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Anton Lesser

Acting Born Feb 14, 1952 Birmingham, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Anton Lesser is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour, and Major Lio Partagaz in Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.

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Known for

Game of Thrones

as Qyburn

Midsomer Murders

as Eddie Darwin

Midsomer Murders

as Rev. Wallace Stone

The Crown

as Harold Macmillan

Silent Witness

as Marcus Gwilym

Andor

as Lio Partagaz

Full filmography

  • Game of Thrones (2011) as Qyburn
  • Midsomer Murders (1997) as Eddie Darwin
  • Midsomer Murders (1997) as Rev. Wallace Stone
  • The Crown (2016) as Harold Macmillan
  • Silent Witness (1996) as Marcus Gwilym
  • NOVA (1974) as Voltaire
  • New Tricks (2004)
  • Father Brown (2013) as Father Ignatius
  • Andor (2022) as Lio Partagaz
  • Endeavour (2013) as CS Reginald Bright
  • Spooks (2002) as Nicholas Ashworth
  • Waking the Dead (2001) as Professor Ray Levin
  • A Touch of Frost (1992) as Dennis Prior
  • Killing Eve (2018) as Robert
  • Screen Two (1985) as Stanley Spencer
  • Foyle's War (2002) as Austin Carmichael
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) as Lord John Carteret
  • A Discovery of Witches (2018) as Rabbi Loew
  • Ripper Street (2012) as Dr. Karl Crabbe
  • The Musketeers (2014)
  • The Hollow Crown (2012) as Exeter
  • 1899 (2022) as Mr. Franklin
  • Dalgliesh (2021) as Father John
  • Wolf Hall (2015) as Thomas More