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Roger William Allam (born 26 October 1953) is a British actor who has performed on stage, in film, on television and radio.

He played in the original London production of the stage musical Les Misérables, First Officer Douglas Richardson in the award-winning radio series Cabin Pressure, and DCI Fred Thursday in the TV series Endeavour. He is also known for his roles as Illyrio Mopatis in the series Game of Thrones, Royalton in Speed Racer, Lewis Prothero in the 2005 adaptation of V for Vendetta and as Peter Mannion MP in The Thick Of It.

He has been nominated six times for a Laurence Olivier Award, and has won three times.


Life and career
Allam was born in Bow, London, England. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Manchester University. His father was rector of St Mary Woolnoth.

He played for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1983.

From 1985 to 1986, he played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical Les Misérables.

He has also appeared in many radio dramas for the BBC. In 2001, he starred in BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Les Misérables, as Valjean. In 2000 he played at the Royal National Theatre in David Edgar's Albert Speer. He won an Olivier Award as Best Actor 2001, for his role as Captain Terri Denis in a revival of Privates on Parade, opening in December 2001 at the , . In November 2002 at the he co-starred with in 's romantic comedy What the Night Is For.

In 2003, he appeared as former federal chancellor in 's play Democracy which opened at the Cottesloe Theatre, in the Royal National Theatre. He stayed with the show for its transfer to the West End. In December 2004 and January 2005, Allam appeared as the villainous Abanazar in a of at the Old Vic theatre, co-starring , and . He reprised this role at the Old Vic, once again with Ian McKellen and in 2006–07. In August 2005, Allam appeared in Blackbird by alongside at the Edinburgh Festival in a production by German star director Peter Stein. The play transferred to the in London in February 2006. Blackbird subsequently won a best new play award.

In 2006 he appeared in 's film The Queen, starring -winner , as the Queen's private secretary. In February 2007, he performed in the 1960s farce Boeing-Boeing at the in the West End, co-starring , Frances de la Tour and . In 2007, he appeared for the first time as Peter Mannion MP in the special episodes of the BBC comedy The Thick of It. He reprised the role in the third series (2009), and returned in the final series (2012) as part of the expanded regular cast.

In 2008, Allam played the role of , the Salzburg Festival impresario in 's play Afterlife, the production staged by Michael Blakemore on the National Theatre's Lyttelton stage. In 2009, Allam played Albin/Zaza in La Cage aux Folles at the Playhouse in London. Allam played in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 at Shakespeare's Globe, in the 2010 season. He won the for Best Actor. In October 2010, Allam was reunited with his former cast mates from Les Misérables in the 25th anniversary concert for a performance of "One Day More".

In January 2012, he starred in the first series of Endeavour, the to the long-running Inspector Morse, playing the gruff but kind-hearted Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, young mentor in 1960s . By 2018 Allam had portrayed his central character in five additional well-received series, which are also aired in America as part of the Masterpiece Mystery! series. In March 2019, the show's sixth season had concluded on ITV, was scheduled for broadcast in the summer in the United States, and had been recommissioned for a seventh season to be set in 1970.

In April 2012 he also starred as Serebrayakov in the play by at the Chichester Festival Theatre. In 2013 he played the role of in William Shakespeare's play at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London alongside as Ariel. Allam presented at the 2013 Olivier Awards with a Special Lifetime Award which was aired by ITV1. Allam has also reteamed with Stephen Frears in , the film version of Posy Simmond's popular comic strip. He plays the crime novelist Nicholas Hardiment, who is bewitched by London journalist Tamara Drewe, played by . In the closing chapter of his autobiography (1987) writes of Allam: "To play Adrian....in the 1986 Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Archbishop's Ceiling, Roger Allam gave up the leading role as Javert in the monster hit Les Misérables because he had done it over sixty times and thought my play more challenging for him at that moment of his career. Nor did he consider his decision a particularly courageous one. This is part of what a theatre culture means and it is something few New York actors would have the sense of security even to dream of doing."

Allam narrated the Channel 4 series The Auction House.

In October and November 2016 Allam appeared as Brigadier Adrian Stone in the BBC series The Missing.

Since January 2020, Allam has co-starred with in the BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series Conversations from a Long Marriage. As of May 2025, the show is in its sixth series.

In March 2022, Allam debuted in the lead role of Antoine Verlaque in Murder in Provence, a cosy crime drama based on the Verlaque & Bonnet detective novels by ML Longworth, alongside Nancy Carroll as his romantic partner Marine Bonnet.

Allam voices the demon Azazel in the 2022 Netflix adaptation of 's The Sandman.


Personal life
Allam is married to actress , with whom he has two sons, William, an actor, and Thomas. Rebecca and William appeared together as mother and son in the Endeavour episode Raga (series 7, episode 2, broadcast February 2020).Cast list from DVD, ITV Studios, dated 2019

Allam identifies as politically left, and has publicly castigated .


Theatre
1976Doctor/Man/Bellringer/PackerHumberside Theatre, Hull
1979Mary BarnesLecturer/Angie's brotherRoyal Court Theatre
1981Twin RivalsSubtleman/Richmore
1981Two Gentlemen of VeronaOutlaw
1981Demetrius
1981, 1983All's Well That Ends WellMorganRoyal Shakespeare Theatre (1981) Martin Beck Theatre (1983)
1982Our Friends in the NorthConrad
1982PoppyLin
1983The Charge of the Light Brigade (RSC Festival)Terence Gawain Hackett
1983Typhoid Mary (RSC Festival)Dr Soper
1984Romeo and JulietMercutioRoyal Shakespeare Theatre
1984A Midsummer Night's DreamTheseus/Oberon
1984Richard IIIClarenceRoyal Shakespeare Theatre
1984TodayVictor Ellison
1984The PartyFord
1985The Dream PlayThe Officer
1985–1986Les MisérablesJavert (1985) Palace Theatre (1986)
1986The Archbishop's CeilingAdrian
1986HeresiesPimm
1987Measure for MeasureThe Duke Vincentio
1987Sir Toby Belch
1987Julius CaesarBrutus
1989OberonAix-en-Provence Festival
1990Trigorin
1990Much Ado About NothingBenedick
1991Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeJekyll
1992Madras HousePhilip MadrasLyric Hammersmith
1992Una PookaAngelo
1993City of AngelsStonePrince of Wales Theatre
1994ArcadiaBernard NightingaleTheatre Royal Haymarket
1995The Importance of Being EarnestJack WorthingOld Vic Theatre
1995The Way of the WorldMirabellNational Theatre
1997–1998ARTSerge(1997) Marc(1998)Wyndham's Theatre
1996Macbeth
1996The Learned LadiesTrissotin
1999SummerfolkBassovNational Theatre
1999MoneyHenry GravesNational Theatre
1999Troilus and CressidaUlyssesNational Theatre
2000The Cherry OrchardLopakhinNational Theatre
2000Albert SpeerNational Theatre
2001Privates on ParadeTerri Dennis
2002What The Night Is ForAdam PenziusComedy Theatre
2003The Woman in WhitePerformerSydmonton Festival
2003DemocracyWilly BrandtNational Theatre
2004, 2005AladdinAbbanazarThe Old Vic
2006BlackbirdRay
2006PravdaLambert Le RouxChichester Festival Theatre, Birmingham Repertory Theatre
2007Boeing, BoeingBernardComedy Theatre
2007The GiantLeonardo da VinciHampstead Theatre
2008AfterlifeMax ReinhardtNational Theatre
2009La Cage Aux FollesAlbin/ZazaPlayhouse Theatre
2009God of Carnage (UK Tour)Michel Vallon
2010Henry IV Parts 1 & 2FalstaffShakespeare's Globe
2013The TempestProsperoShakespeare's Globe
2014SeminarLeonardHampstead Theatre
2015The Moderate SopranoJohn ChristieHampstead Theatre
2017LimehouseRoy Jenkins
2019Rutherford and SonJohn Rutherford, SrRoyal National Theatre
2020Salter
2020SerebryakovHarold Pinter Theatre, London
2023Frank and PercyFrankThe Theatre Royal, Windsor
2025Churchill in MoscowChurchillOrange Tree Theatre "Full cast announced for the world premiere of Churchill in Moscow", Orange Tree Theatre website News section. Accessed 12 March 2025


Filmography

Film
1989WiltDave
2002StrandedThomas Blunt
2005A Cock and Bull StoryAdrian
2006V for VendettaLewis Prothero
The Wind That Shakes the BarleySir John Hamilton
The QueenRobin Janvrin
2008Speed RacerE.P. Arnold Royalton
InkheartNarratorVoice
2010Tamara DreweNicholas Hardiment
2011
The Iron Lady
2012The Woman in BlackMr. Bentley
The Angels' ShareThaddeus
2013The Book ThiefNarrator/DeathVoice
2015Mr. HolmesDr. Barrie
A Royal Night OutStan
The Lady in the VanRufus
2016The Truth CommissionerHenry Stanfield
2017The HippopotamusTed Wallace
2023Tetris


Television
1989Ending UpDr. MainwaringTV film
The Fairy QueenOberon
1990The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing
1992Duke Orsino/NarratorVoice
TV mini-series
Episodes: "The Winter's Tale" & "Twelfth Night"
1994Stephen SummerchildTV series
Episode: "A Landing on the Sun"
1997Inspector MorseDenis CornfordTV series
Episode: "Death Is Now My Neighbour"
Ralph MarchbankTV series
Episode: "Hitting the Nerve"
1998HeartbeatGraham HayesTV series
Episode: "Echoes of the Past"
Alan HollingsworthTV series
Episode: "Faithful unto Death"
1998–2000Charlie BaxterTV series
1999RKO 281TV film
2002Foyle's WarAlastair GraemeTV series
Episode: "Eagle Day"
Waking the DeadBenjamin GoldTV series
Episode: "Thin Air"
2003The Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneChristopherTV film
2005The Inspector Lynley MysteriesSimon FeatherstonehaughTV series
Episode: "The Seed of Cunning"
2005–presentMuffin the Mule only
2006SpooksPaul MillingtonTV series
2007–2012The Thick of ItPeter MannionTV series
2008The Curse of SteptoeTom SloaneTV film
2009The Old GuysNedTV series
Episode: "The Therapist"
MargaretTV film
Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of FireGeneral ArcadiusTV series
Ashes to AshesDSI Mackintosh
2011Game of ThronesMagister Illyrio MopatisTV series; Episodes: "Winter is Coming" & "The Wolf and the Lion"
2011The JuryJohn Mallory, QCTV serial; Series 2
2012Parade's EndGeneral CampionTV series
2012–2023EndeavourDI Fred Thursday
2013The Politician's HusbandMarcus Brock
2013-2016Sarah & DuckNarrator
2014Bad EducationMaurice Hewston
2016The MissingAdrian Stone
Ethel & ErnestMiddle Aged DoctorVoice
TV film
2020The Station: Trouble on the TracksNarrator
2020SerebryakovA TV film initially released in cinemas of the play performed at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London to an empty theatre due to Covid restrictions.
2022Murder in ProvenceInvestigating Judge Antoine VerlaqueTV series
2022The SandmanAzazelTV series


Radio
1992Les Liaisons DangereusesValmontBBC Radio 4 adaptation
1992The King's GeneralSir Richard Grenvile.BBC Radio 4 adaptation
1997The Man in the Elephant MaskJoseph Merrick.BBC Radio 4 two-parter
2008The Ring and the BookGuido FranceschiniBBC Radio 4 adaptation
2008Will Smith's Midlife Crisis ManagementWill's godfather, PeterBBC Radio 4 series
2008–2014Cabin PressureFirst Officer Douglas Richardson.Four series on BBC Radio 4, and two specials
2010Mark Lawson – What do you know?DCI ParsonsBBC Radio 4 drama
2010–presentHow Does That Make You Feel?Richard Fallon MPTen series, BBC Radio 4 comedy
2011The Magnificent AndreaBarryBBC Radio 4 comedy drama
2012Blithe SpiritCharlesBBC Radio 4 comedy
2014Edmund Gosse – Father and SonPhilip Henry Gosse BBC Radio 4 drama
2014–2015War and PeaceGeneral BBC Radio 4 adaptation, episode aired on New Years Day 2015
2018–presentConversations from a Long MarriageRoger BBC Radio 4 comedy


Audiobooks
Allam has narrated several audiobooks, including Solar by and An Introduction to Buddhism by the .


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