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Anthony Andrews
Actor, Producer
Born January 12, 1948 (76 years)
Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. His theater credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Company - "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff's "Coming in to Land" with Maggie Smith, directed by Peter Hall, the much-acclaimed Greenwich Theatre production of Robin Chapman's "One of Us" and, as "Pastor Manders", in Robin Phillips's highly acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" at the Comedy Theatre in London, produced by Bill Kenwright.
Anthony's first television appearance was in The Wednesday Play: A Beast with Two Backs (1968) by Dennis Potter, which was part of The Wednesday Play (1964) series. His first leading role in a series was as the title character in the BBC's The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) by Sir Walter Scott. Subsequently, he distinguished himself in various television classics playing "Mercutio" in Romeo & Juliet (1978) and starred in three different plays in the "Play of the Month" (1976) series, including playing "Charles Harcourt" in "London Assurance". He also starred in Danger UXB (1979), in which he played bomb disposal hero "Brian Ash".
Most famously, he received worldwide recognition for his portrayal of the doomed "Sebastian Flyte" in Brideshead Revisited (1981) for which he won a BAFTA in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor.
Anthony's since gone on to star in Jewels (1992), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination.
Most recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his outstanding portrayal of "Count Fosco" in "The Woman In White" at the Palace Theatre in London's West End.
As a producer, he co-produced Lost in Siberia
(1991), which translates as "Lost in Siberia", filmed entirely in Russia, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and Haunted (1995), produced by his own production company, Double 'A' Films.
Anthony's first television appearance was in The Wednesday Play: A Beast with Two Backs (1968) by Dennis Potter, which was part of The Wednesday Play (1964) series. His first leading role in a series was as the title character in the BBC's The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) by Sir Walter Scott. Subsequently, he distinguished himself in various television classics playing "Mercutio" in Romeo & Juliet (1978) and starred in three different plays in the "Play of the Month" (1976) series, including playing "Charles Harcourt" in "London Assurance". He also starred in Danger UXB (1979), in which he played bomb disposal hero "Brian Ash".
Most famously, he received worldwide recognition for his portrayal of the doomed "Sebastian Flyte" in Brideshead Revisited (1981) for which he won a BAFTA in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor.
Anthony's since gone on to star in Jewels (1992), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination.
Most recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his outstanding portrayal of "Count Fosco" in "The Woman In White" at the Palace Theatre in London's West End.
As a producer, he co-produced Lost in Siberia
(1991), which translates as "Lost in Siberia", filmed entirely in Russia, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and Haunted (1995), produced by his own production company, Double 'A' Films.
Filmography
| 2020 | The English Game (TV Series) · as Lord Kinnaird |
| 2019 | The Professor and the Madman · as Benjamin Jowett |
| 2012 | The Syndicate (TV Series) · as Lord Hazelwood |
| 2012 | Birdsong (TV Series) · as Colonel Barclay |
| 2010 | The King's Speech · as Stanley Baldwin |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Tommy |
| 2003 | Rosemary & Thyme (TV Series) · as Richard Oakley |
| 2003 | Cambridge Spies (TV Series) · as King George Vi |
| 2001 | Love in a Cold Climate (TV Series) · as Boy |
| 2000 | David Copperfield · as Mr. Edward Murdstone |
| 1997 | Mothertime · as Robin |
| 1995 | Haunted · as Robert Mariell |
| 1992 | Danielle Steel's Jewels (TV Series) · as William Whitfield |
| 1991 | Lost in Siberia · as Andrei Miller |
| 1990 | Hands of a Murderer · as Prof. James Moriarty |
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics (TV Series) · as Dr. Henry Jekyll/mr. Edward Hyde |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Jonathan |
| 1989 | Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine · as Elliott Blake |
| 1989 | A Fine Romance (1989) (TV Series) · as Michael Trent |
| 1988 | Hanna's War · as Mccormack |
| 1988 | The Woman He Loved · as Prince Of Wales / Edward Viii |
| 1988 | Bluegrass · as Michael Fitzgerald |
| 1987 | The Lighthorsemen · as Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Luke Crossland |
| 1987 | The Second Victory · as Maj. Hanlon |
| 1987 | Suspicion · as Johnnie Aysgarth |
| 1985 | The Holcroft Covenant · as Johann Von Tiebolt |
| 1985 | A.D. - Anno Domini (TV Series) · as Nero |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Christopher Edwardes |
| 1984 | Under the Volcano · as Hugh Firmin |
| 1984 | Z for Zachariah · as John Loomis |
| 1983 | Sparkling Cyanide · as Tony Browne |
| 1982 | The Scarlet Pimpernel · as Sir Percy Blakeney/the Scarlet Pimpernel |
| 1982 | Ivanhoe · as Wilfred Of Ivanhoe |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited (TV Series) · as Lord Sebastian Flyte |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Johnnie Aysgarth |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | Danger UXB (TV Series) · as Lt. Brian Ash |
| 1978 | Romeo & Juliet · as Mercutio |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Mercutio |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Tony Selkirk |
| 1977 | Wings (1977) (TV Series) · as Lt. Walker |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street (TV Series) · as Marcus Carrington |
| 1975 | Operation Daybreak · as Jozef Gabcík |
| 1975 | The Adolescents · as Jimmy |
| 1974 | David Copperfield (1974) (TV Series) · as Steerforth |
| 1974 | It's Not the Size That Counts · as Catchpole |
| 1974 | QB VII (TV Series) · as Stephen Kelno |
| 1974 | The Pallisers (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Take Me High · as Hugo Flaxman |
| 1972 | A Day Out · as Florence's Brother |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) · as Marquis Of Stockbridge |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Elliott Blake |
| 1971 | Follyfoot (TV Series) · as Lord Beck |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as John Loomis |
| 1970 | Doomwatch (TV Series) · as Carlos |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Charles Courtly |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Michael Warren |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Harry |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Paul Richards |