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Allan Corduner

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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Grey Zone

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Way We Live Now

As Croll

Defiance

As Shimon Haretz

TÁR

As Sebastian Brix

Topsy-Turvy

As Sir Arthur Sullivan

Yentl

As Shimmele

Carry On Columbus

As Sam

Talk Radio

As Vince / Morris

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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When the Camera Refuses to Blink

A chain of films about people who have crossed a line, and the directors who hold the lens steady. No absolution, no easy exits, only the long look at what we a...

7 films

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