Person
Anton Lesser
Acting · Born 1952-02-14 · Birmingham, England, UK
Biography
Anton Lesser is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour, and Major Lio Partagaz in Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.
Known for
Game of Thrones
Qyburn
Midsomer Murders
Eddie Darwin
NOVA
Voltaire
Silent Witness
Marcus Gwilym
The Crown
Harold Macmillan
Father Brown
Father Ignatius
Andor
Lio Partagaz
Screen Two
Stanley Spencer
Spooks
Nicholas Ashworth
Endeavour
CS Reginald Bright
Filmography
- 2026ViQueensLars (voice)
- 2025The Yellow TieMartin Steinke
- 2025BeshertMr Pinsky
- 2025The World Will TrembleRobbi Schulman
- 2023BetterVernon Marley
- 20221899Mr. Franklin
- 2022Making 1899Self
- 2022AndorLio Partagaz
- 2022Art That Made UsSelf - Actor (Endeavour)
- 2021BenedictionStephen Tennant (Older)
- 2021DalglieshFather John
- 2021From A Strange LandProfessor Dr Wolfgang Engel
- 2021DoughnutThanks
- 2020KindredDr. Richards
- 2020GatecrashSid
- 2020The CourierBertrand
- 2019The Trial of Christine KeelerMichael Eddowes
- 2018A Discovery of WitchesRabbi Loew
- 2018DisobedienceRav Krushka
- 2018Killing EveRobert
- 2018On Chesil BeachReverend Woollett
- 2017The ExceptionGeneral Falkenberg
- 2016A United KingdomPrime Minister Attlee
- 2016AlliedEmmanuel Lombard
- 2016The CrownHarold Macmillan
- 2016Hooten & The Lady
- 2015DickensianFagin
- 2015Life In SquaresDr. Hyslop
- 2015Game of Thrones The IMAX ExperienceQyburn
- 2015Wolf HallThomas More
- 2014The GameC
- 2014Closer to the MoonHolban
- 2014The Musketeers
- 2013The Escape ArtistRichard Mayfield QC
- 2013AtlantisKyros
- 2013EndeavourCS Reginald Bright
- 2013Father BrownFather Ignatius
- 2013Spies of WarsawDoctor Lapp
- 2012Ripper StreetDr. Karl Crabbe
- 2012Secret StateSir Michael Rix
- 2012The ScapegoatFather McReady
- 2012The Hollow CrownExeter
- 2011The LadyProfessor Finnis
- 2011FlutterBruno
- 2011The Man who Crossed HitlerRudolf Olden
- 2011The HourClarence Fendley
- 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesLord John Carteret
- 2011Game of ThronesQyburn
- 2010Five DaughtersDr Nat Cary
- 2009Garrow's LawJohn Farmer
- 2008Einstein and EddingtonFritz Haber
- 2008Little DorritMr. Merdle
- 2007The History of the World Backwards
- 2006Miss PotterHarold Warne
- 2006Vital SignsDr Lindsay
- 2005Einstein's Big IdeaVoltaire
- 2005Class of '76Martin Gibson
- 2005Class of '76Martin Gibson
- 2005River QueenBaine
- 2005Ahead of the ClassGraham Ranger
- 2005The Girl in the CaféGeorge
- 2005Dirty Filthy LoveCharles
- 2004LondonCharles Dickens
- 2004New Tricks
- 2003EroicaSukowaty
- 2003OtherworldTeyrnon (voice)
- 2003Danielle Cable: EyewitnessBatten
- 2002The ProjectStanley Hall
- 2002Foyle's WarAustin Carmichael
- 2002Sir Gawain and the Green KnightBertilak / Green Knight (voice)
- 2002SpooksNicholas Ashworth
- 2002DickensCharles Dickens
- 2001Charlotte GrayRenech
- 2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StoryVidas Merlinis
- 2001UprisingNathan Lensky
- 2001UprisingNathan Lensky
- 2001Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock HolmesMilburn
- 2001Waking the DeadProfessor Ray Levin
- 2001MessiahSamuel Waite
- 2001Perfect StrangersStephen
- 2001Lorna DooneCounsellor Doone
- 2000Lorna DooneCounsellor Doone
- 2000Esther KahnSean
- 2000The Miracle MakerHerod (voice)
- 1999The Scarlet PimpernelAntoine Picard
- 1998The EchoBilly Blake
- 1998Vanity FairMr Pitt Crawley
- 1998Invasion: EarthLt. Charles Terrell
- 1997FairyTale: A True StoryWounded Corporal
- 1997Into the BlueDr. John Ockleton
- 1997BodyguardsDusan Mesic
- 1997Midsomer MurdersEddie Darwin
- 1996The MoonstoneEzra Jennings
- 1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationJoseph (voice)
- 1996MosesEliav
- 1996Silent WitnessMarcus Gwilym
- 1995The Politician's WifeMark Hollister
- 1995SharmanGalilee
- 1995BugsPatrick Marcel
- 1994GuinevereEnvoy
- 1992A Touch of FrostDennis Prior
- 1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesLeontes (voice)
- 1991The Strauss DynastyLevi
- 1990TraitorsRobert Cecil
- 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryKarl/Stein
- 1988Twelfth Night, or What You WillFeste
- 1988AirbaseVincenzo
- 1988StanleyStanley Spencer
- 1988The Play on OneVincenzo
- 1985The Assam GardenMr. Sutton
- 1985Anna of the Five TownsWillie Price
- 1985Screen TwoStanley Spencer
- 1985Monsignor QuixoteRobber
- 1984FreudWilhelm Fliess
- 1984SakharovValery Chalidze
- 1983Good and Bad at Games
- 1982The MissionaryYoung Man at Shoot
- 1982King LearEdgar
- 1981Troilus & CressidaTroilus
- 1981The Cherry OrchardTrofimov
- 1979The Serpent SonOrestes
- 1978The Mill on the FlossPhilip Wakem
- 1978The Mill on the FlossPhilip Wakem
- 1974NOVAVoltaire
- —Tick Tick TickNarrator
- —Santo Subito!Father Mattew
- —A Blue Butterfly
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