biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1939– )
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| biography:
| Film actor, born in London, UK. He made his film debut as the martyred hero of Billy Budd (1962, Oscar nomination), and went on to appear in several major productions, such as The Collector (1965) and Far From the Madding Crowd (1967), before withdrawing in disillusion from Hollywood in 1969 and going to live in England. He returned to the screen as the indomitable Zod in Superman: The Movie (1978), later films including Company of Wolves (1985), Wall Street (1987), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), The Limey (1999), and The Red Planet (1999). He made his directorial debut with Stranger In the House (1992), and he has also written an autobiography, Coming Attractions (1988). |
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