Allan Corduner
Born: 1950-04-02 in Stockholm, Sweden
Known For: Acting
Biography
Allan Corduner (born April 2, 1950) is an English actor born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father. He grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol University he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively on stage, TV, and film, both in the UK and in the United States. His voice is familiar from many BBC radio plays, audio books and TV documentaries. Corduner made his feature film debut in Yentl, with Barbra Streisand. Of his 44 films he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. He is married to Juha Leppäjärvi, a yoga instructor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allan Corduner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Christmas Karma as Mr Fezzywig
- Alfie & Ed
2024
- National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue as Hume Cronyn
- Family
2022
- The Offering as Saul
- Mosquito as Ozwald Godfrey
- TÁR as Sebastian Brix
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus as The Deacon
2021
- Ridley Road as Rabbi Lehrer
2019
- The Man Who Saw Too Much as Boris Pahor (voice)
2018
- FBI as Victor Beniov
- Disobedience as Moshe Hartog
2017
- Fearless as Monty Berman
- The Book of Gabrielle as Saul
2016
- Florence Foster Jenkins as John Totten
2015
- Woman in Gold as Gustav Bloch-Bauer
2014
- The Musketeers as Van Laar
- Closer to the Moon as Flaviu
- Secrets of the Third Reich as Self - Narrator
2013
- The Blacklist as Aaron
- Utopia as Ross
- Dancing on the Edge as Mr. Wax
- Spies of Warsaw as Viktor Rosen
2012
- Call the Midwife as Arnold Gelin
- The Sweeney as Doctor
- A Thousand Kisses Deep as Buddy
- We'll Take Manhattan as Alex Liberman
- An Enemy to Die For as Martin Winter
2010
- Burke & Hare as Nicephore
- Lennon Naked as Art Janov
- Grandma's House as Richard
- A Passionate Woman as Mr. Solomon
2009
- Mr. Nobody as Dr. Feldheim
2008
- Defiance as Shimon Haretz
- No Heroics
2007
- Fred Claus as Dr. Goldfarb
- The Last Days of the Raj as Lord Ismay
2005
- Friends & Crocodiles as Marcus
- The White Countess as Samuel Feinstein
- The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle as Greenhough Smith
- Bigger Than the Sky as Kippy Newberg
- The Owls and the Orchard as Self - Narrator (voice)
2004
- De-Lovely as Monty Woolley
- Vera Drake as Psychiatrist
- Christine as Maurice Leyman
- The Merchant of Venice as Tubal
- The Lady Musketeer as Aramis
2003
2002
- Foyle's War as Carlo Lucciano
- Moonlight Mile as Stan Michaels
- Food of Love as Joseph Mansourian
- The King's Beard as (voice)
- Daniel Deronda
2001
- Zoe as Rupert
- Me Without You as Max
- The Grey Zone as Nyiszli
- The Way We Live Now as Croll
- Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Big Bob
- The Search for John Gissing as Francois Fuller
2000
- Fat Friends as Leonard Harris
- Joe Gould's Secret as Francis McCrudden
1999
- Topsy-Turvy as Sir Arthur Sullivan
1998
- The Impostors as Captain
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Michael Hipsman
- Nostromo as Hirsch
1996
- Alive and Kicking as Therapist
- Gadgetman as Professor McNeil
- Norma Jean & Marilyn as Billy Wilder
1995
- Voices as Oscar Butterworth
- The Last Machine
- An Independent Man
1994
- A Business Affair as Dinner Guest
- Paris as Minotti
- Nobody's Children as Ion
1993
- Heart of Darkness as Verme
1992
- Mad About You as Osofsky
- Heartbeat as Gerard Lowe
- Carry On Columbus as Sam
1991
- Edward II as Poet
1990
- Drop the Dead Donkey as Critic
- Antonia and Jane as Stephen Carlinsky
1989
- Fat Man and Little Boy as Franz Goethe
1988
- Talk Radio as Vince / Morris
1987
- Inspector Morse as Gentile Bellocchio
- Mandela as Benny
1986
- Valhalla as Loke (voice)
1985
- Bad Medicine as Dr. Diaz the Bus Driver
- Girls On Top as Benny
1984
- The Bill
- Freud as Oscar Rie
- Cold Warrior as Joachim Maasen
1983
- Yentl as Shimmele
- The Return of the Soldier as Pianist at Party
1981
- Roots as Melvin Solomons
1980
- Buccaneer as Monty Bateman
1979
- Minder as Marty
- Tales of the Unexpected as Hatchard's Bookshop Assistant
- Follow the Star
- Phoelix
1975
- Poldark as Manservant
1971
- A Ghost Story for Christmas as The Deacon