Antony Sher
Known for Acting · 60 credits
- Born
- 1949-06-14
- Died
- 2021-12-03
- Place of birth
- Cape Town, South Africa
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.
Known For
TV Shows (17)
Screen Two
1985
as Genghis Cohn
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Rafiel
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Morris
ScreenPlay
1986
as David Samuels
The Play on One
1988
as Capt Edmund Lambert
Murphy's Law
2001
as Frank Jeremy
One Foot in the Grave
1990
Hornblower
1998
as Marquis de Moncoutant
The Jury
2002
as Gerald Lewis QC
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Richard (voice)
The Company
2007
as Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
The Shadow Line
2011
as Peter Glickman
The History Man
1981
as Professor Howard Kirk
Look at the State We're In!
1995
as The Don
Pickersgill People
1978
as Piers Hatch
In Search of Shakespeare
2003
as Self
Movies (43)
Superman II
1980
as Bell Boy
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Dr. Moth
The Wolfman
2010
as Dr. Hoenneger
Erik the Viking
1989
as Loki
Yanks
1979
as GI at Cinema
The Wind in the Willows
1996
as Chief Weasel
Alive and Kicking
1996
as Jack
Home
2003
as Gerald Ballantyne
Mrs Brown
1997
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
RSC Live: King Lear
2016
as King Lear
The Miracle Maker
2000
as Ben Azra (voice)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Three and Out
2008
as Maurice
The Moonstone
1996
as Sergeant Cuff
God on Trial
2008
as Akiba
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
as Colonel Moncoutant
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self
Genghis Cohn
1993
as Genghis Cohn
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983
as Tartuffe
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
1995
as Dr. Ernest Zeigler
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
2015
as Sir John Falstaff
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
2015
as Sir John Falstaff
Changing Step
1990
as Capt. Edmund Lambert
Macbeth
2001
as Macbeth
The Crying Game
1992
as Scum Editor
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self
Camp Christmas
1993
Cold Harbour
1978
as Morris
Primo
2005
as Primo Levi
Shylock's Ghost
2015
as Self
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017
as Ensemble Cast
War Book
2015
as David
One Fine Day
1979
as Mr. Alpert
The Out of Town Boys
1979
as Nathan
Shadey
1985
as Oliver Shadey
Queer as Art
2017
as Self
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
as Hitler
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012
as Self
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
2012
as Jacob Bindel
The Land of Dreams
1990
as David Samuels
Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor
2015
as Himself
The Winter's Tale
1999
as Leontes
Dickens in London
2012
as Older Dickens(Voice)
About Antony Sher
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. With 60 credits spanning from 1967 to 2017, Antony Sher has appeared in 43 films and 17 TV shows.
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- Superman II (1980) — as Bell Boy
- Shakespeare in Love (1998) — as Dr. Moth
- The Wolfman (2010) — as Dr. Hoenneger
- Erik the Viking (1989) — as Loki
- Yanks (1979) — as GI at Cinema
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