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Anton Lesser | |
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Born | Birmingham, England, UK | 14 February 1952
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1979–present |
Spouse | Madeleine Lesser |
Children | 2 |
Anton Lesser (born 14 February 1952[1]) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Thomas More in Wolf Hall, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour,[2] and Major Partagaz in Star Wars: Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.
Early life
Born in Birmingham,[3] the son of David Lesser and his wife Amelia Cohen, Anton Lesser was educated Moseley Grammar School and the University of Liverpool, where he read architecture. He then went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and on graduation in 1977[4] was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor of his year.[3] He is of Jewish background.[5]
Career
As an associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Lesser played many of Shakespeare's great roles. In the BBC Television Shakespeare productions he was Troilus (Troilus and Cressida), Edgar (King Lear), and Feste (Twelfth Night). On stage, he has portrayed Romeo, Hamlet, Brutus, Petruchio, Richard III, and others.[6]
Lesser is a frequent radio contributor and played the title role in the BBC Radio adaptations of the first five Marcus Didius Falco mysteries by Lindsey Davis. He has also recorded many audiobooks, including much of the work of Charles Dickens. His recording of Great Expectations won him a Talkie Award. Other books range from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Homer and Rumi[7] to contemporary novels by Robert Harris (Fatherland) and Philip Pullman. For two months in 2013, Lesser was a regular cast member playing Robin Carrow in Ambridge Extra, a BBC Radio 4 Extra spin-off from the BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers.[8]
In 2013, during the third season of the HBO Max series Game of Thrones, Lesser began playing the recurring role of Qyburn, an enigmatic mad scientist who served as part of the retinue of Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey). Qyburn, and Lesser's portrayal of him, were popular with fans, particularly as the series went on and the character appeared more frequently and had greater influence over the narrative.[9][10] The Ringer described him as "the last curious man in Westeros" and noted that the character "refuses to seem like a MacGuffin, despite totally being one."[11] The character returned across the remainder of the series' run until the finale in 2019; Qyburn was one of the characters who perished in the final episode, which led to many fans producing memes about his abrupt death.[12]
In 2015, Lesser was announced as a public supporter of Chapel Lane Theatre Company based in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.[13]
Lesser portrayed Thomas More in the BBC mini-series Wolf Hall, and received a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.[14]
In 2022, Lesser played Major Partagaz, a supporting antagonist in the Star Wars spinoff Andor. His performance of Partagaz, a ranking member of the Empire's intelligence agency, the Imperial Security Bureau, was noted by critics. Digital Spy noted that Lesser delivered dialogue on Imperial bureaucracy with "powerful coolness."[15]
Personal life
With his wife Madeleine Adams, Lesser has two children, Harry and Lily. Lily Lesser is an actress and has acted alongside her father in Endeavour and Wolf Hall.[16]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | The Missionary | Young Man | |
1985 | The Assam Garden | Mr. Sutton | |
1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Wounded Corporal | |
2000 | Esther Kahn | Sean | |
2001 | Charlotte Gray | Monsieur Renech | |
2003 | Imagining Argentina | General Guzmán | |
Y Mabinogi | Teyrnon | Voice role | |
2005 | River Queen | Major Baine | |
2006 | Miss Potter | Harold Warne | |
2009 | Deep Sleep | Short film | |
2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Lord John Carteret | |
The Lady | Professor Finnis | ||
Flutter | Bruno | ||
2012 | The Scapegoat | Father McReady | |
2014 | Closer to the Moon | Comrade Holban | |
2016 | A United Kingdom | Prime Minister Attlee | |
Allied | Emmanuel Lombard | ||
The Exception | General Falkenberg | ||
2017 | On Chesil Beach | Reverend Woollett | |
Disobedience | Rav Krushka | ||
The Other Door | Interviewer 1 | Short film | |
Catherine the Great: Lovers and Sons | Peter III | ||
2018 | Seasonal Contract | The Narrator | Voice role, short film |
2020 | The Courier | Bertrand | |
Tick Tick Tick | Narrator | Short film | |
Kindred | Dr. Richards | ||
Gatecrash | Sid | ||
2021 | A Cold Supper Behind Harrods | Leo | |
Galahad Jones | Mitch Mullins | Short film | |
Benediction | Stephen Tennant (Older) |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | The Mill on the Floss | Philip Waken | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
Oresteia | Orestes | Miniseries, 3 episodes | |
1981 | The Cherry Orchard | Trofimov | Television film |
Troilus & Cressida | Troilus | Television film | |
1982 | Crown Court | John Peat | 3 episodes |
King Lear | Edgar | Television film | |
1983 | Good and Bad at Games | Cox | Television film |
1984 | Sakharov | Valery Chalidze | Television film |
Freud | Wilhelm Fliess | Miniseries, 5 episodes | |
1985 | Anna of the Five Towns | Willie Price | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
1987 | Great Performances | Robber | Episode: "Monsignor Quixote" |
London Embassy | Robert Bronhouse | Miniseries, 1 episode: "Tomb with a View" | |
1988 | Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Feste | Television film |
Screen Two | Stanley Spencer | Episode: "Stanley" | |
The Play on One | Vincenzo | Episode: "Airbase" | |
A Vote for Hitler | A.L. Rowse | Television film | |
1989 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Karl | Television film |
1990 | ScreenPlay | Robert Cecil | Episode: "Traitors" |
1991 | The Strauss Dynasty | Gustav Levi | Miniseries, 8 episodes |
1992 | Downtown Lagos | Mungo Dawson | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
1994 | Guinevere | Envoy | Television film |
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Leontes | Voice role, 1 episode: "The Winter's Tale" | |
1995 | The Politician's Wife | Mark Hollister | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
Bugs | Patrick Marcel | Episode: "Pulse" | |
Moses | Eliav | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
1996 | Sharman | Galilee | Episode: "Pretend We're Dead" |
Testament: The Bible in Animation | Joseph | Voice role, 1 episode: "Joseph" | |
The Moonstone | Ezra Jennings | Television film | |
1997 | Bodyguards | Dusan Mesic | Episode: "A Choice of Evils" |
Into the Blue | Dr. John Ockleton | Television film | |
1998 | Invasion: Earth | Lt. Charles Terrell | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
Vanity Fair | Mr. Pitt Crawley | Miniseries, 5 episodes | |
The Echo | Billy Blake | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
1999 | Pure Wickedness | Dr. Andrew Ward | 1 episode |
Trial by Fire | Brian Redwood | Television film | |
2000 | The Miracle Maker | King Herod | Voice role, television film |
Safe as Houses | Mr. Dunn | Television film | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | Antoine Picard | Episode: "Friends & Enemies" | |
Lorna Doone | Counsellor Doone | Television film | |
2001 | Perfect Strangers | Stephen | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes | Milburn | Miniseries, 1 episode: "The White Knight Stratagem" | |
Uprising | Nathan Lensky | Television film | |
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | Vidas Merlinis - Research Scientist | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
Swallow | Paul Valley | 3 episodes | |
2002 | Animated Tales of the World | The Flower of Fern | Voice role, 1 episode: "Flower of Fern, a Tale from Poland" |
Dickens | Charles Dickens | Miniseries, 3 episodes | |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Bertilak - Green Knight | Voice role, television film | |
Waking the Dead | Professor Ray Levin | Episode: "Special Relationship" | |
The Project | Stanley Hall | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
Foyle's War | Austin Carmichael | Episode: "Eagle Day" | |
2003 | Eroica | Sukowaty | Television film |
Midsomer Murders | Eddie Darwin | Episode: "Birds of Prey" | |
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness | Henry Batten | Television film | |
2004 | Silent Witness | Marcus Gwilym | Episode: "Death by Water" |
Dirty Filthy Love | Charles | Television film | |
Spooks | Nicholas Ashworth | Episode: "A Prayer for My Daughter" | |
2005 | Ahead of the Class | Graham Ranger | Television film |
The Girl in the Café | George | Television film | |
Class of '76 | Martin Gibson | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
Nova | Voltaire
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