Antony Sher

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-06-14 (72 years old)

Deathday

2021-12-03

Place of Birth

Cape Town, South Africa

Antony Sher

Biography

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.

Acting

2008

God on Trial

as Akiba

2008

Three and Out

as Maurice

1996

1997

Mrs Brown

as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli

2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

2012

Dickens in London

as Older Dickens(Voice)

2003

Home

as Gerald Ballantyne

2001

Macbeth

as Macbeth

2005

Primo

as Primo Levi

1996

The Moonstone

as Sergeant Cuff

1985

Shadey

as Oliver Shadey

1993

Genghis Cohn

as Genghis Cohn

1989

2015

War Book

as David

1992

The Crying Game

as Scum Editor

1999

1978

Cold Harbour

as Morris

1979

One Fine Day

as Mr. Alpert

1990

The Land of Dreams

as David Samuels

2015

1979

Yanks

as GI at Cinema

1980

Superman II

as Bell Boy

2015

RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2

as Sir John Falstaff

2015

RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1

as Sir John Falstaff

2000

The Miracle Maker

as Ben Azra (voice)

1995

The Young Poisoner's Handbook

as Dr. Ernest Zeigler

2017

2010

The Wolfman

as Dr. Hoenneger

1998

2016

2017

Joe Orton Laid Bare

as Ensemble Cast

1990

Changing Step

as Capt. Edmund Lambert

Production

1990

Changing Step

as Writer

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