Alun Armstrong: movies and TV shows
Alun Armstrong has 162 credits in the archive: 87 films and 75 TV series, from 1965 to 2025. Highest rated: The Jim Henson Hour (8.9/10).
Career timeline
1965 – 2025 · busiest year: 1977 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Choral | Herbert Trickett | Film | 6.4 | 78 |
| 2024 | After the Flood | Alan Benson | TV | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2023 | Tom Jones | Squire Western | TV | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | Self | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2022 | Sherwood | Gary Jackson | TV | 6.9 | 75 |
| 2021 | The Nicky Nack | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2020 | Breeders | Jim | TV | 6.8 | 73 |
| 2020 | Breaking The Codes | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2019 | Year of the Rabbit | Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech | TV | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2019 | Out of Innocence | Detective Callaghan | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 2018 | Funny Cow | Lenny | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2018 | Possum | Maurice | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2017 | Prime Suspect 1973 | Clifford Bentley | TV | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2016 | Frontier | Lord Benton | TV | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2016 | Dark Angel | George Stot | TV | 6.2 | 69 |
| 2016 | Asunder | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 69 |
| 2016 | Golden Years | Sid | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 2014 | Penny Dreadful | Vincent Brand | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Northumberland | TV | 7.4 | 65 |
| 2012 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Hiram Grewgious | TV | 5.9 | 65 |
| 2010 | Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert | Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast) | Film | 8.3 | 63 |
| 2010 | A Passionate Woman | Donald (1980s) | TV | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2009 | Garrow's Law | John Southouse | TV | 7.4 | 62 |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Ephraim Flintwinch | TV | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2008 | Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story | Ernest Whitehouse | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2007 | The Dinner Party | Jim | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2006 | Eragon | Uncle Garrow | Film | 5.1 | 59 |
| 2006 | The Girls Who Came to Stay | Bob Jenkins | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2005 | Bleak House | Inspector Bucket | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2005 | Oliver Twist | Magistrate Fang | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2005 | Millions | Saint Peter | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Brian Lane | TV | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2004 | Van Helsing | Cardinal Jinette | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 2004 | Van Helsing: The London Assignment | Cardinal Jinetta (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 2004 | When I'm Sixty-Four | Jim | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2004 | Carrie's War | Mr. Samuel Evans | Film | 7.7 | 57 |
| 2003 | Paradise Found | Camille Pissarro | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2003 | Between The Sheets | Peter Delany | TV | 5.2 | 56 |
| 2003 | It's All About Love | David | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 2002 | Sparkhouse | Richard Bolton | TV | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2002 | Inquisition | Martin | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | Baltus Hafez | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 2001 | Messiah | DCI Charlie McIntyre | TV | 7.4 | 54 |
| 2001 | Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years | George Mole | TV | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2001 | Bedtime | Neil Henshaw | TV | 4.3 | 54 |
| 2001 | Strictly Sinatra | Bill | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2001 | Extinct | Himself - Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2001 | Score | George | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Wyatt | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 2000 | Harrison's Flowers | Samuel Brubeck | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 2000 | 7 Up 2000 | Himself - Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 2000 | This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper | Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield | TV | 7.4 | 53 |
| 2000 | This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper | Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | High Constable | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1999 | David Copperfield | Dan Peggotty | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist | Mr. Fleming | TV | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1999 | Onegin | Zaretsky | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1999 | G:MT Greenwich Mean Time | Uncle Henry | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1999 | With or Without You | Sammy | Film | 5.3 | 52 |
| 1999 | Aristocrats | Lord Holland | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1998 | In the Red | DCI Frank Jefferson | TV | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1997 | The Saint | Inspector Teal | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1997 | Underworld | TV | 7.0 | 50 | |
| 1996 | Our Friends in the North | Austin Donohue | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1996 | Brazen Hussies | Jimmy Hardcastle | Film | 3.8 | 49 |
| 1996 | Witness Against Hitler | Pastor Harold Poelchau | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1996 | Breaking the Code | Mick Ross | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Mornay | Film | 7.9 | 48 |
| 1995 | An Awfully Big Adventure | Uncle Vernon | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1995 | Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall | Monsieur Thénardier | Film | 8.8 | 48 |
| 1995 | Sorry About Last Night | Mickey | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1994 | Black Beauty | Reuben Smith | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1994 | MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday | Capshaw | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1994 | Doggin' Around | Charlie Foster | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1993 | Goggle Eyes | Gerald 'Goggle Eyes' Faulkner | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1993 | The Tempest | Caliban | Film | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Caliban (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1992 | Patriot Games | Owens | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1992 | Split Second | Thrasher | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1992 | Blue Ice | Osgood | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 1992 | Goodbye Cruel World | Roy Grade | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1991 | Murder in Eden | Sgt McGing | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1991 | Stanley and the Women | Rufus Hilton | TV | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1991 | American Friends | Dr. Weeks | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1991 | London Kills Me | John Stone | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1990 | White Hunter, Black Heart | Ralph Lockhart | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1990 | The Widowmaker | Dad | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1990 | Looking After Number One | Dick | Film | — | 43 |
| 1990 | Sticky Wickets | Evans | Film | — | 43 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Inspector Herbert | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Det Supt Frank Burroughs | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Evans | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Charlie Foster | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1989 | The Jim Henson Hour | The Troll (archive audio) | TV | 8.9 | 42 |
| 1989 | The Childeater | Stefano | Film | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1989 | That Summer of White Roses | Zemba | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1989 | A Night on the Tyne | Willy | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1989 | Nineteen96 | Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs | Film | — | 42 |
| 1988 | The Storyteller | Troll (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 41 |
| 1988 | The Storyteller: The True Bride | Troll (Voice) | Film | — | 41 |
| 1988 | Number 27 | Murray Lester | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1987 | Married... with Children | Trevor | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Superintendent Holdsby | TV | 7.9 | 40 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Willy | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1985 | A.D. | Gamesmaster | TV | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1985 | Number One | Blackpool Police Sergeant | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1985 | Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire | Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1985 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Singer | Film | — | 38 |
| 1984 | Sharing Time | Luke | TV | — | 37 |
| 1984 | The House | Mr. Smeth | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1983 | Krull | Torquil | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1983 | Mr Moon's Last Case | Narrator | Film | — | 36 |
| 1982 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | TV | 7.7 | 35 | |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Grimes | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1981 | Get Lost! | Neville Keaton | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1980 | Fear of God | Trahearne | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1979 | Measure for Measure | Provost | Film | 5.9 | 32 |
| 1979 | All Day on the Sands | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1978 | Enemy at the Door | Louis Mendoza | TV | 8.2 | 31 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Provost | TV | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Trahearne | TV | 4.2 | 31 |
| 1978 | Freedom of the Dig | Quinn | Film | — | 31 |
| 1978 | Liza | Mikhalevich | Film | — | 31 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Brodovich | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Mikhalevich | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | Cpl. Davies | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1977 | Premiere | Quinn | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1977 | The Duellists | Lieutenant Lacourbe | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1977 | Romance | Weaver | TV | — | 30 |
| 1977 | A Sharp Intake of Breath | TV | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1977 | Risking It | Richard Clewes | Film | — | 30 |
| 1977 | Shooting the Chandelier | Brodovich | Film | — | 30 |
| 1977 | Our Day Out | Mr. Briggs | Film | 7.8 | 30 |
| 1976 | The New Avengers | Private George Harris | TV | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1976 | The Chester Mystery Plays | Lightborne | Film | — | 29 |
| 1976 | The Likely Lads | Tommy | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Peter Jenner | TV | 8.1 | 28 |
| 1975 | Days of Hope | Billy Shepherd | TV | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1975 | The Stars Look Down | Joe Gowlan | TV | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1974 | Father Brown | Joe | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1974 | Porridge | Spraggon | TV | 8.1 | 27 |
| 1974 | Easy Go | First docker | Film | — | 27 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Mike | TV | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1973 | Centre Play | Richard Clewes | TV | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1973 | Second City Firsts | Ken | TV | — | 26 |
| 1973 | Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | Scaife | TV | 7.7 | 26 |
| 1973 | Armchair 30 | Glazier | TV | — | 26 |
| 1973 | Only Make Believe | Michael Biddle | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1973 | The 14 | Tommy | Film | 5.9 | 26 |
| 1973 | The Eyes Have It | Mike | Film | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1973 | The Sex Victims | George | Film | 5.0 | 26 |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | Ray Davies | TV | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1972 | Villains | Terence 'Tel' Bolden | TV | 7.5 | 25 |
| 1972 | Six Days of Justice | P.C. Williamson | TV | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Thénardier | TV | 6.1 | 24 |
| 1971 | Justice | Bob Graham | TV | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1971 | Get Carter | Keith | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | 1st Docker | TV | 6.6 | 23 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Mr Briggs | TV | 6.6 | 23 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Lightborne | TV | 5.3 | 18 |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Vince Gregson | TV | 8.2 | 18 |
| My Little Eye | Dad | Film | 9.0 | — |