Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor with an extensive career across theatre, television, and film. Born in 1950s London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) before making his professional screen debut in the early 1980s. Calf is widely recognized for his roles in prominent period dramas and feature films, including Great Expectations (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), Anna Karenina (1997), and The Children Act (2017). On television, his notable credits include Pride and Prejudice (1995) and New Tricks. In addition to his screen work, Calf has maintained a distinguished career in British theatre, performing regularly with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
(Tim Bowden)
Partygate
(Sir Mark Sidwell)
Anna Karenina
(Serpuliovskoy)
I Came By
(Superintendent William Roy)
Straightheads
(Heffer)
The Falklands Play
(Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office))
My Night with Reg
(John)
Private Lives
(Victor Prynne)
Sisi & I
(Earl Spencer)
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
(Jerry)
A Woman of the North
(Hugo Aylva)
Mary Rose
(Simon)
Oxford Blues
(Gareth Rycroft)
The Hotel In Amsterdam
(Gus)
The Madness of King George
(Fitzroy)
The Brides in the Bath
(Howard Munday)
Absolute Hell
(Douglas Eden)
Lucky Jim
(Cecil Goldsmith)
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
(Duke of York)
De Gaulle: Résistance
(Spears)
Dead Cool
(Mark)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
(Howard)
Riders
(Billy Lloyd-Foxe)
De Gaulle: Liberté
(Spears)
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
(Bryan Charles Walker)
The Children Act
(Mark Berner)
FairyTale: A True Story
(Geoffrey Hodson)
Lorna Doone
(Tom Faggus)
King Lear
(Duke of Albany)
To Catch a King
(Butterfly Man)
Doctor Who: The Visitation
(Charles)
The Fools on the Hill
(Leslie Mitchell)
A Teacher's Gift
(Charles)
Perfect Day: The Millennium
(Michael)
Midsomer Murders
(Stephen Cavendish)
Pride and Prejudice
(Colonel Fitzwilliam)
Doctor Who
(Charles)
A Touch of Frost
(James Barr)
Foyle's War
(Martin Keller)
New Tricks
(Robert Strickland)
Mistresses
(John Grey)
The Gold
(Michael Corkery QC)
Dracula
(Dr William Murray)
Bramwell
(Andrew Armstrong)
Chessgame
(Dan Maclachlan)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
(Lawrence Cavendish)
Identity
Power Monkeys
(Tony)
Anne
(Bishop James Jones KBE)
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera
(Richard)
Kavanagh Q.C.
(Miles Beddoes)
Doctor Who
(Godsacre)
Trinity
(Lord Ravensby)
Restless
(Gerald Laird)
Suspicion
(Professor Dean)
Lorna Doone
(Tom Faggus)
Amnesia
(John Dean)
Great Expectations
(Pip)
The Impressionists
(Emile Zola)
Sirens
(Anthony Soames)
The Crown
(Royal Photographer)
Call the Midwife
(Aubrey Tracey)
One Day
(Sid)
My Family and Other Animals
(Larry Durrell)
SAS Rogue Heroes
(Stirling's Father)
Midsomer Murders
(Julian Lennard)
The Cry
(Simon Bartlett)
Poldark
(William Wickham)
The Buccaneers
(Lord Brightlingsea)
Judge John Deed
(James Brooklands)
Performance
(John)
Drummonds
(Charles Drummond)
Our Mutual Friend
(Alfred Lammle)
Fortunes of War
(Corporal Arnold)
Love and Marriage
(Richard)
Beau Geste
(Digby Geste)
Beau Geste
(Bugler)
Trust
(Mark Hanrahan)
Upstairs Downstairs
(Anthony Eden)
Lewis
(Malcolm Finniston)
4 Play
(Jonathan Knight)
The Robinsons
(Peter)
Dalziel and Pascoe
(Joe Furst)