biography
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Dillane, Stephen
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professional name of Stephen Dillon
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1958– )
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| biography:
| British actor. After training at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, his early theatre included repertory seasons at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, Contact Theatre in Manchester, and Chester Gateway Theatre. He then played leading roles at the Royal National Theatre including Archer in The Beaux' Stratagem (1989), Gerry Evans in Dancing at Lughnasa (1990), and Prior Walter in Angels in America (1992). He won the Richard Burton Shakespeare Globe Award in 1995 for the title role in Hamlet at the Gielgud Theatre, London. He has worked for many of Britain's leading theatre companies, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic, the Royal Court, and the Donmar Warehouse. In 1999 he won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor in The Real Thing, and after its transfer to Broadway the Tony Award for Best Actor (2000). He has appeared in television and films, including Anna Karenina (2000), and Welcome to Sarajevo (1997). |
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