Roger Allam

A member of the Royal Shakespeare Company since 1981, where he played roles such as Mercutio, and more recently Falstaff, a part which won him an Olivier Award. Made his name as the original Inspector Javert in Les Miserables, he has since appeared numerous times in film and television, often as Deadpan Snarker or the Only Sane Man.

Roger Allam has performed in the following roles:

• Ashes to Ashes: Detective Superintendent Mackintosh
• Cabin Pressure: First Officer Douglas Richardson
• Henry IV: Falstaff.
• Les Miserables: Inspector Javert
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: Henry Pelham
• Tamara Drewe: Nicholas Hardiment
• The Iron Lady: Gordon Reece
• The Queen': Robin Janvrin
• The Thick of It: Peter Mannion
• V for Vendetta: Lewis Prothero
• The Woman in Black: Mr Bentley

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Roger Allam provides examples of the following tropes:

• Badass Baritone
• Badass Beard: Grown for Henry IV, it can be seen in the encore performance at the Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Doing It for the Art: He quit his role in Les Miserables (which by then had become a huge hit) to appear in a small-scale Arthur Miller production.
• Large Ham: Mostly in his villainous roles, such as Lewis Prothero in V for Vendetta and Royalton in the Speed Racer movie.
• One-Scene Wonder: Quite frequently.
• Only Sane Man: In his comedy roles, such as Cabin Pressure or The Thick of It.
• Shakespearian Actor
• Tall, Dark and Snarky