biography
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1959– )
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| biography:
| Film actor, producer, and director, born in London, UK. He was a member of the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre, and became known following his portrayal of punk rocker Sid Vicious in the film Sid and Nancy (1986) and of playwright Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987). Later films include Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), the role of Beethoven in Immortal Beloved (1994), Basquiat (1996), and Lost in Space (1998). He produced and directed Nil by Mouth (1997). |
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