Person
Allan Corduner
Acting · Born 1950-04-02 · Stockholm, Sweden
Biography
Allan Corduner (born April 2, 1950) is an English actor born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father. He grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol University he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively on stage, TV, and film, both in the UK and in the United States. His voice is familiar from many BBC radio plays, audio books and TV documentaries. Corduner made his feature film debut in Yentl, with Barbra Streisand. Of his 44 films he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. He is married to Juha Leppäjärvi, a yoga instructor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allan Corduner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Michael Hipsman
The Blacklist
Aaron
FBI
Victor Beniov
Homeland
Etai Luskin
Minder
Marty
Call the Midwife
Arnold Gelin
Heartbeat
Gerard Lowe
Mad About You
Osofsky
Tales of the Unexpected
Hatchard's Bookshop Assistant
Foyle's War
Carlo Lucciano
Filmography
- 2025Christmas KarmaMr Fezzywig
- 2025Alfie & Ed
- 2024National Theatre Live: The Motive and the CueHume Cronyn
- 2024Family
- 2022A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count MagnusThe Deacon
- 2022TÁRSebastian Brix
- 2022The OfferingSaul
- 2022MosquitoOzwald Godfrey
- 2021Ridley RoadRabbi Lehrer
- 2019The Man Who Saw Too MuchBoris Pahor (voice)
- 2018FBIVictor Beniov
- 2018DisobedienceMoshe Hartog
- 2018Miss DalíCaptain Moore
- 2017FearlessMonty Berman
- 2017The Book of GabrielleSaul
- 2016Florence Foster JenkinsJohn Totten
- 2015Woman in GoldGustav Bloch-Bauer
- 2014Closer to the MoonFlaviu
- 2014The MusketeersVan Laar
- 2014Secrets of the Third ReichSelf - Narrator
- 2013The BlacklistAaron
- 2013Dancing on the EdgeMr. Wax
- 2013UtopiaRoss
- 2013Spies of WarsawViktor Rosen
- 2012The SweeneyDoctor
- 2012A Thousand Kisses DeepBuddy
- 2012An Enemy to Die ForMartin Winter
- 2012We'll Take ManhattanAlex Liberman
- 2012Call the MidwifeArnold Gelin
- 2011HomelandEtai Luskin
- 2011ExileGeller
- 2011ZenMichelangelo Gattuso
- 2010Lennon NakedArt Janov
- 2010Burke & HareNicephore
- 2010Grandma's HouseRichard
- 2010A Passionate WomanMr. Solomon
- 2009Mr. NobodyDr. Feldheim
- 2008DefianceShimon Haretz
- 2008No Heroics
- 2007Fred ClausDr. Goldfarb
- 2007The Last Days of the RajLord Ismay
- 2006Simon Schama's Power of Art
- 2006Against NatureDes Esseintes
- 2005The Owls and the OrchardSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2005The White CountessSamuel Feinstein
- 2005The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan DoyleGreenhough Smith
- 2005Friends & CrocodilesMarcus
- 2005Bigger Than the SkyKippy Newberg
- 2004The Merchant of VeniceTubal
- 2004Vera DrakePsychiatrist
- 2004De-LovelyMonty Woolley
- 2004The Lady MusketeerAramis
- 2004ChristineMaurice Leyman
- 2003The Last Detective
- 2003TrustMichael Cohen
- 2002Daniel DerondaHerr Julius Klesmer
- 2002Foyle's WarCarlo Lucciano
- 2002The King's Beard(voice)
- 2002Moonlight MileStan Michaels
- 2002Food of LoveJoseph Mansourian
- 2001The Way We Live NowCroll
- 2001Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)Big Bob
- 2001Me Without YouMax
- 2001The Search for John GissingFrancois Fuller
- 2001The Grey ZoneNyiszli
- 2001ZoeRupert
- 2000Fat FriendsLeonard Harris
- 2000Joe Gould's SecretFrancis McCrudden
- 1999Topsy-TurvySir Arthur Sullivan
- 1998The ImpostorsCaptain
- 1997Midsomer MurdersMichael Hipsman
- 1997NostromoHirsch
- 1996Alive and KickingTherapist
- 1996Norma Jean & MarilynBilly Wilder
- 1996GadgetmanProfessor McNeil
- 1995VoicesOscar Butterworth
- 1995An Independent Man
- 1995The Last Machine
- 1994ParisMinotti
- 1994A Business AffairDinner Guest
- 1994Nobody's ChildrenIon
- 1993Heart of DarknessVerme
- 1992Carry On ColumbusSam
- 1992Mad About YouOsofsky
- 1992HeartbeatGerard Lowe
- 1991Edward IIPoet
- 1990Drop the Dead DonkeyCritic
- 1990Antonia and JaneStephen Carlinsky
- 1989Fat Man and Little BoyFranz Goethe
- 1988Talk RadioVince / Morris
- 1987MandelaBenny
- 1987Inspector MorseGentile Bellocchio
- 1986ValhallaLoke (voice)
- 1985Bad MedicineDr. Diaz the Bus Driver
- 1985Girls On TopBenny
- 1984The Bill
- 1984FreudOscar Rie
- 1984Cold WarriorJoachim Maasen
- 1983YentlShimmele
- 1983The Return of the SoldierPianist at Party
- 1981RootsMelvin Solomons
- 1980BuccaneerMonty Bateman
- 1979Follow the Star
- 1979MinderMarty
- 1979Phoelix
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedHatchard's Bookshop Assistant
- 1975PoldarkManservant
- 1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasThe Deacon
- —The FuneralRabbi Stephen
- —The Entertainment System Is Down
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