, John Shrapnel, Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw, David Collings, Daniel Weyman, Jim Hooper, Struan Rodger, Clifford Rose, Sean Baker, and Rohan Siva in the cast... See more »
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Portrayed Charles Dickens in a BBC series about the great British author. [May 2002] See more »

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