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.

Filmography

• 2017Joe Orton Laid Bare — Ensemble Cast
• 2016RSC Live: King Lear — King Lear
• 2015RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1 — Sir John Falstaff
• 2015RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2 — Sir John Falstaff
• 2015War Book — David
• 2012Dickens in London — Older Dickens(Voice)
• 2012National Theatre Live: Travelling Light — Jacob Bindel
• The Shadow Line — Peter Glickman
• 2010The Wolfman — Dr. Hoenneger
• 2008God on Trial — Akiba
• 2008Three and Out — Maurice
• 2007Hitler: The Comedy Years — Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Company — Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi
• 2005Primo — Primo Levi
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Rafiel
• 2004Churchill: The Hollywood Years — Hitler
• 2003Home — Gerald Ballantyne
• The Jury — Gerald Lewis QC
• 2001Macbeth — Macbeth
• Murphy's Law — Frank Jeremy
• 2000The Miracle Maker — Ben Azra (voice)
• 1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters — Colonel Moncoutant
• 1999The Winter's Tale — Leontes
• Hornblower — Marquis de Moncoutant
• 1998Shakespeare in Love — Dr. Moth
• 1997Mrs Brown — Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
• 1996Alive and Kicking — Jack
• 1996The Moonstone — Sergeant Cuff
• 1996The Wind in the Willows — Chief Weasel
• Look at the State We're In! — The Don
• 1995The Young Poisoner's Handbook — Dr. Ernest Zeigler
• 1994King Richard III — Richard (voice)
• 1993Camp Christmas
• 1993Genghis Cohn — Genghis Cohn
• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales — Richard (voice)
• 1992The Crying Game — Scum Editor
• 1990Changing Step — Capt. Edmund Lambert, Writer
• One Foot in the Grave
• 1990The Land of Dreams — David Samuels
• 1989Erik the Viking — Loki
• The Play on One — Capt Edmund Lambert, Writer
• ScreenPlay — David Samuels
• Screen Two — Genghis Cohn
• 1985Shadey — Oliver Shadey
• 1983Tartuffe, or The Imposter — Tartuffe
• The History Man — Professor Howard Kirk
• 1980Superman II — Bell Boy
• 1979One Fine Day — Mr. Alpert
• 1979The Out of Town Boys — Nathan
• 1979Yanks — GI at Cinema
• 1978Cold Harbour — Morris
• Pickersgill People — Sheikh Fahmi Al-Daoud Al-Tufah, Piers Hatch
• ITV Playhouse — Morris

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2017Queer as Art — Self
• 2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSC — Self
• 2015Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor — Himself
• 2015Shylock's Ghost — Self
• 2012Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard — Self
• In Search of Shakespeare — Self
• The Dame Edna Experience — Self
• 1982Mike Leigh: Making Plays — Self