Acting · Cape Town, South Africa · Born June 14, 1949
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.
MovieJoe Orton Laid Bare
2017
as Ensemble Cast
MovieQueer as Art
2017
as Self
MovieRSC Live: King Lear
2016
as King Lear
MovieShakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self
Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor
2015
as Himself
Shylock's Ghost
2015
as Self
MovieWar Book
2015
as David
MovieRSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
2015
as Sir John Falstaff
MovieRSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
2015
as Sir John Falstaff
MovieFalls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012
as Self
MovieNational Theatre Live: Travelling Light
2012
as Jacob Bindel
MovieDickens in London
2012
as Older Dickens(Voice)
TVThe Shadow Line
2011
as Peter Glickman
MovieThe Wolfman
2010
as Dr. Hoenneger
MovieGod on Trial
2008
as Akiba
MovieThree and Out
2008
as Maurice
TVThe Company
2007
as Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
MovieHitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
MoviePrimo
2005
as Primo Levi
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Rafiel
MovieChurchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
as Hitler
MovieHome
2003
as Gerald Ballantyne
TVIn Search of Shakespeare
2003
as Self
TVThe Jury
2002
as Gerald Lewis QC
TVMurphy's Law
2001
as Frank Jeremy
MovieMacbeth
2001
as Macbeth
MovieThe Miracle Maker
2000
as Ben Azra (voice)
MovieThe Winter's Tale
1999
as Leontes
MovieHornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
as Colonel Moncoutant
MovieShakespeare in Love
1998
as Dr. Moth
TVHornblower
1998
as Marquis de Moncoutant
MovieMrs Brown
1997
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
MovieThe Moonstone
1996
as Sergeant Cuff
MovieAlive and Kicking
1996
as Jack
MovieThe Wind in the Willows
1996
as Chief Weasel
Look at the State We're In!
1995
as The Don
MovieThe Young Poisoner's Handbook
1995
as Dr. Ernest Zeigler
MovieCamp Christmas
1993
MovieGenghis Cohn
1993
as Genghis Cohn
TVShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Richard (voice)
MovieThe Crying Game
1992
as Scum Editor
MovieThe Land of Dreams
1990
as David Samuels
MovieChanging Step
1990
as Capt. Edmund Lambert
TVOne Foot in the Grave
1990
MovieErik the Viking
1989
as Loki
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Capt Edmund Lambert
TVThe Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
TVScreenPlay
1986
as David Samuels
MovieShadey
1985
as Oliver Shadey
TVScreen Two
1985
as Genghis Cohn
MovieTartuffe, or The Imposter
1983
as Tartuffe
MovieMike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self
TVThe History Man
1981
as Professor Howard Kirk
MovieSuperman II
1980
as Bell Boy
MovieYanks
1979
as GI at Cinema
MovieOne Fine Day
1979
as Mr. Alpert
MovieThe Out of Town Boys
1979
as Nathan
Cold Harbour
1978
as Morris
Pickersgill People
1978
as Piers Hatch
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Morris
