Anthony Calf
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 4 May 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.
Known for
Acting 35
- 2026De Gaulle: Liberté as Spears
- 2026De Gaulle: Résistance as Spears
- 2025A Teacher's Gift as Charles
- 2023Partygate as Sir Mark Sidwell
- 2023Sisi & I as Earl Spencer
- 2022I Came By as Superintendent William Roy
- 2018The Children Act as Mark Berner
- 2018King Lear as Duke of Albany
- 2016The Man Who Knew Infinity as Howard
- 2015National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem as Jerry
- 2013Private Lives as Victor Prynne
- 2007Straightheads as Heffer
- 2006PERFECT DAY: THE MILLENNIUM as Michael
- 2006Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Duke of York
- 2005The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle as Bryan Charles Walker
- 2005Dead Cool as Mark
- 2004The Hotel In Amsterdam as Gus
- 2003The Brides in the Bath as Howard Munday
- 2003Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie as Tim Bowden
- 2003Lucky Jim as Cecil Goldsmith
- 2002The Falklands Play as Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
- 2002The Cry as Simon Bartlet
- 2001Lorna Doone as Tom Faggus
- 1999A Woman of the North as Hugo Aylva
- 1997FairyTale: A True Story as Geoffrey Hodson
- 1997Anna Karenina as Serpuliovskoy
- 1997My Night with Reg as John
- 1994The Madness of King George as Fitzroy
- 1993Riders as Billy Lloyd-Foxe
- 1991Absolute Hell as Douglas Eden
- 1987Mary Rose as Simon
- 1986The Fools on the Hill as Leslie Mitchell
- 1984Oxford Blues as Gareth Rycroft
- 1984To Catch a King as Butterfly Man
- 1982Doctor Who: The Visitation as Charles