Anthony Andrews
Biography
Anthony Andrews is a British actor born on 12 January 1948 in London, England. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre and made his West End debut at the Apollo Theatre, appearing as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett’s play Forty Years On with John Gielgud. His credits include performances with New Shakespeare Company in Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He also appeared in Royal National Theatre’s production of Stephen Poliakoff’s Coming in to Land with Maggie Smith, directed by Peter Hall, and in Greenwich Theatre’s staging of Robin Chapman’s One of Us. Andrews played Pastor Manders in Robin Phillips’s acclaimed Comedy Theatre production of Henrik Ibsen’s
Career overview
Anthony Andrews, born 12 January 1948 in London, England, is a British actor whose career began on the stage. He made his West End debut at the Apollo Theatre, appearing as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett’s “Forty Years On” alongside John Gielgud. Prior to that, he started his professional work at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the United Kingdom.
His subsequent theatre work includes performances with the New Shakespeare Company, where he took roles in productions of “Romeo and Juliet” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. He later joined the Royal National Theatre for Stephen Poliakoff’s “Coming in to Land”, sharing the stage with Maggie Smith under the direction of Peter Hall. At Greenwich Theatre he appeared in Robin Chapman’s “One of Us”, and he portrayed Pastor Manders in Robin Phillips’s acclaimed staging of Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts” at the Comedy Theatre in London, a production produced by Bill.
Beyond the stage, Andrews has accumulated a substantial screen portfolio, with TMDB listing 68 acting credits across film and television. He is recognised primarily for his work as an actor.
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- The English Game (2020) as Lord Kinnaird
- The Professor and the Madman (2019) as Benjamin Jowett
- Bornebusch i tevefabriken (2016) as Guest
- The Syndicate (2012) as Lord Hazelwood
- The King's Speech (2010) as Stanley Baldwin
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) as Self
- The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007) as Self
- Revisiting Brideshead (2005) as Self
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Tommy
- Cambridge Spies (2003) as King George VI
- David Copperfield (2001) as Edward Murdstone
- David Copperfield (2000) as Edward Murdstone
- Mothertime (1997) as Robin
- Haunted (1995) as Robert Mariell
- Haunted (1995) Producer
- Jewels (1992) as William Whitfield
- The Law Lord (1992) as Christopher Edwardes
- Pebble Mill (1991) as Self
- Lost in Siberia (1991) as Andrei Miller
- Lost in Siberia (1991) Producer
- Hands of a Murderer (1990) as Prof. James Moriarty
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Jonathan
- A Fine Romance (1989) as Michael Trent
- Nightmare Classics (1989) as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1989) as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- The Woman He Loved (1988) as Prince of Wales / Edward VIII
- Bluegrass (1988) as Michael Fitzgerald
- Hanna's War (1988) as McCormack
- The Lighthorsemen (1987) as Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen
- The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987) as Self
- Suspicion (1987) as Johnnie Aysgarth
- The Second Victory (1987) as Major Hanlon
- A.D. (1985) as Nero
- The Holcroft Covenant (1985) as Johann von Tiebolt
- Under the Volcano (1984) as Hugh Firmin
- Notes from Under the Volcano (1984) as Self
- Z for Zachariah (1984) as John Loomis
- Observations Under the Volcano (1984) as Self
- Sparkling Cyanide (1983) as Tony Browne
- Wogan (1982) as Self
- American Playhouse (1982) as John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth
- Ivanhoe (1982) as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Brideshead Revisited (1981) as Sebastian Flyte
- Mistress of Paradise (1981) as Buckley
- An Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1980)
- Danger UXB (1979) as Lieutenant Brian Ash
- An Audience with... (1978) as Self
- The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) as Mercutio
- Romeo and Juliet (1978) as Mercutio
- The Love Boat (1977) as Tony Selkirk
- The Sunday Drama (1977) as Harry
- The Country Wife (1977) as Horner
- The Duchess of Duke Street (1976) as Marcus Carrington
- French Without Tears (1976) as Alan Howard
- Call girl: la vida privada de una señorita bien (1976) as Marcos
- Operation: Daybreak (1975) as Jozef Gabcík
- The Adolescents (1975) as Jimmy
- The Pallisers (1974) as Earl of Silverbridge
- QB VII (1974) as Stephen Kelno
- David Copperfield (1974) as James Steerforth
- Percy's Progress (1974) as Catchpole
- The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) as Sir Nigel Olifaunt
- Take Me High (1973) as Hugo Flaxman
- A War of Children (1972)
- A Day Out (1972) as Florence's Brother
- Columbo (1971) as Elliott Blake
- Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) as Marquis Robert Stockbridge
- Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) as Marquis of Stockbridge
- A Beast with Two Backs (1968) as Harry
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Hon. Alan Howard
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Charles Courtly
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Horner