Antony Sher

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.

Cast

God on Trial

(Akiba)

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

(Colonel Moncoutant)

Three and Out

(Maurice)

The Wind in the Willows

(Chief Weasel)

Mrs Brown

(Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli)

Hitler: The Comedy Years

(Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited))

Dickens in London

(Older Dickens(Voice))

Home

(Gerald Ballantyne)

Macbeth

(Macbeth)

Primo

(Primo Levi)

The Moonstone

(Sergeant Cuff)

Alive and Kicking

(Jack)

Shadey

(Oliver Shadey)

Genghis Cohn

(Genghis Cohn)

Erik the Viking

(Loki)

War Book

(David)

The Crying Game

(Scum Editor)

The Winter's Tale

(Leontes)

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

(Hitler)

Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor

(Himself)

Cold Harbour

(Morris)

One Fine Day

(Mr. Alpert)

The Land of Dreams

(David Samuels)

Shylock's Ghost

(Self)

Yanks

(GI at Cinema)

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

(Self)

Superman II

(Bell Boy)

RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1

(Sir John Falstaff)

RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2

(Sir John Falstaff)

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

(Self)

The Miracle Maker

(Ben Azra (voice))

The Young Poisoner's Handbook

(Dr. Ernest Zeigler)

Tartuffe, or The Imposter

(Tartuffe)

Queer as Art

(Self)

The Wolfman

(Dr. Hoenneger)

Shakespeare in Love

(Dr. Moth)

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

(Himself)

National Theatre Live: Travelling Light

(Jacob Bindel)

Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear

(King Lear)

Joe Orton Laid Bare

(Ensemble Cast)

The Out of Town Boys

(Nathan)

Changing Step

(Capt. Edmund Lambert)

The Company

(Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi)

Murphy's Law

Hornblower

(Marquis de Moncoutant)

The Shadow Line

(Peter Glickman)

In Search of Shakespeare

(Self)

The Dame Edna Experience

(Self)

The Jury

(Gerald Lewis QC)

One Foot In the Grave

The History Man

(Howard Kirk)

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

(Richard (voice))

Agatha Christie's Marple

(Rafiel)

The Play on One

(Captain Edmund Lambert)

The Comic Strip Presents...

(Scum Editor)