Acting

Charlie Anson

Switzerland

Charlie Anson is a British actor, cartoonist, and writer, 6′ 1″ (185 cm) tall, born in Switzerland to British parents. His exact birthday is not publicly confirmed in major sources. He gained a First Class Honours degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University before training at LAMDA, and is fluent in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. He also runs his own bespoke cartoon business, "Charlie's Cartoons," and lives in London with his partner and son Theo. His most notable film credits include Mr. Hurst in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Sergeant in The Legend of Tarzan (2016), Sergeant Verhaeren in Death on the Nile (2022, directed by Kenneth Branagh), Michael Aspel in Misbehaviour (2020), a role in The Little Stranger (2018), Press Officer in Kill Your Friends (2015), Jérémy in Me, Myself and Mum (2013, 83% on Rotten Tomatoes), Josh Garfield in The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007), and Oliver in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (2024). On television he is best known as Larry Grey in Downton Abbey (2012–2015, 30 episodes), with additional credits in Peaky Blinders (2014, as Briggs), Doctor Who (2013, as Belevich), The Borgias (2011, as Vittorio Colonna), Rome (2005, as Young Emissary), Get Even (2020, Netflix), The Long Call (2021), Emily in Paris (2024), Silo (2025, Season 3), and Ghosts (Disney+). On stage he has appeared in Richard II (Old Vic), American Psycho (Almeida), A Room with a View and Portrait of a Lady (Theatre Royal Bath), Arcadia (Lowry), and Mary Poppins (West End, 2021).