Acting

Anton Lesser

Born February 14, 1952 · Birmingham, England, UK (age 74)

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.

Known For

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides · 2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

MovieAdventureAction

When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.

Allied

MovieActionDrama

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

The Courier

The Courier · 2020

MovieThrillerHistory

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Disobedience

Disobedience · 2018

MovieDramaRomance

New York photographer Ronit flies to London after learning about the death of her estranged father. Ronit is returning to the same Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier for her childhood attraction to Esti, a female friend. Their fortuitous and happy reunion soon reignites their burning passion as the two women explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.

Miss Potter

Miss Potter · 2006

MovieDramaFamily

Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for love, happiness and success.

The Exception

The Exception · 2017

Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.

A United Kingdom

A United Kingdom · 2016

A United Kingdom

MovieDramaHistory

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach · 2018

On Chesil Beach

MovieDramaRomance

In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

Filmography

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides · 2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

MovieAdventureAction

When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.

Lord John Carteret

Allied

MovieActionDrama

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Emmanuel Lombard

The Courier

The Courier · 2020

MovieThrillerHistory

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Bertrand

Disobedience

Disobedience · 2018

MovieDramaRomance

New York photographer Ronit flies to London after learning about the death of her estranged father. Ronit is returning to the same Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier for her childhood attraction to Esti, a female friend. Their fortuitous and happy reunion soon reignites their burning passion as the two women explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.

Rav Krushka

Miss Potter

Miss Potter · 2006

MovieDramaFamily

Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for love, happiness and success.

Harold Warne

The Exception

The Exception · 2017

Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.

General Falkenberg

A United Kingdom

A United Kingdom · 2016

A United Kingdom

MovieDramaHistory

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

Prime Minister Attlee

On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach · 2018

On Chesil Beach

MovieDramaRomance

In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

Reverend Woollett

The Yellow Tie

The Yellow Tie · 2025

MovieMusicDrama

The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache, from his childhood in Romania to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany and his rise, fall and rise again, in an unimaginable life journey.

Martin Steinke

Uprising

Uprising · 2001

In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.

Nathan Lensky

The World Will Tremble

The World Will Tremble · 2025

The World Will Tremble

The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.

Robbi Schulman

Benediction

Benediction · 2021

MovieDramaHistory

Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.

Stephen Tennant (Older)

Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina · 2003

Imagining Argentina

MovieDramaRomance

Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda and his wife Cecilia. Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody.

General Guzmán

Einstein and Eddington

Einstein and Eddington · 2008

Einstein and Eddington

MovieHistoryDrama

Brilliant physicist Albert Einstein, and English scientist Arthur Eddington form an unlikely friendship during World War I, which leads to the creation of the relativity theory.

Fritz Haber

The Lady

The Lady · 2011

MovieHistoryDrama

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

Professor Finnis

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story · 1997

FairyTale: A True Story

MovieFantasyDrama

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.

Wounded Corporal

The Miracle Maker

The Miracle Maker · 2000

The Miracle Maker

MovieAnimationFamily

A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the sacrifices he endured for the deliverance of mankind. A compelling story of faith, trust, and devotion.

Herod (voice)

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience · 2015

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

MovieDramaFantasy

The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4 EP9) hopelessly outnumbered as they attempt to defend Castle Black from the Wildings and features one the fiercest and most intense battle scenes ever filmed for television. The second episode (S4 EP10), features Dany coming to grips with the realities of ruling a kingdom, Bran learning the startling reality of his destiny and Tyrion facing the truth of his unfortunate situation.

Qyburn

Charlotte Gray

Charlotte Gray · 2001

MovieDramaHistory

This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.

Renech

ViQueens

ViQueens · 2026

MovieAnimationAdventure

Fearless Viking girls Ingrid and Hedvig defy tradition to return a stowaway boy to China. Their journey spans icy fjords, Byzantine intrigue, and the fabled Silk Road, blending Viking grit with ancient Chinese wisdom, unexpected alliances, and a touch of magic.

Lars (voice)

Closer to the Moon

Closer to the Moon · 2014

Closer to the Moon

MovieComedyDrama

A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.

Holban

River Queen

River Queen · 2005

MovieAdventureWar

In 1860s New Zealand, a young Irish woman desperately trying to find her son finds herself caught on both sides of the lines during the wars between Māori tribes and the British colonial army.

Baine

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard · 1981

The Cherry Orchard

MovieDramaTV Movie

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction.

Trofimov

Monsignor Quixote

Monsignor Quixote · 1985

Monsignor Quixote

MovieComedyTV Movie

Sir Alec Guiness stars with Leo McKern in the story of a friendship between a Catholic priest and a Communist Mayor. Together they travel from their remote village to Madrid and back exploring their friendship, the demands of belief and constancy of faith. This lavish production filmed entirely on location captures the wit, warmth, and vitality that make the original novel by Graham Greene a unique work of literature.

Robber

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones · 2011

Game of Thrones

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

Qyburn

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders · 1997

Midsomer Murders

SeriesCrimeDrama

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

Eddie Darwin

NOVA

SeriesDocumentary

PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.

Voltaire

Silent Witness

Silent Witness · 1996

SeriesCrimeDrama

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

Marcus Gwilym

The Crown

The Crown · 2016

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

Harold Macmillan

Ripper Street

Ripper Street · 2012

SeriesDramaMystery

A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.

Dr. Karl Crabbe

Father Brown

Father Brown · 2013

SeriesDramaCrime

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.

Father Ignatius

Andor

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

Major Partagaz

Spooks

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.

Nicholas Ashworth

Screen Two

Screen Two · 1985

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

Stanley Spencer

Endeavour

Endeavour · 2013

SeriesCrimeDrama

The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.

CS Reginald Bright

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost · 1992

A Touch of Frost

SeriesDramaCrime

Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.

Dennis Prior

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe · 1996

Dalziel and Pascoe

SeriesMysteryCrime

In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining down-to-Earth wit and humour.

Paul Goodman

New Tricks

New Tricks · 2004

SeriesDramaComedy

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.

Foyle's War

Foyle's War · 2002

SeriesMysteryDrama

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

Austin Carmichael

Killing Eve

Killing Eve · 2018

SeriesCrimeDrama

A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.

Robert

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead · 2001

Waking the Dead

SeriesCrimeMystery

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

Professor Ray Levin

A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches · 2018

A Discovery of Witches

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.

Rabbi Loew

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh · 2021

SeriesCrimeDrama

A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.

Father John

The Musketeers

The Musketeers · 2014

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall · 2015

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

Thomas More

The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown · 2012

The Hollow Crown

SeriesDramaHistory

A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.

Exeter

1899

SeriesMysteryDrama

When mysterious events change the course of an immigrant ship headed for New York in 1899, a mind-bending riddle unfolds for its bewildered passengers.

Mr. Franklin

Atlantis

Atlantis · 2013

SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

A fantasy drama set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures. Far from home and desperate for answers, Jason washes up on the shores of an ancient land. A mysterious place; a world of bull leaping, of snake haired goddesses and of palaces so vast it was said they were built by giants - this is the city of Atlantis. Aided by his two new friends, Pythagoras and Hercules, Jason embarks on a voyage of discovery, and salvation, which sees him brush shoulders with Medusa, come face to face with the Minotaur and even do battle with the dead.

Kyros