
Anthony Calf
Born May 4, 1959 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor with an extensive career across theatre, television, and film. Born in 1950s London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) before making his professional screen debut in the early 1980s. Calf is widely recognized for his roles in prominent period dramas and feature films, including Great Expectations (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), Anna Karenina (1997), and The Children Act (2017). On television, his notable credits include Pride and Prejudice (1995) and New Tricks. In addition to his screen work, Calf has maintained a distinguished career in British theatre, performing regularly with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Notable Appearances
Movies

De Gaulle: Résistance

The Man Who Knew Infinity

De Gaulle: Liberté

The Children Act

King Lear

I Came By

Anna Karenina

The Madness of King George

Sisi & I

FairyTale: A True Story

Absolute Hell

Straightheads

Oxford Blues

To Catch a King

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hotel In Amsterdam

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

Partygate

Doctor Who: The Visitation

The Brides in the Bath

Lorna Doone

My Night with Reg

The Fools on the Hill

The Falklands Play

A Woman of the North

Riders

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

Dead Cool

Lucky Jim

Private Lives

A Teacher's Gift

Mary Rose
TV Shows

The Crown

Call the Midwife

New Tricks

A Touch of Frost

Lewis

Foyle's War

Dalziel and Pascoe

Performance

Poldark

The Buccaneers

Pride and Prejudice

The Gold

SAS Rogue Heroes

Judge John Deed

Kavanagh Q.C.

One Day

Upstairs Downstairs

Suspicion

Dracula

Bramwell

Mistresses

Fortunes of War

Our Mutual Friend

Restless

Trust

Trinity

Great Expectations

Anne

Lorna Doone

The Robinsons

Beau Geste

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