Antony Sher
Acting • Born 1949-06-14 – Died 2021-12-03
Biography
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.
Filmography
56 credits
God on Trial
Movie • 2008
Akiba
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Movie • 1999
Colonel Moncoutant
Three and Out
Movie • 2008
Maurice
The Wind in the Willows
Movie • 1996
Chief Weasel
Mrs Brown
Movie • 1997
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie • 2007
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dickens in London
Movie • 2012
Older Dickens(Voice)
Home
Movie • 2003
Gerald Ballantyne
Macbeth
Movie • 2001
Macbeth
Primo
Movie • 2005
Primo Levi
The Moonstone
Movie • 1996
Sergeant Cuff
Alive and Kicking
Movie • 1996
Jack
Shadey
Movie • 1985
Oliver Shadey
Genghis Cohn
Movie • 1993
Genghis Cohn
Erik the Viking
Movie • 1989
Loki
War Book
Movie • 2015
David
The Crying Game
Movie • 1992
Scum Editor
The Winter's Tale
Movie • 1999
Leontes
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Movie • 2004
Hitler
Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor
Movie • 2015
Himself
Cold Harbour
Movie • 1978
Morris
One Fine Day
Movie • 1979
Mr. Alpert
The Land of Dreams
Movie • 1990
David Samuels
Shylock's Ghost
Movie • 2015
Self
Yanks
Movie • 1979
GI at Cinema
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Movie • 2016
Self
Superman II
Movie • 1980
Bell Boy
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
Movie • 2015
Sir John Falstaff
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
Movie • 2015
Sir John Falstaff
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Movie • 1982
Self
The Miracle Maker
Movie • 2000
Ben Azra (voice)
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
Movie • 1995
Dr. Ernest Zeigler
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
Movie • 1983
Tartuffe
Queer as Art
Movie • 2017
Self
The Wolfman
Movie • 2010
Dr. Hoenneger
Shakespeare in Love
Movie • 1998
Dr. Moth
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Movie • 2012
Self
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
Movie • 2012
Jacob Bindel
RSC Live: King Lear
Movie • 2016
King Lear
Joe Orton Laid Bare
Movie • 2017
Ensemble Cast
The Out of Town Boys
Movie • 1979
Nathan
Changing Step
Movie • 1990
Capt. Edmund Lambert
Camp Christmas
Movie • 1993
The Company
TV • 2007
Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
Hornblower
TV • 1998
Marquis de Moncoutant
The Shadow Line
TV • 2011
Peter Glickman
In Search of Shakespeare
TV • 2003
Self
The Dame Edna Experience
TV • 1987
Self
The Jury
TV • 2002
Gerald Lewis QC
One Foot in the Grave
TV • 1990
The History Man
TV • 1981
Professor Howard Kirk
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV • 1992
Richard (voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Rafiel
The Play on One
TV • 1988
Captain Edmund Lambert
Look at the State We're In!
TV • 1995
The Don
Murphy's Law
TV • 2001
Frank Jeremy