Anton Lesser

Anton Lesser (2011)

Anton Lesser (born February 14, 1952 ) is an English actor .

Life

Lesser studied from 1974 to 1977 at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London . As an Associate Artist for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), he has played many of the most difficult roles in William Shakespeare 's work. These included Troilus ( Troilus and Cressida ), Edgar ( King Lear ), Petruchio, Romeo and Richard III.

He regularly speaks roles on English radio and has recorded a large number of audio books, including many works by Charles Dickens , whom he has also played on English television. His recording of Great Expectations earned him a Talkie Award . Other books range from John Milton's Paradise Lost and Homer to contemporary works by Robert Harris and Philip Pullman . In Germany he is mainly known for his role as Levi in the film adaptation of the story of the Strauss family of composers ( The Strauss Dynasty , 1991). His latest appearances on German television are his roles in the series Waking the Dead (ZDF) and as Chief Superintendent Bright in Der Junge Inspektor Morse . He is dubbed as CI Bright by Robert Missler .

theatre

• Romeo and Juliet , 'Romeo', 1980; RSC
• Hamlet , "Hamlet," 1982; Donmar Warehouse London
• Troilus and Cressida , 'Troilus', 1985; RSC
• The Plantagenets (= Heinrich VI. Part 1–3 and Richard III. ), 'Richard III', 1988; RSC
• Two Shakespeare Actors , 'Edwin Forrest', 1990; RSC
• Richard II , 'Henry Bullingbrook', 1990; RSC
• The Taming of the Shrew (The Taming of the Shrew), 'Petruchio', 1992; RSC
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor), 'Frankford', 1992; RSC
• Art (Art) 'Serge', 1997; Wyndham's Theater , London
• Private Lives , 'Elyot', 1999; Lyttleton Theater , London
• Cymbeline , 'Iachimo / Giacomo', 2003; RSC
• Julius Caesar , 'Brutus', 2005; Barbican , London
• The Winter's Tale (A Winter's Tale), 'Leontes'; 2006, RSC

Filmography

• 1979: The Mill on the Floss (miniseries, 6 episodes)
• 1979: Oresteia (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1981: Troilus and Cressida ( Troilus and Cressida , TV)
• 1982: King Lear ( King Lear , TV)
• 1982: The Missionary (The Missionary)
• 1983: Dangerous Games ( Good and Bad at Games , TV)
• 1988: What you want ( Twelfth Night , TV)
• 1989: Right, Not Revenge ( Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story )
• 1991: The Strauss Dynasty ( The Strauss Dynasty , TV)
• 1992: Downtown Lagos (TV)
• 1994: The Three Musketeers (TV)
• 1995 The Politicians Wife (TV)
• 1995: The Bible - Moses ( Moses )
• 1998: Vanity Fair (TV)
• 2000: The man of the 1000 Miracle (The Miracle Maker - The Story of Jesus)
• 2000: Esther Kahn
• 2000: Lorna Doone
• 2001: The Love of Charlotte Gray ( Charlotte Gray )
• 2001: Perfect Strangers (TV)
• 2002: Dickens (TV)
• 2002: Waking the Dead ( Waking the Dead , Episode 8 - Special Relationship, TV)
• 2003: Imagining Argentina
• 2003: Eroica - The day that changed music forever
• 2005: River Queen
• 2005: G8 on cloud nine ( The Girl in the Café )
• 2006: Miss Potter
• 2008: ( Cat Among the Pigeons ) The cat in the dovecote from the series Agatha Christie's Poirot
• 2008: Inspector Barnaby - The Undead of Barton Woods (Midsomer Murders - Talking to the Dead, TV series)
• 2010: Primeval - Return of the primeval monsters ( Primeval , TV series)
• 2011: Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides ( Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides )
• 2011: The Hour (TV series, 6 episodes)
• since 2013: The young Inspector Morse ( Endeavor , TV series)
• 2013–2019: Game of Thrones (TV series, 22 episodes)
• 2015: Wolves ( Wolf Hall , TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2016: Hooten & the Lady (TV series, episode 1x06)
• 2016: Allied - Familiar Strangers (Allied)
• 2017: Will (TV series, episode 1x01)
• 2017: Disobedience
• 2017: The Crown (TV series)
• 2019: The Trial of Christine Keeler, TV series
• 2020: Ironbark

Web links

• Anton Lesser in the Internet Movie Database (English)