Stephen Dillane Biography
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Stephen Dillane (born 30 November 1956) is a British Tony Award–winning actor.
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Biography
Born in London, England to an Australian surgeon father and an English mother.12 He read history and political science at the University of Exeter and afterward became a journalist for the Croydon Advertiser. Unhappy in his career, he read how actor Trevor Eve gave up architecture for acting and was thus inspired to enter the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Dillane is a distinguished theatre actor and his notable roles include Prior Walter in Angels in America (1993), Hamlet (1990), Clov in Samuel Beckett's Endgame (1996), Uncle Vanya (1998), Henry in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing for which he won a Tony (2000) and a one-man version of Macbeth (2005).
Onscreen, Dillane may be best known for his portrayal of Horatio in Franco Zefferelli's film adaptation of Hamlet, with Mel Gibson in the title role. He played Michael Henderson in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), a character based on British journalist Michael Nicholson. He is also known for his portrayal of Leonard Woolf in The Hours (2002), legendary English professional golfer Harry Vardon in The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) and Glen Foy in the Goal! trilogy.
He received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Thomas Jefferson in the HBO mini-series John Adams (2008).
His son is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince actor, Frank Dillane.
Filmography
- The Secret Garden (1987)
- The One Game (1988)
- Hamlet (1990)
- Two If by Sea (1996)
- Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
- Love and Rage (1998)
- Firelight (1998)
- Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
- Spy Game (2001)
- The Parole Officer (2001)
- The Truth About Charlie (2002)
- The Gathering (2002)
- The Hours (2002)
- King Arthur (2004)
- Haven (2004)
- The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
- Goal! (2005)
- Nine Lives (2005)
- Goal! 2: Living the Dream... (2007)
- Fugitive Pieces (2007)
- Savage Grace (2007)
- John Adams (2008)
- God on Trial (2008)
- 44 Inch Chest (2009)
- Goal! 3 (2009)
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| Preceded by Brian Dennehy for Death of a Salesman |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play 1999-2000 for The Real Thing |
Succeeded by Richard Easton for The Invention of Love |
| Preceded by Brian Dennehy for Death of a Salesman |
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play 2000 for The Real Thing |
Succeeded by Richard Easton for The Invention of Love |
References
- ^ "Stephen Dillane Biography". filmreference (2008). Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
- ^ Matt Wolf (16 April 2000), "Getting Out of the Way of `The Real Thing'", the New York Times, http://www.geocities.com/dwan_y/real_art/real_nytimes3.html, retrieved on 10 April 2008
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