Roger Allam

Actor Oct 26 (age 72) London, England, UK 1985–2025 (40 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roger Allam (born 26 October 1953) is an English actor, known primarily for his stage career, although he has performed in film and television. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical Les Misérables. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Allam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

V for Vendetta

Lewis Prothero

Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Prime Minister Henry Pelham

Film

The Book Thief

Narrator / Death (voice)

Film

Tetris

Robert Maxwell

Film

The Queen

Robin Janvrin

Film

The Woman in Black

Mr. Bentley

Film

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Sir John Hamilton

Film

Mr. Holmes

Dr. Barrie

Filmography

Acting (89)

Movies (55)

The Choral

2025

as Alderman Bernard Duxbury

6.3

Sarah & Duck On The Big Screen

2025

Steve

2025

as Sir Hugh Montague Powell

6.3

IN THE BLACKOUT

2025

as Mentor

Learners

2024

as David

Morse and the Last Endeavour

as Self

Tetris

as Robert Maxwell

Sarah & Duck: New Challenges

2023

as Narrator (voice)

The Real Spies Among Friends

as self (narrator)

Say Your Prayers

as Professor Huxley

Uncle Vanya

as Serebryakov

The Hippopotamus

as Ted Wallace

Il était une fois... « The Queen »

2017

as Self

The Truth Commissioner

2016

as Henry Stanfield

4.5

Ethel & Ernest

2016

as Middle Aged Doctor (voice)

Mr. Holmes

as Dr. Barrie

The Lady in the Van

as Rufus

A Royal Night Out

as Gangster

The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2014

as Prospero

8.3

The Book Thief

2013

as Narrator / Death (voice)

7.5

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

2013

6.2

Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

as Sir John Falstaff

The Woman in Black

as Mr. Bentley

The Angels' Share

as Thaddeus

Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2012

as Sir John Falstaff

10.0

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011

as Prime Minister Henry Pelham

6.6

The Iron Lady

2011

as Gordon Reece

6.4

The 1951 Festival of Britain: A Brave New World

2011

as Self - Narrator

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

2010

as Javert (1985 Cast)

8.3

Tamara Drewe

2010

as Nicholas Hardiment

5.9

Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream

2010

as Self

Margaret

as John Wakeham

Inkheart

as Narrator (voice)

Speed Racer

as Royalton

The Curse of Steptoe

as Tom Sloan

Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family

2008

as Mr. Royalton

Speed Racer: Car Fu

2008

as Self

A Class Apart

2007

as Charles - Deputy Headmaster

The Making of 'The Queen'

2007

as Self

6.0

The Rise of the Nutters

as Peter Mannion

V for Vendetta

as Lewis Prothero

The Queen

as Robin Janvrin

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006

as Sir John Hamilton

7.3

A Cock and Bull Story

2005

as Adrian

6.1

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

as Christopher

Stranded

as Thomas Blunt

RKO 281

as Walt Disney

Henry IV

as King Richard II

A Landing on the Sun

Twelfth Night

as Duke Orsino (voice)

Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Charles Tremayne

Wilt

as Dave

Ending Up

as Dr. Mainwaring

Frank and Percy

as Frank

Brighton Storeys

Television (34)

The Sandman

as Azazel (voice)

Murder in Provence

as Antoine Verlaque

The Missing

as Adrian Stone

The Auction House

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera

2014

as Self - Narrator

Endeavour

as DI Fred Thursday

Sarah & Duck

as Narrator (voice)

The Politician's Husband

as Marcus Brock

Bad Education

as Maurice Hewston

Parade's End

as General Campion

Game of Thrones

as Illyrio Mopatis

The Old Guys

as Ned

Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire

2009

6.1

Ashes to Ashes

2008

as Charlie Mackintosh

A Class Apart

as Charles

The Thick of It

as Peter Mannion

The Thick of It

as Peter Mannion

The Robinsons

The Catherine Tate Show

Foyle's War

as Alastair Graeme

Spooks

as Paul Millington

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2002

as Simon Featherstonehaugh

The Jury

as John Mallory Q.C.

Stranded

as Thomas Blunt

Manchild

Waking the Dead

as Benjamin Gold

The Creatives

Midsomer Murders

as Alan Hollingsworth

7.5

Testament: The Bible in Animation

1996

as Chief Magus (voice)

Heartbeat

as Graham Hayes

Between the Lines

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

1992

as Duke Orsino (voice)

6.3

Screen Two

1985

as Summerchild

6.8

Secret Service

as C