
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: Liberté

De Gaulle: Résistance

The Man Who Knew Infinity

I Came By

Anna Karenina

King Lear

The Madness of King George

The Children Act

Absolute Hell

FairyTale: A True Story

Straightheads

Oxford Blues

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

Sisi & I

The Fools on the Hill

My Night with Reg

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

To Catch a King

The Hotel In Amsterdam

The Falklands Play

Lorna Doone

Riders

Doctor Who: The Visitation

Partygate

The Brides in the Bath

A Woman of the North

A Teacher's Gift

Dead Cool

Private Lives

Lucky Jim

Mary Rose
TV Shows

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Call the Midwife

A Touch of Frost

New Tricks

Foyle's War

Dalziel and Pascoe

Lewis

Poldark

Pride and Prejudice

Judge John Deed

Performance

The Buccaneers

SAS Rogue Heroes

The Gold

Kavanagh Q.C.

Dracula

One Day

Upstairs Downstairs

Bramwell

Suspicion

Mistresses

Home Fires

Beau Geste

Fortunes of War

The Robinsons

Our Mutual Friend

Trinity

Restless

Trust

Anne

Identity

Great Expectations












