Antony Sher

Antony Sher

Birthdate
June 14, 1949 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Date of Death
December 3, 2021
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
June 14, 1949 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Date of Death
December 3, 2021
Known For
Acting

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.

Antony Sher's LGBTQ+ Titles

Alive and Kicking
Alive and Kicking
Jack

Acting (55)

2017
Joe Orton Laid Bare as Ensemble Cast
2017
Queer as Art as Self
2016
Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear as King Lear
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self
2015
Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor as Himself
2015
Shylock's Ghost as Self
2015
War Book as David
2015
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1 as Sir John Falstaff
2015
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2 as Sir John Falstaff
2012
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard as Himself
2012
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light as Jacob Bindel
2012
Dickens in London as Older Dickens(Voice)
2011
The Shadow Line as Peter Glickman (7 episodes)
2010
The Wolfman as Dr. Hoenneger
2008
Three and Out as Maurice
2008
God on Trial as Akiba
2007
The Company as Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi (1 episode)
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Primo as Primo Levi
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Rafiel (1 episode)
2004
Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Hitler
2003
Home as Gerald Ballantyne
2003
In Search of Shakespeare as Self (4 episodes)
2002
The Jury as Gerald Lewis QC (6 episodes)
2001
Murphy's Law (1 episode)
2001
Macbeth as Macbeth
2000
The Miracle Maker as Ben Azra (voice)
1999
The Winter's Tale as Leontes
1999
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters as Colonel Moncoutant
1998
Shakespeare in Love as Dr. Moth
1998
Hornblower as Marquis de Moncoutant (1 episode)
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
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Richard (voice) (1 episode)
1992
The Crying Game as Scum Editor
1990
The Land of Dreams as David Samuels
1990
Changing Step as Capt. Edmund Lambert
1990
One Foot In the Grave (1 episode)
1989
Erik the Viking as Loki
1988
The Play on One as Captain Edmund Lambert (1 episode)
1987
The Dame Edna Experience as Self (1 episode)
1985
Shadey as Oliver Shadey
1983
Tartuffe, or The Imposter as Tartuffe
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Scum Editor (1 episode)
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self
1981
The History Man as Howard Kirk (4 episodes)
1980
Superman II as Bell Boy
1979
Yanks as GI at Cinema
1979
One Fine Day as Mr. Alpert
1979
The Out of Town Boys as Nathan
1978
Cold Harbour as Morris

Writing (2)

1990
Changing Step • Writer
• Writer
1988
The Play on One • Writer (1 episode)
• Writer (1 episode)