- David Oakes
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David Oakes 
Born Rowan David Oakes
14 October 1983Alma mater • Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
• University of ManchesterOccupation Actor Years active Since 2007 Website davidoakes.co.uk David Oakes (born 14 October 1983) is an English film, television and theatre actor.
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Early life and education
He was born in Fordingbridge,[clarification needed] New Forest, England, the son of a Church of England canon and a professional musician.
Oakes was head boy at Bishop Wordsworth's School, located in Salisbury, England, and graduated with a first in English Literature from the University of Manchester, located in Manchester, England.[citation needed]
He attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School from 2005 to 2007, located in Bristol, England.[1]
Career
He played the villainous William Hamleigh in the television miniseries The Pillars of the Earth (2010), produced by Ridley Scott's production company.[2]
Oakes was cast in the television miniseries The Borgias (2011), airing on Showtime.[3] He plays Juan Borgia opposite Jeremy Irons and Derek Jacobi.
Television
Year Title Role Channel Notes 2008 Bonekickers Alfred, Lord Tennyson BBC One Episode 6 "Follow the Gleam" Walter's War Oswald Hennessey BBC Four 2009 Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant George Cavendish Channel 4 Episode 3 "Lover" Trinity Ross Bonham ITV2 Episodes 1, 2, 3 2010 The Pillars of the Earth William Hamleigh - Starz
- Channel 4
television miniseries; appeared in all eight episodes 2011 The Borgias Juan Borgia - Showtime
- Sky Atlantic
Ken Follett, the author of novel The Pillars of the Earth (1989), said in his blog about Oakes:
"He is one of the nicest young actors I’ve met, always smiling, so easy-going, yet finds within himself the ability to totally convince us that this is a man with absolutely no redeeming characteristics, a person beyond all civilized hope but one who might actually succeed in achieving his goals."[4] – Ken Follett, 25 January 2010
His co-star, Natalia Woerner, said in an interview on ProSat 1:
"He will forge ahead. He also has an incredible voice, this is so special about him", 5 December 2010
In a similar interview, Goetz Otto said:
"David still is my lord, he is just fabulous!"
Radio
- Oakes has performed with The Fitzrovia Radio Hour[citation needed]
- 2008: A Dance to the Music of Time as Charles Stringham (BBC Radio 4)
Stage
- 2011: Three Farces ("Slasher and Crasher", "A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion" and "Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw") by John Maddison Morton as Samson Slasher and John Bagshaw (Orange Tree Theatre, London)
- 2009: All The Little Things We Crushed (World Premiere) by Joel Horwood as Hugh (Almeida Theatre, London)
- 2008: Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller as Mortimer (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh)
- 2008: Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff as Raleigh (Mercury Theatre, Colchester)
"David Oakes's beautifully measured performance as Raleigh - the young, newly arrived officer who has managed to get himself placed under the command of his boyhood hero, Stanhope, three years his senior at school - has an effeminate, coy emphasis."[5] – Dominic Cavendish, The Daily Telegraph, 30 April 2008
Later that year, the show was reported as one of the 'Top Ten Shows of 2008' by The Daily Telegraph:
"Sometimes a regional theatre gets it spot-on. Tony Casement's revival of R. C. Sherriff's monument to the First World War slain at the Mercury Colchester gave us ensemble playing at its nuanced best, catching the doomed soldiers' inward terror and outward British bravado to perfection."[6] 17 Dec 2008
- 2008: Old Vic New Voices: The Twenty-four Hour Plays as Davide (Old Vic Theatre)
- 2007: We the People (World Premiere) by Eric Schlosser as Charles Pinckney and Gunning Bedford Jnr (Shakespeare's Globe)
- 2007: Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare as Dumaine (Shakespeare's Globe & International Tour)
He is a founding member of the Theatre Company DOG ATE CAKE, a company dedicated to reinterpreting Victorian farce and undiscovered comedy.[citation needed]
He is also a successful theatre director creating shows for various festivals as well as assisting on shows at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Manchester's Contact Theatre.[citation needed]
Personal life
Oakes plays both the clarinet and bass clarinet, and is a strong bass singer.[citation needed]
He is an avid follower of folk music, and continues to support the Bristol folk group Sheelanagig.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "List of graduates from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School since 1984". http://www.winterbourne.freeuk.com/BOVTSgraduates.html. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ Press release (undated). "Ian McShane, Donald Sutherland, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Macfadyen, Sarah Parish, Hayley Atwell, Eddie Redmayne and Gordon Pinsent Headline Star-Studded Cast for Screen Adaptation of Ken Follett's Bestselling Masterpiece The Pillars of the Earth". Tandem Communications. http://www.tandemcom.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=360&Itemid=596. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (10 June 2010). "David Oakes, Holliday Grainger join 'Borgias'". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i67674dc7019130a5f456bdbbe219c95a?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Fnews+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+News%29. Retrieved 3 July 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Ken Follett about Characters and Casting: The Bad Guys". 25 January 2010. http://www.the-pillars-of-the-earth.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=107. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (28 April 2008). "On the road: Journey's End and Fast Labour". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3672975/On-the-road-Journey%27s-End-and-Fast-Labour.html. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ Spencer, Charles (17 December 2008). "Ten best theatre nights of the year 2008". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3814366/Ten-best-theatre-nights-of-the-year-2008.html. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
External links
- davidoakes.co.uk, Oakes's official website
- David Oakes at the Internet Movie Database
- David Oakes at the London Theatre Database
Categories:- 1983 births
- 20th-century actors
- 20th-century British people
- 21st-century actors
- 21st-century British people
- Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- Alumni of the University of Manchester
- English film actors
- English musical theatre actors
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- English voice actors
- Living people
- Old Wordsworthians
- People from Fordingbridge
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