Antony Sher
Cape Town, South Africa

Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) was an English actor of South African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time nominee. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a writer and theatre director. He died of cancer on 3rd December 2021.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
RSC Live: King Lear (2016)
King Lear
War Book (2015)
David
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1 (2015)
Sir John Falstaff
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2 (2015)
Sir John Falstaff
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light (2012)
Jacob Bindel
Dickens in London (2012)
Older Dickens(Voice)
The Wolfman (2010)
Dr. Hoenneger
Three and Out (2008)
Maurice
God on Trial (2008)
Akiba
Primo (2005)
Primo Levi
Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
Hitler
Home (2003)
Gerald Ballantyne
Macbeth (2001)
Macbeth
The Miracle Maker (2000)
Ben Azra (voice)
The Winter's Tale (1999)
Leontes
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
Colonel Moncoutant
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Dr. Moth
Mrs Brown (1997)
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
The Moonstone (1996)
Sergeant Cuff
Alive and Kicking (1996)
Jack
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
Chief Weasel
The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)
Dr. Ernest Zeigler
Camp Christmas (1993)
Genghis Cohn (1993)
Genghis Cohn
The Crying Game (1992)
Scum Editor
The Land of Dreams (1990)
David Samuels
Changing Step (1990)
Capt. Edmund Lambert
Erik the Viking (1989)
Loki
Shadey (1985)
Oliver Shadey
Tartuffe, or The Imposter (1983)
Tartuffe
Superman II (1980)
Bell Boy
Yanks (1979)
GI at Cinema
One Fine Day (1979)
Mr. Alpert
The Out of Town Boys (1979)
Nathan
Cold Harbour (1978)
Morris

Crew

Changing Step (1990)
Writer