Person
Antony Sher
Acting · 1949–2021 · Cape Town, South Africa
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.
Known for
Screen Two
Genghis Cohn
Agatha Christie's Marple
Rafiel
ITV Playhouse
Morris
ScreenPlay
David Samuels
Hornblower
Marquis de Moncoutant
The Play on One
Capt Edmund Lambert
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Richard (voice)
One Foot in the Grave
1990
Murphy's Law
Frank Jeremy
Superman II
Bell Boy
Filmography
- 2017Joe Orton Laid BareEnsemble Cast
- 2017Queer as ArtSelf
- 2016RSC Live: King LearKing Lear
- 2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelf
- 2015Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregorHimself
- 2015Shylock's GhostSelf
- 2015War BookDavid
- 2015RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1Sir John Falstaff
- 2015RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2Sir John Falstaff
- 2012Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol FugardSelf
- 2012National Theatre Live: Travelling LightJacob Bindel
- 2012Dickens in LondonOlder Dickens(Voice)
- 2011The Shadow LinePeter Glickman
- 2010The WolfmanDr. Hoenneger
- 2008God on TrialAkiba
- 2008Three and OutMaurice
- 2007The CompanyEzra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
- 2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsAdolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005PrimoPrimo Levi
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleRafiel
- 2004Churchill: The Hollywood YearsHitler
- 2003HomeGerald Ballantyne
- 2003In Search of ShakespeareSelf
- 2002The JuryGerald Lewis QC
- 2001Murphy's LawFrank Jeremy
- 2001MacbethMacbeth
- 2000The Miracle MakerBen Azra (voice)
- 1999The Winter's TaleLeontes
- 1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the LobstersColonel Moncoutant
- 1998Shakespeare in LoveDr. Moth
- 1998HornblowerMarquis de Moncoutant
- 1997Mrs BrownPrime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
- 1996The MoonstoneSergeant Cuff
- 1996Alive and KickingJack
- 1996The Wind in the WillowsChief Weasel
- 1995Look at the State We're In!The Don
- 1995The Young Poisoner's HandbookDr. Ernest Zeigler
- 1993Camp Christmas
- 1993Genghis CohnGenghis Cohn
- 1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesRichard (voice)
- 1992The Crying GameScum Editor
- 1990The Land of DreamsDavid Samuels
- 1990Changing StepCapt. Edmund Lambert
- 1990One Foot in the Grave
- 1989Erik the VikingLoki
- 1988The Play on OneCapt Edmund Lambert
- 1987The Dame Edna ExperienceSelf
- 1986ScreenPlayDavid Samuels
- 1985ShadeyOliver Shadey
- 1985Screen TwoGenghis Cohn
- 1983Tartuffe, or The ImposterTartuffe
- 1982Mike Leigh: Making PlaysSelf
- 1981The History ManProfessor Howard Kirk
- 1980Superman IIBell Boy
- 1979YanksGI at Cinema
- 1979One Fine DayMr. Alpert
- 1979The Out of Town BoysNathan
- 1978Cold HarbourMorris
- 1978Pickersgill PeoplePiers Hatch
- 1967ITV PlayhouseMorris
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