Roger Allam

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He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical Les Misérables. Life and career: Allam was educated at Christ's Hospital and Manchester University. His father was vicar of St Mary Woolnoth. He has been nominated four times for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, winning twice. He has also been nominated for, and won, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played Mercutio, in the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1983. He has also appeared in many radio dramas for the BBC. In 2001, he starred in BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Les Misérables, as Valjean. In 2000 he played Hitler at the Royal National Theatre in David Edgar's Speer. He won an Olivier Award as Best Actor 2001, for his role as Captain Terri Denis in a revival of Privates on Parade, opening in December 2001 at the Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden. In November 2002 at the Comedy Theatre he co-starred with Gillian Anderson in Michael Weller's romantic comedy What the Night Is For. In 2003, he starred as former West German federal chancellor Willy Brandt in Michael Frayn's play Democracy which opened at the Cottesloe Theatre, in the Royal National Theatre. He stayed with the show for its transfer to the West End. In December 2004 and January 2005, Allam appeared as the villainous Abanazar in a pantomime of Aladdin at the Old Vic theatre, co-starring Ian McKellen, Maureen Lipman and Sam Kelly. He reprised this role at the Old Vic, once again with Ian McKellen and Frances Barber in 2006-07. In August 2005, Allam appeared in Blackbird by David Harrower alongside Jodhi May at the Edinburgh Festival in a production by German star director Peter Stein. The play got a transfer to the Albery Theatre in London in February 2006. Blackbird subsequently won a best new play award. He also found time in 2006 to appear in Stephen Frears' The Queen, starring Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren, as the Queen's private secretary. In February 2007, he performed in the 1960s farce Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy Theatre in the West End, co-starring Mark Rylance, Frances de la Tour and Tamzin Outhwaite. In January 2007, he appeared for the first time as Peter Mannion MP in the special episode of the BBC comedy The Thick of It. He went on to reprise his role in the second special aired in July 2007 and in the extra 15 minute episode shown via the BBC red button. He has carried on with this role as a regular character in the subsequent series. In 2008, Allam played the role of Max Reinhardt, the Salzburg Festival impresario in Michael Frayn's play Afterlife, the production staged by Michael Blakemore on the National Theatre's Lyttelton stage. In 2009, Allam played Albin/Zaza in La Cage aux Folles at the Playhouse in London. Allam played Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 at Shakespeare's Globe, in the 2010 season. He won the Olivier Award for Best Actor. In October 2010, Allam was reunitied with his former cast mates from Les Misérables in the 25th anniversary concert for a performance of "One Day More". In April 2012 he starred as Uncle Vanya in the play by Anton Chekhov at the Chichester Festival Theatre. From April 2013 he is starring as Prospero in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" at Shakespeares' Globe Theatre in London alongside Colin Morgan as "Ariel". Roger Allam presentend Michael Frayn at the 2013 "Olivier Awards" with an Special Lifetime Award which was aired by ITV1. Allam has also reteamed with Stephen Frears in Tamara Drewe, the film version of Posy Simmond's popular comic strip. He plays the crime novelist Nicholas Hardiment, who is bewitched by London journalist Tamara Drewe, played by Gemma Arterton. In the closing chapter of his Timebends autobiography (1987) Arthur Miller writes of Allam: "To play Adrian....in the 1986 Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Archbishop's Ceiling, Roger Allam gave up the leading role as Javert in the monster hit Les Misérables because he had done it over sixty times and thought my play more challenging for him at that moment of his career. Nor did he consider his decision a particularly courageous one. This is part of what a theatre culture means and it is something few New York actors would have the sense of security even to dream of doing." Theatre: Year Title Role Theatre 1979 Mary Barnes Lecturer/Angie's brother Royal Court Theatre 1981 Twin Rivals Subtleman/Richmore 1981 Two Gentlemen of Veronia Outlaw 1981 Titus Andronicus Demetrius 1981, 1983 All's Well That Ends Well Morgan Royal Shakespeare Theatre (1981) Martin Beck Theatre (1983) 1982 Our Friends in the North Conrad 1982 Poppy Lin 1983 The Charge of the Light Brigade (RSC Festival) Terence Gawain Hackett 1983 Typhoid Mary (RSC Festival) Dr Soper 1984 Romeo and Juliet Mercutio 1984 A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus/Oberon 1984 Richard III Clarence 1984 Today Victor Ellison 1984 The Party Ford 1985 The Dream Play The Officer 1985-1986 Les Miserables Javert Barbican Theatre (1985) Palace Theatre (1986) 1986 The Archbishop's Ceiling Adrian 1986 Heresies Pimm 1987 Measure for Measure The Duke Vincentio 1987 Twelfth Night Sir Toby Belch 1987 Julius Caesar Brutus 1989 The Fairy Queen Oberon Aix-en-Provence Festival 1990 The Seagull Trigorin 1990 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick 1991 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Jekyll 1992 Madras House Philip Madras Lyric Hammersmith 1992 Una Pooka Angelo Tricycle Theatre 1993 City of Angels Stone Prince of Wales Theatre 1994 Arcadia Bernard Nightingale Theatre Royal Haymarket 1995 The Importance of Being Earnest Jack Worthing Old Vic Theatre 1995 The Way of the World Mirabell National Theatre 1997-1998 ART Serge(1997) Marc(1998) Wyndham's Theatre 1996 Macbeth Macbeth 1996 The Learned Ladies Trissotin 1999 Summerfolk Bassov National Theatre 1999 Money Henry Graves National Theatre 1999 Troilus and Cressida Ulysses National Theatre 2000 The Cherry Orchard Lopakhin National Theatre 2000 Albert Speer Hitler National Theatre 2001 Privates on Parade Terri Dennis Donmar Warehouse 2002 What The Night Is For Adam Penzius Comedy Theatre 2003 The Woman in White Performer Sydmonton Festival 2003 Democracy Willy Brandt National Theatre 2004, 2005 Aladdin Abbanazar The Old Vic 2006 Blackbird Ray Albery Theatre 2006 Pravda Lambert Le Roux Chichester Festival Theatre, Birmingham Repertory Theatre 2007 Boeing, Boeing Bernard Comedy Theatre 2007 The Giant Leonardo da Vinci Hampstead Theatre 2008 Afterlife Max Reinhardt National Theatre 2009 La Cage Aux Folles Albin/Zaza Playhouse Theatre 2009 God of Carnage (UK Tour) Michel Vallon 2010 Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 Falstaff The Globe Theatre Filmography: Roles in films Year Title Role Notes 1989 Wilt Davz 2003 Strangers Eric Short film 2005 A Cock and Bull Story Adrian 2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley Sir John Hamilton 2006 The Queen Robin Janvrin 2006 V for Vendetta Lewis Prothero 2008 Speed Racer E.P. Arnold Royalton 2010 Tamara Drewe Nicholas Hardiment 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of Great Britain 2011 The Iron Lady Gordon Reece 2012 The Woman in Black Mr Bentley 2012 The Angels' Share Thaddeus Roles in television Year Title Role Notes 1989 Ending Up Dr. Mainwaring Made-for-television film 1989 The fairy queen (La reine des fées) Oberon Made-for-television film 1990 The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing Charles Tremayne Made-for-television film 1992 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Duke Orsino / Narrator (voice) Television mini series; episodes The Winter's Tale and Twelfth Night 1994 Screen Two Stephen Summerchild Television series; episode A Landing on the Sun 1998 Heartbeat Graham Hayes Television series; episode Echoes of the Past 1997 Inspector Morse Denis Cornford Television series; episode Death Is Now My Neighbour 1998 The Creatives Charlie Baxter Television series 1998 Midsomer Murders Alan Hollingsworth Television series; episode Faithful unto Death 1999 RKO 281 Walt Disney Made-for-television film 2002 Foyle's War Alastair Graeme Television series; episode Eagle Day 2003 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Christopher Made-for-television film 2005 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Simon Featherstonehaugh Television series; episode The Seed of Cunning 2007 - 2012 The Thick of It Peter Mannion Television series 2006 Spooks Paul Millington Television series 2008 The Curse of Steptoe Tom Sloane Made-for-television film 2009 The Old Guys Ned Television series; episode The Therapist 2009 Margaret John Wakeham Made-for-television film 2009 Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire General Arcadius Television series 2009 Ashes to Ashes Detective Superintendent Mackintosh Television series 2011 Game of Thrones Magister Illyrio Mopatis Television series 2012 - 2013 Endeavour Chief Inspector Fred Thursday Television film 2012 Parade's End General Campion Television series 2013 Sarah & Duck Narrator Children's Television Series Radio: The King's General (1992 BBC Radio 4 adaptation) as Sir Richard Grenvile., The Man In The Elephant Mask (1997 BBC Radio 4 series) Joseph Merrick., Cabin Pressure (2008 BBC Radio 4 series) First Officer Douglas Richardson.

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