Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 14, 1949
Place of Birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Antony Sher
Biography
Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) was an English actor of South African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time nominee. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a writer and theatre director. He died of cancer on 3rd December 2021.
Known For - Movies
Superman II
as Bell Boy
The Wolfman
as Dr. Hoenneger
Shakespeare in Love
as Dr. Moth
The Miracle Maker
as Ben Azra (voice)
Mrs Brown
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
The Wind in the Willows
as Chief Weasel
Erik the Viking
as Loki
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yanks
as GI at Cinema
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Colonel Moncoutant
Known For - TV Shows
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Rafiel
Murphy's Law
as Frank Jeremy
Hornblower
as Marquis de Moncoutant
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Richard (voice)
The Play on One
as Captain Edmund Lambert
The Company
as Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
One Foot in the Grave
The Jury
as Gerald Lewis QC
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
The Shadow Line
as Peter Glickman