Anthony Andrews

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 The Wednesday Play: 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 Sir 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 ...

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Operation: Daybreak (1975)

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Timothy Bottoms  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Martin Shaw  •  Anton Diffring

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Timothy Bottoms  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Martin Shaw  •  Anton Diffring

The Woman He Loved (1988)

In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Jane Seymour  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Tom Wilkinson  •  Anthony Andrews

In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Jane Seymour  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Tom Wilkinson  •  Anthony Andrews

The Adolescents (1975)

A shy girl named Ana is sent to an English boarding school. After a period of adjustment, she travels to London with two of her more world weary classmates and becomes the target for a trio of men who take illicit photographs of young girls to be published in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Masó
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Koo Stark  •  Susan Player  •  Victoria Vera

A shy girl named Ana is sent to an English boarding school. After a period of adjustment, she travels to London with two of her more world weary classmates and becomes the target for a trio of men who take illicit photographs of young girls to be published in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Masó
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Koo Stark  •  Susan Player  •  Victoria Vera

Hanna's War (1988)

Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menahem Golan
CAST:  Ellen Burstyn  •  Maruschka Detmers  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Donald Pleasence

Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menahem Golan
CAST:  Ellen Burstyn  •  Maruschka Detmers  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Donald Pleasence

A Day Out (1972)

Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Set in the summer of 1911 and projects an idyllic vision of Edwardian England .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  David Waller  •  James Cossins  •  Brian Glover  •  John Normington

Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Set in the summer of 1911 and projects an idyllic vision of Edwardian England .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  David Waller  •  James Cossins  •  Brian Glover  •  John Normington

Lost in Siberia (1991)

The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a Gulag ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Mitta
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Vladimir Ilin  •  Yelena Majorova  •  Irina Mikhalyova

The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a Gulag ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Mitta
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Vladimir Ilin  •  Yelena Majorova  •  Irina Mikhalyova

The King's Speech (2010)

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The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Hooper
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Geoffrey Rush  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Guy Pearce

The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Hooper
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Geoffrey Rush  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Guy Pearce

Romeo & Juliet (1978)

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alvin Rakoff
CAST:  John Gielgud  •  Alan Rickman  •  Patrick Ryecart  •  Rebecca Saire

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alvin Rakoff
CAST:  John Gielgud  •  Alan Rickman  •  Patrick Ryecart  •  Rebecca Saire

Percy's Progress (1974)

Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Leigh Lawson  •  Elke Sommer  •  Denholm Elliott  •  Judy Geeson

Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Leigh Lawson  •  Elke Sommer  •  Denholm Elliott  •  Judy Geeson

The Second Victory (1987)

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DIRECTION:  Gerald Thomas
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Helmut Griem  •  Mario Adorf  •  Renée Soutendijk

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DIRECTION:  Gerald Thomas
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Helmut Griem  •  Mario Adorf  •  Renée Soutendijk

Hands of a Murderer (1990)

Sherlock Holmes must track down his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, after the villain kidnaps Holmes' brother, Mycroft. The evil doctor is forcing his captive to decode highly classified military documents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Orme
CAST:  Edward Woodward  •  John Hillerman  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Kim Thomson

Sherlock Holmes must track down his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, after the villain kidnaps Holmes' brother, Mycroft. The evil doctor is forcing his captive to decode highly classified military documents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Orme
CAST:  Edward Woodward  •  John Hillerman  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Kim Thomson

Sparkling Cyanide (1983)

One year ago on November 2, seven people sat down to dinner at the Luxembourg. One of them, Rosemary Barton, never got up. She was thought to have committed suicide due to post-flu depression.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Michael Lewis
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Deborah Raffin  •  Pamela Bellwood  •  Nancy Marchand

One year ago on November 2, seven people sat down to dinner at the Luxembourg. One of them, Rosemary Barton, never got up. She was thought to have committed suicide due to post-flu depression.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Michael Lewis
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Deborah Raffin  •  Pamela Bellwood  •  Nancy Marchand

Ivanhoe (1982)

Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Camfield
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  James Mason  •  Sam Neill  •  Michael Hordern

Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Camfield
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  James Mason  •  Sam Neill  •  Michael Hordern

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clive Donner
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Jane Seymour  •  Ian McKellen  •  James Villiers

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clive Donner
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Jane Seymour  •  Ian McKellen  •  James Villiers

David Copperfield (2001)

After the death of his father and a second wedding of his mother, David Copperfield suffers from his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone. The mother dies shortly after the death of another child, whereupon Mr. Murdstone sends David to London, where he has to work ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Medak
CAST:  Hugh Dancy  •  Sally Field  •  Max Dolbey  •  Michael Richards

After the death of his father and a second wedding of his mother, David Copperfield suffers from his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone. The mother dies shortly after the death of another child, whereupon Mr. Murdstone sends David to London, where he has to work ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Medak
CAST:  Hugh Dancy  •  Sally Field  •  Max Dolbey  •  Michael Richards

Haunted (1995)

Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kate Beckinsale  •  Aidan Quinn  •  Anthony Andrews  •  John Gielgud

Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kate Beckinsale  •  Aidan Quinn  •  Anthony Andrews  •  John Gielgud

Under the Volcano (1984)

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Albert Finney  •  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Ignacio López Tarso

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Albert Finney  •  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Ignacio López Tarso

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Farhad Safinia
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Sean Penn  •  Natalie Dormer  •  Ioan Gruffudd

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Farhad Safinia
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Sean Penn  •  Natalie Dormer  •  Ioan Gruffudd

Mistress of Paradise (1981)

In the 19th century, a wealthy Northern woman marries a Louisiana plantation owner and then becomes suspicious about his first wife's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Medak
CAST:  Geneviève Bujold  •  Chad Everett  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Olivia Cole

In the 19th century, a wealthy Northern woman marries a Louisiana plantation owner and then becomes suspicious about his first wife's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Medak
CAST:  Geneviève Bujold  •  Chad Everett  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Olivia Cole

Z for Zachariah (1984)

Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a nuclear holocaust, in which almost everyone has dies, leaving just two families. Eventually just one girl and one man are left, and the majority of the film is about how they cope with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Garner
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Pippa Hinchley  •  David Daker  •  Angela Galbraith

Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a nuclear holocaust, in which almost everyone has dies, leaving just two families. Eventually just one girl and one man are left, and the majority of the film is about how they cope with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Garner
CAST:  Anthony Andrews  •  Pippa Hinchley  •  David Daker  •  Angela Galbraith
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