
Antony Sher
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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
Credits

Superman II (1980)
as Bell Boy

Shakespeare in Love (1998)
as Dr. Moth

The Wolfman (2010)
as Dr. Hoenneger

Erik the Viking (1989)
as Loki

Yanks (1979)
as GI at Cinema

The Wind in the Willows (1996)
as Chief Weasel

Alive and Kicking (1996)
as Jack

Home (2003)
as Gerald Ballantyne

Mrs Brown (1997)
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli

RSC Live: King Lear (2016)
as King Lear

The Miracle Maker (2000)
as Ben Azra (voice)

Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Three and Out (2008)
as Maurice

The Moonstone (1996)
as Sergeant Cuff

God on Trial (2008)
as Akiba

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
as Colonel Moncoutant

Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982)
as Self

Genghis Cohn (1993)
as Genghis Cohn

Tartuffe, or The Imposter (1983)
as Tartuffe

The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)
as Dr. Ernest Zeigler

RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2 (2015)
as Sir John Falstaff

RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1 (2015)
as Sir John Falstaff

Changing Step (1990)
as Capt. Edmund Lambert

Macbeth (2001)
as Macbeth

The Crying Game (1992)
as Scum Editor

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
as Self

Camp Christmas (1993)
Actor
Cold Harbour (1978)
as Morris

Primo (2005)
as Primo Levi
Shylock's Ghost (2015)
as Self

Joe Orton Laid Bare (2017)
as Ensemble Cast

War Book (2015)
as David

One Fine Day (1979)
as Mr. Alpert

The Out of Town Boys (1979)
as Nathan

Shadey (1985)
as Oliver Shadey

Queer as Art (2017)
as Self

Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
as Hitler

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard (2012)
as Self

National Theatre Live: Travelling Light (2012)
as Jacob Bindel

The Land of Dreams (1990)
as David Samuels
Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor (2015)
as Himself

The Winter's Tale (1999)
as Leontes

Dickens in London (2012)
as Older Dickens(Voice)





