TRAINING
BRISTOL UNIVERSITY DRAMA DEPT. : MOUNTVIEW THEATRE SCHOOL, LONDON.
FILM : (in English)
THE LAST DUEL : Dir: Ridley Scott. Rôle : Clergy 3.
EINSTEIN”S TELESCOPE : Dir:Evgénia Alexandrova. Rôle : Ian.
ADULTS IN THE ROOM : Dir: Costa-Gavras. Rôle : City of London banker..
TAKEN 3 : Dir. Olivier Megaton. Rôle ; Air traffic controller.
FAREWELL : Dir. Christian Carion. Rôle : Member of Ronald Reagan’s staff.
BONS BAISERS D’ICI : Dir. Michel Meyer & Stéphanie de Fénin : Rôle : Harold
BROKEN GLASS: Dir. Jethro Massey. Rôle : Vincent
HOW MARTINE BOULIER LOST HER HANDS : Dir. Jethro Massey. Rôle : Husband
TELEVISION & VIDEO : (in English)
DE GAULLE - L'ECLAT ET LE SECRET (series) : Rôle : Anthony Eden (in French and English).
TERE SHEHAR MEIN (series) : Dir. Gyan Correa. Rôle : Clubber.
GREAT WAR DIARIES : (series) Dir. Jan Peter. Rôle : Colonel-Surgeon (episode 1 – BBC2).
THE SHERLOCK HOLMES EXPERIENCE : Dir. Adad Warda. Introductions to Vook digital books.
Also corporate videos for France Télécom, Wanadoo etc.
MUSIC VIDEOS :
THE MAN WHO STOLE A LEOPARD : (Duran Duran) Dir. Jethro Massey. Rôle : The Scientist.
DUST BOWL III : (Other Lives) Dir. Jethro Massey. Rôle : The General.
SWING YOUR BLUES AWAY : (The Swinging Lovers) Dir. Jethro Massey. Rôle : The Tramp.
VOICE : (in English)
LONG WAY NORTH : Dir. Rémi Chayé : Dubbing Ivan Tchernetsov, Sasha's father.
L’HOMME ET LES GORILLES : Dir. Jean-Cristophe de Revière : Dubbing Diogène, Léonidas and Fundi.
ADÈLE BLANC-SEC : Dir. Luc Besson : Dubbing Setimhotep, Louis and Dugommier.
JOYEUX NOÊL : Dir. Christian Carion : Dubbing Scottish soldier.
GOOD FRIENDS : By Paul François : Narrator. (childrens' story published by Flammarion, Père Castor).
ASSIMIL LANGUAGE METHOD
AUDIOGUIDES : Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (the voice of André Le Nôtre et al.) : Le Petit Trianon, Versailles (male voice of the audioguide) : Château de Valençay (the voice of Talleyrand) : Saint-Maurice d'Agaune : Institut du Monde Arabe.
– as well as many other voice-overs for various studios in Paris.
RADIO : (for France Culture)
EXTENSION MASSIVE DE L’EXCÈS : Play by Jean-Pierre Ostende (in French).
JEREMY BENTHAM – UNE VIE UNE OEUVRE : Reading of texts by the philosopher (in English).
THEATRE : (in French)
COMME IL VOUS PLAIRA : Dir: Sotha. Rôles : Shakespeare, the Duke of Amiens et al. Théâtre Nord-Oest : Théâtre de Verdure, Bois de Boulogne : Café de la Gare (all Paris). LE TARTUFFE : Dir. Jean-Marie Russo. Rôle : Dorine et al. Espace Doisneau, Meudon 2015, Espace Roseau, Avignon 2016.
EN ATTENDANT GODOT : Dir. Jean-Marie Russo. Rôle : Lucky. C.A.C. de Meudon, Les 3 Pierrots St. Cloud.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND : Dir. Pascal Guarise. Rôle : The Mad Hatter et al. Théâtre de L’Épée de Bois, Vincennes.
SUMMER LIGHTNING : Dir. Barbara Bray and M.V. Lewis. Rôle : Lord Emsworth. Théâtre du Renard, Paris.
THE TALE OF TWO CITIES : Dir. Andrew Wilson. Rôle : Le Marquis de St. Évremonde. M.J.C. Palaiseau, Théâtre de Ménilmontant, Paris and tour.
THEATRE : (in English)
SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME : (Frank McGuinness) Dir. Patricia Kessler. Rôle : Michael (shared with Les Clack). For Dear Conjunction at the Théâtre La Manufacture Des Abbesses, Paris.
UNDER MILK WOOD : (Dylan Thomas) Dir M.V.Lewis. Rôles : Voice I, Rev. Eli Jenkins, Mr. Pugh et al. For Dear Conjunction at the Théâtre de Nesle, Paris and the Chapeau Rouge Théâtre, Avignon.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC : Dir. Emilio Sagi. Rôle : Franz, the Von Trapps’ butler. Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.
THE CLEARING (Helen Edmundson) Dir. Patricia Kessler. Rôle : The Commisioner. Derry Playhouse, N. Ireland.
MOBY DICK : Dir. Judy Hegarty Lovett : Singer and musician. Paris, Centre Culturel Irlandaise and touring Ireland.
SOIRÉE MUSICALE SHAKESPEARE : Musical direction Véronique Barbot. Direction and performance M. V. Lewis. La Maladrerie, Beauvais.
NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND (Dostoyevski) : Dir. Lee de Long. Rôles : The Double, Lisa. Edinburgh Festival.
WAITING FOR GODOT : Dir. Peter Hudson. Rôle : Vladimir. Le Petit Hébertot, Paris.
Two plays by Adrian Hornsby for the Shakespeare & Co. Literary Festival.
THREE PARTS Dir. Tim Vincent-Smith : Rôle : The Lover. Sudden Theatre, Paris.
THE MOON & MARION DAVIES Dir. Adrian Hornsby : Narrator. Sudden Theatre, Paris.
Cie. ACT, Paris. (Directed by Andrew Wilson) M.J.C. Palaiseau, Théâtre de Ménilmontant, Paris and tour.
HAMLET : Rôles : Old Hamlet, Polonius, 1st Gravedigger.
THE AVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN : Rôles : ‘King’, ‘Pap’ et al. - also composer, musician and singer.
PYGMALION : Rôle : Henry Higgins.
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT : Rôles : King Arthur, Bercilac, chorus.
THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE (13¾) : Rôles : Mr. Mole, Nigel, Mr. Lucas et al.
KES : Rôles : Mr. Farthing et al.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS : 16 character Rôles.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST : Rôles : Lady Bracknell et al.
Cie. ACT, Paris. (Directed by Sanda Hrzic) M.J.C. Palaiseau, Théâtre de Ménilmontant and tour.
ANIMAL FARM : Rôles : Boxer, Squealer et al.
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST: Rôles : Charles, the butler, Sir Simon (the ghost), Cecil.
Barebones Theatre, Bristol. (Directed by Lesley Benson).
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR : Rôle : Khlestakhov. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham : Theatre Royal, Bath and tour.
Barebones Theatre, Bristol.(Directed by Nick Benson).
DON QUIXOTE : Rôles : Samson et al. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham : Theatre Royal, Bath and tour.
THE BACCHAE : Rôles : Pentheus and chorus. Bristol Old Vic : Theatre Royal, Bath and tour.
THE WINTER’S TALE : Rôles : Polixenes, Antigonus et al. Bristol Old Vic : Rondo Theatre, Bath and tour.
THE TEMPEST : Rôles : Gonzalo, Ariel (en chœur). Bristol Old Vic : Rondo Theatre, Bath and tour.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE : Rôles : Claudio et al. Bristol Old Vic and tour.
TWELFTH NIGHT : Rôle : Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Q.E.H. Theatre, Bristol. - composer, musician and singer.
KING LEAR : Rôle : The Duke of Albany . Q.E.H. Theatre, Bristol
THE ALCHEMIST (Ben Jonson): Rôle : Sir Epicure Mammon. Clifton Zoological Gardens, Bristol.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM : Rôle : Nick Bottom. Clifton Zoological Gardens, Bristol.
COMÉDIE MUSICALE : (Creation and direction Ken Starcevic for Cie. OZ, Paris) Café de la Gare, Paris, and tour.
THE FRANKENSTEIN FOLLIES : Rôles : Henry Clairval, Frau Müller and the monster.
DR ; JEKYLL & MR ; HYDE : Rôles : Utterson, Dr. Lanyon et al.
PIRATES OF THE SEVEN SEAS (Mike Cooper) Rôle : Blackbeard.
ALSO : (For BareBones Theatre)
THE INVALID : Translation from Le Malade Imaginaire, direction and music. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham : Rondo Theatre, Bath and tour.
THE MOONSTONE (Wilkie Collins) : Adaptation and direction. Rôles : Sergeant Cuff, Godfrey Abelwhite et al. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham and tour (including various historic buildings in Kent for National Heritage).
Also - composer and singer Don Quixote, The Bacchae, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest.
(For Dear Conjunction)
LEWIS CARROLL MEETS EDWARD LEAR : Reading at the 2013 Oxford Literary Festival and Allihies, Co. Cork Ireland,
THE LINE : (Timberlake Wertenbaker). Direction. Théâtre de Nesle, Paris. 2016
- as well as many readings of plays and poetry in Paris at Shakespeare & Co., Le Café de Flore, Carr’s Pub, etc.
WORKSHOP
L’AUTONOMIE DE L’ACTEUR (5 months - 3 in Paris, 2 in Cappadocia, Turkey) Cie. Ayn Seyir Dir. Ali Isahn Kaleci 2013
LEADING WITH SOUL : Workshop on 'The Tempest', led by Richard Olivier, (Findhorn Foundation, Scotland) 2017
English Actor in Paris
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Date of Birth : 19 07 1956 Nationality : British. Height : 1.75m Weight : 82 kilos
Hair : Dark brown/grey Eyes : Blue
Music : Piano, recorder, guitar, baritone voice, can read and write music. Dance : Baroque, folk and musical
Sports : Cycling, badminton, horse riding (elementary).
Spoken Languages : English, French
TRAINING
BRISTOL UNIVERSITY DRAMA DEPT. : MOUNTVIEW THEATRE SCHOOL, LONDON.
FILM : (in English)
THE LAST DUEL : Dir: Ridley Scott. Rôle : Clergy 3.
ADULTS IN THE ROOM : Dir: Costa-Gavras. Rôle : City of London Banker..
TAKEN 3 : Dir. Olivier Megaton. Rôle ; Air traffic controller.
FAREWELL : Dir. Christian Carion. Rôle : Member of Ronald Reagan’s staff.
BONS BAISERS D’ICI : Dir. Michel Meyer & Stéphanie de Fénin : Rôle : Harold
BROKEN GLASS: Dir. Jethro Massey. Rôle : Vincent
HOW MARTINE BOULIER LOST HER HANDS : Dir. Jethro Massey. Rôle : Husband
TELEVISION & VIDEO : (in English)
DE GAULLE - L'ECLAT ET LE SECRET (series) : Rôle : Anthony Eden (in French and English).
TERE SHEHAR MEIN (series) : Dir. Gyan Correa. Rôle : Clubber.
GREAT WAR DIARIES : (series) Dir. Jan Peter. Rôle : Colonel-Surgeon (episode 1 – BBC2).
THE SHERLOCK HOLMES EXPERIENCE : Dir. Adad Warda. Introductions to Vook digital books.
Also corporate videos for France Télécom, Wanadoo etc.
MUSIC VIDEOS :
THE MAN WHO STOLE A LEOPARD : (Duran Duran) Dir. Jethro Massey. Rôle : The Scientist.
DUST BOWL III : (Other Lives) Dir. Jethro Massey. Rôle : The General.
SWING YOUR BLUES AWAY : (The Swinging Lovers) Dir. Jethro Massey. Rôle : The Tramp.
VOICE : (in English)
LONG WAY NORTH : Dir. Rémi Chayé : Dubbing Ivan Tchernetsov, Sasha's father.
L’HOMME ET LES GORILLES : Dir. Jean-Cristophe de Revière : Dubbing Diogène, Léonidas and Fundi.
ADÈLE BLANC-SEC : Dir. Luc Besson : Dubbing Setimhotep, Louis and Dugommier.
JOYEUX NOÊL : Dir. Christian Carion : Dubbing Scottish soldier.
GOOD FRIENDS : By Paul François : Narrator. (childrens' story published by Flammarion, Père Castor).
ASSIMIL LANGUAGE METHOD
AUDIOGUIDES : Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (the voice of André Le Nôtre et al.) : Le Petit Trianon, Versailles (male voice of the audioguide) : Château de Valençay (the voice of Talleyrand) : Saint-Maurice d'Agaune : Institut du Monde Arabe.
– as well as many other voice-overs for various studios in Paris.
RADIO : (for France Culture)
EXTENSION MASSIVE DE L’EXCÈS : Play by Jean-Pierre Ostende (in French).
JEREMY BENTHAM – UNE VIE UNE OEUVRE : Reading of texts by the philosopher (in English).
THEATRE : (in French)
LE TARTUFFE : Dir. Jean-Marie Russo. Rôle : Dorine et al. Espace Doisneau, Meudon 2015, Espace Roseau, Avignon 2016.
WAITING FOR GODOT : Dir. Jean-Marie Russo. Rôle : Lucky. C.A.C. de Meudon, Les 3 Pierrots St. Cloud.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND : Dir. Pascal Guarise. Rôle : The Mad Hatter et al. Théâtre de L’Épée de Bois, Vincennes.
SUMMER LIGHTNING : Dir. Barbara Bray and M.V. Lewis. Rôle : Lord Emsworth. Théâtre du Renard, Paris.
THE TALE OF TWO CITIES : Dir. Andrew Wilson. Rôle : Le Marquis de St. Évremonde. M.J.C. Palaiseau, Théâtre de Ménilmontant, Paris and tour.
THEATRE : (in English)
SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME : (Frank McGuinness) Dir. Patricia Kessler. Rôle : Michael (shared with Les Clack). For Dear Conjunction at the Théâtre La Manufacture Des Abbesses, Paris.
UNDER MILK WOOD : (Dylan Thomas) Dir M.V.Lewis. Rôles : Voice I, Rev. Eli Jenkins, Mr. Pugh et al. For Dear Conjunction at the Théâtre de Nesle, Paris and the Chapeau Rouge Théâtre, Avignon.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC : Dir. Emilio Sagi. Rôle : Franz, the Von Trapps’ butler. Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.
THE CLEARING (Helen Edmundson) Dir. Patricia Kessler. Rôle : The Commisioner. Derry Playhouse, N. Ireland.
MOBY DICK : Dir. Judy Hegarty Lovett : Singer and musician. Paris, Centre Culturel Irlandaise and touring Ireland.
SOIRÉE MUSICALE SHAKESPEARE : Musical direction Véronique Barbot. Direction and performance M. V. Lewis. La Maladrerie, Beauvais.
NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND (Dostoyevski) : Dir. Lee de Long. Rôles : The Double, Lisa. Edinburgh Festival.
WAITING FOR GODOT : Dir. Peter Hudson. Rôle : Vladimir. Le Petit Hébertot, Paris.
Two plays by Adrian Hornsby for the Shakespeare & Co. Literary Festival.
THREE PARTS Dir. Tim Vincent-Smith : Rôle : The Lover. Sudden Theatre, Paris.
THE MOON & MARION DAVIES Dir. Adrian Hornsby : Narrator. Sudden Theatre, Paris.
Cie. ACT, Paris. (Directed by Andrew Wilson) M.J.C. Palaiseau, Théâtre de Ménilmontant, Paris and tour.
HAMLET : Rôles : Old Hamlet, Polonius, 1st Gravedigger.
THE AVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN : Rôles : ‘King’, ‘Pap’ et al. - also composer, musician and singer.
PYGMALION : Rôle : Henry Higgins.
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT : Rôles : King Arthur, Bercilac, chorus.
THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE (13¾) : Rôles : Mr. Mole, Nigel, Mr. Lucas et al.
KES : Rôles : Mr. Farthing et al.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS : 16 character Rôles.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST : Rôles : Lady Bracknell et al.
Cie. ACT, Paris. (Directed by Sanda Hrzic) M.J.C. Palaiseau, Théâtre de Ménilmontant and tour.
ANIMAL FARM : Rôles : Boxer, Squealer et al.
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST: Rôles : Charles, the butler, Sir Simon (the ghost), Cecil.
Barebones Theatre, Bristol. (Directed by Lesley Benson).
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR : Rôle : Khlestakhov. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham : Theatre Royal, Bath and tour.
Barebones Theatre, Bristol.(Directed by Nick Benson).
DON QUIXOTE : Rôles : Samson et al. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham : Theatre Royal, Bath and tour.
THE BACCHAE : Rôles : Pentheus and chorus. Bristol Old Vic : Theatre Royal, Bath and tour.
THE WINTER’S TALE : Rôles : Polixenes, Antigonus et al. Bristol Old Vic : Rondo Theatre, Bath and tour.
THE TEMPEST : Rôles : Gonzalo, Ariel (en chœur). Bristol Old Vic : Rondo Theatre, Bath and tour.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE : Rôles : Claudio et al. Bristol Old Vic and tour.
TWELFTH NIGHT : Rôle : Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Q.E.H. Theatre, Bristol. - composer, musician and singer.
KING LEAR : Rôle : The Duke of Albany . Q.E.H. Theatre, Bristol
THE ALCHEMIST (Ben Jonson): Rôle : Sir Epicure Mammon. Clifton Zoological Gardens, Bristol.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM : Rôle : Nick Bottom. Clifton Zoological Gardens, Bristol.
COMÉDIE MUSICALE : (Creation and direction Ken Starcevic for Cie. OZ, Paris) Café de la Gare, Paris, and tour.
THE FRANKENSTEIN FOLLIES : Rôles : Henry Clairval, Frau Müller and the monster.
DR ; JEKYLL & MR ; HYDE : Rôles : Utterson, Dr. Lanyon et al.
PIRATES OF THE SEVEN SEAS (Mike Cooper) Rôle : Blackbeard.
ALSO : (For BareBones Theatre)
THE INVALID : Translation from Le Malade Imaginaire, direction and music. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham : Rondo Theatre, Bath and tour.
THE MOONSTONE (Wilkie Collins) : Adaptation and direction. Rôles : Sergeant Cuff, Godfrey Abelwhite et al. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham and tour (including various historic buildings in Kent for National Heritage).
Also - composer and singer Don Quixote, The Bacchae, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest.
(For Dear Conjunction)
LEWIS CARROLL MEETS EDWARD LEAR : Reading at the 2013 Oxford Literary Festival and Allihies, Co. Cork Ireland,
THE LINE : (Timberlake Wertenbaker). Direction. Théâtre de Nesle, Paris. 2016
- as well as many readings of plays and poetry in Paris at Shakespeare & Co., Le Café de Flore, Carr’s Pub, etc.
WORKSHOP
L’AUTONOMIE DE L’ACTEUR (5 months - 3 in Paris, 2 in Cappadocia, Turkey) Cie. Ayn Seyir Dir. Ali Isahn Kaleci 2013
LEADING WITH SOUL : Workshop on 'The Tempest', led by Richard Olivier, (Findhorn Foundation, Scotland) 2017