Anton Lesser

Actor

Anton Lesser

Born February 14, 1952 in Birmingham, England, UK63 films

Anton Lesser is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour, and Major Lio Partagaz in Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.

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Disobedience posterFirst watchDisobedience20186.9as Rav KrushkaA major role in one of the best-rated films of their career.New York photographer Ronit flies to London after learning about the death of her estranged father. Ronit is returning to the same Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades…View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Charlotte Gray poster6.1Charlotte Gray2001Closer to the Moon poster6.5Closer to the Moon2014Miss Potter poster6.7Miss Potter2006The World Will Tremble poster7.5The World Will Tremble2025Allied poster6.8Allied2016Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides poster6.6Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011The Courier poster7.0The Courier2020The Scapegoat poster6.4The Scapegoat2012

Filmography

63 films as actor
  1. TBATick Tick TickNarrator
  2. TBASanto Subito!Father Mattew
  3. TBAA Blue Butterfly
  4. TBARubinstein’sArnold
  5. 2026ViQueensLars (voice)
  6. 2025The Yellow TieMartin Steinke
  7. 2025BeshertMr Pinsky
  8. 2025The World Will TrembleRobbi Schulman
  9. 2021BenedictionStephen Tennant (Older)
  10. 2021From A Strange LandProfessor Dr Wolfgang Engel
  11. 2020KindredDr. Richards
  12. 2020GatecrashSid
  13. 2020The CourierBertrand
  14. 2018DisobedienceRav Krushka
  15. 2018On Chesil BeachReverend Woollett
  16. 2017The ExceptionGeneral Falkenberg
  17. 2016A United KingdomPrime Minister Attlee
  18. 2016AlliedEmmanuel Lombard
  19. 2015Game of Thrones The IMAX ExperienceQyburn
  20. 2014Closer to the MoonHolban
  21. 2012The ScapegoatFather McReady
  22. 2011The LadyProfessor Finnis
  23. 2011FlutterBruno
  24. 2011The Man who Crossed HitlerRudolf Olden
  25. 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesLord John Carteret
  26. 2008Einstein and EddingtonFritz Haber
  27. 2006Miss PotterHarold Warne
  28. 2005Class of '76Martin Gibson
  29. 2005River QueenBaine
  30. 2005Ahead of the ClassGraham Ranger
  31. 2005The Girl in the CaféGeorge
  32. 2005Dirty Filthy LoveCharles
  33. 2003EroicaSukowaty
  34. 2003Imagining ArgentinaGeneral Guzmán
  35. 2003OtherworldTeyrnon (voice)
  36. 2003Danielle Cable: EyewitnessBatten
  37. 2002The ProjectStanley Hall
  38. 2002Sir Gawain and the Green KnightBertilak / Green Knight (voice)
  39. 2001Charlotte GrayRenech
  40. 2001UprisingNathan Lensky
  41. 2001Lorna DooneCounsellor Doone
  42. 2000Esther KahnSean
  43. 2000The Miracle MakerHerod (voice)
  44. 1997FairyTale: A True StoryWounded Corporal
  45. 1997Into the BlueDr. John Ockleton
  46. 1996The MoonstoneEzra Jennings
  47. 1996JosephJoseph (Voice)
  48. 1994The Winter's TaleLeontes (voice)
  49. 1994GuinevereEnvoy
  50. 1990TraitorsRobert Cecil
  51. 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryKarl/Stein
  52. 1988Twelfth Night, or What You WillFeste
  53. 1988AirbaseVincenzo
  54. 1988StanleyStanley Spencer
  55. 1985The Assam GardenMr. Sutton
  56. 1985Monsignor QuixoteRobber
  57. 1984SakharovValery Chalidze
  58. 1983Good and Bad at Games
  59. 1982The MissionaryYoung Man at Shoot
  60. 1982King LearEdgar
  61. 1981Troilus & CressidaTroilus
  62. 1981The Cherry OrchardTrofimov
  63. 1978The Mill on the FlossPhilip Wakem