Anthony Andrews

Biography

Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. His theater credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Company - "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff's "Coming in to Land" with Maggie Smith, directed by Peter Hall, the much-acclaimed Greenwich Theatre production of Robin Chapman's "One of Us" and, as "Pastor Manders", in Robin Phillips's highly acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" at the Comedy Theatre in London, produced by Bill Kenwright.

Anthony's first television appearance was in The Wednesday Play: A Beast with Two Backs (1968) by Dennis Potter, which was part of The Wednesday Play (1964) series. His first leading role in a series was as the title character in the BBC's The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) by Sir Walter Scott. Subsequently, he distinguished himself in various television classics playing "Mercutio" in Romeo & Juliet (1978) and starred in three different plays in the "Play of the Month" (1976) series, including playing "Charles Harcourt" in "London Assurance". He also starred in Danger UXB (1979), in which he played bomb disposal hero "Brian Ash".

Most famously, he received worldwide recognition for his portrayal of the doomed "Sebastian Flyte" in Brideshead Revisited (1981) for which he won a BAFTA in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor.

Anthony's since gone on to star in Jewels (1992), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination.

Most recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his outstanding portrayal of "Count Fosco" in "The Woman In White" at the Palace Theatre in London's West End.

As a producer, he co-produced Lost in Siberia

(1991), which translates as "Lost in Siberia", filmed entirely in Russia, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and Haunted (1995), produced by his own production company, Double 'A' Films.

Known For

The English Game 2020 ★ 7.4
The Professor and the Madman 2019 ★ 7.1
The Syndicate 2012 ★ 7.5
The King's Speech 2010 ★ 7.7
Agatha Christie's Marple 2004 ★ 7.8
Cambridge Spies 2003 ★ 6.4
David Copperfield 2000
Haunted 1995 ★ 6.1
Tales from the Crypt 1989 ★ 8.0
A Fine Romance 1989 ★ 6.5
Nightmare Classics 1989 ★ 7.3
Bluegrass 1988 ★ 9.0
A.D. 1985 ★ 5.4
American Playhouse 1982 ★ 6.6
Ivanhoe 1982 ★ 6.4
Brideshead Revisited 1981 ★ 7.8
Danger UXB 1979 ★ 8.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare 1978 ★ 6.0
The Love Boat 1977 ★ 6.3
The Duchess of Duke Street 1976 ★ 8.0
The Pallisers 1974 ★ 6.4
Columbo 1971 ★ 8.1
Upstairs, Downstairs 1971 ★ 7.8
BBC Play of the Month 1965 ★ 5.3