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
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
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.
The English Game(2020)as Lord Kinnaird
The Professor and the Madman(2019)as Benjamin Jowett
The Syndicate(2012)as Lord Hazelwood
Birdsong(2012)as Colonel Barclay
The King's Speech(2010)as Stanley Baldwin
Haunted(1995)
Lost in Siberia(1991)
Under the Volcano(1984)
Take Me High(1973)
Great West End Theatres(2012)as Self - Actor, Self
Maid in Britain(2010)as Self - Narrator
The Alan Titchmarsh Show(2007)as Self
La tele de tu vida(2007)as Sebastian Flyte
Television(1988)as Sebastian Flyte
The Love Boat(1977)as Tony Selkirk
