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Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
Alun Armstrong is a prolific English character actor. Armstrong grew up in County Durham in North East England. He first became interested in acting through Shakespeare productions at his grammar school. Since his career began in the early 1970s, he has played, in his words, "the full spectrum of characters from the grotesque to musicals... I always play very colourful characters, often a bit…
Known for
- The Choral — Herbert Trickett2025
- After the Flood — Alan Benson2024
- Tom Jones — Squire Western2023
- Sherwood — Gary Jackson2022
- Remembers… — Self2022
- The Nicky Nack2021
- Breaking The Codes2020
- Breeders — Jim2020
- Out of Innocence — Detective Callaghan2019
- Year of the Rabbit — Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech2019
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1901-08-04
- Active to
- 1971-07-06
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19,805
- Total plays
- 133,664
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Alun Armstrong (born on 17 July 1946 in County Durham) is an internationally famous English actor and singer, perhaps best known recently for his role in the BBC's 'New Tricks'. He also notably originated the role of Monsieur Thénardier in the musical 'Les Misérables', which earned him a nomination for a Laurence Oliver Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He reprised the role to much acclaim in 'Les Misérables - The Dream Cast in Concert', held at the Royal Albert Hall in October 1995. <a href="h
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Armstrong
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Annfield Plain
- Child
- Joe Armstrong
- Occupation
- character actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Alun Armstrong.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1946-07-17
- Commons category
- Alun Armstrong
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
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