Antony Sher
Known for acting · Born 14 June 1949 · Died 3 December 2021 · aged 72 · Cape Town, South Africa
63 credits
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
The Wolfman
2010
Mrs Brown
1997
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
1995
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
The Shadow Line
2011
The Wind in the Willows
1996
Alive and Kicking
1996
Three and Out
2008
Home
2003
Erik the Viking
1989
Primo
2005
Shadey
1985
Acting (61)
2017Queer as ArtSelfFilm
2017Joe Orton Laid BareEnsemble CastFilm
2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelfFilm
2016RSC Live: King LearKing LearFilm
2015War BookDavidFilm
2015Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregorHimselfFilm
2015Shylock's GhostSelfFilm
2015RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1Sir John FalstaffFilm
2015RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2Sir John FalstaffFilm
2012Dickens in LondonOlder Dickens(Voice)Film
2012Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol FugardSelfFilm
2012National Theatre Live: Travelling LightJacob BindelFilm
2011The Shadow LinePeter Glickman · 7 episodesSeries
2010The WolfmanDr. HoennegerFilm
2008God on TrialAkibaFilm
2008Three and OutMauriceFilm
2007The CompanyEzra ben Ezra, the RabbiSeries
2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsAdolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2005PrimoPrimo LeviFilm
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleRafielSeries
2004Churchill: The Hollywood YearsHitlerFilm
2003HomeGerald BallantyneFilm
2003In Search of ShakespeareSelf · 4 episodesSeries
2002The JuryGerald Lewis QC · 6 episodesSeries
2001Murphy's LawFrank JeremySeries
2001MacbethMacbethFilm
2000The Miracle MakerBen Azra (voice)Film
1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the LobstersColonel MoncoutantFilm
1999The Winter's TaleLeontesFilm
1998Shakespeare in LoveDr. MothFilm
1998HornblowerMarquis de MoncoutantSeries
1997Mrs BrownPrime Minister Benjamin DisraeliFilm
1996The Wind in the WillowsChief WeaselFilm
1996Alive and KickingJackFilm
1996The MoonstoneSergeant CuffFilm
1995The Young Poisoner's HandbookDr. Ernest ZeiglerFilm
1995Look at the State We're In!The DonSeries
1994King Richard IIIRichard (voice)Film
1993Genghis CohnGenghis CohnFilm
1993Camp ChristmasFilm
1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesRichard (voice)Series
1992The Crying GameScum EditorFilm
1990One Foot in the GraveSeries
1990The Land of DreamsDavid SamuelsFilm
1990Changing StepCapt. Edmund LambertFilm
1989Erik the VikingLokiFilm
1988The Play on OneCapt Edmund LambertSeries
1987The Dame Edna ExperienceSelfSeries
1986ScreenPlayDavid SamuelsSeries
1985ShadeyOliver ShadeyFilm
1985Screen TwoGenghis CohnSeries
1983Tartuffe, or The ImposterTartuffeFilm
1982Mike Leigh: Making PlaysSelfFilm
1981The History ManProfessor Howard Kirk · 4 episodesSeries
1980Superman IIBell BoyFilm
1979YanksGI at CinemaFilm
1979One Fine DayMr. AlpertFilm
1979The Out of Town BoysNathanFilm
1978Cold HarbourMorrisFilm
1978Pickersgill PeopleSheikh Fahmi Al-Daoud Al-Tufah, Piers HatchSeries
1967ITV PlayhouseMorrisSeries
Writing (2)
1990Changing StepWriterFilm
1988The Play on OneWriterSeries