Allan Corduner facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Allan Corduner
Corduner in 2012
Born	(1950-04-02) 2 April 1950 (age 75) Stockholm, Sweden
Years active	1973–present
Spouse(s)	Juha Leppäjärvi ​ (m. 2013)​

Allan Corduner (born on April 2, 1950) is a talented British actor. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His mother was from Germany, and his father was from Russia and Finland. Allan grew up in London in a Jewish home.

After studying English and Drama at Bristol University, he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked a lot in plays, on TV, and in movies in both the UK and the United States. You might also recognize his voice from many BBC radio plays, audiobooks, and TV shows.

Allan Corduner first appeared in a movie called Yentl with Barbra Streisand. He is well-known for playing Sir Arthur Sullivan in the movie Topsy-Turvy. He also voiced Gehrman, the first hunter, in the video game Bloodborne.

Allan Corduner's Early Life

Allan Corduner grew up in North London with his parents and younger brother. His mother and her family came to Great Britain in 1938 to escape Nazi Germany. His father was born in Helsinki, Finland.

Allan's parents first lived in Stockholm, where he was born. But when he was one year old, his family moved to London. His family always encouraged his interest in arts and music. When he was young, Allan wanted to be an orchestra conductor or a concert pianist.

He went to University College School in Hampstead, London. Allan became a skilled jazz and classical pianist. However, his dream of being a musician changed by the time he went to study at Bristol University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Allan Corduner's Acting Career

Allan Corduner has worked a lot in theatre in London's West End and on Broadway. He has also appeared in many TV shows and movies. He was in several BBC Radio plays, including The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Fanny and Alexander.

You might know his voice from audiobooks like The Book Thief. On TV, he appeared in Exile and Midsomer Murders. He also played Andrea Verrocchio in the TV series Da Vinci's Demons. He was also in seasons 5 and 6 of the TV series Homeland.

After drama school, Allan spent his first two years as an actor playing many different roles at Newcastle Repertory Theatre. He then worked at the Birmingham Rep and the Actors' Company. Allan returned to London to make his West End debut in Once a Catholic. He has performed several times at the Royal Court Theatre. This includes plays like Three Birds Alighting on a Field and Serious Money. Serious Money later moved to London's West End and Broadway in New York City.

He was praised on Broadway for his role as Etches in the musical Titanic. In 2014, he played Etches again in a special concert version of Titanic in New York City. He reunited with the original cast of the musical. He also played Fritz Litten in the play Taken at Midnight.

One of his first movie roles was in Yentl in 1982, with Barbra Streisand. He is probably most famous for playing Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's movie Topsy-Turvy (1999). This was his first main role in a movie. Allan's movie work includes different types of films. Some examples are the action-adventure film Defiance and the horror-comedy Burke and Hare. More recent movies include Woman in Gold (2015) and Tár (2022).

Voice Acting Roles

Allan Corduner's voice is well-known from BBC radio plays. He has also provided voices for many video game characters. He voiced characters in the first, second, third, and fifth Harry Potter video games. These characters included Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Filius Flitwick, and Argus Filch.

He also voiced Apus, the pet parrot of Queen Cassiopeia, in the English version of Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. In 2015, Corduner voiced Gehrman, the First Hunter, in Bloodborne.

Audiobooks and Narration

Allan Corduner is also known for narrating TV documentaries like Fish Warrior for the National Geographic Channel. He has narrated many audiobooks, including The Book Thief and Inkdeath. He also narrated Magyk by Angie Sage. He has won two Earphones Awards from AudioFile. His narration of "Anna and the Swallow Man" won the Odyssey Award in 2017.

Allan Corduner's Personal Life

Allan Corduner was born in Stockholm but grew up in London. His mother was from Germany, and his father was from Finland.

Allan and his partner, Juha Leppäjärvi, met in London in 2006. They formed their civil partnership in December 2009 and got married in New York City in August 2013.

Allan Corduner is also a trustee for a children's arts charity called Anno's Africa.

Allan Corduner's Filmography

Movies

Television Shows

Video Games

Theatre Performances

• Once a Catholic as Cuthbert; Wyndham's Theatre (1977)
• Serious Money as Durkfeld/Freville Todd/Duckett/Soat/Gleason; Royal Court Theatre & Wyndham's Theatre (1987); Broadway, New York City (1988)
• Titanic as Henry Etches; Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway, New York City (1997)
• ... Games as Terence; Royal Court Theatre (2001)
• Taken at Midnight as Fritz Litten; Chichester Festival Theatre (2014), Theatre Royal Haymarket (2015)
• My Fair Lady as Colonel Pickering; Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway, New York City (2018)

Audiobooks Narrated

• Inkdeath
• Magyk
• The Book Thief
• The Castle
• Magpie Murders

See also

In Spanish: Allan Corduner para niños