Anthony Andrews

Anthony Andrews

Born 1948-01-12 (age 78) London, England, UK
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Biography

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.

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Known For

The King's Speech
The King's Speech

2010

as Stanley Baldwin

Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe

1982

as Wilfred of Ivanhoe

Haunted
Haunted

1995

as Robert Mariell

The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman

2019

as Benjamin Jowett

Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano

1984

as Hugh Firmin

Sparkling Cyanide
Sparkling Cyanide

1983

as Tony Browne

The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel

1982

as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel

David Copperfield
David Copperfield

2001

as Edward Murdstone

Hanna's War
Hanna's War

1988

as McCormack

The Holcroft Covenant
The Holcroft Covenant

1985

as Johann von Tiebolt

Operation: Daybreak
Operation: Daybreak

1975

as Jozef GabcΓ­k

The Grand Knockout Tournament
The Woman He Loved
The Woman He Loved

1988

as Prince of Wales / Edward VIII

Lost in Siberia
Lost in Siberia

1991

as Andrei Miller

Percy's Progress
Percy's Progress

1974

as Catchpole

The Lighthorsemen
The Lighthorsemen

1987

as Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen

Mothertime
Mothertime

1997

as Robin

The Second Victory
The Second Victory

1987

as Major Hanlon

Suspicion
Suspicion

1987

as Johnnie Aysgarth