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 Alun Armstrong is a British actor who is known for playing Cardinal Jinette from the Van Helsing franchise, Baltus Hafez from The Mummy Returns, Uncle Garrow from Eragon, the High Constable from Sleepy Hollow and Maxwell Randall from Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire. He is married to Sue Bairstow and has three sons.
Bio:
Alun Armstrong is a British actor who is known for playing Cardinal Jinette from the Van Helsing franchise, Baltus Hafez from The Mummy Returns, Uncle Garrow from Eragon, the High Constable from Sleepy Hollow and Maxwell Randall from Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire. He is married to Sue Bairstow and has three sons.
Tivia:
Alun was a member of the original London cast of Cameron Mackintosh's stage production "Les Miserables" which opened in 1985.He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1994 (1993 season) for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Sweeney Todd at the Royal National Theatre.He has appeared in seven different adaptations of one of Charles Dickens's novels: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982), Oliver Twist (1999), David Copperfield (1999), Bleak House (2005), Oliver Twist (2005), Little Dorrit (2008) and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012).In the television series New Tricks (2003) his wife is played by Susan Jameson who is actually married to co-star James Bolam.Father of Joe Armstrong. The two of them appeared in the TV series Between the Sheets (2003).His parents were both preachers while his father also worked as a winding engineer at the local coal mine.He attended Consett Grammar School in County DurhamIn September 2014 the town of Stanley, near his home town of Annfield Plain, renamed it's Civic Hall theatre to the Alun Armstrong Theatre. As a 16 year old he played guitar on the stage.He credits his school English teacher, who staged a Shakespeare play every year, with setting him on the path to act. He taught him how to read Shakespeare verse and the rudiments of stage craft.and when the National Youth Theatre came to the North East for the first time to look for kids he managed to get Alun into it.Theatre performances include 'The Tempest'and The Crucible' (playing John Proctor), for the RSC, the latter being a tour. 'The Passion' at the National Theatre, 'Happy Returns' West End and tour, 'Mother's Day'at the Royal Court, 'As You Like It' at Nottingham Playhouse, 'Nicholas Nickleby'at Plymouth Theatre, New York.Spent a year acting in Sheffield and seen in the play "Get Carter" by the Time Out critic who gave him and the play a very good write up. The play won the Play of the Year Award.His father was a coal mine winding engineer.He has appeared in two versions of "Oliver Twist" (Oliver Twist (1999) and Oliver Twist (2005)), and played a different role in each.On the possibles list for Roger Derebridge, Kelly and Lamson in Lifeforce (1985).On leaving school he went to London to join The National Youth Theatre but didn't like London so returned home and went to Newcastle University to study fine art. He later joined Cambridge Arts Theatre as a stage hand before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
| Name: |
Alun Armstrong |
Type: |
Actor,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Soundtrack |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Soundtrack |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 05:23:53 |
| Height: |
5' 10' (1.78 m) |
| Biography: |
Alun Armstrong is a British actor who is known for playing Cardinal Jinette from the Van Helsing franchise, Baltus Hafez from The Mummy Returns, Uncle Garrow from Eragon, the High Constable from Sleepy Hollow and Maxwell Randall from Billy the Kid an |
| Trivia: |
Alun was a member of the original London cast of Cameron Mackintosh's stage production "Les Miserables" which opened in 1985.He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1994 (1993 season) for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Sweeney Todd at the Royal National Theatre.He has appeared in seven different adaptations of one of Charles Dickens's novels: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982), Oliver Twist (1999), David Copperfield (1999), Bleak House (2005), Oliver Twist (2005), Little Dorrit (2008) and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012).In the television series New Tricks (2003) his wife is played by Susan Jameson who is actually married to co-star James Bolam.Father of Joe Armstrong. The two of them appeared in the TV series Between the Sheets (2003).His parents were both preachers while his father also worked as a winding engineer at the local coal mine.He attended Consett Grammar School in County DurhamIn September 2014 the town of Stanley, near his home town of Annfield Plain, renamed it's Civic Hall theatre to the Alun Armstrong Theatre. As a 16 year old he played guitar on the stage.He credits his school English teacher, who staged a Shakespeare play every year, with setting him on the path to act. He taught him how to read Shakespeare verse and the rudiments of stage craft.and when the National Youth Theatre came to the North East for the first time to look for kids he managed to get Alun into it.Theatre performances include 'The Tempest'and The Crucible' (playing John Proctor), for the RSC, the latter being a tour. 'The Passion' at the National Theatre, 'Happy Returns' West End and tour, 'Mother's Day'at the Royal Court, 'As You Like It' at Nottingham Playhouse, 'Nicholas Nickleby'at Plymouth Theatre, New York.Spent a year acting in Sheffield and seen in the play "Get Carter" by the Time Out critic who gave him and the play a very good write up. The play won the Play of the Year Award.His father was a coal mine winding engineer.He has appeared in two versions of "Oliver Twist" (Oliver Twist (1999) and Oliver Twist (2005)), and played a different role in each.On the possibles list for Roger Derebridge, Kelly and Lamson in Lifeforce (1985).On leaving school he went to London to join The National Youth Theatre but didn't like London so returned home and went to Newcastle University to study fine art. He later joined Cambridge Arts Theatre as a stage hand before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
Performed in original London cast of Les Miserables, as M. Thenardier
(November 2002) Plays Jack in "Mappa Mundi" play by Shelagh Stephenson (Royal National Theater: Cottesloe, London, England, UK).
(April 2006) Plays Pizarro in "The Roya |
| Spouse: |
Susan J. Bairstow (1977 - present) (3 children) |
| Children: |
Joe Armstrong |
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