Person
Antony Sher
Born 14 June 1949 Died 3 December 2021, aged 72 Cape Town, South Africa TMDB ↗
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.
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18age in their first credit on record (1967)
50years on screen and counting
3credits in 2015, their busiest year
51dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 68 Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017as Ensemble Cast
Age: 67 RSC Live: King Lear
2016as King Lear
Age: 66 War Book
2015as David
Age: 65 RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
2015as Sir John Falstaff
Age: 65 RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
2015as Sir John Falstaff
Age: 62 National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
2012as Jacob Bindel
Age: 62 Dickens in London
2012as Older Dickens(Voice)
Age: 60 The Wolfman
2010as Dr. Hoenneger
Age: 59 God on Trial
2008as Akiba
Age: 58 Three and Out
2008as Maurice
Age: 57 Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 55 Primo
2005as Primo Levi
Age: 55 Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004as Hitler
Age: 54 Home
2003as Gerald Ballantyne
Age: 51 Macbeth
2001as Macbeth
Age: 50 The Miracle Maker
2000as Ben Azra (voice)
Age: 50 The Winter's Tale
1999as Leontes
Age: 49 Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999as Colonel Moncoutant
Age: 49 Shakespeare in Love
1998as Dr. Moth
Age: 48 Mrs Brown
1997as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
Age: 47 The Moonstone
1996as Sergeant Cuff
Age: 47 Alive and Kicking
1996as Jack
Age: 47 The Wind in the Willows
1996as Chief Weasel
Age: 45 The Young Poisoner's Handbook
1995as Dr. Ernest Zeigler
Age: 44 Camp Christmas
1993
Age: 44 Genghis Cohn
1993as Genghis Cohn
Age: 42 The Crying Game
1992as Scum Editor
Age: 41 The Land of Dreams
1990as David Samuels
Age: 41 Changing Step
1990as Capt. Edmund Lambert
Age: 40 Erik the Viking
1989as Loki
Age: 35 Shadey
1985as Oliver Shadey
Age: 34 Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983as Tartuffe
Age: 31 Superman II
1980as Bell Boy
Age: 30 Yanks
1979as GI at Cinema
Age: 29 One Fine Day
1979as Mr. Alpert
Age: 29 The Out of Town Boys
1979as Nathan
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Age: 28 Cold Harbour
1978as Morris
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TV credits
Age: 61 The Shadow Line
2011as Peter Glickman
Age: 58 The Company
2007as Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
Age: 55 Agatha Christie's Marple
2004as Rafiel
Age: 52 The Jury
2002as Gerald Lewis QC
Age: 52 Murphy's Law
2001as Frank Jeremy
Age: 49 Hornblower
1998as Marquis de Moncoutant
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Age: 45 Look at the State We're In!
1995as The Don
Age: 43 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992as Richard (voice)
Age: 40 One Foot in the Grave
1990
Age: 38 The Play on One
1988as Capt Edmund Lambert
Age: 37 ScreenPlay
1986as David Samuels
Age: 35 Screen Two
1985as Genghis Cohn
Age: 31 The History Man
1981as Professor Howard Kirk
Age: 18 ITV Playhouse
1967as Morris