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Anton Lesser

ActorBorn February 14, 1952 (72 years)
Anton Lesser is an English actor. He is particularly well known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, as Thomas More in Wolf Hall, as Harold Macmillan in The Crown, and as Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • A Discovery of Witches
  • Midsomer Murders
  • Charlotte Gray
  • A Touch of Frost
  • Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Known For
  • Disobedience
  • The Hollow Crown
  • The Courier
  • Endeavour
  • Miss Potter
  • Charlotte Gray
  • The Girl in the Café
  • The Escape Artist
  • The Exception
  • The Hour
  • Wolf Hall
  • Closer to the Moon
  • The Scapegoat
  • Spies of Warsaw
  • River Queen
  • Einstein's Big Idea

Filmography

2023
Better (TV Series) · as Vernon Marley
2022
1899 (TV Series) · as Mr. Franklin
2022
Andor (TV Series) · as Major Partagaz
2021
Benediction · as Stephen Tennant (older)
2021
From A Strange Land · as Professor Dr Wolfgang Engel
2021
Dalgliesh (2021) (TV Series) · as Father John
2020
Kindred · as Dr. Richards
2020
Gatecrash · as Sid
2020
The Courier · as Bertrand
2019
The Trial of Christine Keeler (TV Series) · as Michael Eddowes
2018
A Discovery of Witches (TV Series) · as Rabbi Loew
2018
Killing Eve (TV Series) · as Robert
2017
On Chesil Beach · as Reverend Woollett
2017
Disobedience · as Rav Krushka
2017
Will (TV Series) · as Walsingham
2016
The Exception · as General Falkenberg
2016
A United Kingdom · as Prime Minister Attlee
2016
Allied · as Emmanuel Lombard
2016
The Crown (TV Series) · as Harold Macmillan
2016
Hooten & the Lady (TV Series)
2015
Dickensian (TV Series) · as Fagin
2015
Life In Squares (TV Series) · as Dr. Hyslop
2015
2015
Wolf Hall (TV Series) · as Thomas More
2014
The Game (2014) (TV Series) · as C
2014
Closer to the Moon · as Holban
2014
The Musketeers (TV Series)
2013
The Escape Artist (TV Series) · as Richard Mayfield Qc
2013
Atlantis (2013) (TV Series) · as Kyros
2013
Father Brown (2013) (TV Series) · as Father Ignatius
2013
Spies of Warsaw (TV Series) · as Doctor Lapp
2012
Ripper Street (TV Series) · as Dr. Karl Crabbe
2012
Secret State (TV Series) · as Sir Michael Rix
2012
The Scapegoat · as Father Mcready
2012
The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Exeter
2012
Endeavour (TV Series) · as Cs Reginald Bright
2011
The Lady · as Professor Finnis
2011
Flutter · as Bruno
2011
The Man Who Crossed Hitler · as Rudolf Olden
2011
The Hour (TV Series) · as Clarence Fendley
2011
2011
Game of Thrones (TV Series) · as Qyburn
2011
Mad Dogs (TV Series) · as Alex
2010
Five Daughters (TV Series) · as Dr Nat Cary
2009
Garrow's Law - Tales from the Old Bailey (TV Series) · as John Farmer
2008
Einstein and Eddington · as Fritz Haber
2008
Little Dorrit (TV Series)
2008
The Palace (TV Series) · as Archbishop Of Canterbury
2007
2007
Primeval (TV Series) · as Gideon
2006
Miss Potter · as Harold Warne
2006
The Outsiders · as Maurice Heston
2006
Vital Signs (TV Series)
2005
Class of '76 · as Martin Gibson
2005
River Queen · as Baine
2005
Einstein's Big Idea · as Voltaire
2005
2005
Ahead of the Class · as Graham Ranger
2004
Dirty Filthy Love · as Charles
2004
Peter Ackroyd's London (TV Series) · as Charles Dickens
2003
Eroica · as Sukowaty
2003
Imagining Argentina · as General Guzmán
2003
Otherworld · as Teyrnon (voice)
2003
2003
New Tricks (TV Series)
2002
The Project · as Stanley Hall
2002
Foyle's War (TV Series)
2002
Spooks (TV Series) · as Nicholas Ashworth
2002
Dickens (TV Series) · as Charles Dickens
2001
2001
The Swallow (TV Series) · as Paul Valley
2001
Uprising · as Nathan Lensky
2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (TV Series) · as Vidas Merlinis
2001
Messiah (TV Series) · as Samuel Waite
2001
Perfect Strangers (2001) (TV Series) · as Stephen
2000
Animated Tales of the World (TV Series) · as The Flower Of Fern
2000
Lorna Doone · as Counsellor Doone
2000
Lorna Doone (TV Series) · as Counsellor Doone
2000
Esther Kahn · as Sean
2000
Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Professor Ray Levin
2000
1999
The Miracle Maker · as Herod (voice)
1999
Pure Wickedness (TV Series) · as Dr. Andrew Ward
1999
Trial by Fire · as Brian Redwood
1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series) · as Antoine Picard
1999
Holby City (TV Series) · as Sol Caplin
1998
The Echo (TV Series) · as Billy Blake
1998
Vanity Fair (1998) (TV Series) · as Mr. Pitt Crawley
1998
Invasion: Earth (TV Series) · as Lt. Charles Terrell
1997
FairyTale: A True Story · as Wounded Corporal
1997
Into the Blue · as Dr. John Ockleton
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Rev. Wallace Stone
1996
The Moonstone · as Ezra Jennings
1996
Sharman (TV Series) · as Galilee
1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation (TV Series) · as Joseph (voice)
1996
Bodyguards (TV Series) · as Dusan Mesic
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) · as Paul Goodman
1996
Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Marcus Gwilym
1995
Moses · as Eliav
1995
Moses (TV Series) · as Eliav
1995
The Politician's Wife (TV Series) · as Mark Hollister
1995
Bugs (TV Series) · as Patrick Marcel
1994
Guinevere · as Envoy
1992
A Touch of Frost (TV Series) · as Dennis Prior
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV Series) · as Leontes (voice)
1991
Dynastie Straussů (TV Series) · as Levi
1989
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Inspector Kelsey
1988
1988
The Play on One (TV Series) · as Vincenzo
1985
The Assam Garden · as Mr. Sutton
1985
Anna of the Five Towns (TV Series) · as Willie Price
1985
Monsignor Quixote · as Robber
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as Stanley Spencer
1984
Freud (TV Series) · as Wilhelm Fliess
1984
Sakharov · as Valery Chalidze
1983
1982
The Missionary · as Young Man At Shoot
1982
King Lear · as Edgar
1981
Troilus & Cressida · as Troilus
1981
The Cherry Orchard · as Trofimov
1978
The Mill on the Floss (1978) (TV Series) · as Philip Wakem
1978
1974
NOVA (TV Series) · as Voltaire
1972
Crown Court (TV Series) · as John Peat
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as Robber

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