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Anthony Andrews
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Anthony Andrews

Known for Columbo · The Love Boat · American Playhouse

Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. His theater credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Company - "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff's "Coming in to Land" with Maggie…

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Born
Jan 12, 1948
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Biography

Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. His theater credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Company - "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff's "Coming in to Land" with Maggie Smith, directed by Peter Hall, the much-acclaimed Greenwich Theatre production of Robin Chapman's "One of Us" and, as "Pastor Manders", in Robin Phillips's highly acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" at the Comedy Theatre in London, produced by Bill Kenwright.

Anthony's first television appearance was in The Wednesday Play: A Beast with Two Backs (1968) by Dennis Potter, which was part of The Wednesday Play (1964) series. His first leading role in a series was as the title character in the BBC's The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) by Sir Walter Scott. Subsequently, he distinguished himself in various television classics playing "Mercutio" in Romeo & Juliet (1978) and starred in three different plays in the "Play of the Month" (1976) series, including playing "Charles Harcourt" in "London Assurance". He also starred in Danger UXB (1979), in which he played bomb disposal hero "Brian Ash".

Most famously, he received worldwide recognition for his portrayal of the doomed "Sebastian Flyte" in Brideshead Revisited (1981) for which he won a BAFTA in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor.

Anthony's since gone on to star in Jewels (1992), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination.

Most recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his outstanding portrayal of "Count Fosco" in "The Woman In White" at the Palace Theatre in London's West End.

As a producer, he co-produced Lost in Siberia

(1991), which translates as "Lost in Siberia", filmed entirely in Russia, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and Haunted (1995), produced by his own production company, Double 'A' Films.

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Known For

Filmography

Movies

A Beast with Two BacksHarry
1968
A Day OutFlorence's Brother
1972
A War of Children
1972
Take Me HighHugo Flaxman
1973
Percy's ProgressCatchpole
1974
Operation: DaybreakJozef Gabcík
1975
The AdolescentsJimmy
1975
CG
Call girl: la vida privada de una señorita bienMarcos
1976
French Without TearsAlan Howard
1976
The Country WifeHorner
1977
Romeo and JulietMercutio
1978
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
Mistress of ParadiseBuckley
1981
IvanhoeWilfred of Ivanhoe
1982
The Scarlet PimpernelSir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
1982
Sparkling CyanideTony Browne
1983
Notes from Under the VolcanoSelf
1984
Observations Under the VolcanoSelf
1984
Under the VolcanoHugh Firmin
1984
Z for ZachariahJohn Loomis
1984
The Holcroft CovenantJohann von Tiebolt
1985
SuspicionJohnnie Aysgarth
1987
The Grand Knockout TournamentSelf
1987
The LighthorsemenMaj. Richard Meinertzhagen
1987
The Second VictoryMajor Hanlon
1987
Hanna's WarMcCormack
1988
The Woman He LovedPrince of Wales / Edward VIII
1988
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1989
Hands of a MurdererProf. James Moriarty
1990
Lost in SiberiaAndrei Miller
1991
Lost in SiberiaProducer
1991
The Law LordChristopher Edwardes
1992
HauntedRobert Mariell
1995
HauntedProducer
1995
MothertimeRobin
1997
David CopperfieldEdward Murdstone
2001
Revisiting BridesheadSelf
2005
The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf
2007
The King's SpeechStanley Baldwin
2010
The Professor and the MadmanBenjamin Jowett
2019

Television

BBC Play of the MonthHon. Alan Howard · 1 eps
1965
BBC Play of the MonthCharles Courtly · 1 eps
1965
BBC Play of the MonthHorner · 1 eps
1965
ColumboElliott Blake · 1 eps
1971
Upstairs, DownstairsMarquis Robert Stockbridge · 1 eps
1971
Upstairs, DownstairsMarquis of Stockbridge · 2 eps
1971
David CopperfieldJames Steerforth · 4 eps
1974
QB VIIStephen Kelno · 2 eps
1974
The Fortunes of NigelSir Nigel Olifaunt · 5 eps
1974
The PallisersEarl of Silverbridge · 7 eps
1974
The Duchess of Duke StreetMarcus Carrington · 1 eps
1976
The Love BoatTony Selkirk · 5 eps
1977
TS
The Sunday DramaHarry · 1 eps
1977
An Audience with...Self · 1 eps
1978
The BBC Television ShakespeareMercutio · 1 eps
1978
Danger UXBLieutenant Brian Ash · 13 eps
1979
Brideshead RevisitedSebastian Flyte · 6 eps
1981
American PlayhouseJohn D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth · 1 eps
1982
WoganSelf · 2 eps
1982
A.D.Nero · 5 eps
1985
BluegrassMichael Fitzgerald · 2 eps
1988
A Fine RomanceMichael Trent · 1 eps
1989
Nightmare ClassicsDr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde · 4 eps
1989
Tales from the CryptJonathan · 1 eps
1989
PM
Pebble MillSelf · 1 eps
1991
JewelsWilliam Whitfield · 2 eps
1992
David CopperfieldEdward Murdstone · 2 eps
2000
Cambridge SpiesKing George VI · 1 eps
2003
Agatha Christie's MarpleTommy · 1 eps
2004
TA
The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf · 1 eps
2007
The SyndicateLord Hazelwood · 6 eps
2012
Bornebusch i tevefabrikenGuest · 1 eps
2016
The English GameLord Kinnaird · 6 eps
2020

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