biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1936– )
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| biography:
| Actor, born in Salford, Greater Manchester, NW England, UK. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, and has performed a wide variety of roles, from Shakespearean characters to modern working-class individuals, on both stage and screen. It was his definitive portrayal of the working-class rebel in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) that established him as a star. He directed the film Charlie Bubbles (1967), and was associate artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre (1972–5). He has received Oscar nominations for Tom Jones (1963), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Dresser (1983), and Under the Volcano (1984). Later films include Miller's Crossing (1990), The Browning Version (1994), and Simpatico (1999). His work for television includes A Rather English Marriage (1998), My Uncle Silas (2001), and The Gathering Storm (2002, Emmy; Golden Globe). |
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