Antony Sher

Known for: Acting

Born: 1949-06-14 – 2021-12-03 (aged 72)

From: Cape Town, South Africa

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 (60)

MOVIE
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017
as Ensemble Cast
MOVIE★ 3.2
Queer as Art
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
RSC Live: King Lear
2016
as King Lear
MOVIE★ 7.2
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self
MOVIE
Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor
2015
as Himself
MOVIE
Shylock's Ghost
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.1
War Book
2015
as David
MOVIE
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
2015
as Sir John Falstaff
MOVIE
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
2015
as Sir John Falstaff
MOVIE
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012
as Self
MOVIE
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
2012
as Jacob Bindel
MOVIE★ 8.0
Dickens in London
2012
as Older Dickens(Voice)
TV★ 7.6
The Shadow Line
2011
as Peter Glickman
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Wolfman
2010
as Dr. Hoenneger
MOVIE★ 6.8
God on Trial
2008
as Akiba
MOVIE★ 5.5
Three and Out
2008
as Maurice
TV★ 7.2
The Company
2007
as Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Primo
2005
as Primo Levi
TV★ 7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Rafiel
MOVIE★ 5.3
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
as Hitler
MOVIE★ 7.0
Home
2003
as Gerald Ballantyne
TV★ 8.2
In Search of Shakespeare
2003
as Self
TV★ 7.3
The Jury
2002
as Gerald Lewis QC
TV★ 7.6
Murphy's Law
2001
as Frank Jeremy
MOVIE★ 6.6
Macbeth
2001
as Macbeth
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Miracle Maker
2000
as Ben Azra (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Winter's Tale
1999
as Leontes
MOVIE★ 7.2
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
as Colonel Moncoutant
MOVIE★ 6.8
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Dr. Moth
TV★ 7.8
Hornblower
1998
as Marquis de Moncoutant
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mrs Brown
1997
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Moonstone
1996
as Sergeant Cuff
MOVIE★ 5.1
Alive and Kicking
1996
as Jack
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Wind in the Willows
1996
as Chief Weasel
TV
Look at the State We're In!
1995
as The Don
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
1995
as Dr. Ernest Zeigler
MOVIE★ 2.7
Camp Christmas
1993
MOVIE★ 5.1
Genghis Cohn
1993
as Genghis Cohn
TV★ 6.4
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Richard (voice)
MOVIE
The Crying Game
1992
as Scum Editor
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Land of Dreams
1990
as David Samuels
MOVIE
Changing Step
1990
as Capt. Edmund Lambert
TV★ 7.7
One Foot in the Grave
1990
MOVIE★ 5.9
Erik the Viking
1989
as Loki
TV★ 6.0
The Play on One
1988
as Capt Edmund Lambert
TV★ 5.0
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
TV★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
as David Samuels
MOVIE★ 4.4
Shadey
1985
as Oliver Shadey
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Genghis Cohn
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983
as Tartuffe
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self
TV★ 4.1
The History Man
1981
as Professor Howard Kirk
MOVIE★ 6.8
Superman II
1980
as Bell Boy
MOVIE★ 5.9
Yanks
1979
as GI at Cinema
MOVIE★ 5.3
One Fine Day
1979
as Mr. Alpert
MOVIE
The Out of Town Boys
1979
as Nathan
MOVIE
Cold Harbour
1978
as Morris
TV
Pickersgill People
1978
as Piers Hatch
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Morris