Jonathan Cullen

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yearsactive = 1995–present
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Jonathan Cullen is an English actor.

Personal life

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1960, Cullen was son to Tony Cullen, a founding member of the Northern Sinfonia. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, and went on to take a French and Philosophy degree at New College, Oxford. Despite acting in thirteen productions during his time at New College, he graduated with honours in 1992. [ [http://www.samlingfoundation.co.uk/guest_artists/jonathancullen.html jonathan cullen] ]

Career

After graduating at Oxford, he went on to train for a career in drama at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, leaving in May 1995 to appear at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, making his professional debut. Alongside his acting career, Cullen also now works as a director and as a teacher at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, the American Conservatory Theater School in San Francisco and the British American Drama Academy also in London.

Theatre

Cullen's work in theatre includes: "Market Boy" [ [http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=17161 National Theatre : Productions : Market Boy] ] [ [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1792055,00.html Market Boy | | guardian.co.uk Arts] ] [ [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/12864/market-boy The Stage / Reviews / Market Boy] ] , "Albert Speer" [ [http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/Albert%20Speer+1245.twl National Theatre : Productions : Albert Speer] ] [ [http://www.curtainup.com/albertspeer.html A CurtainUp London Review, Albert Speer] ] , "Ghetto" [ [http://www.aboutmaria.com/ghetto.html Joshua Sobol's play Ghetto at the National Theatre in London - About Maria Friedman] ] , "Fuente Ovejuna", "Bartholomew Fair" and "The Strangeness of Others" at the National Theatre, London; "Tis Pity She's a Whore" and "A Woman Kill'd With Kindness" for the RSC; "Nightsongs" [ [http://www.albemarle-london.com/Archive/ArchiveShow.php?Show_Name=Nightsongs Albemarle - Archive] ] , "Under the Blue Sky" [ [http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/reviews/underthebluesky.html The Royal Court Theatre / Under The Blue Sky] ] [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/features/sexy--and-well-acted-too-701946.html Sexy ... and well acted too - Features, Theatre - Independent.co.uk] ] , "Our Late Night" [ [http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/reviews/ourlatenight.html The Royal Court Theatre / Our Late Night] ] [ [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,700910,00.html Manhattan sex games | | guardian.co.uk Arts] ] , "Rafts and Dreams" "Talking to Terrorists" [ [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/8580 The Stage / Reviews / Talking to Terrorists] ] and "Gibraltar Strait/Falkland Sound" at the Royal Court, London; "Our Country's Good" [ [http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/archive?id=77 Young Vic > What's On > Archive > Production Details] ] for Out of Joint at the Young Vic, London; "Grace Note" at the Old Vic, London; "Chatsky" at the Almeida Theatre, London; "Dr Faustus" at Greenwich Theatre, London; "Morning and Evening" at Hampstead Theatre, London; "The Master and Margarita", "Nathan the Wise" and "The Seagull" at the Chichester Festival Theatre; "Goodbye Gilbert Harding" [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/reviews/goodbye-gilbert-harding-yvonne-arnaud-theatre-guildford-613680.html Goodbye Gilbert Harding, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford - Reviews, Theatre - Independent.co.uk] ] [ [http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2002/10/30/147281.html Goodbye Gilbert Harding, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until November 2] ] [ [http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=206&show=T01522643293&action=details Whatsonstage.com – London theatre tickets, discounts, news and reviews] ] [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/going_out/theatre/jefft/harding/harding.shtml BBC - southerncounties - Going Out - Theatre - Review of Edward Woodward in Goodbye Gilbert Harding] ] at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth and on tour; "The Merchant of Venice" at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; "Venice Preserv'd" at the Royal Exchange; "Vieux Carré" at Nottingham Playhouse; "Desire Under the Elms" [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19951026/ai_n14014354 Theatre; Desire Under the Elms; Library Theatre, Manchester | Independent, The (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com] ] for Shared Experience; "Equus" [ [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/16091/equus The Stage / Reviews / Equus] ] [ [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2023118,00.html Equus | Theatre story | guardian.co.uk Arts] ] [ [http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display?contentId=92291 Equus announces full cast | Official London Theatre Guide] ] , "Feelgood" [ [http://www.albemarle-london.com/Archive/ArchiveShow.php?Show_Name=Feelgood Albemarle - Archive] ] [ [http://www.curtainup.com/feelgood.html Feelgood, a CurtainUp review] ] and "The Clandestine Marriage" [ [http://www.trpw.org/theatre/Productions.asp?id=QUEE0003 Productions] ] in the West End. He can currently be seen appearing in "Happy Now?", a new play by Lucinda Coxon at the National Theatre, London.

Television

His TV credits include: "Ghostboat", "Why We Went to War" [ [http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/latest/2006/01/04/exclusive--is-this-why-we-went-to-war--89520-16544685/ EXCLUSIVE: IS THIS WHY WE WENT TO WAR? - Mirror.co.uk] ] , "Midsomer Murders" and "Dalziel and Pascoe".

Film

Cullen's film appearances include: "Poppy Shakespeare", "Fred Claus" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/345270/Fred-Claus/cast Fred Claus - Cast - New York Times] ] , "Finding Neverland" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/284568/Finding-Neverland/cast Finding Neverland - Cast - New York Times] ] and "Velvet Goldmine" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/158899/Velvet-Goldmine/cast Velvet Goldmine - Cast - New York Times] ] .

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