Angus Wright (actor)
British actor (born 1964)
Angus Wright
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1964-11-11
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11 November 1964
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Washington, D.C.
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1990 – present |
Parent | Patrick Wright (Father) |
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Angus Wright (born 11 November 1964) is an American-born British actor.
Life and career
Wright was born in Washington, D.C. , the youngest child of Virginia and Patrick Wright . His father's career in the British Diplomatic Service took the family to the UK, the U.S., Lebanon , Egypt , Bahrain , Luxembourg , Syria and Saudi Arabia .
He gained an M.A. in Art History at the University of Edinburgh and then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama . He has since worked extensively in theatre, film and television.
Film
Year | Film | Role |
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1994 | Frankenstein | Guard |
1995 | First Knight | Marauder |
1995 | Cutthroat Island | Captain Trotter |
1997 | Jilting Joe | Mick |
1999 | RKO 281 | Joseph Cotten |
2000 | All Forgotten | Boris |
2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | Literary Figure |
2001 | The Affair of the Necklace | Henri Sanson |
2001 | Charlotte Gray | Secret Agent |
2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | Mr Pluck |
2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Richard's Knight |
2008 | The Bank Job | Robert Rowlands |
2011 | The Iron Lady | John Nott |
2012 | Private Peaceful | Captain Barnes |
2013 | A Little Chaos | Sualem |
2014 | Maleficent | King Henry's Advisor |
2016 | Rogue One | Hammerhead Captain |
2018 | The Rabbit's Foot | Lucky Francis |
2018 | The Little Stranger | Coroner Riddell |
2019 | Official Secrets | Mark Ellison |
2020 | The Courier | Dickie Franks |
2020 | The Witches | Waiter |
2022 | Pinocchio | Signore Rizzi |
2022 | See How They Run | Sergeant Bakewell |
2022 | Samovar | Raoul |
2022 | Catherine Called Birdy | Fulk the Elder |
2023 | Bank of Dave | Clarence |
Theatre
Year | Play | Role | Director | Theatre |
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1991 | Henry IV Parts I & II | Douglas & Bullcalf | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Company |
1992 | The Dybbuk | Batlon | Katie Mitchell | Royal Shakespeare Company |
1992 | The Theban Plays | Chorus | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Company |
1993 | Hamlet | Guildenstern | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Company |
1993 | Salomé | Iokanaan | Steven Berkoff | European tour |
1994 | A Mongrel's Heart | Bormenthal | Mark Wing-Davey | Royal Lyceum Theatre |
1995 | Private Lives | Victor | Kenny Ireland | Royal Lyceum Theatre |
1996 | Mother Courage | The Lieutenant | Jonathan Kent | Royal National Theatre |
1997 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | Jonathan Miller | Almeida Theatre |
1998 | Chips With Everything | Pilot Officer | Howard Davies | Royal National Theatre |
1999 | Talk of the City | Clive | Stephen Poliakoff | Royal Shakespeare Company |
2000 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Algernon | Selina Cadell | Nottingham Playhouse |
2001 | Three Sisters | Tusenbach | Loveday Ingram | Chichester Festival Theatre |
2002 | Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Tim Carroll | Globe Theatre at the Middle Temple Hall |
2003 | Three Sisters | Kulygin | Katie Mitchell | Royal National Theatre |
2004 | Measure for Measure | Provost | Simon McBurney | Royal National Theatre |
2004 | Stuff Happens | Journalist/David Manning | Nicholas Hytner | Royal National Theatre |
2005 | A Dream Play | The Dreamer | Katie Mitchell | Royal National Theatre |
2006 | Measure for Measure | Angelo | Simon McBurney | Complicite |
2006 | The Seagull | Dr Dorn | Katie Mitchell | Royal National Theatre |
2007 | St Joan | Earl of Warwick | Marianne Elliott | Royal National Theatre |
2007 | War Horse | Hauptmann Friedrich Müller | Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris | Royal National Theatre |
2008 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | Tim Carroll | Royal Shakespeare Company |
2008 | The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes | Rotten | Elizabeth Freestone | Royal Shakespeare Company |
2009 | Mrs Affleck | Alfred Affleck | Marianne Elliott | Royal National Theatre |
2010 | The Cat in the Hat | The Cat | Katie Mitchell | Royal National Theatre & Young Vic & Paris |
2011 | Wastwater | Jonathan | Katie Mitchell | The Royal Court |
2012 | The Master and Margarita | Koroviev-Fagot | Simon McBurney | Barbican Theatre & European Tour |
2013 | Privates on Parade | Major Giles Flack | Michael Grandage | Noël Coward Theatre |
2013 | Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Tim Carroll | Belasco Theatre |
2013 | Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | Tim Carroll | Belasco Theatre |
2014 | The Cherry Orchard | Leonid Gaev | Katie Mitchell | Young Vic |
2015 | Oresteia | Agamemnon | Robert Icke | Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios [1] |
2016 | 1984 | O'Brien | Daniel Raggett | Playhouse Theatre |
2017 | Hamlet | Claudius | Robert Icke | Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre [2] |
2018 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Gordon Lowther | Polly Findlay | Donmar Warehouse |
2022 | Oresteia & Hamlet | Agamemnon & Claudius | Robert Icke | Park Avenue Armory, New York |
Television
Year | Series | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Between the Lines | Motorcycle Officer | |
1995 | The Bill | Chief Inspector Wallace | |
1996 | Crocodile Shoes | Alan McGuire | |
1997 | The Painted Lady | Charles Stafford | |
1998 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Greg Waterson | |
2000 | Attachments | Ed Viner | |
2001 | Whistleblower | Sutton | |
2001 | The Vice | Defence Council | |
2001 | The Way We Live Now | Miles Grendall | |
2003 | Cambridge Spies | Guy Liddell | |
2003 | Boudica | Severus | |
2004 | Wire in the Blood | Willerton | |
2005 | Casanova | Man at Arms | |
2007 | Hotel Babylon | Francis Levington | |
2008 | Waking the Dead | Stephen Carson | |
2008 | The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall | Sherard Cowper-Coles | |
2009 | Above Suspicion | Parks | |
2010 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Mr Dread | |
2012 | Being Human | Dr North | |
2013 | Murder on the Home Front | Carver | |
2015 | Peep Show | Angus Maynard | |
2015 | Father Brown | Colonel Laurence St Clare | |
2016 | Midsomer Murders | Roderick Craven | episode: " The Village that Rose from the Dead " |
2016 | Flowers | George | |
2018 | Plebs | Evander | |
2019 | Year of the Rabbit | Sir Giles Linley | |
2019 | The Crown | Martin Furnival Jones | Episode: "Olding" |
2019 | Succession | Phillipe Layton | Episode: " This Is Not for Tears " |
2020 | COBRA | General Pickering | |
2020 | His Dark Materials | Dr. Haley | Episode: "Theft" |
2020 | Endeavour | Professor Blish | Episode: "Oracle" |
2021 | Sex Education | Sex Educator in Video | Season 3, Episode 4 |
2022 | The Witchfinder | Mr Harvey | |
2022 | The Capture | Anthony Reed | 2 episodes |
2023 | Dreaming Whilst Black | Timothy Eastly |
Radio
Year | Show | Role | Director | Producer |
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1990 | Awarded a six month internship, via a Carleton Hobbs Bursary , to be a repertory member of the BBC 's on-air Radio Drama Company [3] | |||
2002 | Precious | Geoff | Jane Morgan | Pier Productions |
2008 | Plenty | Sir Andrew Charleson | John Dove | Catherine Bailey Productions [4] |
2010 | The Secret Pilgrim | Hansen | Patrick Rayner | BBC Radio 4 |
Video games
Year | Game | Role | Developer | Producer | Platform |
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2013 | Killzone: Mercenary | Mandor Savic | Guerrilla Cambridge | Sony Computer Entertainment | PlayStation Vita |
2023 | Final Fantasy XVI | Quentin | Square Enix Creative Business Unit III | Square Enix | Playstation 5 |
References
- ↑ Higgins, Charlotte (30 July 2015). "Ancient Greek tragedy Oresteia receives surprise West End transfer" . The Guardian . Retrieved 4 November 2020 .
- ↑ Kellaway, Kate (25 June 2017). "Hamlet review – an all-consuming marvel - 5 out of 5 stars" . The Guardian . Retrieved 4 November 2020 .
- ↑ "BBC - Radio Drama - SoundStart - Who's won Radio Drama's acting prizes since 1953?" . www.bbc.co.uk .
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, Betrayal - Plenty" . BBC .
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