- Stephen Dillane
Infobox actor
birthdate = Birth date and age|1956|11|30|df=y
birthplace =London ,England
tonyawards = Best Leading Actor in a Play
2000 "The Real Thing"Stephen Dillane (born
30 November 1956 ) is a BritishTony Award -winningactor .Biography
Born in
London, England to an Australian surgeon father and an English mother. [cite web | | title=Stephen Dillane Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/6/Stephen-Dillane.html | work=filmreference | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-04-10] [cite news | author=Matt Wolf | title=Getting Out of the Way of `The Real Thing' | url=http://www.geocities.com/dwan_y/real_art/real_nytimes3.html | work=the New York Times | date=16 April 2000 | accessdate=2008-04-10] He read history and political science at theUniversity of Exeter and afterward became a journalist for the "Croydon Advertiser ". Unhappy in his career, he read how actorTrevor Eve gave up architecture for acting and was thus inspired to enter theBristol Old Vic Theatre School .Dillane is a distinguished theatre actor and his notable roles include Prior Walter in "
Angels in America " (1993), "Hamlet " (1994), Clov inSamuel Beckett 's "Endgame" (1996), "Uncle Vanya " (1998), Glen Foy in Goal, Henry inTom Stoppard 's "The Real Thing" for which he won a Tony (2000) and a one-man version of "Macbeth " (2005).On screen, Dillane may be best known for his portrayal of Horatio in Franco Zefferelli's film adaptation of "
Hamlet ", withMel Gibson in the title role. He played Michael Henderson in "Welcome to Sarajevo " (1997), a character based on British journalistMichael Nicholson . He is also known for his portrayal ofLeonard Woolf in "The Hours" (2002) and of legendary Englishprofessional golfer Harry Vardon in "The Greatest Game Ever Played " (2005). His latest portrayal is that ofThomas Jefferson in the HBO mini-series "John Adams" (2008), for which he received an Emmy nomination.His son is new
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince actor,Frank Dillane .Filmography
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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)
*"" (2007)
*"Fugitive Pieces" (2007)
*"Savage Grace " (2007)
*"John Adams" (2008)
*"God on Trial " (2008)
*"44 Inch Chest " (2009)
*"Goal! 3 "(2009)###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
years=1999-2000
for "The Real Thing"
before=Brian Dennehy
for "Death of a Salesman "
after=Richard Easton
for "The Invention of Love "References
External links
*imdb|0226820
* [http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200602/r72248_201346.ram RealAudio Interview for Macbeth]
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