As an artist associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has played numerous classic roles such as Troilus (on “Troilus and Cressida“), Edgar (on “King lear“), Petruchio, Romeo, Henry bolingbroke, Brutus (on “Julius Caesar“), Leontes (on “Winter’s tale“), Y Richard III.
His work in front of film and television cameras began in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Among his most outstanding performances, Anton worked on the television show “The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare“where he joined the casts of the works”Troilus & Cressida” Y “King lear“, repeating the roles of Troilus Y Edgar respectively, as he had already done in theater.
He also starred in the miniseries “Oresteia“,”Freud“,”Anna of the Five Towns“,”Vanity fair“,”Perfect Strangers“,”Swallow“,”Dickens“and, more recently, he had major recurring roles on British series”Little dorrit“,”Casualty 1909“,”Garrow’s Law“,”Jurassic invasion” Y “The hour“.
His film debut came in 1982, when he had a brief appearance in the film starring Michael Palin, Maggie smith Y Trevor howard, “The missionary“Since then he has worked on about 15 feature films, including titles such as”Fairy tale“(1997),”The man who worked miracles“(2000),”Charlotte gray“(2001),”Imagining Argentina“(2003),”River queen“(2005),”Miss potter“(2006) and”Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Pirates of the Caribbean 4)“(2011).
In addition to his work as an actor, Lesser works frequently in BBC Radio, in adaptations of different works; He has also recorded numerous audiobooks, including many of the works of Charles dickens.
Lesser He currently lives in Warwickshire with his wife Madeleine and their children Harry and Lily.