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Antony Sher

Antony Sher

Antony Sher

1949-06-14

Cape Town, South Africa

ACTING

Biography

Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) was an English actor of South African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time nominee. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a writer and theatre director. He died of cancer on 3rd December 2021.

Best known for:

Shakespeare in Love

Superman II

The Wolfman

Erik the Viking

Mrs Brown

Agatha Christie's Marple

One Foot in the Grave

The Shadow Line

God on Trial

Yanks

The Wind in the Willows

The Young Poisoner's Handbook

The Miracle Maker

The Company

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Three and Out

Hornblower

War Book

The Comic Strip Presents...

Murphy's Law

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Home

Alive and Kicking

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Filmography:

Yanks (1979)
4.5
APPEREAD AS:
GI at Cinema
One Fine Day (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Alpert
The Out of Town Boys (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Nathan
Superman II (1980)
5.6
APPEREAD AS:
Bell Boy
The History Man (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Howard Kirk
The Comic Strip Presents... (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Scum Editor
Tartuffe, or The Imposter (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Tartuffe
Shadey (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Oliver Shadey

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The Play on One (1988)
APPEREAD AS:
Captain Edmund Lambert
WORK AS:
Writer
Erik the Viking (1989)
4.5
APPEREAD AS:
Loki
Changing Step (1990)
APPEREAD AS:
Capt. Edmund Lambert
WORK AS:
Writer
The Land of Dreams (1990)
APPEREAD AS:
David Samuels
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Richard (voice)
The Crying Game (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Scum Editor
Genghis Cohn (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Genghis Cohn
The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)
5.2
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Ernest Zeigler

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The Wind in the Willows (1996)
4.3
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Weasel
The Moonstone (1996)
APPEREAD AS:
Sergeant Cuff
Alive and Kicking (1996)
APPEREAD AS:
Jack
Mrs Brown (1997)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
Hornblower (1998)
APPEREAD AS:
Marquis de Moncoutant
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
6
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Moth
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
APPEREAD AS:
Colonel Moncoutant
The Winter's Tale (1999)
APPEREAD AS:
Leontes
The Miracle Maker (2000)
4.6
APPEREAD AS:
Ben Azra (voice)
Macbeth (2001)
APPEREAD AS:
Macbeth
The Jury (2002)
APPEREAD AS:
Gerald Lewis QC
Home (2003)
APPEREAD AS:
Gerald Ballantyne
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
Rafiel
Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
APPEREAD AS:
Hitler
Primo (2005)
APPEREAD AS:
Primo Levi
The Company (2007)
5.9
APPEREAD AS:
Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
APPEREAD AS:
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Three and Out (2008)
APPEREAD AS:
Maurice
God on Trial (2008)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
Akiba
The Wolfman (2010)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Hoenneger
The Shadow Line (2011)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Peter Glickman
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light (2012)
APPEREAD AS:
Jacob Bindel
Dickens in London (2012)
APPEREAD AS:
Older Dickens(Voice)
War Book (2015)
APPEREAD AS:
David
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1 (2015)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir John Falstaff
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2 (2015)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir John Falstaff
RSC Live: King Lear (2016)
APPEREAD AS:
King Lear
Joe Orton Laid Bare (2017)
APPEREAD AS:
Ensemble Cast