Anthony Andrews
Born January 12, 1948 (Age: 78)
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London, England, UK
Biography
Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. His theater credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Company - "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff's "Coming in to Land" with Maggie Smith, directed by Peter Hall, the much-acclaimed Greenwich Theatre production of Robin Chapman's "One of Us" and, as "Pastor Manders", in Robin Phillips's highly acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" at the Comedy Theatre in London, produced by Bill Kenwright. Anthony's first television appearance was in The Wednesday Play: A Beast with Two Backs (1968) by Dennis Potter, which was part of The Wednesday Play (1964) series. His first leading role in a series was as the title character in the BBC's The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) by Sir Walter Scott. Subsequently, he distinguished himself in various television classics playing "Mercutio" in Romeo & Juliet (1978) and starred in three different plays in the "Play of the Month" (1976) series, including playing "Charles Harcourt" in "London Assurance". He also starred in Danger UXB (1979), in which he played bomb disposal hero "Brian Ash". Most famously, he received worldwide recognition for his portrayal of the doomed "Sebastian Flyte" in Brideshead Revisited (1981) for which he won a BAFTA in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor. Anthony's since gone on to star in Jewels (1992), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination. Most recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his outstanding portrayal of "Count Fosco" in "The Woman In White" at the Palace Theatre in London's West End. As a producer, he co-produced Lost in Siberia (1991), which translates as "Lost in Siberia", filmed entirely in Russia, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and Haunted (1995), produced by his own production company, Double 'A' Films.
Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. His theater credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Company - "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff's "Coming in to Land" with Maggie Smith, directed by Peter Hall, the much-acclaimed Greenwich Theatre production of Robin Chapman's "One of Us" and, as "Pastor Manders", in Robin Phillips's highly acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" at the Comedy Theatre in London, produced by Bill Kenwright.
Anthony's first television appearance was in The Wednesday Play: A Beast with Two Backs (1968) by Dennis Potter, which was part of The Wednesday Play (1964) series. His first leading role in a series was as the title character in the BBC's The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) by Sir Walter Scott. Subsequently, he distinguished himself in various television classics playing "Mercutio" in Romeo & Juliet (1978) and starred in three different plays in the "Play of the Month" (1976) series, including playing "Charles Harcourt" in "London Assurance". He also starred in Danger UXB (1979), in which he played bomb disposal hero "Brian Ash".
Most famously, he received worldwide recognition for his portrayal of the doomed "Sebastian Flyte" in Brideshead Revisited (1981) for which he won a BAFTA in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor.
Anthony's since gone on to star in Jewels (1992), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination.
Most recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his outstanding portrayal of "Count Fosco" in "The Woman In White" at the Palace Theatre in London's West End.
As a producer, he co-produced Lost in Siberia
(1991), which translates as "Lost in Siberia", filmed entirely in Russia, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and Haunted (1995), produced by his own production company, Double 'A' Films.
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Filmography
The Professor and the Madman
2019
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as Benjamin Jowett
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Age: 71
The King's Speech
2010
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as Stanley Baldwin
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Age: 62
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
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as Self
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Age: 59
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
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as Self
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Age: 57
Mothertime
1997
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as Robin
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Age: 49
The Law Lord
1992
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as Christopher Edwardes
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Age: 44
Lost in Siberia
1991
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as Andrei Miller
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Age: 43
Hands of a Murderer
1990
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as Prof. James Moriarty
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Age: 42
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1989
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as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
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Age: 41
Hanna's War
1988
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as McCormack
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Age: 40
The Woman He Loved
1988
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as Prince of Wales / Edward VIII
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Age: 40
The Lighthorsemen
1987
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as Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen
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Age: 39
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
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as Self
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Age: 39
The Second Victory
1987
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as Maj. Hanlon
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Age: 39
Suspicion
1987
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as Johnnie Aysgarth
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Age: 38
The Holcroft Covenant
1985
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as Johann von Tiebolt
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Age: 37
Observations Under the Volcano
1984
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as Self
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Age: 36
Mistress of Paradise
1981
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as Buckley
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Age: 33
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
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as
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Age: 32
Romeo and Juliet
1978
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as Mercutio
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Age: 30
Percy's Progress
1974
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as Catchpole
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Age: 26
Take Me High
1973
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as Hugo Flaxman
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Age: 25
A Day Out
1972
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as Florence's Brother
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Age: 24
A War of Children
1972
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as
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Age: 24
A Beast with Two Backs
1968
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as Harry
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Age: 20