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Alun Armstrong

1946 - Today

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Alan Armstrong (born 17 July 1946), known professionally as Alun Armstrong, is an English character actor. He grew up in County Durham in North East England, and first became interested in acting through Shakespeare productions at his grammar school. Since his career began in the early 1970s, he has played, in his words, "the full spectrum of characters from the grotesque to musicals... I always play very colourful characters, often a bit crazy, despotic, psychotic". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alun Armstrong is the 1,347th most popular actor (up from 5,049th in 2019), the 1,563rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,831st in 2019) and the 196th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alun Armstrong ranks 1,347 out of 13,578. Before him are Eleanor Parker, Guy Pearce, Ashley Judd, James Tolkan, Emily Watson, and Sean Hayes. After him are Run Run Shaw, David Strathairn, Kurt Gerron, George Sanders, Mandy Patinkin, and Vahide Perçin.

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Among people born in 1946, Alun Armstrong ranks 182. Before him are Peter Green, Pēteris Vasks, Dave Holland, Dan White, Giuseppe Sinopoli, and Ichiro Hosotani. After him are Malcolm McLaren, Tina Aumont, Bernd Hölzenbein, Rebiya Kadeer, Grigory Margulis, and Ralf Hütter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alun Armstrong ranks 1,563 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Edward Lear (1812), Emily Watson (1967), Thomas Cole (1801), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), and William McDougall (1871). After him are John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480), Malcolm McLaren (1946), and Mary de Bohun (1369).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alun Armstrong ranks 196. Before him are Helen McCrory (1968), Nick Frost (1972), Sydney Chaplin (1885), Idris Elba (1972), Guy Pearce (1967), and Emily Watson (1967). After him are Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1990), Martin Shaw (1945), Michael Redgrave (1908), Stephen Fry (1957), Marina Berti (1924), and Iain Glen (1961).

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