
William Armstrong
Known for Acting · 55 credits
- Born
- 1954-06-06 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as
- Bill Armstrong · Williams Armstrong
Biography
William "Bill" Armstrong (born June 6, 1954) is a Canadian-born British actor, screenwriter and activist who played Lydecker in the extended Special Edition of the 1986 film Aliens.
Known For
TV Shows (24)

Casualty
1986
as Paul

Silent Witness
1996
as Trevor Stewart

Minder
1979
as DC Lang

Spooks
2002
as Alex Roscoe

Band of Brothers
2001
as General Anthony MacAuliffe

Waking the Dead
2001
as Graham Barker

Bergerac
1981
as Logan

New Tricks
2004
as Michael Ratcliffe

Foyle's War
2002
as Ray Donovan

Screen Two
1985
as The Scholar - The Alpha Serial / Rick Simmons

Pie in the Sky
1994
as Duncan Spellar

As Time Goes By
1992
as Moses

ScreenPlay
1986
as Eddie

The Vice
1999
as The Governor

Rosemary & Thyme
2003
as Todd Whiting

Murder in Suburbia
2004
as Malcolm Eysher

Capital City
1989
as Max Lubin

South of the Border
1988
as Kevin Railton
The Courtroom
2004
Murder Prevention
2004
as Leon Bracken

Chandler & Co
1994
as Clifford Talbot

The Alan Clark Diaries
2004
as Michael Branford

The First Olympics: Athens 1896
1984
as William Hoyt

All in the Game
1993
as Nick Young
Movies (31)

The Dark Knight
2008
as Evans

1408
2007
as Clay

La Vie en Rose
2007
as Clifford Fisher

Derailed
2005
as Accountant

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006
as British Soldier

7 Seconds
2005
as Major Wilson

A Sound of Thunder
2005
as Ted Eckles

RKO 281
1999
as Mr. Lewis

Goodnight, Mister Tom
1998
as Dr. Stelton

Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as Spinger

Hope and Glory
1987
as Canadian Sergeant

The Fourth Angel
2001
as Perry

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil
1999
as The Major

A Murder of Quality
1991
as Rev. Fergus

Sunday
2002
as Lt. Col. Jackson

The Point Men
2001
as Harry Weber

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992

Unconditional Love
2003
as Sam Mason

Road
1987
as Eddie

Out of Season
2004
as Fraser MacDonald

The American Way
1987
as Jerry

Riddler's Moon
1999
as Peter Morley
Reasonable Force
1988
as The Scholar

Defrosting the Fridge
1989
as Rick Simmons

The Crying Game
1992
as Sports Presenter

Prince
1991
as Tom

Anybody's Nightmare
2001
as Jeremy Roberts QC
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
1996
as Bill Roper

Frankenstein's Baby
1990
as Rick Cole

Cuban Breeze
1986
as Hoops McCann
Chicken
1991
as Alistair Maddox
About William Armstrong
William "Bill" Armstrong (born June 6, 1954) is a Canadian-born British actor, screenwriter and activist who played Lydecker in the extended Special Edition of the 1986 film Aliens. With 55 credits spanning from 1979 to 2008, William Armstrong has appeared in 31 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular William Armstrong Movies
- The Dark Knight (2008) — as Evans
- 1408 (2007) — as Clay
- La Vie en Rose (2007) — as Clifford Fisher
- Derailed (2005) — as Accountant
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) — as British Soldier
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