Conleth Hill

Conleth Hill
Born	24 November 1964 (1964-11-24) (age 46) Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Occupation	Actor

Conleth Hill (born 24 November 1964) is a Northern Irish film, stage and television actor.

Born in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Hill made his Broadway debut in Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets.

He played "Mum" to Peter Kay's character "Geraldine McQueen" in Britain's Got The Pop Factor... And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice, a spoof on the talent show genre of programmes.

Since April 2011, he has appeared as Lord Varys in the HBO series Game of Thrones, based on the series of novels A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.

Stage productions

• All's Well that Ends Well as Parolles, National Theatre (London) (2009)
• Philistines as Teterev, National Theatre (London) (2007)
• The Producers as Roger DeBris, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London)
• The Seafarer, as Ivan Curry, National Theatre (London); Booth Theatre (New York)
• Democracy, National Theatre (London)
• Stones in His Pockets, Lyric Theatre (Belfast); Gaiety Theatre (Dublin); Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh); Tricycle, New Ambassadors, Duke of York's (London); Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto); Golden Theater, (New York)
• Shoot the Crow, Trafalgar Studios (London); Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester)
• Endgame, Prime Cut (Belfast)
• After Darwin, Prime Cut (Dublin and Belfast)
• The Chance, Prime Cut (Belfast)
• Criminal Genius, Prime Cut (Belfast)
• The Suicide, Communicado (Scotland)
• Tall Tales, Communicado (Scotland)
• Playboy of the Western World, Communicado (Scotland)
• Juno and the Paycock, Royal Lyceum (Edinburgh)
• Shining Souls, Old Vic (London)
• School for Wives, Arts Theatre (Belfast)
• Too Late to Talk to Billy, Arts Theatre (Belfast)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray, Arts Theatre (Belfast)
• Northern Star, Field Day/Tinderbox
• Conversations on a Homecoming, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
• Waiting for Godot, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
• A Whistle in the Dark, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
• Little Shop of Horrors, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
• The Iceman Cometh, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
• The Importance of Being Earnest, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
• Christmas Eve Can Kill You, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
• Playboy of the Western World, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
• The Cherry Orchard, as Lopakhim, National Theatre, London, 2011

Filmography

• Whatever Works
• The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
• Goodbye Mr. Chips
• Boon
• Casualty
• Meaningful Sex
• The Bill
• Blue Heaven

Awards and nominations

• Oliviers, for Stones in His Pockets, and for The Producers
• Irish Times, for Stones in His Pockets
• Critics' Circle, for Stones in His Pockets
• 2001 Drama Desk, Special Award, Stones in His Pockets
• Theatre League, for Stones in His Pockets
• Whatsonstage, for Stones in His Pockets
• Dora Awards, for Stones in His Pockets
• 2001 Tony Award nomination, for Stones in His Pockets
• 2008 Tony Award nomination, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, The Seafarer^[1]
• 2008 Drama Desk, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, The Seafarer

References

1. ^ 2008 Tony Award Nominations. The New York Times, May 13, 2008.

External links

• Conleth Hill at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Hill, Conleth
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Date of birth	24 November 1964
Place of birth	Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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