Antony Sher
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.
Filmography 60
Movies (43)
Joe Orton Laid Bare2017Ensemble Cast
Queer as Art2017Self
RSC Live: King Lear2016King Lear
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC2016Self- Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor2015Himself
- Shylock's Ghost2015Self
War Book2015David
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 22015Sir John Falstaff
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 12015Sir John Falstaff
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard2012Self
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light2012Jacob Bindel
Dickens in London2012Older Dickens(Voice)
The Wolfman2010Dr. Hoenneger
God on Trial2008Akiba
Three and Out2008Maurice
Hitler: The Comedy Years2007Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Primo2005Primo Levi
Churchill: The Hollywood Years2004Hitler
Home2003Gerald Ballantyne
Macbeth2001Macbeth
The Miracle Maker2000Ben Azra (voice)
The Winter's Tale1999Leontes
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters1999Colonel Moncoutant
Shakespeare in Love1998Dr. Moth
Mrs Brown1997Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
The Moonstone1996Sergeant Cuff
Alive and Kicking1996Jack
The Wind in the Willows1996Chief Weasel
The Young Poisoner's Handbook1995Dr. Ernest Zeigler
Camp Christmas1993
Shows (17)
The Shadow Line2011Peter Glickman
The Company2007Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
Agatha Christie's Marple2004Rafiel
In Search of Shakespeare2003Self
The Jury2002Gerald Lewis QC
Murphy's Law2001Frank Jeremy
Hornblower1998Marquis de Moncoutant- Look at the State We're In!1995The Don
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992Richard (voice)
One Foot in the Grave1990
The Play on One1988Capt Edmund Lambert
The Dame Edna Experience1987Self
ScreenPlay1986David Samuels
Screen Two1985Genghis Cohn
The History Man1981Professor Howard Kirk- Pickersgill People1978Piers Hatch
ITV Playhouse1967Morris