biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1949– )
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| biography:
| Actor, director, and writer, born in London, UK. He made his London debut in The Plumber's Progress (1975), and joined Joint Stock in 1977, later playing major roles at the Bristol Old Vic and the National Theatre. Notable among his films are Amadeus (1984), in which he played Schikaneder, A Room With a View (1986), Postcards from the Edge (1990), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), and Shakespeare in Love (1998). He has directed several new plays in fringe theatres, and the film The Ballad of the Sad Café (1990), and in 1999 directed a revival of the musical The Pajama Game in London. In 2000 he appeared as a solo performer in Peter Ackroyd's The Mystery of Charles Dickens. He has also published an autobiography, Being An Actor (1984). |
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