Anthony Andrews

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

January 12, 1948 (78 yrs)

place of birth

London, England, UK

total credits

37 movies

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

Filmography

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The King's Speech
7.7

The King's Speech

2010as Stanley Baldwin
The Professor and the Madman
7.1

The Professor and the Madman

2019as Benjamin Jowett
Haunted
6.1

Haunted

1995as Robert Mariell
Ivanhoe
6.4

Ivanhoe

1982as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
The Scarlet Pimpernel
6.7

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1982as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
Percy's Progress
4.0

Percy's Progress

1974as Catchpole
Hanna's War
5.3

Hanna's War

1988as McCormack
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007as Self
Under the Volcano
6.6

Under the Volcano

1984as Hugh Firmin
Lost in Siberia
5.0

Lost in Siberia

1991as Andrei Miller
Sparkling Cyanide
5.9

Sparkling Cyanide

1983as Tony Browne
Operation: Daybreak
6.9

Operation: Daybreak

1975as Jozef Gabcík
The Holcroft Covenant
5.5

The Holcroft Covenant

1985as Johann von Tiebolt
The Lighthorsemen
6.0

The Lighthorsemen

1987as Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen
The Grand Knockout Tournament
6.8

The Grand Knockout Tournament

1987as Self
A Day Out
5.5

A Day Out

1972as Florence's Brother
Take Me High
4.8

Take Me High

1973as Hugo Flaxman
Romeo and Juliet
7.6

Romeo and Juliet

1978as Mercutio
The Woman He Loved
10.0

The Woman He Loved

1988as Prince of Wales / Edward VIII
Hands of a Murderer
6.7

Hands of a Murderer

1990as Prof. James Moriarty
Suspicion
6.7

Suspicion

1987as Johnnie Aysgarth
The Adolescents
5.7

The Adolescents

1975as Jimmy
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
5.7

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1989as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
The Second Victory
6.5

The Second Victory

1987as Major Hanlon
David Copperfield
6.3

David Copperfield

2001as Edward Murdstone
The Law Lord
9.0

The Law Lord

1992as Christopher Edwardes
Mothertime
8.5

Mothertime

1997as Robin
French Without Tears
7.0

French Without Tears

1976as Alan Howard
Revisiting Brideshead
8.0

Revisiting Brideshead

2005as Self
Mistress of Paradise
7.5

Mistress of Paradise

1981as Buckley
A War of Children
8.2

A War of Children

1972
A Beast with Two Backs
10.0

A Beast with Two Backs

1968as Harry
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
3.8

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

1980
The Country Wife
7.0

The Country Wife

1977as Horner
Z for Zachariah
4.6

Z for Zachariah

1984as John Loomis
Observations Under the Volcano
4.5

Observations Under the Volcano

1984as Self
Notes from Under the Volcano
9.0

Notes from Under the Volcano

1984as Self