Anton Lesser
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Anton Lesser (b. 1952) is a British actor
As an Associate Artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) he has played many of Shakespeare's most demanding roles, including Troilus (Troilus and Cressida), Edgar (King Lear), Petruchio, Romeo and Richard III.
He is a frequent radio contributor, and has recorded many audio books - including much of the work of Charles Dickens - his recording of Great Expectations won him a Talkie Award. Other books range from John Milton's Paradise Lost and Homer to contemporary novels by Robert Harris and Philip Pullman
[edit] Selected Filmography
- Miss Potter (2006)
- The Girl in the Café (2005) (TV)
- Imagining Argentina (2003)
- Dickens (2002) (TV)
- Charlotte Gray (2001)
- Vanity Fair (1998) (TV)
- Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (TV)
- Good and Bad at Games (1983) (TV)
- King Lear (1982) (TV)
- Troilus and Cressida (1981) (TV)
