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Anthony Andrews

Anthony Andrews

Born: 1948-01-12 • London, England, UK

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.

Filmography
The Professor and the Madman poster
The Professor and the Madman
2019 • Benjamin Jowett
The King's Speech poster
The King's Speech
2010 • Stanley Baldwin
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 • Self
Revisiting Brideshead poster
Revisiting Brideshead
2005 • Self
David Copperfield poster
David Copperfield
2001 • Edward Murdstone
Mothertime poster
Mothertime
1997 • Robin
Haunted poster
Haunted
1995 • Robert Mariell
The Law Lord poster
The Law Lord
1992 • Christopher Edwardes
Lost in Siberia poster
Lost in Siberia
1991 • Andrei Miller
Hands of a Murderer poster
Hands of a Murderer
1990 • Prof. James Moriarty
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1989 • Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Hanna's War poster
Hanna's War
1988 • McCormack
The Woman He Loved poster
The Woman He Loved
1988 • Prince of Wales / Edward VIII
The Lighthorsemen poster
The Lighthorsemen
1987 • Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen
The Grand Knockout Tournament poster
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987 • Self
The Second Victory poster
The Second Victory
1987 • Maj. Hanlon
Suspicion poster
Suspicion
1987 • Johnnie Aysgarth
The Holcroft Covenant poster
The Holcroft Covenant
1985 • Johann von Tiebolt
Notes from Under the Volcano poster
Notes from Under the Volcano
1984 • Self
Observations Under the Volcano poster
Observations Under the Volcano
1984 • Self
Under the Volcano poster
Under the Volcano
1984 • Hugh Firmin
Z for Zachariah poster
Z for Zachariah
1984 • John Loomis
Sparkling Cyanide poster
Sparkling Cyanide
1983 • Tony Browne
The Scarlet Pimpernel poster
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1982 • Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
Ivanhoe poster
Ivanhoe
1982 • Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Mistress of Paradise poster
Mistress of Paradise
1981 • Buckley
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage poster
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
Romeo and Juliet poster
Romeo and Juliet
1978 • Mercutio
The Country Wife poster
The Country Wife
1977 • Horner
No Image
Call girl: la vida privada de una señorita bien
1976 • Marcos
French Without Tears poster
French Without Tears
1976 • Alan Howard
Operation: Daybreak poster
Operation: Daybreak
1975 • Jozef Gabcík
The Adolescents poster
The Adolescents
1975 • Jimmy
Percy's Progress poster
Percy's Progress
1974 • Catchpole
Take Me High poster
Take Me High
1973 • Hugo Flaxman
A Day Out poster
A Day Out
1972 • Florence's Brother
A War of Children poster
A War of Children
1972
A Beast with Two Backs poster
A Beast with Two Backs
1968 • Harry