writes of Allam: "To play Adrian....in the 1986 Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Archbishop's Ceiling, Roger Allam gave up the leading role as Javert in the monster hit Les Misérables because he had done it over sixty times and thought my play more challenging for him at that moment of his career. Nor did he consider his decision a particularly courageous one. This is part of what a theatre culture means and it is something few New York actors would have the sense of security even to dream of doing." Allam narrated the Channel 4 series The Auction House. In October and November 2016 Allam appeared as Brigadier Adrian Stone in the BBC series The Missing. Since January 2020, Allam has co-starred with Joanna Lumley in the BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series Conversations from a Long Marriage. As of February 2023, the show is in its fourth series. In March 2022, Allam debuted in the lead role of Antoine Verlaque in Murder in Provence, a BritBox cosy crime drama based on the Verlaque & Bonnet detective novels by ML Longworth, alongside Nancy Carroll (The Crown) as his romantic partner Marine Bonnet. Allam voices the demon Azazel in the 2022 Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. Personal life Allam is married to actress Rebecca Saire, with whom he has two sons, William, an actor, and Thomas. He, Rebecca and William appeared together in the Endeavour episode Raga (series 7, episode 2, broadcast February 2020). In that episode, Rebecca and William played mother and son. He identifies as being on the political left, and has also publicly castigated Donald Trump. Theatre Filmography Film Television Radio Audiobooks Allam has narrated several audiobooks, including Solar by Ian McEwan. References External links Roger Allam at British Comedy Guide 1953 births Alumni of the University of Manchester English male film actors English male musical theatre actors English male radio actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male voice actors Laurence Olivier Award winners Living people Male actors from London People educated at Christ's Hospital People from Bow, London 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Royal Shakespeare Company members