Anton Lesser

Acting

Anton Lesser

Born 14 February 1952 · Birmingham, England, UK · 74

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.

Known for

Highlights

Game of Thrones2011 · Series · Qyburn
Andor2022 · Series · Major Partagaz
The Crown2016 · Series · Harold Macmillan
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011 · Film · Lord John Carteret
Killing Eve2018 · Series · Robert
Allied2016 · Film · Emmanuel Lombard

Filmography

Movies

56 films

The Yellow Tie2025 · Film · Martin Steinke
Beshert2025 · Film · Mr Pinsky
The World Will Tremble2025 · Film · Robbi Schulman
Benediction2021 · Film · Stephen Tennant (Older)
From A Strange Land2021 · Film · Professor Dr Wolfgang Engel
Kindred2020 · Film · Dr. Richards
Gatecrash2020 · Film · Sid
The Courier2020 · Film · Bertrand
Disobedience2018 · Film · Rav Krushka
On Chesil Beach2018 · Film · Reverend Woollett
The Exception2017 · Film · General Falkenberg
A United Kingdom2016 · Film · Prime Minister Attlee
Allied2016 · Film · Emmanuel Lombard
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience2015 · Film · Qyburn
Closer to the Moon2014 · Film · Holban
The Scapegoat2012 · Film · Father McReady
The Lady2011 · Film · Professor Finnis
Flutter2011 · Film · Bruno
The Man who Crossed Hitler2011 · Film · Rudolf Olden
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011 · Film · Lord John Carteret
Einstein and Eddington2008 · Film · Fritz Haber
Miss Potter2006 · Film · Harold Warne
Einstein's Big Idea2005 · Film · Voltaire
Class of '762005 · Film · Martin Gibson
River Queen2005 · Film · Baine
Ahead of the Class2005 · Film · Graham Ranger
The Girl in the Café2005 · Film · George
Dirty Filthy Love2005 · Film · Charles
Eroica2003 · Film · Sukowaty
Imagining Argentina2003 · Film · General Guzmán
Otherworld2003 · Film · Teyrnon (voice)
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness2003 · Film · Batten
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight2002 · Film · Bertilak / Green Knight (voice)
Charlotte Gray2001 · Film · Renech
Uprising2001 · Film · Nathan Lensky
Lorna Doone2001 · Film · Counsellor Doone
Esther Kahn2000 · Film · Sean
The Miracle Maker2000 · Film · Herod (voice)
FairyTale: A True Story1997 · Film · Wounded Corporal
Into the Blue1997 · Film · Dr. John Ockleton
The Moonstone1996 · Film · Ezra Jennings
The Winter's Tale1994 · Film · Leontes (voice)
Guinevere1994 · Film · Envoy
Traitors1990 · Film · Robert Cecil
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story1989 · Film · Karl/Stein
Twelfth Night, or What You Will1988 · Film · Feste
Airbase1988 · Film · Vincenzo
Stanley1988 · Film · Stanley Spencer
The Assam Garden1985 · Film · Mr. Sutton
Monsignor Quixote1985 · Film · Robber
Sakharov1984 · Film · Valery Chalidze
The Missionary1982 · Film · Young Man at Shoot
King Lear1982 · Film · Edgar
Troilus & Cressida1981 · Film · Troilus
The Cherry Orchard1981 · Film · Trofimov
The Mill on the Floss1978 · Film · Philip Wakem

Filmography

Series

65 shows

Better2023 · Series · Vernon Marley
18992022 · Series · Mr. Franklin
Andor2022 · Series · Major Partagaz
Dalgliesh2021 · Series · Father John
The Trial of Christine Keeler2019 · Series · Michael Eddowes
A Discovery of Witches2018 · Series · Rabbi Loew
Killing Eve2018 · Series · Robert
The Crown2016 · Series · Harold Macmillan
Hooten & The Lady2016 · Series
Dickensian2015 · Series · Fagin
Life in Squares2015 · Series · Dr. Hyslop
Wolf Hall2015 · Series · Thomas More
The Game2014 · Series · C
The Musketeers2014 · Series
The Escape Artist2013 · Series · Richard Mayfield QC
Atlantis2013 · Series · Kyros
Endeavour2013 · Series · CS Reginald Bright
Father Brown2013 · Series · Father Ignatius
Spies of Warsaw2013 · Series · Doctor Lapp
Ripper Street2012 · Series · Dr. Karl Crabbe
Secret State2012 · Series · Sir Michael Rix
The Hollow Crown2012 · Series · Exeter
The Hour2011 · Series · Clarence Fendley
Game of Thrones2011 · Series · Qyburn
Five Daughters2010 · Series · Dr Nat Cary
Garrow's Law2009 · Series · John Farmer
Little Dorrit2008 · Series · Mr. Merdle
The History of the World Backwards2007 · Series
Vital Signs2006 · Series · Dr Lindsay
Class of '762005 · Series · Martin Gibson
New Tricks2004 · Series
Foyle's War2002 · Series · Austin Carmichael
Spooks2002 · Series · Nicholas Ashworth
Dickens2002 · Series · Charles Dickens
Swallow2001 · Series · Paul Valley
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story2001 · Series · Vidas Merlinis
Uprising2001 · Series · Nathan Lensky
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes2001 · Series · Milburn
Waking the Dead2001 · Series · Professor Ray Levin
Messiah2001 · Series · Samuel Waite
Perfect Strangers2001 · Series · Stephen
Lorna Doone2000 · Series · Counsellor Doone
The Scarlet Pimpernel1999 · Series · Antoine Picard
The Echo1998 · Series · Billy Blake
Vanity Fair1998 · Series · Mr Pitt Crawley
Invasion: Earth1998 · Series · Lt. Charles Terrell
Bodyguards1997 · Series · Dusan Mesic
Midsomer Murders1997 · Series · Eddie Darwin
Testament: The Bible in Animation1996 · Series · Joseph (voice)
Moses1996 · Series · Eliav
Dalziel and Pascoe1996 · Series · Paul Goodman
Silent Witness1996 · Series · Marcus Gwilym
The Politician's Wife1995 · Series · Mark Hollister
Sharman1995 · Series · Galilee
Bugs1995 · Series · Patrick Marcel
A Touch of Frost1992 · Series · Dennis Prior
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992 · Series · Leontes (voice)
The Strauss Dynasty1991 · Series · Levi
The Play on One1988 · Series · Vincenzo
Anna of the Five Towns1985 · Series · Willie Price
Screen Two1985 · Series · Stanley Spencer
Freud1984 · Series · Wilhelm Fliess
The Serpent Son1979 · Series · Orestes
The Mill on the Floss1978 · Series · Philip Wakem
NOVA1974 · Series · Voltaire