Anthony Calf
Born: 1959-05-04 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Anthony Calf is an English actor with an extensive career across theatre, television, and film. Born on May 4, 1959, in London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) before making his professional screen debut in the early 1980s. Calf is widely recognized for his roles in prominent period dramas and feature films, including Great Expectations (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), Anna Karenina (1997), and The Children Act (2017). On television, his notable credits include Pride and Prejudice (1995) and New Tricks. In addition to his screen work, Calf has maintained a distinguished career in British theatre, performing regularly with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Filmography
2026
- De Gaulle: Résistance as Spears
- De Gaulle: Liberté as Spears
2025
- A Teacher's Gift as Charles
2024
- One Day as Sid
2023
- The Buccaneers as Lord Brightlingsea
- The Gold as Michael Corkery QC
- Sisi & I as Earl Spencer
- Partygate as Sir Mark Sidwell
2022
- SAS Rogue Heroes as Stirling's Father
- Suspicion as Professor Dean
- I Came By as Superintendent William Roy
- Anne as Bishop James Jones KBE
2018
- The Children Act as Mark Berner
- King Lear as Duke of Albany
2016
- The Crown as Royal Photographer
- The Man Who Knew Infinity as Howard
- Power Monkeys as Tony
2015
- Poldark as William Wickham
- National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem as Jerry
2013
- Dracula as Dr William Murray
- Private Lives as Victor Prynne
2012
- Call the Midwife as Aubrey Tracey
- Restless as Gerald Laird
2010
- Upstairs Downstairs as Anthony Eden
- Identity
2009
- Trinity as Lord Ravensby
2008
- Mistresses as John Grey
2007
- Lewis as Malcolm Finniston
- Straightheads as Heffer
2006
- The Impressionists as Emile Zola
- Perfect Day: The Millennium as Michael
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Duke of York
2005
- Doctor Who as Godsacre
- The Robinsons as Peter
- The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle as Bryan Charles Walker
- Dead Cool as Mark
2004
- New Tricks as Robert Strickland
- Amnesia as John Dean
- The Hotel In Amsterdam as Gus
2003
- Trust as Mark Hanrahan
- Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie as Tim Bowden
- Lucky Jim as Cecil Goldsmith
- The Brides in the Bath as Howard Munday
2002
- Foyle's War as Martin Keller
- The Cry as Simon Bartlett
- Sirens as Anthony Soames
- The Falklands Play as Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
- The Cry as Simon Bartlet
2001
- Judge John Deed as James Brooklands
- Lorna Doone as Tom Faggus
2000
- Lorna Doone as Tom Faggus
1999
- A Woman of the North as Hugo Aylva
1998
- Our Mutual Friend as Alfred Lammle
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Stephen Cavendish
- Anna Karenina as Serpuliovskoy
- FairyTale: A True Story as Geoffrey Hodson
- My Night with Reg as John
1996
- Dalziel and Pascoe as Joe Furst
1995
- Pride and Prejudice as Colonel Fitzwilliam
- Kavanagh Q.C. as Miles Beddoes
- Bramwell as Andrew Armstrong
1994
- The Madness of King George as Fitzroy
1993
- Riders as Billy Lloyd-Foxe
1992
- A Touch of Frost as James Barr
1991
- Performance as John
- I Misteri Della Giungla Nera as Richard
- Absolute Hell as Douglas Eden
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Lawrence Cavendish
- 4 Play as Jonathan Knight
- Great Expectations as Pip
1987
- Fortunes of War as Corporal Arnold
- My Family and Other Animals as Larry Durrell
- Mary Rose as Simon
1986
- The Fools on the Hill as Leslie Mitchell
1985
- Drummonds as Charles Drummond
1984
- Love and Marriage as Richard
- Oxford Blues as Gareth Rycroft
- To Catch a King as Butterfly Man
1983
- Chessgame as Dan Maclachlan
1982
- Beau Geste as Digby Geste
- Doctor Who: The Visitation as Charles
1963
- Doctor Who as Charles