Antony Sher

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1949-06-14

Deathday 2021-12-03 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Cape Town, South Africa

Antony Sher

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.

Known For

Actor

2017
Joe Orton Laid Bare

as Ensemble Cast

2017
Queer as Art

as Self

2015
2015
War Book

as David

2015
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2

as Sir John Falstaff

2015
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1

as Sir John Falstaff

2012
Dickens in London

as Older Dickens(Voice)

2011
The Shadow Line

as Peter Glickman

2010
The Wolfman

as Dr. Hoenneger

2008
Three and Out

as Maurice

2008
God on Trial

as Akiba

2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007
The Company

as Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi

2005
Primo

as Primo Levi

2003
Home

as Gerald Ballantyne

2002
The Jury

as Gerald Lewis QC

2001
Macbeth

as Macbeth

2000
The Miracle Maker

as Ben Azra (voice)

1999
1999
1998
1998
Hornblower

as Marquis de Moncoutant

1997
Mrs Brown

as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli

1996
The Moonstone

as Sergeant Cuff

1996
1996
The Wind in the Willows

as Chief Weasel

1995
The Young Poisoner's Handbook

as Dr. Ernest Zeigler

1994
Genghis Cohn

as Genghis Cohn

1992
The Crying Game

as Scum Editor

1992
1990
The Land of Dreams

as David Samuels

1990
Changing Step

as Capt. Edmund Lambert

1989
1988
The Play on One

as Captain Edmund Lambert

1985
Shadey

as Oliver Shadey

1982
1981
The History Man

as Howard Kirk

1980
Superman II

as Bell Boy

1979
Yanks

as GI at Cinema

1979
One Fine Day

as Mr. Alpert

1979
1978
Cold Harbour

as Morris

Writer

1990
Changing Step

as Writer

1988
The Play on One

as Writer