Portrait of Antony Sher

Antony Sher

Acting

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.

Born: June 14, 1949

Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa

Filmography

2017
Joe Orton Laid Bare

as Ensemble Cast

2017
2016
2015
War Book

as David

2015
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1

as Sir John Falstaff

2015
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2

as Sir John Falstaff

2012
Dickens in London

as Older Dickens(Voice)

2011
The Shadow Line

as Peter Glickman

2010
The Wolfman

as Dr. Hoenneger

2008
God on Trial

as Akiba

2008
Three and Out

as Maurice

2007
The Company

as Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi

2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005
Primo

as Primo Levi

2003
Home

as Gerald Ballantyne

2002
The Jury

as Gerald Lewis QC

2001
Macbeth

as Macbeth

2000
The Miracle Maker

as Ben Azra (voice)

1999
1998
1998
Hornblower

as Marquis de Moncoutant

1997
Mrs Brown

as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli

1996
The Moonstone

as Sergeant Cuff

1996
1995
The Young Poisoner's Handbook

as Dr. Ernest Zeigler

1993
Genghis Cohn

as Genghis Cohn

1992
1992
The Crying Game

as Scum Editor

1990
The Land of Dreams

as David Samuels

1990
Changing Step

as Capt. Edmund Lambert

1989
1988
The Play on One

as Captain Edmund Lambert

1985
Shadey

as Oliver Shadey

1981
The History Man

as Howard Kirk

1980
Superman II

as Bell Boy

1979
Yanks

as GI at Cinema

1979
One Fine Day

as Mr. Alpert