Actor profile

Anton Lesser

14th February 1952 Birmingham, England, UK Acting

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.

61 Movies 64 TV Shows 1 In Production 126 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

World of Westeros Ambient Video poster

World of Westeros Ambient Video 12th December 2025 as Qyburn

The Yellow Tie poster

The Yellow Tie 14th November 2025 as Martin Steinke

Beshert poster

Beshert 10th November 2025 as Mr Pinsky

The World Will Tremble poster

The World Will Tremble 14th March 2025 as Robbi Schulman

Making 1899 poster

Making 1899 16th November 2022 as Self

Benediction poster

Benediction 23rd December 2021 as Stephen Tennant (Older)

From A Strange Land poster

From A Strange Land 2nd November 2021 as Professor Dr Wolfgang Engel

Kindred poster

Kindred 6th November 2020 as Dr. Richards

Gatecrash poster

Gatecrash 30th October 2020 as Sid

The Courier poster

The Courier 24th January 2020 as Bertrand

Disobedience poster

Disobedience 24th April 2018 as Rav Krushka

On Chesil Beach poster

On Chesil Beach 19th January 2018 as Reverend Woollett

The Exception poster

The Exception 2nd June 2017 as General Falkenberg

A United Kingdom poster

A United Kingdom 25th November 2016 as Prime Minister Attlee

Allied poster

Allied 23rd November 2016 as Emmanuel Lombard

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience poster

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience 29th January 2015 as Qyburn

Closer to the Moon poster

Closer to the Moon 7th March 2014 as Holban

The Scapegoat poster

The Scapegoat 9th September 2012 as Father McReady

The Lady poster

The Lady 30th November 2011 as Professor Finnis

Flutter poster

Flutter 5th October 2011 as Bruno

The Man who Crossed Hitler poster

The Man who Crossed Hitler 21st August 2011 as Rudolf Olden

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 15th May 2011 as Lord John Carteret

Einstein and Eddington poster

Einstein and Eddington 29th November 2008 as Fritz Haber

Miss Potter poster

Miss Potter 3rd December 2006 as Harold Warne

Einstein's Big Idea poster

Einstein's Big Idea 11th October 2005 as Voltaire

Class of '76 poster

Class of '76 5th October 2005 as Martin Gibson

River Queen poster

River Queen 12th September 2005 as Baine

Ahead of the Class poster

Ahead of the Class 5th August 2005 as Graham Ranger

The Girl in the Café poster

The Girl in the Café 25th June 2005 as George

Dirty Filthy Love poster

Dirty Filthy Love 24th May 2005 as Charles

Eroica poster

Eroica 4th October 2003 as Sukowaty

Otherworld poster

Otherworld 26th June 2003 as Teyrnon (voice)

Danielle Cable: Eyewitness poster

Danielle Cable: Eyewitness 14th April 2003 as Batten

The Project 10th November 2002 as Stanley Hall

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poster

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 14th August 2002 as Bertilak / Green Knight (voice)

Charlotte Gray poster

Charlotte Gray 28th December 2001 as Renech

Uprising poster

Uprising 4th November 2001 as Nathan Lensky

Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone 11th March 2001 as Counsellor Doone

Esther Kahn poster

Esther Kahn 4th October 2000 as Sean

The Miracle Maker poster

The Miracle Maker 31st March 2000 as Herod (voice)

FairyTale: A True Story poster

FairyTale: A True Story 24th October 1997 as Wounded Corporal

Into the Blue poster

Into the Blue 30th June 1997 as Dr. John Ockleton

The Moonstone poster

The Moonstone 29th December 1996 as Ezra Jennings

Guinevere poster

Guinevere 7th May 1994 as Envoy

Traitors poster

Traitors 5th November 1990 as Robert Cecil

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story poster

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 22nd April 1989 as Karl/Stein

Twelfth Night, or What You Will poster

Twelfth Night, or What You Will 30th December 1988 as Feste

Airbase poster

Airbase 1st March 1988 as Vincenzo

Stanley poster

Stanley 31st January 1988 as Stanley Spencer

The Assam Garden poster

The Assam Garden 4th June 1985 as Mr. Sutton

Monsignor Quixote poster

Monsignor Quixote 1st January 1985 as Robber

Sakharov poster

Sakharov 20th June 1984 as Valery Chalidze

Good and Bad at Games 18th December 1983

The Missionary poster

The Missionary 2nd November 1982 as Young Man at Shoot

King Lear poster

King Lear 19th September 1982 as Edgar

Troilus & Cressida poster

Troilus & Cressida 7th November 1981 as Troilus

The Cherry Orchard poster

The Cherry Orchard 13th October 1981 as Trofimov

The Mill on the Floss poster

The Mill on the Floss 1st January 1978 as Philip Wakem

A Blue Butterfly

Santo Subito! as Father Mattew

Tick Tick Tick poster

Tick Tick Tick as Narrator

Better poster

Better 13th February 2023 as Vernon Marley

1899 poster

1899 17th November 2022 as Mr. Franklin

Andor poster

Andor 21st September 2022 as Lio Partagaz

Art That Made Us poster

Art That Made Us 7th April 2022 as Self - Actor (Endeavour)

Dalgliesh poster

Dalgliesh 4th November 2021 as Father John

The Trial of Christine Keeler poster

The Trial of Christine Keeler 29th December 2019 as Michael Eddowes

A Discovery of Witches poster

A Discovery of Witches 14th September 2018 as Rabbi Loew

Killing Eve poster

Killing Eve 8th April 2018 as Robert

The Crown poster

The Crown 4th November 2016 as Harold Macmillan

Hooten & The Lady poster

Hooten & The Lady 16th September 2016

Dickensian poster

Dickensian 26th December 2015 as Fagin

Life In Squares poster

Life In Squares 27th July 2015 as Dr. Hyslop

Wolf Hall poster

Wolf Hall 21st January 2015 as Thomas More

The Game poster

The Game 5th November 2014 as C

The Musketeers poster

The Musketeers 19th January 2014

The Escape Artist poster

The Escape Artist 29th October 2013 as Richard Mayfield QC

Atlantis poster

Atlantis 28th September 2013 as Kyros

Endeavour poster

Endeavour 14th April 2013 as CS Reginald Bright

Father Brown poster

Father Brown 14th January 2013 as Father Ignatius

Spies of Warsaw poster

Spies of Warsaw 9th January 2013 as Doctor Lapp

Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street 30th December 2012 as Dr. Karl Crabbe

Secret State poster

Secret State 7th November 2012 as Sir Michael Rix

The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown 30th June 2012 as Exeter

The Hour poster

The Hour 19th July 2011 as Clarence Fendley

Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones 17th April 2011 as Qyburn

Five Daughters poster

Five Daughters 25th April 2010 as Dr Nat Cary

Garrow's Law poster

Garrow's Law 1st November 2009 as John Farmer

Little Dorrit poster

Little Dorrit 26th October 2008 as Mr. Merdle

The History of the World Backwards poster

The History of the World Backwards 30th October 2007

Vital Signs poster

Vital Signs 20th April 2006 as Dr Lindsay

Class of '76 poster

Class of '76 3rd October 2005 as Martin Gibson

London 7th May 2004 as Charles Dickens

New Tricks poster

New Tricks 1st January 2004

Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War 27th October 2002 as Austin Carmichael

Spooks poster

Spooks 13th May 2002 as Nicholas Ashworth

Dickens poster

Dickens 11th May 2002 as Charles Dickens

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story poster

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story 2nd December 2001 as Vidas Merlinis

Uprising poster

Uprising 4th November 2001 as Nathan Lensky

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes poster

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes 4th September 2001 as Milburn

Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead 18th June 2001 as Professor Ray Levin

Messiah poster

Messiah 26th May 2001 as Samuel Waite

Perfect Strangers poster

Perfect Strangers 10th May 2001 as Stephen

Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone 24th December 2000 as Counsellor Doone

The Scarlet Pimpernel poster

The Scarlet Pimpernel 24th January 1999 as Antoine Picard

The Echo poster

The Echo 29th December 1998 as Billy Blake

Vanity Fair poster

Vanity Fair 1st November 1998 as Mr Pitt Crawley

Invasion: Earth poster

Invasion: Earth 8th May 1998 as Lt. Charles Terrell

Bodyguards poster

Bodyguards 1st May 1997 as Dusan Mesic

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Rev. Wallace Stone

Testament: The Bible in Animation poster

Testament: The Bible in Animation 16th October 1996 as Joseph (voice)

Moses poster

Moses 7th April 1996 as Eliav

Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness 21st February 1996 as Marcus Gwilym

The Politician's Wife poster

The Politician's Wife 16th May 1995 as Mark Hollister

Sharman poster

Sharman 5th April 1995 as Galilee

Bugs poster

Bugs 1st April 1995 as Patrick Marcel

A Touch of Frost poster

A Touch of Frost 6th December 1992 as Dennis Prior

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 9th November 1992 as Leontes (voice)

The Strauss Dynasty poster

The Strauss Dynasty 16th December 1991 as Levi

The Play on One poster

The Play on One 19th January 1988 as Vincenzo

Anna of the Five Towns poster

Anna of the Five Towns 9th January 1985 as Willie Price

Freud poster

Freud 14th September 1984 as Wilhelm Fliess

The Serpent Son poster

The Serpent Son 7th March 1979 as Orestes

The Mill on the Floss poster

The Mill on the Floss 31st December 1978 as Philip Wakem

NOVA poster

NOVA 3rd March 1974 as Voltaire

ViQueens poster

Coming soon

ViQueens 26th December 2026 as Lars (voice)