Acting

Antony Sher

Born 1949-06-14 · Cape Town, South Africa

Died 2021-12-03

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.

Credits

Newest first

Joe Orton Laid Bare
as Ensemble Cast
2017
Queer as Art
as Self
2017
RSC Live: King Lear
as King Lear
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self
2016
Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor
as Himself
2015
Shylock's Ghost
as Self
2015
War Book
as David
2015
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
as Sir John Falstaff
2015
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
as Sir John Falstaff
2015
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
as Self
2012
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
as Jacob Bindel
2012
Dickens in London
as Older Dickens(Voice)
2012
The Shadow Line
as Peter Glickman
2011
The Wolfman
as Dr. Hoenneger
2010
God on Trial
as Akiba
2008
Three and Out
as Maurice
2008
The Company
as Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Primo
as Primo Levi
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Rafiel
2004
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
as Hitler
2004
Home
as Gerald Ballantyne
2003
In Search of Shakespeare
as Self
2003
The Jury
as Gerald Lewis QC
2002
Murphy's Law
as Frank Jeremy
2001
Macbeth
as Macbeth
2001
The Miracle Maker
as Ben Azra (voice)
2000
The Winter's Tale
as Leontes
1999
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Colonel Moncoutant
1999
Shakespeare in Love
as Dr. Moth
1998
Hornblower
as Marquis de Moncoutant
1998
Mrs Brown
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
1997
The Moonstone
as Sergeant Cuff
1996
Alive and Kicking
as Jack
1996
The Wind in the Willows
as Chief Weasel
1996
Look at the State We're In!
as The Don
1995
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
as Dr. Ernest Zeigler
1995
King Richard III
as Richard (voice)
1994
Camp Christmas
1993
Genghis Cohn
as Genghis Cohn
1993
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Richard (voice)
1992
The Crying Game
as Scum Editor
1992
The Land of Dreams
as David Samuels
1990
Changing Step
as Capt. Edmund Lambert
1990
Changing Step
Writer
1990
One Foot in the Grave
1990
Erik the Viking
as Loki
1989
The Play on One
as Capt Edmund Lambert
1988
The Play on One
Writer
1988
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
1987
ScreenPlay
as David Samuels
1986
Theatre Night
as Bulgakov
1985
Shadey
as Oliver Shadey
1985
Screen Two
as Genghis Cohn
1985
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Tartuffe
1983
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self
1982
The History Man
as Professor Howard Kirk
1981
Superman II
as Bell Boy
1980
Yanks
as GI at Cinema
1979
One Fine Day
as Mr. Alpert
1979
The Out of Town Boys
as Nathan
1979
Cold Harbour
as Morris
1978
Pickersgill People
as Sheikh Fahmi Al-Daoud Al-Tufah
1978
Pickersgill People
as Piers Hatch
1978
ITV Playhouse
as Morris
1967