Allan Corduner
Biography
Allan Corduner is an English actor born in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 2, 1950. He was born to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father and grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. He earned a Bachelor of Arts honors degree in English and Drama at Bristol University and subsequently trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Corduner has worked extensively across stage, television, and film in both the United Kingdom and the United States. His voice work includes numerous BBC radio plays, audio books, and television documentaries. He made his feature film debut in Yentl, starring Barbra Streisand, and is known for portraying Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. He is married to yoga instructor Juha Leppäjärvi.
Career overview
Allan Corduner is an English actor born in Stockholm on April 2, 1950, to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father. He grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a Bachelor of Arts with honours in English and Drama at Bristol University, he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively across stage, television, and film in both the United Kingdom and the United States. His voice is also familiar to audiences from numerous BBC radio plays, audio books, and television documentaries.
Corduner made his feature film debut in Yentl, which starred Barbra Streisand. Among his extensive film work, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. Throughout his career, he has accumulated a significant number of acting credits in film and television productions, establishing a diverse body of work across multiple mediums.
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- Christmas Karma (2025) as Mr Fezzywig
- Alfie & Ed (2025)
- Family (2024)
- National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue (2024) as Hume Cronyn
- TÁR (2022) as Sebastian Brix
- Mosquito (2022) as Ozwald Godfrey
- The Offering (2022) as Saul
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus (2022) as The Deacon
- Ridley Road (2021) as Rabbi Lehrer
- The Man Who Saw Too Much (2019) as Boris Pahor (voice)
- FBI (2018) as Victor Beniov
- Disobedience (2018) as Moshe Hartog
- Miss Dalí (2018) as Captain Moore
- Fearless (2017) as Monty Berman
- The Book of Gabrielle (2017) as Saul
- Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) as John Totten
- Woman in Gold (2015) as Gustav Bloch-Bauer
- The Musketeers (2014) as Van Laar
- Closer to the Moon (2014) as Flaviu
- Secrets of the Third Reich (2014) as Self - Narrator
- The Blacklist (2013) as Aaron
- Utopia (2013) as Ross
- Dancing on the Edge (2013) as Mr. Wax
- Spies of Warsaw (2013) as Viktor Rosen
- Call the Midwife (2012) as Arnold Gelin
- The Sweeney (2012) as Doctor
- We'll Take Manhattan (2012) as Alex Liberman
- A Thousand Kisses Deep (2012) as Buddy
- An Enemy to Die For (2012) as Martin Winter
- Homeland (2011) as Etai Luskin
- Zen (2011) as Michelangelo Gattuso
- Exile (2011) as Geller
- Grandma's House (2010) as Richard
- Burke & Hare (2010) as Nicephore
- A Passionate Woman (2010) as Mr. Solomon
- Lennon Naked (2010) as Art Janov
- Mr. Nobody (2009) as Dr. Feldheim
- Defiance (2008) as Shimon Haretz
- No Heroics (2008)
- Fred Claus (2007) as Dr. Goldfarb
- The Last Days of the Raj (2007) as Lord Ismay
- Simon Schama's Power of Art (2006)
- Against Nature (2006) as Des Esseintes
- The White Countess (2005) as Samuel Feinstein
- Friends & Crocodiles (2005) as Marcus
- Bigger Than the Sky (2005) as Kippy Newberg
- The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005) as Greenhough Smith
- The Owls and the Orchard (2005) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Merchant of Venice (2004) as Tubal
- The Lady Musketeer (2004) as Aramis
- Vera Drake (2004) as Psychiatrist
- De-Lovely (2004) as Monty Woolley
- Christine (2004) as Maurice Leyman
- The Last Detective (2003)
- Trust (2003) as Michael Cohen
- Foyle's War (2002) as Carlo Lucciano
- Daniel Deronda (2002) as Herr Julius Klesmer
- Moonlight Mile (2002) as Stan Michaels
- Food of Love (2002) as Joseph Mansourian
- The King's Beard (2002) as (voice)
- The Grey Zone (2001) as Nyiszli
- The Way We Live Now (2001) as Croll
- Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2001) as Big Bob
- Zoe (2001) as Rupert
- Me Without You (2001) as Max
- The Search for John Gissing (2001) as Francois Fuller
- Fat Friends (2000) as Leonard Harris
- Joe Gould's Secret (2000) as Francis McCrudden
- Topsy-Turvy (1999) as Sir Arthur Sullivan
- The Impostors (1998) as Captain
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Michael Hipsman
- Nostromo (1997) as Hirsch
- Alive and Kicking (1996) as Therapist
- Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) as Billy Wilder
- Gadgetman (1996) as Professor McNeil
- An Independent Man (1995)
- The Last Machine (1995)
- Voices (1995) as Oscar Butterworth
- Paris (1994) as Minotti
- Heart of Darkness (1994) as Verme
- A Business Affair (1994) as Dinner Guest
- Nobody's Children (1994) as Ion
- Heartbeat (1992) as Gerard Lowe
- Heartbeat (1992) as Tristram Johnstone
- Mad About You (1992) as Osofsky
- Carry On Columbus (1992) as Sam
- Edward II (1991) as Poet
- Drop the Dead Donkey (1990) as Critic
- Antonia and Jane (1990) as Stephen Carlinsky
- Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) as Franz Goethe
- Talk Radio (1988) as Vince / Morris
- Inspector Morse (1987) as Gentile Bellocchio
- Mandela (1987) as Benny
- Valhalla (1986) as Loke (voice)
- Girls On Top (1985) as Benny
- Bad Medicine (1985) as Dr. Diaz the Bus Driver
- The Bill (1984)
- Cold Warrior (1984) as Joachim Maasen
- Freud (1984) as Oscar Rie
- Yentl (1983) as Shimmele
- The Return of the Soldier (1983) as Pianist at Party
- Roots (1981) as Melvin Solomons
- Buccaneer (1980) as Monty Bateman
- Minder (1979) as Marty
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Hatchard's Bookshop Assistant
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Store Assistant
- Phoelix (1979)
- Follow the Star (1979)
- Poldark (1975) as Manservant
- A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971) as The Deacon
- The Entertainment System Is Down
- The Funeral as Rabbi Stephen