Anton Lesser
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.
Born: 14 February 1952
Played In
Movie
Dec 2026
ViQueens
Lars (voice)
Movie
Nov 2025
The Yellow Tie
Martin Steinke
Movie
Nov 2025
Beshert
Mr Pinsky
Movie
Mar 2025
The World Will Tremble
Robbi Schulman
TV Show
Feb 2023
Better
Vernon Marley
TV Show
Nov 2022
1899
Mr. Franklin
Movie
Nov 2022
Making 1899
Self
TV Show
Sep 2022
Andor
Lio Partagaz
TV Show
Apr 2022
Art That Made Us
Self - Actor (Endeavour)
Movie
Dec 2021
Benediction
Stephen Tennant (Older)
TV Show
Nov 2021
Dalgliesh
Father John
Movie
Nov 2021
From A Strange Land
Professor Dr Wolfgang Engel
Movie
Nov 2020
Kindred
Dr. Richards
Movie
Oct 2020
Gatecrash
Sid
Movie
Jan 2020
The Courier
Bertrand
TV Show
Dec 2019
The Trial of Christine Keeler
Michael Eddowes
TV Show
Sep 2018
A Discovery of Witches
Rabbi Loew
Movie
Apr 2018
Disobedience
Rav Krushka
TV Show
Apr 2018
Killing Eve
Robert
Movie
Jan 2018
On Chesil Beach
Reverend Woollett
Movie
Jun 2017
The Exception
General Falkenberg
Movie
Nov 2016
A United Kingdom
Prime Minister Attlee
Movie
Nov 2016
Allied
Emmanuel Lombard
TV Show
Nov 2016
The Crown
Harold Macmillan
TV Show
Sep 2016
Hooten & The Lady
TV Show
Dec 2015
Dickensian
Fagin
TV Show
Jul 2015
Life In Squares
Dr. Hyslop
Movie
Jan 2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Qyburn
TV Show
Jan 2015
Wolf Hall
Thomas More
TV Show
Nov 2014
The Game
C
Movie
Mar 2014
Closer to the Moon
Holban
TV Show
Jan 2014
The Musketeers
TV Show
Oct 2013
The Escape Artist
Richard Mayfield QC
TV Show
Sep 2013
Atlantis
Kyros
TV Show
Apr 2013
Endeavour
CS Reginald Bright
TV Show
Jan 2013
Father Brown
Father Ignatius
TV Show
Jan 2013
Spies of Warsaw
Doctor Lapp
TV Show
Dec 2012
Ripper Street
Dr. Karl Crabbe
TV Show
Nov 2012
Secret State
Sir Michael Rix
Movie
Sep 2012
The Scapegoat
Father McReady
TV Show
Jun 2012
The Hollow Crown
Exeter
Movie
Nov 2011
The Lady
Professor Finnis
Movie
Oct 2011
Flutter
Bruno
Movie
Aug 2011
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Rudolf Olden
TV Show
Jul 2011
The Hour
Clarence Fendley
Movie
May 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Lord John Carteret
TV Show
Apr 2011
Game of Thrones
Qyburn
TV Show
Apr 2010
Five Daughters
Dr Nat Cary
TV Show
Nov 2009
Garrow's Law
John Farmer
Movie
Nov 2008
Einstein and Eddington
Fritz Haber
TV Show
Oct 2008
Little Dorrit
Mr. Merdle
TV Show
Oct 2007
The History of the World Backwards
Movie
Dec 2006
Miss Potter
Harold Warne
TV Show
Apr 2006
Vital Signs
Dr Lindsay
Movie
Oct 2005
Einstein's Big Idea
Voltaire
Movie
Oct 2005
Class of '76
Martin Gibson
TV Show
Oct 2005
Class of '76
Martin Gibson
Movie
Sep 2005
River Queen
Baine
Movie
Aug 2005
Ahead of the Class
Graham Ranger
Movie
Jun 2005
The Girl in the Café
George
Movie
May 2005
Dirty Filthy Love
Charles
TV Show
May 2004
London
Charles Dickens
TV Show
Jan 2004
New Tricks
Movie
Oct 2003
Eroica
Sukowaty
Movie
Jun 2003
Otherworld
Teyrnon (voice)
Movie
Apr 2003
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
Batten
Movie
Nov 2002
The Project
Stanley Hall
TV Show
Oct 2002
Foyle's War
Austin Carmichael
Movie
Aug 2002
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Bertilak / Green Knight (voice)
TV Show
May 2002
Spooks
Nicholas Ashworth
TV Show
May 2002
Dickens
Charles Dickens
Movie
Dec 2001
Charlotte Gray
Renech
TV Show
Dec 2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Vidas Merlinis
Movie
Nov 2001
Uprising
Nathan Lensky
TV Show
Nov 2001
Uprising
Nathan Lensky
TV Show
Sep 2001
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Milburn
TV Show
Jun 2001
Waking the Dead
Professor Ray Levin
TV Show
May 2001
Messiah
Samuel Waite
TV Show
May 2001
Perfect Strangers
Stephen
Movie
Mar 2001
Lorna Doone
Counsellor Doone
TV Show
Dec 2000
Lorna Doone
Counsellor Doone
Movie
Oct 2000
Esther Kahn
Sean
Movie
Mar 2000
The Miracle Maker
Herod (voice)
TV Show
Jan 1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Antoine Picard
TV Show
Dec 1998
The Echo
Billy Blake
TV Show
Nov 1998
Vanity Fair
Mr Pitt Crawley
TV Show
May 1998
Invasion: Earth
Lt. Charles Terrell
Movie
Oct 1997
FairyTale: A True Story
Wounded Corporal
Movie
Jun 1997
Into the Blue
Dr. John Ockleton
TV Show
May 1997
Bodyguards
Dusan Mesic
TV Show
Mar 1997
Midsomer Murders
Eddie Darwin
TV Show
Mar 1997
Midsomer Murders
Rev. Wallace Stone
Movie
Dec 1996
The Moonstone
Ezra Jennings
TV Show
Oct 1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Joseph (voice)
TV Show
Apr 1996
Moses
Eliav
TV Show
Feb 1996
Silent Witness
Marcus Gwilym
TV Show
May 1995
The Politician's Wife
Mark Hollister
TV Show
Apr 1995
Sharman
Galilee
TV Show
Apr 1995
Bugs
Patrick Marcel
Movie
May 1994
Guinevere
Envoy
TV Show
Dec 1992
A Touch of Frost
Dennis Prior
TV Show
Nov 1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Leontes (voice)
TV Show
Dec 1991
The Strauss Dynasty
Levi
Movie
Nov 1990
Traitors
Robert Cecil
Movie
Apr 1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Karl/Stein
Movie
Dec 1988
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Feste
Movie
Mar 1988
Airbase
Vincenzo
Movie
Jan 1988
Stanley
Stanley Spencer
TV Show
Jan 1988
The Play on One
Vincenzo
Movie
Jun 1985
The Assam Garden
Mr. Sutton
TV Show
Jan 1985
Anna of the Five Towns
Willie Price
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Stanley Spencer
Movie
Jan 1985
Monsignor Quixote
Robber
TV Show
Sep 1984
Freud
Wilhelm Fliess
Movie
Jun 1984
Sakharov
Valery Chalidze
Movie
Dec 1983
Good and Bad at Games
Movie
Nov 1982
The Missionary
Young Man at Shoot
Movie
Sep 1982
King Lear
Edgar
Movie
Nov 1981
Troilus & Cressida
Troilus
Movie
Oct 1981
The Cherry Orchard
Trofimov
TV Show
Mar 1979
The Serpent Son
Orestes
TV Show
Dec 1978
The Mill on the Floss
Philip Wakem
Movie
Jan 1978
The Mill on the Floss
Philip Wakem
TV Show
Mar 1974
NOVA
Voltaire
Movie
Tick Tick Tick
Narrator
Movie
Santo Subito!
Father Mattew
Movie
A Blue Butterfly