Anton Lesser
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Miracle Maker
as Herod (voice)
2000
Sakharov
as Valery Chalidze
1984
The Girl in the Café
as George
2005
Miss Potter
as Harold Warne
2006
From A Strange Land
as Professor Dr Wolfgang Engel
2021
The Man who Crossed Hitler
as Rudolf Olden
2011
Class of '76
as Martin Gibson
2005
Otherworld
as Teyrnon (voice)
2003
The Moonstone
as Ezra Jennings
1996
The Scapegoat
as Father McReady
2012
Stanley
as Stanley Spencer
1988
The Project
as Stanley Hall
2002
Troilus & Cressida
as Troilus
1981
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Lord John Carteret
2011
Tick Tick Tick
as Narrator
TBA
The Mill on the Floss
as Philip Wakem
1978
Charlotte Gray
as Renech
2001
The Yellow Tie
as Martin Steinke
2025
Making 1899
as Self
2022
Good and Bad at Games
1983
TV Appearances
Midsomer Murders
as Eddie Darwin
1997
Silent Witness
as Marcus Gwilym
1996
Spooks
as Nicholas Ashworth
2002
Foyle's War
as Austin Carmichael
2002
The Crown
as Harold Macmillan
2016
Waking the Dead
as Professor Ray Levin
2001
Messiah
as Samuel Waite
2001
Little Dorrit
as Mr. Merdle
2008
New Tricks
2004
The History of the World Backwards
2007
The Hour
as Clarence Fendley
2011
NOVA
as Voltaire
1974