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My Take
Anthony Andrews is, to me, forever Sebastian Flyte from Brideshead Revisited, a performance so defining that it won him both a Golden Globe and a BAFTA and an Emmy nomination. There's a particular kind of refined Englishness he brought to that role that I think few actors could match. The tagline calling him American is simply incorrect, since he's an Englishman born in Finchley. Decades later he was part of the ensemble behind The King's Speech, sharing in a Screen Actors Guild cast award in 2011. I appreciate that his career has stretched across television, film and stage without losing that distinctive poise.
Overview
Anthony Colin Gerald Andrews (born 12 January 1948) is an English actor. He played Lord Sebastian Flyte in the ITV miniseries Brideshead Revisited (1981), for which he won Golden Globe and BAFTA television awards and was nominated for an Emmy.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anthony Andrews
- Name (Japanese)
- アンソニー・アンドリュース
- Reading
- あんそにー・あんどりゅーす
- Born
- January 12, 1948 (age 78)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rat
- Origin
- Finchley, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / stage actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1982 British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
- 1983 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
- 2011 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Brideshead Revisited | — | |
| Notable work | Ivanhoe | — | |
| Notable work | The King's Speech | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.