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 British Tony Award-winning actor.

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 the University of Exeter and afterward became a journalist for the "Croydon Advertiser". Unhappy in his career, he read how actor Trevor Eve gave up architecture for acting and was thus inspired to enter the Bristol 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 in Samuel Beckett's "Endgame" (1996), "Uncle Vanya" (1998), Glen Foy in Goal, Henry in Tom 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", with Mel Gibson in the title role. He played Michael Henderson in "Welcome to Sarajevo" (1997), a character based on British journalist Michael Nicholson. He is also known for his portrayal of Leonard Woolf in "The Hours" (2002) and of legendary English professional golfer Harry Vardon in "The Greatest Game Ever Played" (2005). His latest portrayal is that of Thomas 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

*"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)

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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]