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Gareth Armstrong
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Gareth Armstrong
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-06-25,Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Gareth S. Armstrong is a Welsh actor, director, teacher, and writer. Armstrong began his career by acting in school plays at the Bishop Gore School, Swansea. At the age of 16 he joined the National Youth Theatre; and went on from there to study drama at Hull University. On stage he has played leading roles in most of the UK's regional theatres including Birmingham Rep., Nottingham Playhouse and the Bristol Old Vic. He has specialised in Shakespearean theatre where roles have included Romeo, Richard III, Oberon, Macbeth, Shylock and Prospero. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he worked in Stratford and London and has performed in the West End in plays by Noël Coward, Tom Stoppard, Agatha Christie and most recently in Yes, Prime Minister (2013). He played at Shakespeare's Globe in 2008, 2010, and 2011. Armstrong's television credits include: Z-Cars, Doctor Who (in the serial The Masque of Mandragora), Blake's 7, The Professionals, Terry and June, One Foot in the Grave, Casualty and EastEnders and Birds of a Feather. Armstrong provided the voice for the character of Sandy in the Japanese television series Saiyūki, released in English-speaking countries as Monkey. He has recorded hundreds of audiobooks and has embarked on recording all of Georges Simenon's Maigret novels for Audible. For Black Library he has narrated novels and audio dramas at Games Workshop. Armstrong's play A Critical Stage, about the theatre critic James Agate, received its premier in June 2023 at London's Tabard Theatre. [citation needed]

Filmography

Tracey Ullman: A Class Act

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Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
1993-01-09

Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora

6.6

Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
1976-09-25

The Merry Wives of Windsor

5.7

The Merry Wives of Windsor
2011-06-27

Coins Against The Wall

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Coins Against The Wall
1980-02-07

Bob Marley: One Love

6.712

Bob Marley: One Love
2024-02-14

One Foot In the Grave

7.531

One Foot In the Grave
1990-01-04

The Magnificent Evans

6

The Magnificent Evans
1984-09-06

7.1

Natural World
1983-10-30

Hammer House of Horror

7.058

Hammer House of Horror
1980-09-13

0

Ennal's Point
1982-01-07

8.5

Monkey
1978-10-01

7.9

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

Angels of Death

7.1

Angels of Death
2021-08-25

7.233

Blake's 7
1978-01-02

Angels of Death: Origins

0

Angels of Death: Origins
2022-10-20

The Fragile Heart

0

The Fragile Heart
1996-11-06

6.2

Terry and June
1979-10-24

Birds of a Feather

6.1

Birds of a Feather
1989-10-16

The Professionals

7.4

The Professionals
1977-12-30

Angels of Death

7.1

Angels of Death
2021-08-25