Acting
Allan Corduner
Born 1950-04-02
Stockholm, Sweden
Department: Acting
Biography
Allan Corduner (born April 2, 1950) is an English actor born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father. He grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol University he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively on stage, TV, and film, both in the UK and in the United States. His voice is familiar from many BBC radio plays, audio books and TV documentaries. Corduner made his feature film debut in Yentl, with Barbra Streisand. Of his 44 films he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. He is married to Juha Leppäjärvi, a yoga instructor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allan Corduner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Allan Corduner
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Mr. Nobody
2009
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The Blacklist
2013
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Homeland
2011
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FBI
2018
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Defiance
2008
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Midsomer Murders
1997
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TÁR
2022
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Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
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Woman in Gold
2015
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Disobedience
2018
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (115 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Christmas Karma | Mr Fezzywig | Movie | 2025 |
| Alfie & Ed | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 | |
 | Bookish | Maxie Kleinmann | TV Series | 2025 |
 | National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue | Hume Cronyn | Movie | 2024 |
 | Family | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus | The Deacon | Movie | 2022 |
 | TÁR | Sebastian Brix | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Offering | Saul | Movie | 2022 |
 | Mosquito | Ozwald Godfrey | Movie | 2022 |
 | Ridley Road | Rabbi Lehrer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | The Man Who Saw Too Much | Boris Pahor (voice) | Movie | 2019 |
 | FBI | Victor Beniov | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Disobedience | Moshe Hartog | Movie | 2018 |
 | Miss Dalí | Captain Moore | Movie | 2018 |
 | Fearless | Monty Berman | TV Series | 2017 |
 | The Book of Gabrielle | Saul | Movie | 2017 |
 | Florence Foster Jenkins | John Totten | Movie | 2016 |
 | Woman in Gold | Gustav Bloch-Bauer | Movie | 2015 |
 | Closer to the Moon | Flaviu | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Musketeers | Van Laar | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Secrets of the Third Reich | Self - Narrator | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Blacklist | Aaron | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Dancing on the Edge | Mr. Wax | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Utopia | Ross | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Spies of Warsaw | Viktor Rosen | TV Series | 2013 |
 | The Sweeney | Doctor | Movie | 2012 |
 | A Thousand Kisses Deep | Buddy | Movie | 2012 |
 | An Enemy to Die For | Martin Winter | Movie | 2012 |
 | We'll Take Manhattan | Alex Liberman | Movie | 2012 |
 | Call the Midwife | Arnold Gelin | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Homeland | Etai Luskin | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Exile | Geller | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Zen | Michelangelo Gattuso | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Lennon Naked | Art Janov | Movie | 2010 |
 | Burke & Hare | Nicephore | Movie | 2010 |
 | Grandma's House | Richard | TV Series | 2010 |
 | A Passionate Woman | Mr. Solomon | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Mr. Nobody | Dr. Feldheim | Movie | 2009 |
 | Defiance | Shimon Haretz | Movie | 2008 |
 | No Heroics | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Fred Claus | Dr. Goldfarb | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Last Days of the Raj | Lord Ismay | Movie | 2007 |
 | Simon Schama's Power of Art | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2006 |
| Against Nature | Des Esseintes | Movie | 2006 | |
 | The Owls and the Orchard | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2005 |
 | The White Countess | Samuel Feinstein | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Greenhough Smith | Movie | 2005 |
 | Friends & Crocodiles | Marcus | Movie | 2005 |
 | Bigger Than the Sky | Kippy Newberg | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Merchant of Venice | Tubal | Movie | 2004 |
 | Vera Drake | Psychiatrist | Movie | 2004 |
 | De-Lovely | Monty Woolley | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Lady Musketeer | Aramis | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Christine | Maurice Leyman | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Last Detective | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Trust | Michael Cohen | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Daniel Deronda | Herr Julius Klesmer | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Foyle's War | Carlo Lucciano | TV Series | 2002 |
 | The King's Beard | Ronnie (voice) | Movie | 2002 |
 | Moonlight Mile | Stan Michaels | Movie | 2002 |
 | Food of Love | Joseph Mansourian | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Way We Live Now | Croll | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) | Big Bob | Movie | 2001 |
 | Me Without You | Max | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Search for John Gissing | Francois Fuller | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Grey Zone | Nyiszli | Movie | 2001 |
 | Zoe | Rupert | Movie | 2001 |
 | Fat Friends | Leonard Harris | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Joe Gould's Secret | Francis McCrudden | Movie | 2000 |
 | Topsy-Turvy | Sir Arthur Sullivan | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Impostors | Captain | Movie | 1998 |
 | Midsomer Murders | Michael Hipsman | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Nostromo | Hirsch | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Alive and Kicking | Therapist | Movie | 1996 |
 | Norma Jean & Marilyn | Billy Wilder | Movie | 1996 |
 | Gadgetman | Professor McNeil | Movie | 1996 |
 | Voices | Oscar Butterworth | Movie | 1995 |
| An Independent Man | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1995 | |
 | The Last Machine | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Paris | Minotti | TV Series | 1994 |
 | A Business Affair | Dinner Guest | Movie | 1994 |
 | Heart of Darkness | Verme | Movie | 1994 |
 | Nobody's Children | Ion | Movie | 1994 |
 | Carry On Columbus | Sam | Movie | 1992 |
 | Mad About You | Osofsky | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Heartbeat | Gerard Lowe | TV Series | 1992 |
| Heartbeat | Tristram Johnstone | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Edward II | Poet | Movie | 1991 |
 | Teenage Health Freak | Dr Lime | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Drop the Dead Donkey | Critic | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Antonia and Jane | Stephen Carlinsky | Movie | 1990 |
 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Franz Goethe | Movie | 1989 |
 | Talk Radio | Vince / Morris | Movie | 1988 |
 | Mandela | Benny | Movie | 1987 |
 | Inspector Morse | Gentile Bellocchio | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Valhalla | Loke (voice) | Movie | 1986 |
 | Bad Medicine | Dr. Diaz the Bus Driver | Movie | 1985 |
 | Girls On Top | Benny | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Bill | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Freud | Oscar Rie | TV Series | 1984 |
| Cold Warrior | Joachim Maasen | TV Series | 1984 | |
 | Yentl | Shimmele | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Return of the Soldier | Pianist at Party | Movie | 1983 |
 | Roots | Melvin Solomons | TV Series | 1981 |
| Buccaneer | Monty Bateman | TV Series | 1980 | |
| Follow the Star | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 | |
 | Minder | Marty | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Phoelix | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | Tales of the Unexpected | Hatchard's Bookshop Assistant | TV Series | 1979 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Store Assistant | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Poldark | Manservant | TV Series | 1975 |
 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | The Deacon | TV Series | 1971 |
| The Funeral | Rabbi Stephen | Movie | — | |
 | The Entertainment System Is Down | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |
| The Wedding Dress | Rabbi Munck | Movie | — |