Age: 79
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Alun Armstrong is a prolific English character actor. Armstrong grew up in County Durham in North East England. He first became interested in acting through Shakespeare productions at his grammar school. Since his career began in the early 1970s, he has played, in his words, "the full spectrum of characters from the grotesque to musicals... I always play very colourful characters, often a bit crazy, despotic, psychotic." His numerous credits include six different Dickens adaptations and seven series as eccentric ex-detective Brian Lane in New Tricks. Armstrong is also an accomplished stage actor who spent nine years with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He originated the role of Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables and he won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd.
Perseus, the demigod son of mighty Zeus, the king of the gods, vows to take his revenge on Calibos, the terrifying King of the Marshes when he sees his mortal family and their fishing village perish. As the race of mortals summons up the courage to rebel against the tyrany of Calibos, the doomed city of Argos becomes a battlefield, as the mad-king wages war on the gods, the machinations of both his goddess-mother Hera and Hades, Lord of the Underworld. Olympus, disillusioned by Man, threatens to unleash the legendary Kraken, last of the dreaded titans upon the world, unless the fair Princess Andromeda willingly offers herself as a sacrifice. Now, having nothing more to lose, Perseus embarks on a daring, peril-laden quest to stop the forces of evil before the gods plunge the world into chaos and darkness. But, to survive the relentless onslaught of demons and terrible adversaries, Perseus must first embrace his destiny. Will Perseus defy the gods, and save humankind or will he crumble, another victim in this clash of the Titans?
