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Anton Lesser

Actor

Anton Lesser

Born February 14, 1952 in Birmingham, England, UK61 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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Filmography

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