Portrait of Allan Corduner

Allan Corduner

Acting

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.

Born: April 2, 1950

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Filmography

2025
Christmas Karma

as Mr Fezzywig

2024
2022
TÁR

as Sebastian Brix

2022
2022
Mosquito

as Ozwald Godfrey

2021
Ridley Road

as Rabbi Lehrer

2019
The Man Who Saw Too Much

as Boris Pahor (voice)

2018
FBI

as Victor Beniov

2018
Disobedience

as Moshe Hartog

2017
Fearless

as Monty Berman

2016
2015
Woman in Gold

as Gustav Bloch-Bauer

2014
2014
The Musketeers

as Van Laar

2014
Secrets of the Third Reich

as Self - Narrator

2013
2013
2013
Utopia

as Ross

2013
Spies of Warsaw

as Viktor Rosen

2012
The Sweeney

as Doctor

2012
An Enemy to Die For

as Martin Winter

2012
We'll Take Manhattan

as Alex Liberman

2012
Call the Midwife

as Arnold Gelin

2011
Homeland

as Etai Luskin

2011
Exile

as Geller

2011
Zen

as Michelangelo Gattuso

2010
Lennon Naked

as Art Janov

2010
Burke & Hare

as Nicephore

2010
Grandma's House

as Richard

2010
A Passionate Woman

as Mr. Solomon

2009
Mr. Nobody

as Dr. Feldheim

2008
Defiance

as Shimon Haretz

2007
Fred Claus

as Dr. Goldfarb

2005
The Owls and the Orchard

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2005
The White Countess

as Samuel Feinstein

2005
Bigger Than the Sky

as Kippy Newberg

2004
Vera Drake

as Psychiatrist

2004
De-Lovely

as Monty Woolley

2004
2004
Christine

as Maurice Leyman

2002
Foyle's War

as Carlo Lucciano

2002
2002
Moonlight Mile

as Stan Michaels

2002
Food of Love

as Joseph Mansourian

2001
2001
2001
The Search for John Gissing

as Francois Fuller

2001
The Grey Zone

as Nyiszli

2001
Zoe

as Rupert

2000
Fat Friends

as Leonard Harris

2000
Joe Gould's Secret

as Francis McCrudden

1999
Topsy-Turvy

as Sir Arthur Sullivan

1998
The Impostors

as Captain

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Michael Hipsman

1997
Nostromo

as Hirsch

1996
Alive and Kicking

as Therapist

1996
Norma Jean & Marilyn

as Billy Wilder

1996
Gadgetman

as Professor McNeil

1995
Voices

as Oscar Butterworth

1994
Paris

as Minotti

1994
A Business Affair

as Dinner Guest

1993
1992
Mad About You

as Osofsky

1992
Heartbeat

as Gerard Lowe

1992
Heartbeat

as Tristram Johnstone

1991
Edward II

as Poet

1990
Antonia and Jane

as Stephen Carlinsky

1989
Fat Man and Little Boy

as Franz Goethe

1988
Talk Radio

as Vince / Morris

1987
Mandela

as Benny

1987
Inspector Morse

as Gentile Bellocchio

1986
Valhalla

as Loke (voice)

1985
Bad Medicine

as Dr. Diaz the Bus Driver

1985
Girls On Top

as Benny

1984
Freud

as Oscar Rie

1983
Yentl

as Shimmele

1983
The Return of the Soldier

as Pianist at Party

1981
Roots

as Melvin Solomons

1979
Minder

as Marty

1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Hatchard's Bookshop Assistant

1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Store Assistant