Anton Lesser
Known for acting · Born 14 February 1952 · 74 · Birmingham, England, UK
132 credits
Anton Lesser is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour, and Major Lio Partagaz in Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.
Known for
Game of Thrones
2011
Andor
2022
Endeavour
2013
The Crown
2016
Disobedience
2018
1899
2022
Little Dorrit
2008
Dickensian
2015
Charlotte Gray
2001
Wolf Hall
2015
The Girl in the Café
2005
The Hour
2011
Acting (131)
2026ViQueensLars (voice)Film
2025The World Will TrembleRobbi SchulmanFilm
2025The Yellow TieMartin SteinkeFilm
2025BeshertMr PinskyFilm
2023BetterVernon Marley · 4 episodesSeries
2022AndorMajor Partagaz · 24 episodesSeries
20221899Mr. Franklin · 8 episodesSeries
2022Making 1899SelfFilm
2022Art That Made UsSelf - Actor (Endeavour)Series
2021BenedictionStephen Tennant (Older)Film
2021DalglieshFather John · 2 episodesSeries
2021From A Strange LandProfessor Dr Wolfgang EngelFilm
2020The CourierBertrandFilm
2020KindredDr. RichardsFilm
2020GatecrashSidFilm
2019The Trial of Christine KeelerMichael Eddowes · 6 episodesSeries
2018Killing EveRobertSeries
2018DisobedienceRav KrushkaFilm
2018A Discovery of WitchesRabbi LoewSeries
2018On Chesil BeachReverend WoollettFilm
2017The ExceptionGeneral FalkenbergFilm
2016AlliedEmmanuel LombardFilm
2016The CrownHarold Macmillan · 10 episodesSeries
2016A United KingdomPrime Minister AttleeFilm
2016Hooten & The LadySeries
2015Wolf HallThomas More · 6 episodesSeries
2015DickensianFagin · 20 episodesSeries
2015Game of Thrones The IMAX ExperienceQyburnFilm
2015Life in SquaresDr. Hyslop · 3 episodesSeries
2014The MusketeersSeries
2014Closer to the MoonHolbanFilm
2014The GameCSeries
2013EndeavourCS Reginald Bright · 35 episodesSeries
2013AtlantisKyrosSeries
2013Father BrownFather IgnatiusSeries
2013The Escape ArtistRichard Mayfield QC · 3 episodesSeries
2013Spies of WarsawDoctor Lapp · 2 episodesSeries
2012Ripper StreetDr. Karl Crabbe · 2 episodesSeries
2012The ScapegoatFather McReadyFilm
2012The Hollow CrownExeter · 4 episodesSeries
2012Secret StateSir Michael Rix · 4 episodesSeries
2011Game of ThronesQyburn · 22 episodesSeries
2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesLord John CarteretFilm
2011The LadyProfessor FinnisFilm
2011The HourClarence Fendley · 6 episodesSeries
2011The Man who Crossed HitlerRudolf OldenFilm
2011FlutterBrunoFilm
2010Five DaughtersDr Nat Cary · 2 episodesSeries
2009Garrow's LawJohn Farmer · 4 episodesSeries
2008Einstein and EddingtonFritz HaberFilm
2008Little DorritMr. Merdle · 14 episodesSeries
2007The History of the World Backwards · 6 episodesSeries
2006Miss PotterHarold WarneFilm
2006Vital SignsDr Lindsay · 4 episodesSeries
2005The Girl in the CaféGeorgeFilm
2005River QueenBaineFilm
2005Dirty Filthy LoveCharlesFilm
2005Einstein's Big IdeaVoltaireFilm
2005Class of '76Martin GibsonFilm
2005Ahead of the ClassGraham RangerFilm
2005Class of '76Martin Gibson · 2 episodesSeries
2004New TricksSeries
2004LondonCharles Dickens · 3 episodesSeries
2003Imagining ArgentinaGeneral GuzmánFilm
2003EroicaSukowatyFilm
2003OtherworldTeyrnon (voice)Film
2003Danielle Cable: EyewitnessBattenFilm
2002SpooksNicholas AshworthSeries
2002Foyle's WarAustin CarmichaelSeries
2002Sir Gawain and the Green KnightBertilak / Green Knight (voice)Film
2002DickensCharles Dickens · 3 episodesSeries
2002The ProjectStanley HallFilm
2001Charlotte GrayRenechFilm
2001UprisingNathan LenskyFilm
2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StoryVidas Merlinis · 2 episodesSeries
2001Waking the DeadProfessor Ray Levin · 2 episodesSeries
2001MessiahSamuel WaiteSeries
2001Lorna DooneCounsellor DooneFilm
2001Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock HolmesMilburnSeries
2001Perfect StrangersStephen · 3 episodesSeries
2001UprisingNathan Lensky · 2 episodesSeries
2001SwallowPaul Valley · 3 episodesSeries
2000The Miracle MakerHerod (voice)Film
2000Esther KahnSeanFilm
2000Lorna DooneCounsellor Doone · 2 episodesSeries
1999The Scarlet PimpernelAntoine Picard · 3 episodesSeries
1998Vanity FairMr Pitt Crawley · 5 episodesSeries
1998Invasion: EarthLt. Charles Terrell · 6 episodesSeries
1998The EchoBilly Blake · 2 episodesSeries
1997Midsomer MurdersEddie Darwin, Rev. Wallace StoneSeries
1997FairyTale: A True StoryWounded CorporalFilm
1997Into the BlueDr. John OckletonFilm
1997BodyguardsDusan MesicSeries
1996Silent WitnessMarcus Gwilym · 2 episodesSeries
1996Dalziel and PascoePaul Goodman · 2 episodesSeries
1996MosesEliav · 2 episodesSeries
1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationJoseph (voice)Series
1996The MoonstoneEzra JenningsFilm
1995BugsPatrick MarcelSeries
1995The Politician's WifeMark Hollister · 3 episodesSeries
1995SharmanGalileeSeries
1994GuinevereEnvoyFilm
1994The Winter's TaleLeontes (voice)Film
1992A Touch of FrostDennis PriorSeries
1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesLeontes (voice)Series
1992Downtown LagosMungo Dawson · 3 episodesSeries
1991The Strauss DynastyLeviSeries
1990TraitorsRobert CecilFilm
1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryKarl/SteinFilm
1988Twelfth Night, or What You WillFesteFilm
1988The Play on OneVincenzoSeries
1988StanleyStanley SpencerFilm
1988AirbaseVincenzoFilm
1985Screen TwoStanley SpencerSeries
1985The Assam GardenMr. SuttonFilm
1985Monsignor QuixoteRobberFilm
1985Anna of the Five TownsWillie Price · 3 episodesSeries
1984FreudWilhelm Fliess · 5 episodesSeries
1984SakharovValery ChalidzeFilm
1983Good and Bad at GamesFilm
1982The MissionaryYoung Man at ShootFilm
1982King LearEdgarFilm
1981Troilus & CressidaTroilusFilm
1981The Cherry OrchardTrofimovFilm
1979The Serpent SonOrestes · 3 episodesSeries
1978The Mill on the FlossPhilip Wakem · 6 episodesSeries
1978The Mill on the FlossPhilip WakemFilm
1974NOVAVoltaireSeries
—Tick Tick TickNarratorFilm
—Santo Subito!Father MattewFilm
—A Blue ButterflyFilm
Crew (1)
2021DoughnutThanksFilm