Anton Lesser
Born: 1952-02-14 in Birmingham, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Anton Lesser is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour, and Major Lio Partagaz in Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.
Filmography
2026
- ViQueens as Lars (voice)
2025
- The World Will Tremble as Robbi Schulman
- The Yellow Tie as Martin Steinke
- World of Westeros Ambient Video as Qyburn
- Beshert as Mr Pinsky
2023
- Better as Vernon Marley
2022
- Andor as Lio Partagaz
- 1899 as Mr. Franklin
- Art That Made Us as Self - Actor (Endeavour)
- Making 1899 as Self
2021
- Dalgliesh as Father John
- Benediction as Stephen Tennant (Older)
- Doughnut ... (Thanks)
- From A Strange Land as Professor Dr Wolfgang Engel
2020
- The Courier as Bertrand
- Kindred as Dr. Richards
- Gatecrash as Sid
2019
- The Trial of Christine Keeler as Michael Eddowes
2018
- Killing Eve as Robert
- A Discovery of Witches as Rabbi Loew
- Disobedience as Rav Krushka
- On Chesil Beach as Reverend Woollett
2017
- The Exception as General Falkenberg
2016
- The Crown as Harold Macmillan
- Allied as Emmanuel Lombard
- Hooten & The Lady
- A United Kingdom as Prime Minister Attlee
2015
- Wolf Hall as Thomas More
- Dickensian as Fagin
- Life In Squares as Dr. Hyslop
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Qyburn
2014
- The Musketeers
- The Game as C
- Closer to the Moon as Holban
2013
- Father Brown as Father Ignatius
- Endeavour as CS Reginald Bright
- Atlantis as Kyros
- The Escape Artist as Richard Mayfield QC
- Spies of Warsaw as Doctor Lapp
2012
- Ripper Street as Dr. Karl Crabbe
- The Hollow Crown as Exeter
- Secret State as Sir Michael Rix
- The Scapegoat as Father McReady
2011
- Game of Thrones as Qyburn
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Lord John Carteret
- The Hour as Clarence Fendley
- The Lady as Professor Finnis
- Flutter as Bruno
- The Man who Crossed Hitler as Rudolf Olden
2010
- Five Daughters as Dr Nat Cary
2009
- Garrow's Law as John Farmer
2008
- Little Dorrit as Mr. Merdle
- Einstein and Eddington as Fritz Haber
2006
- Miss Potter as Harold Warne
- Vital Signs as Dr Lindsay
2005
- Class of '76 as Martin Gibson
- River Queen as Baine
- The Girl in the Café as George
- Dirty Filthy Love as Charles
- Einstein's Big Idea as Voltaire
- Ahead of the Class as Graham Ranger
- Class of '76 as Martin Gibson
2004
- New Tricks
- London as Charles Dickens
2003
- Eroica as Sukowaty
- Danielle Cable: Eyewitness as Batten
- Otherworld as Teyrnon (voice)
2002
- Spooks as Nicholas Ashworth
- Foyle's War as Austin Carmichael
- Dickens as Charles Dickens
- The Project as Stanley Hall
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as Bertilak / Green Knight (voice)
2001
- Waking the Dead as Professor Ray Levin
- Messiah as Samuel Waite
- Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Vidas Merlinis
- Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes as Milburn
- Perfect Strangers as Stephen
- Uprising as Nathan Lensky
- Uprising as Nathan Lensky
- Charlotte Gray as Renech
- Lorna Doone as Counsellor Doone
2000
- Lorna Doone as Counsellor Doone
- The Miracle Maker as Herod (voice)
- Esther Kahn as Sean
1999
- The Scarlet Pimpernel as Antoine Picard
1998
- Vanity Fair as Mr Pitt Crawley
- Invasion: Earth as Lt. Charles Terrell
- The Echo as Billy Blake
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Eddie Darwin
- FairyTale: A True Story as Wounded Corporal
- Bodyguards as Dusan Mesic
- Into the Blue as Dr. John Ockleton
1996
- Silent Witness as Marcus Gwilym
- Testament: The Bible in Animation as Joseph (voice)
- Moses as Eliav
- The Moonstone as Ezra Jennings
1995
- Bugs as Patrick Marcel
- Sharman as Galilee
- The Politician's Wife as Mark Hollister
1994
- Guinevere as Envoy
1992
- A Touch of Frost as Dennis Prior
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Leontes (voice)
1991
- The Strauss Dynasty as Levi
1990
- Traitors as Robert Cecil
1989
- Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story as Karl/Stein
1988
- The Play on One as Vincenzo
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Feste
- Airbase as Vincenzo
- Stanley as Stanley Spencer
1985
- Monsignor Quixote as Robber
- The Assam Garden as Mr. Sutton
- Anna of the Five Towns as Willie Price
1982
- The Missionary as Young Man at Shoot
- King Lear as Edgar
1981
- Troilus & Cressida as Troilus
- The Cherry Orchard as Trofimov
1979
- The Serpent Son as Orestes
1978
- The Mill on the Floss as Philip Wakem
- The Mill on the Floss as Philip Wakem
1974
- NOVA as Voltaire