Anton Lesser

Person · Open Library

Works

8

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Film & TV

Birmingham, England, UK

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.

Known for

• ViQueens — Lars (voice)2026
• The Yellow Tie — Martin Steinke2025
• Beshert — Mr Pinsky2025
• The World Will Tremble — Robbi Schulman2025
• Better — Vernon Marley2023
• Making 1899 — Self2022
• Art That Made Us — Self - Actor (Endeavour)2022
• 1899 — Mr. Franklin2022
• Andor — Major Partagaz2022
• From A Strange Land — Professor Dr Wolfgang Engel2021

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1952-02-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

664

Total plays

12,434

Anton Lesser (born 14 February 1952) is a British actor. He attended Moseley Grammar School and the University of Liverpool before going to RADA in 1977 where he was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor of his year. As an Associate Artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) he has played a considerable number of Shakespeare's great roles, including Troilus (Troilus and Cressida), Edgar (King Lear), Petruchio, Romeo, Henry Bullingbrook, Brutus (Julius Caesar), Leontes

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Anton

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Birmingham

Occupation

stage actor

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

Shakespearean comedy

Image

Anton Lesser (2011).jpg

Number of children

2

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