Anthony Calf
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1959
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
De Gaulle: Liberté 2026
as Spears
De Gaulle: Résistance 2026
as Spears
A Teacher's Gift 2025
as Charles
Partygate 2023
as Sir Mark Sidwell
Sisi & I 2023
as Earl Spencer
I Came By 2022
as Superintendent William Roy
The Children Act 2018
as Mark Berner
King Lear 2018
as Duke of Albany
The Man Who Knew Infinity 2016
as Howard
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem 2015
as Jerry
Private Lives 2013
as Victor Prynne
Straightheads 2007
as Heffer
- Perfect Day: The Millennium
Perfect Day: The Millennium 2006
as Michael
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man 2006
as Duke of York
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle 2005
as Bryan Charles Walker
Dead Cool 2005
as Mark
The Hotel In Amsterdam 2004
as Gus
The Brides in the Bath 2003
as Howard Munday
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie 2003
as Tim Bowden
Lucky Jim 2003
as Cecil Goldsmith
The Falklands Play 2002
as Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
Lorna Doone 2001
as Tom Faggus
A Woman of the North 1999
as Hugo Aylva
FairyTale: A True Story 1997
as Geoffrey Hodson
Anna Karenina 1997
as Serpuliovskoy
My Night with Reg 1997
as John
The Madness of King George 1994
as Fitzroy
Riders 1993
as Billy Lloyd-Foxe
Absolute Hell 1991
as Douglas Eden
Mary Rose 1987
as Simon
The Fools on the Hill 1986
as Leslie Mitchell
Oxford Blues 1984
as Gareth Rycroft
To Catch a King 1984
as Butterfly Man
Doctor Who: The Visitation 1982
as Charles
Credits from TMDB.