ACTOR · FROM CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Antony Sher
1949–202156 credits since 1967
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ABOUT ANTONY
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born14 June 1949
Died3 December 2021
BirthplaceCape Town, South Africa
Known forActing
On Cineora24 of 54 titles
Known for
The titles people know Antony from.
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 24
- Average IMDb
- 7.0
- Highest rated
- The Shadow LineIMDb 7.9
- Working since
- 1967
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2010s
9 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average
as Ensemble Cast
as King Lear
Movieas David
as Sir John Falstaff
as Sir John Falstaff
as Jacob Bindel
as Older Dickens(Voice)
Seriesas Peter Glickman · 7 episodes
The 2000s
12 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average
Movieas Akiba
Movieas Maurice
Seriesas Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi · 1 episode
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Primo Levi
Seriesas Rafiel · 1 episode
Movieas Hitler
Movieas Gerald Ballantyne
The 1990s
18 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
as Leontes
Movieas Colonel Moncoutant
Movieas Dr. Moth
Seriesas Marquis de Moncoutant · 1 episode
Movieas Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
as Sergeant Cuff
Movieas Jack
Movieas Chief Weasel
The 1980s
9 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average
Movieas Loki
as Capt Edmund Lambert · 1 episode
as David Samuels · 1 episode
as Bulgakov · 1 episode
as Oliver Shadey
as Genghis Cohn · 1 episode
as Tartuffe
as Professor Howard Kirk · 4 episodes
The 1970s
5 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average
Movieas GI at Cinema
as Mr. Alpert
as Nathan
Cold Harbour
Not on Cineoraas Morris
as Sheikh Fahmi Al-Daoud Al-Tufah · 1 episode
The 1960s
1 title
as Morris · 1 episode
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Antony’s titles.
Judi DenchShakespeare in Love, Mrs Brown and 1 more
Richard GreatrexCinematographer · Shakespeare in Love, Mrs Brown and 1 more
Gerard ButlerMrs Brown and The Jury
Joseph FiennesShakespeare in Love and Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
John CleeseErik the Viking and The Wind in the Willows
Ioan GruffuddHornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters and Hornblower
Imelda StauntonShakespeare in Love and Three and Out
