Allan Corduner facts for kids
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Allan Corduner
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Corduner in 2012
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| Born | 2 April 1950 Stockholm, Sweden
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| Years active | 1973–present |
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Juha Leppäjärvi
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Allan Corduner (born 2 April 1950) is a British actor. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His mother was German, and his father was from Russia and Finland. Allan grew up in a secular Jewish home in London.
He studied English and Drama at Bristol University. After that, he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Allan Corduner has worked a lot on stage, TV, and in movies. He has acted in both the UK and the United States. Many people know his voice from BBC radio plays, audio books, and TV shows.
His first movie was Yentl with Barbra Streisand. He is famous for playing Sir Arthur Sullivan in the movie Topsy-Turvy. He also voiced a character named Gehrman in the video game Bloodborne.
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Allan Corduner's Early Life
Allan Corduner grew up in North London. He lived with his parents and younger brother. Their home was a secular Jewish home.
His mother and her family came to Great Britain in 1938. They were escaping from Nazi Germany. His father was born in Helsinki, Finland. His father's mother was Finnish, and his father's father was from Ukraine. Allan's parents first lived in Stockholm, where he was born. But his family moved to London when he was one year old.
His family always encouraged him to enjoy arts and music. Allan first wanted to be an orchestra conductor or a concert pianist. He went to University College School in Hampstead, London. Allan became a good jazz and classical pianist. But by the time he went to Bristol University, acting became his main interest.
Allan Corduner's Acting Career
Allan Corduner has worked a lot in theatre. He has performed in London's West End and on Broadway. He has also appeared in many television shows and movies. He was in several BBC Radio plays too. These include The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Fanny and Alexander.
His voice is well-known from many audiobooks. One famous audiobook he narrated is The Book Thief. On TV, he has been in shows like Exile and Midsomer Murders. He also played Andrea Verrocchio in Da Vinci's Demons. He was also in seasons 5 and 6 of Homeland.
After drama school, Allan spent two years acting in Newcastle upon Tyne. He played many different roles there. Then he worked at the Birmingham Rep and the Actors' Company. After that, he came back to London. He made his West End debut in Once a Catholic. Allan has performed many times at the Royal Court Theatre. He was in 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.
He was praised for his role as Etches in the musical Titanic on Broadway. In 2014, he played Etches again in a special concert version of Titanic. This was in New York. He also played Fritz Litten in Taken at Midnight. This play was first at Chichester Festival Theatre. Then it moved to Theatre Royal Haymarket in the West End.
One of his first movie roles was in Yentl in 1982. He acted with Barbra Streisand in this film. He is probably most famous for playing Sir Arthur Sullivan in Topsy-Turvy (1999). This was his first main role in a movie. Allan Corduner has acted in many types of movies. These include the action-adventure movie Defiance. He was also in the horror comedy Burke and Hare. More recent films include Woman in Gold (2015) and Tár (2022).
Voice Acting Roles
Allan Corduner's voice is well-known from BBC radio plays. These include Insignificance and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. He was also featured on BBC Radio 3's Private Passions.
He has lent his voice to many video game characters. He voiced several characters in the first, second, third, and fifth Harry Potter video games. These characters include Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Filius Flitwick, and Argus Filch. He also voiced Apus, a pet parrot, 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. He narrated Fish Warrior for the National Geographic Channel. He has also narrated many audiobooks for Simply Audiobooks. These include 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.
List of Audiobooks Narrated
- Inkdeath
- Magyk
- The Book Thief
- The Castle
- The Keys to the Kingdom
- Smoke
- The Vorrh
- Magpie Murders
- Moonflower Murders
Allan Corduner's Personal Life
Allan Corduner's mother was from Berlin, Germany. His father was born in Finland. Allan was born in Stockholm but grew up in London.
Allan and his partner Juha Leppäjärvi met in London in 2006. They formed their civil partnership in December 2009. They got married in New York City in August 2013. Allan Corduner helps a children's arts charity called Anno's Africa. He is a trustee for the charity.
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Allan Corduner in 2012
See also
In Spanish: Allan Corduner para niños
