Acting
Anton Lesser
Born 14 February 1952 in Birmingham, England, UK
132 credits
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.
Known for
Acting 131
- TBASanto Subito!FilmFather Mattew
- TBATick Tick TickFilmNarrator
- TBAA Blue ButterflyFilm
- 2026ViQueensFilmLars (voice)
- 2025The World Will TrembleFilmRobbi Schulman
- 2025The Yellow TieFilmMartin Steinke
- 2025BeshertFilmMr Pinsky
- 2023BetterSeriesVernon Marley
- 2022AndorSeriesMajor Partagaz
- 20221899SeriesMr. Franklin
- 2022Making 1899FilmSelf
- 2022Art That Made UsSeriesSelf - Actor (Endeavour)
- 2021DalglieshSeriesFather John
- 2021BenedictionFilmStephen Tennant (Older)
- 2021From A Strange LandFilmProfessor Dr Wolfgang Engel
- 2020The CourierFilmBertrand
- 2020KindredFilmDr. Richards
- 2020GatecrashFilmSid
- 2019The Trial of Christine KeelerSeriesMichael Eddowes
- 2018Killing EveSeriesRobert
- 2018A Discovery of WitchesSeriesRabbi Loew
- 2018DisobedienceFilmRav Krushka
- 2018On Chesil BeachFilmReverend Woollett
- 2017The ExceptionFilmGeneral Falkenberg
- 2016The CrownSeriesHarold Macmillan
- 2016AlliedFilmEmmanuel Lombard
- 2016A United KingdomFilmPrime Minister Attlee
- 2016Hooten & The LadySeries
- 2015Wolf HallSeriesThomas More
- 2015DickensianSeriesFagin
- 2015Game of Thrones The IMAX ExperienceFilmQyburn
- 2015Life in SquaresSeriesDr. Hyslop
- 2014The MusketeersSeries
- 2014The GameSeriesC
- 2014Closer to the MoonFilmHolban
- 2013EndeavourSeriesCS Reginald Bright
- 2013Father BrownSeriesFather Ignatius
- 2013AtlantisSeriesKyros
- 2013The Escape ArtistSeriesRichard Mayfield QC
- 2013Spies of WarsawSeriesDoctor Lapp
- 2012Ripper StreetSeriesDr. Karl Crabbe
- 2012The Hollow CrownSeriesExeter
- 2012Secret StateSeriesSir Michael Rix
- 2012The ScapegoatFilmFather McReady
- 2011Game of ThronesSeriesQyburn
- 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesFilmLord John Carteret
- 2011The LadyFilmProfessor Finnis
- 2011The HourSeriesClarence Fendley
- 2011The Man who Crossed HitlerFilmRudolf Olden
- 2011FlutterFilmBruno
- 2010Five DaughtersSeriesDr Nat Cary
- 2009Garrow's LawSeriesJohn Farmer
- 2008Little DorritSeriesMr. Merdle
- 2008Einstein and EddingtonFilmFritz Haber
- 2007The History of the World BackwardsSeries
- 2006Miss PotterFilmHarold Warne
- 2006Vital SignsSeriesDr Lindsay
- 2005The Girl in the CaféFilmGeorge
- 2005River QueenFilmBaine
- 2005Dirty Filthy LoveFilmCharles
- 2005Einstein's Big IdeaFilmVoltaire
- 2005Class of '76FilmMartin Gibson
- 2005Ahead of the ClassFilmGraham Ranger
- 2005Class of '76SeriesMartin Gibson
- 2004New TricksSeries
- 2004LondonSeriesCharles Dickens
- 2003Imagining ArgentinaFilmGeneral Guzmán
- 2003EroicaFilmSukowaty
- 2003OtherworldFilmTeyrnon (voice)
- 2003Danielle Cable: EyewitnessFilmBatten
- 2002SpooksSeriesNicholas Ashworth
- 2002Foyle's WarSeriesAustin Carmichael
- 2002Sir Gawain and the Green KnightFilmBertilak / Green Knight (voice)
- 2002DickensSeriesCharles Dickens
- 2002The ProjectFilmStanley Hall
- 2001Waking the DeadSeriesProfessor Ray Levin
- 2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StorySeriesVidas Merlinis
- 2001Charlotte GrayFilmRenech
- 2001UprisingFilmNathan Lensky
- 2001MessiahSeriesSamuel Waite
- 2001Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock HolmesSeriesMilburn
- 2001Perfect StrangersSeriesStephen
- 2001Lorna DooneFilmCounsellor Doone
- 2001UprisingSeriesNathan Lensky
- 2001SwallowSeriesPaul Valley
- 2000The Miracle MakerFilmHerod (voice)
- 2000Esther KahnFilmSean
- 2000Lorna DooneSeriesCounsellor Doone
- 1999The Scarlet PimpernelSeriesAntoine Picard
- 1998Vanity FairSeriesMr Pitt Crawley
- 1998Invasion: EarthSeriesLt. Charles Terrell
- 1998The EchoSeriesBilly Blake
- 1997Midsomer MurdersSeriesEddie Darwin, Rev. Wallace Stone
- 1997FairyTale: A True StoryFilmWounded Corporal
- 1997Into the BlueFilmDr. John Ockleton
- 1997BodyguardsSeriesDusan Mesic
- 1996Silent WitnessSeriesMarcus Gwilym
- 1996Dalziel and PascoeSeriesPaul Goodman
- 1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationSeriesJoseph (voice)
- 1996MosesSeriesEliav
- 1996The MoonstoneFilmEzra Jennings
- 1995BugsSeriesPatrick Marcel
- 1995The Politician's WifeSeriesMark Hollister
- 1995SharmanSeriesGalilee
- 1994GuinevereFilmEnvoy
- 1994The Winter's TaleFilmLeontes (voice)
- 1992A Touch of FrostSeriesDennis Prior
- 1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesSeriesLeontes (voice)
- 1992Downtown LagosSeriesMungo Dawson
- 1991The Strauss DynastySeriesLevi
- 1990TraitorsFilmRobert Cecil
- 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryFilmKarl/Stein
- 1988The Play on OneSeriesVincenzo
- 1988Twelfth Night, or What You WillFilmFeste
- 1988StanleyFilmStanley Spencer
- 1988AirbaseFilmVincenzo
- 1985Screen TwoSeriesStanley Spencer
- 1985Monsignor QuixoteFilmRobber
- 1985The Assam GardenFilmMr. Sutton
- 1985Anna of the Five TownsSeriesWillie Price
- 1984FreudSeriesWilhelm Fliess
- 1984SakharovFilmValery Chalidze
- 1983Good and Bad at GamesFilm
- 1982The MissionaryFilmYoung Man at Shoot
- 1982King LearFilmEdgar
- 1981Troilus & CressidaFilmTroilus
- 1981The Cherry OrchardFilmTrofimov
- 1979The Serpent SonSeriesOrestes
- 1978The Mill on the FlossSeriesPhilip Wakem
- 1978The Mill on the FlossFilmPhilip Wakem
- 1974NOVASeriesVoltaire
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Filmography from TMDB.