Alun Armstrong

Personal context

Summary

Alun Armstrong is an English stage and screen actor known for roles in New Tricks, Get Carter, Braveheart and The Mummy Returns, as well as acclaimed work in Les Misérables and Sweeney Todd. He has described his screen characters as colourful and often unconventional. Armstrong has been a longtime supporter and ambassador for the MS Society, presenting its awards and campaigning to change the Personal Independence Payment 20-metre rule, motivated in part by his sister’s experience with MS. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or party politics are on record.