
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

The Madness of King George

Anna Karenina

Sisi & I

FairyTale: A True Story

Absolute Hell

Straightheads

To Catch a King

Oxford Blues

Lorna Doone

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

Partygate

Doctor Who: The Visitation

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

The Brides in the Bath

The Falklands Play

Dead Cool

Riders

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

My Night with Reg

The Hotel In Amsterdam

The Fools on the Hill

Private Lives

A Woman of the North

Lucky Jim

Mary Rose

A Teacher's Gift
TV Shows

The Crown

Call the Midwife

A Touch of Frost

Foyle's War

New Tricks

Lewis

Performance

Dalziel and Pascoe

Poldark

The Buccaneers

The Gold

Pride and Prejudice

SAS Rogue Heroes

One Day

Upstairs Downstairs

Judge John Deed

Kavanagh Q.C.

Dracula

Suspicion

Bramwell

Mistresses

Restless

Fortunes of War

Our Mutual Friend

Anne

Trinity

Great Expectations

The Robinsons

Trust

Beau Geste

Lorna Doone

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