Actor profile

Allan Corduner

2nd April 1950 Stockholm, Sweden Acting

Allan Corduner (born April 2, 1950) is an English actor born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father. He grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol University he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively on stage, TV, and film, both in the UK and in the United States. His voice is familiar from many BBC radio plays, audio books and TV documentaries. Corduner made his feature film debut in Yentl, with Barbra Streisand. Of his 44 films he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. He is married to Juha Leppäjärvi, a yoga instructor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allan Corduner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

66 Movies 42 TV Shows 108 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Christmas Karma poster

Christmas Karma 14th November 2025 as Mr Fezzywig

Alfie & Ed 12th November 2025

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue poster

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue 21st March 2024 as Hume Cronyn

Family poster

Family 8th March 2024

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus 23rd December 2022 as The Deacon

TÁR poster

TÁR 7th October 2022 as Sebastian Brix

The Offering poster

The Offering 23rd September 2022 as Saul

Mosquito poster

Mosquito 7th May 2022 as Ozwald Godfrey

The Man Who Saw Too Much poster

The Man Who Saw Too Much 1st December 2019 as Boris Pahor (voice)

Disobedience poster

Disobedience 24th April 2018 as Moshe Hartog

Miss Dalí poster

Miss Dalí 6th April 2018 as Captain Moore

The Book of Gabrielle poster

The Book of Gabrielle 9th March 2017 as Saul

Florence Foster Jenkins poster

Florence Foster Jenkins 6th May 2016 as John Totten

Woman in Gold poster

Woman in Gold 20th March 2015 as Gustav Bloch-Bauer

Closer to the Moon poster

Closer to the Moon 7th March 2014 as Flaviu

The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney 11th September 2012 as Doctor

A Thousand Kisses Deep poster

A Thousand Kisses Deep 15th June 2012 as Buddy

An Enemy to Die For poster

An Enemy to Die For 16th March 2012 as Martin Winter

We'll Take Manhattan poster

We'll Take Manhattan 26th January 2012 as Alex Liberman

Lennon Naked poster

Lennon Naked 21st November 2010 as Art Janov

Burke & Hare poster

Burke & Hare 29th October 2010 as Nicephore

Mr. Nobody poster

Mr. Nobody 6th November 2009 as Dr. Feldheim

Defiance poster

Defiance 31st December 2008 as Shimon Haretz

Fred Claus poster

Fred Claus 9th November 2007 as Dr. Goldfarb

The Last Days of the Raj poster

The Last Days of the Raj 12th March 2007 as Lord Ismay

The Owls and the Orchard poster

The Owls and the Orchard 23rd November 2005 as Self - Narrator (voice)

The White Countess poster

The White Countess 30th October 2005 as Samuel Feinstein

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle poster

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle 8th September 2005 as Greenhough Smith

Friends & Crocodiles poster

Friends & Crocodiles 28th August 2005 as Marcus

Bigger Than the Sky poster

Bigger Than the Sky 18th February 2005 as Kippy Newberg

The Merchant of Venice poster

The Merchant of Venice 3rd December 2004 as Tubal

Vera Drake poster

Vera Drake 22nd October 2004 as Psychiatrist

De-Lovely poster

De-Lovely 2nd July 2004 as Monty Woolley

Christine poster

Christine 13th February 2004 as Maurice Leyman

The King's Beard poster

The King's Beard 2nd October 2002 as (voice)

Moonlight Mile poster

Moonlight Mile 9th September 2002 as Stan Michaels

Food of Love poster

Food of Love 8th February 2002 as Joseph Mansourian

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) poster

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) 7th November 2001 as Big Bob

Me Without You poster

Me Without You 1st November 2001 as Max

The Search for John Gissing poster

The Search for John Gissing 1st November 2001 as Francois Fuller

The Grey Zone poster

The Grey Zone 13th September 2001 as Nyiszli

Zoe poster

Zoe 24th January 2001 as Rupert

Joe Gould's Secret poster

Joe Gould's Secret 21st January 2000 as Francis McCrudden

Topsy-Turvy poster

Topsy-Turvy 15th December 1999 as Sir Arthur Sullivan

The Impostors poster

The Impostors 2nd October 1998 as Captain

Alive and Kicking poster

Alive and Kicking 8th November 1996 as Therapist

Norma Jean & Marilyn poster

Norma Jean & Marilyn 18th May 1996 as Billy Wilder

Gadgetman poster

Gadgetman 1st January 1996 as Professor McNeil

Voices poster

Voices 15th September 1995 as Oscar Butterworth

A Business Affair poster

A Business Affair 16th March 1994 as Dinner Guest

Nobody's Children poster

Nobody's Children 3rd March 1994 as Ion

Heart of Darkness poster

Heart of Darkness 1st October 1993 as Verme

Carry On Columbus poster

Carry On Columbus 2nd October 1992 as Sam

Edward II poster

Edward II 11th September 1991 as Poet

Antonia and Jane poster

Antonia and Jane 18th July 1990 as Stephen Carlinsky

Fat Man and Little Boy poster

Fat Man and Little Boy 20th October 1989 as Franz Goethe

Talk Radio poster

Talk Radio 23rd December 1988 as Vince / Morris

Mandela poster

Mandela 20th September 1987 as Benny

Valhalla poster

Valhalla 12th May 1986 as Loke (voice)

Bad Medicine poster

Bad Medicine 22nd November 1985 as Dr. Diaz the Bus Driver

Yentl poster

Yentl 18th November 1983 as Shimmele

The Return of the Soldier poster

The Return of the Soldier 6th January 1983 as Pianist at Party

Follow the Star 24th December 1979

Phoelix poster

Phoelix 1st August 1979

The Entertainment System Is Down poster

The Entertainment System Is Down

The Funeral as Rabbi Stephen

Ridley Road poster

Ridley Road 3rd October 2021 as Rabbi Lehrer

FBI poster

FBI 25th September 2018 as Victor Beniov

Fearless poster

Fearless 12th June 2017 as Monty Berman

The Musketeers poster

The Musketeers 19th January 2014 as Van Laar

Secrets of the Third Reich poster

Secrets of the Third Reich 2nd January 2014 as Self - Narrator

The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist 23rd September 2013 as Aaron

Dancing on the Edge poster

Dancing on the Edge 4th February 2013 as Mr. Wax

Utopia poster

Utopia 15th January 2013 as Ross

Spies of Warsaw poster

Spies of Warsaw 9th January 2013 as Viktor Rosen

Call the Midwife poster

Call the Midwife 15th January 2012 as Arnold Gelin

Homeland poster

Homeland 2nd October 2011 as Etai Luskin

Exile poster

Exile 1st May 2011 as Geller

Zen poster

Zen 2nd January 2011 as Michelangelo Gattuso

Grandma's House poster

Grandma's House 9th August 2010 as Richard

A Passionate Woman poster

A Passionate Woman 11th April 2010 as Mr. Solomon

No Heroics poster

No Heroics 18th September 2008

Simon Schama's Power of Art poster

Simon Schama's Power of Art 19th October 2006

The Lady Musketeer poster

The Lady Musketeer 20th June 2004 as Aramis

The Last Detective poster

The Last Detective 7th February 2003

Daniel Deronda poster

Daniel Deronda 23rd November 2002 as Herr Julius Klesmer

Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War 27th October 2002 as Carlo Lucciano

The Way We Live Now poster

The Way We Live Now 11th November 2001 as Croll

Fat Friends poster

Fat Friends 12th October 2000 as Leonard Harris

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Michael Hipsman

Nostromo poster

Nostromo 5th January 1997 as Hirsch

An Independent Man 10th June 1995

The Last Machine poster

The Last Machine 7th January 1995

Paris poster

Paris 14th October 1994 as Minotti

Mad About You poster

Mad About You 23rd September 1992 as Osofsky

Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat 10th April 1992 as Tristram Johnstone

Drop the Dead Donkey poster

Drop the Dead Donkey 9th August 1990 as Critic

Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse 6th January 1987 as Gentile Bellocchio

Girls On Top poster

Girls On Top 23rd October 1985 as Benny

The Bill poster

The Bill 16th October 1984

Freud poster

Freud 14th September 1984 as Oscar Rie

Cold Warrior 12th September 1984 as Joachim Maasen

Roots poster

Roots 11th September 1981 as Melvin Solomons

Buccaneer 27th April 1980 as Monty Bateman

Minder poster

Minder 29th October 1979 as Marty

Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected 24th March 1979 as Store Assistant

Poldark poster

Poldark 5th October 1975 as Manservant

A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas 24th December 1971 as The Deacon