Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong is the kind of performer I quietly champion: the face you recognise in everything but rarely the name on the poster. What impresses me is his range, by his own account spanning from the grotesque to musicals, and the fact that a working character actor walked off with an Olivier Award. Coming up through Shakespeare at a County Durham grammar school, then grinding for half a century since the early 1970s, he embodies craft over celebrity. Stars sell tickets, but actors like him hold a production together. I find that durable, unglamorous dedication far more admirable than any flash of fame.

Name (English)

Alun Armstrong

Name (Japanese)

アラン・アームストロング

Reading

あらん・あーむすとろんぐ

Born

July 17, 1946 (age 80)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dog

Origin

Annfield Plain, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / character actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor

Awards & achievements

• Laurence Olivier Awards
• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun%20Armstrong
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%20(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447933

Tags

• actor
• character actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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