Jun 14, 1949 - 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.
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| Movie | 2008 | God on Trial | Akiba | |
| Movie | 1999 | Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters | Colonel Moncoutant | |
| Movie | 2008 | Three and Out | Maurice | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | Chief Weasel | |
| Movie | 1997 | Mrs Brown | Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli | |
| Movie | 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2012 | Dickens in London | Older Dickens(Voice) | |
| Movie | 2003 | Home | Gerald Ballantyne | |
| Movie | 2001 | Macbeth | Macbeth | |
| Movie | 2005 | Primo | Primo Levi | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Moonstone | Sergeant Cuff | |
| Movie | 1996 | Alive and Kicking | Jack | |
| Movie | 1985 | Shadey | Oliver Shadey | |
| Movie | 1993 | Genghis Cohn | Genghis Cohn | |
| Movie | 1989 | Erik the Viking | Loki | |
| Movie | 2015 | War Book | David | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Crying Game | Scum Editor | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Winter's Tale | Leontes | |
| Movie | 2004 | Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Hitler | |
| Movie | 2015 | Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor | Himself | |
| Movie | 1978 | Cold Harbour | Morris | |
| Movie | 1979 | One Fine Day | Mr. Alpert | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Land of Dreams | David Samuels | |
| Movie | 2015 | Shylock's Ghost | Self | |
| Movie | 1979 | Yanks | GI at Cinema | |
| Movie | 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self | |
| Movie | 1980 | Superman II | Bell Boy | |
| Movie | 2015 | RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1 | Sir John Falstaff | |
| Movie | 2015 | RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2 | Sir John Falstaff | |
| Movie | 1982 | Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Self | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Miracle Maker | Ben Azra (voice) | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Young Poisoner's Handbook | Dr. Ernest Zeigler | |
| Movie | 1983 | Tartuffe, or The Imposter | Tartuffe | |
| Movie | 2017 | Queer as Art | Self | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Wolfman | Dr. Hoenneger | |
| Movie | 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Dr. Moth | |
| Movie | 2012 | Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard | Self | |
| Movie | 2012 | National Theatre Live: Travelling Light | Jacob Bindel | |
| Movie | 2016 | RSC Live: King Lear | King Lear | |
| Movie | 2017 | Joe Orton Laid Bare | Ensemble Cast | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Out of Town Boys | Nathan | |
| Movie | 1990 | Changing Step | Capt. Edmund Lambert | |
| Movie | 1993 | Camp Christmas | ||
| TV Show | 2007 | The Company | Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Murphy's Law | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1998 | Hornblower | Marquis de Moncoutant | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | The Shadow Line | Peter Glickman | 7 |
| TV Show | 2003 | In Search of Shakespeare | Self | 4 |
| TV Show | 1987 | The Dame Edna Experience | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | The Jury | Gerald Lewis QC | 6 |
| TV Show | 1990 | One Foot in the Grave | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1981 | The History Man | Howard Kirk | 4 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Richard (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Rafiel | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | The Play on One | Captain Edmund Lambert | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Scum Editor | 1 |
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| Movie | 1990 | Changing Step | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1988 | The Play on One | Writer | Writing |
