Anton Lesser is an established English actor. He is best known for his roles as Qyburn in HBO’s Game of Thrones, Thomas More in Wolf Hall, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Prime Minister Clement Attlee in The United Kingdom, and Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour.
What is the Net Worth of Anton Lesser? Salary, Earnings
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His net worth is expected to exceed $10 million by November 2022.
Where was Anton Lesser born? Ethnicity, Nationality, Family, Education
Anton Lesser grew up as an only child in Birmingham, raised by his architect father and housewife mother. Anton focused on his studies, as encouraged by his father, and attended Moseley Grammar School, where he preferred to read books and watch movies over participating in sports with his classmates.
He enrolled at the University of Liverpool in 1970 and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1974. During his second year there, he became interested in acting, and in 1975 he enrolled in the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he graduated in 1977 with a Master’s degree in drama and a Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor of his year.
Is Anton Lesser Married? Relationship
Anton married Madeleine Lesser in his early thirties; the couple kept their wedding date a secret. According to online reports, the couple had been dating for nearly ten years before getting married.
Madeleine gave birth to their son Harry a few months after the wedding, and their daughter Lily two years later; Lily has also become an actress, appearing alongside Anton in two series, “Endeavour” and “Wood Hall.”
How tall is Anton Lesser? Weight, Hair Color
Anton’s age is 68. He is 5ft 5ins (1.66m) tall and weighs around 130 lbs. He has short brown hair and brown eyes (59kgs).
How did Anton Lesser start his Professional Career?
Lesser appeared on a number of BBC television shows. As an associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Shakespeare performed roles such as Troilus (Troilus and Cressida), Edgar (King Lear), Petruchio, Romeo, Henry Bolingbroke, Brutus (Julius Caesar), Leontes (Winter’s Tale), and Richard III.
Lesser is a regular radio contributor who played the title character in Lindsey Davis’s first five Marcus Didius Falco mysteries for BBC Radio. He has also recorded a number of audiobooks, including the majority of Charles Dickens’ works. For his recording of Great Expectations, he received a Talkie Award.
Other works include John Milton’s and Homer’s Paradise Lost, as well as recent novels by Robert Harris (Fatherland) and Philip Pullman. For two months in 2013, Lesser was a regular cast member in Ambridge Extra, a BBC Radio 4 Extra spin-off from the BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers.
In 2015, Lesser became a public supporter of the Chapel Lane Theatre Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.Lesser was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Thomas More in the BBC miniseries Wolf Hall.
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