Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-06-14

Deathday

2021-12-03 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Cape Town, South Africa

Antony Sher

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.

Known For

6.9%

Shakespeare in Love

Dec 11, 1998

6.7%

Superman II

Dec 12, 1980

5.9%

The Wolfman

Feb 10, 2010

5.9%

Erik the Viking

Sep 1, 1989

6.8%

Mrs Brown

Jul 18, 1997

7.6%

Agatha Christie's Marple

Dec 12, 2004

7.5%

One Foot In the Grave

Jan 4, 1990

7.7%

The Shadow Line

May 5, 2011

6.7%

God on Trial

Sep 3, 2008

5.6%

The Wind in the Willows

Oct 16, 1996

6.0%

Yanks

Sep 1, 1979

6.6%

The Young Poisoner's Handbook

Jan 20, 1995

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Acting

2017		Joe Orton Laid Bare as Ensemble Cast
2017		Queer as Art as Self

2016		RSC Live: 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 Self
2012		National Theatre Live: Travelling Light as Jacob Bindel
2012		Dickens in London as Older Dickens(Voice)

2011

The Shadow Line as Peter Glickman

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
2007		Hitler: The Comedy Years as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005

Primo as Primo Levi

2004		Agatha Christie's Marple as Rafiel
2004		Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Hitler

2003		Home as Gerald Ballantyne
2003		In Search of Shakespeare as Self

2002

The Jury as Gerald Lewis QC

2001		Murphy's Law
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

1997

Mrs Brown as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli

1996		The Moonstone as Sergeant Cuff
1996		Alive and Kicking as Jack
1996		The Wind in the Willows as Chief Weasel

1995

The Young Poisoner's Handbook as Dr. Ernest Zeigler

1993		Camp Christmas
1993		Genghis Cohn as Genghis Cohn

1992		Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Richard (voice)
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

1989

Erik the Viking as Loki

1988

The Play on One as Captain Edmund Lambert

1987

The Dame Edna Experience as Self

1985

Shadey as Oliver Shadey

1983

Tartuffe, or The Imposter as Tartuffe

1982		The Comic Strip Presents... as Scum Editor
1982		Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self

1981

The History Man as Howard Kirk

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

1990

Changing Step as Writer

1988

The Play on One as Writer