Anthony Calf
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Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor with an extensive career across theatre, television, and film. Born in 1950s London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) before making his professional screen debut in the early 1980s. Calf is widely recognized for his roles in prominent period dramas and feature films, including Great Expectations (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), Anna Karenina (1997), and The Children Act (2017). On television, his notable credits include Pride and Prejudice (1995) and New Tricks. In addition to his screen work, Calf has maintained a distinguished career in British theatre, performing regularly with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Known for
Credits
De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)
as Spears
De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)
as Spears
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
as Howard
I Came By (2022)
as Superintendent William Roy
King Lear (2018)
as Duke of Albany
The Children Act (2018)
as Mark Berner
The Madness of King George (1994)
as Fitzroy
Anna Karenina (1997)
as Serpuliovskoy
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Geoffrey Hodson
Sisi & I (2023)
as Earl Spencer
Straightheads (2007)
as Heffer
Absolute Hell (1991)
as Douglas Eden
Oxford Blues (1984)
as Gareth Rycroft
To Catch a King (1984)
as Butterfly Man
The Falklands Play (2002)
as Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
The Brides in the Bath (2003)
as Howard Munday
Partygate (2023)
as Sir Mark Sidwell
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
as Bryan Charles Walker
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2006)
as Duke of York
Doctor Who: The Visitation (1982)
as Charles
The Hotel In Amsterdam (2004)
as Gus
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie (2003)
as Tim Bowden
My Night with Reg (1997)
as John
The Fools on the Hill (1986)
as Leslie Mitchell
Perfect Day: The Millennium (2006)
as Michael
Lorna Doone (2001)
as Tom Faggus
Riders (1993)
as Billy Lloyd-Foxe
A Woman of the North (1999)
as Hugo Aylva
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem (2015)
as Jerry
Dead Cool (2005)
as Mark
A Teacher's Gift (2025)
as Charles
Private Lives (2013)
as Victor Prynne
Lucky Jim (2003)
as Cecil Goldsmith
Mary Rose (1987)
as Simon