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Anthony Andrews

Born
January 12, 1948
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.
Known For
The King's Speech
(2010)
Stanley Baldwin
The Professor and the Madman
(2019)
Benjamin Jowett
The Holcroft Covenant
(1985)
Johann von Tiebolt
Haunted
(1995)
Robert Mariell
The Lighthorsemen
(1987)
Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen
Operation: Daybreak
(1975)
Jozef Gabcík
Ivanhoe
(1982)
Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Full Filmography
Acting
A Beast with Two Backs
(1968)
Harry
A Day Out
(1972)
Florence's Brother
A War of Children
(1972)
Take Me High
(1973)
Hugo Flaxman
Percy's Progress
(1974)
Catchpole
The Adolescents
(1975)
Jimmy
Operation: Daybreak
(1975)
Jozef Gabcík
French Without Tears
(1976)
Alan Howard
Call girl: la vida privada de una señorita bien
(1976)
Marcos
The Country Wife
(1977)
Horner
Romeo & Juliet
(1978)
Mercutio
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
(1980)
Mistress of Paradise
(1981)
Buckley
The Scarlet Pimpernel
(1982)
Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
Ivanhoe
(1982)
Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Sparkling Cyanide
(1983)
Tony Browne
Observations Under the Volcano
(1984)
Self
Notes from Under the Volcano
(1984)
Self
Under the Volcano
(1984)
Hugh Firmin
Z for Zachariah
(1984)
John Loomis
The Holcroft Covenant
(1985)
Johann von Tiebolt
Suspicion
(1987)
Johnnie Aysgarth
The Grand Knockout Tournament
(1987)
Self
The Lighthorsemen
(1987)
Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen
The Second Victory
(1987)
Maj. Hanlon
Hanna's War
(1988)
McCormack
The Woman He Loved
(1988)
Prince of Wales / Edward VIII
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1989)
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Hands of a Murderer
(1990)
Prof. James Moriarty
Lost in Siberia
(1991)
Andrei Miller
The Law Lord
(1992)
Christopher Edwardes
Haunted
(1995)
Robert Mariell
Mothertime
(1997)
Robin
David Copperfield
(2001)
Mr. Edward Murdstone
Revisiting Brideshead
(2005)
Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
(2007)
Self
The King's Speech
(2010)
Stanley Baldwin
The Professor and the Madman
(2019)
Benjamin Jowett
Production
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