- Uta Hagen
Uta Thyra Hagen was a German-born American actress and acting teacher. Born in Göttingen, Germany, her family emigrated to the United States during her early childhood. She was raised in Madison, Wisconsin. She studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Primarily noted for stage roles, Hagen was a two-time winner of a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, … - Rebecca Pidgeon
Rebecca Pidgeon (born October 10, 1965) is an actress, singer and songwriter, and the wife of playwright David Mamet. She was born to English parents in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, while her father was a visiting professor at MIT, but she grew up in Scotland. She thus holds dual US/UK citizenship. She attended drama college and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. After some promising work as an actress in the UK, … - Alex Kingston
Alexandra Kingston (born March 11, 1963, in Epsom, Surrey) is an English actress best known for her role as Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama "ER". Kingston grew up in Epsom, on the outskirts of London, the eldest of three daughters of a butcher and his German wife. Her mother's younger brother is actor Walter Renneisen. She was inspired to pursue acting by one of her teachers at the all-girls grammar school she attended as a child. - Adrian Lester
Adrian Lester (born August 14, 1968) is an English actor. - Matthew MacFadyen
Matthew Macfadyen (born October 17, 1974) is a British actor, best known for his role as MI5 agent Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama series "Spooks" and for starring as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 2005 film version of "Pride and Prejudice". After having studied at the renowned Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1992 to 1995, Matthew Macfadyen quickly became a well-known actor in British theatre, due primarily to his work with the stage company Cheek by Jowl, … - Ronald Harwood
Ronald Harwood CBE (born November 9, 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a playwright and writer. He moved to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theatre. After attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, he joined the Shakespeare Company of Sir Donald Wolfit, one of the last great actor-managers in Great Britain. From 1953 to 1958, Harwood was Sir Donald's personal dresser. He would later draw on this experience when writing his play, … - Simon Ward
Simon Ward (born London, October 19, 1941) is an English stage and film actor. The son of a car dealer, Ward had a pretty fair idea of what he wanted to do with his life from an early age. He was educated at Alleyn's School, London, the home of the National Youth Theatre, which he joined at age 13 and stayed with for eight years. After attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he worked in repertory in Northampton, Birmingham, … - Jessica Capshaw
Jessica Capshaw (born August 9 1976 in Columbia, Missouri) is an American actress best known for her role as attorney Jamie Stringer on the ABC legal drama "The Practice". Capshaw is the daughter of Robert Capshaw and actress Kate Capshaw, and step-daughter of director Steven Spielberg. She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in 1994 and Brown University in 1998 with an English degree. - Geoffrey Keen
Geoffrey Keen was a British actor who appeared in supporting roles in many famous films. - Ted Lange
Theodore William Lange (born January 5, 1948 in Oakland, California) is an African American actor best known for his role as the bartender, Isaac Washington, in the TV series "The Love Boat". Lange also played Junior on the series "That's My Mama". His first screen appearance was in the documentary film "Wattstax". In the late '80s a pilot for a revival series called That's My Mama Now! with Ted Lange as the star was produced, … - Hugh Griffith
Hugh Emrys Griffith (May 30, 1912 - May 14, 1980) was a Welsh film, stage and television actor. He was born in Marian Glas, Anglesey, Wales. Griffith was educated in local schools and attempted to gain entrance to university, but failed the English examination. He was then urged to make a career in banking. He became a bank clerk and transferred to London to be closer to acting opportunities. - Fenella Woolgar
Fenella Woolgar is an English actress. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1999 and has since appeared in several film, television and theatre productions. She also works as an audio book narrator and voice over. Woolgar is 1.68 m tall and is married to Dr Robert Harland. She speaks French and Italian, and many different accents in English. Also, she plays flute and piano. - Julie Wilson
Julie Wilson (born October 21, 1924) is an American singer and actress. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Wilson headed to New York City during World War II and found work in two of Manhattan's leading nightclubs, the Latin Quarter and the Copacabana. She made her Broadway debut in the 1946 revue "Three to Make Ready". In 1951, she moved to London to star in the West End production of "Kiss Me, Kate" and remained there for four years, … - John Steiner
John Steiner is a British actor, born on 7 January, 1941 in Chester, United Kingdom. Tall, thin and gaunt, Steiner attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and worked for a few years at the BBC. He later found work primarily in films. In the late 1960s, Steiner was hired to play a part in the spaghetti western "Tepepa". He found himself in demand in Italy and relocated there, … - Elizabeth Sellars
Elizabeth Sellars, born 6 May 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland is a British actress. Sellars appeared on the stage from age 15 and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She made her first London appearance in 1946 in "The Brothers Karamazov" and later appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Elizabeth in "Richard III", Helen in "Troilus and Cressida", Gertrude in "Hamlet" and Hermione in "The Winter's Tale". - Edward Hibbert
Edward Hibbert (born September 9, 1955 on Long Island, New York) is an American actor, voice actor, and literary agent. He was raised in England, where he attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He returned to the U.S. in the mid-1980s. He has one sister. He is probably best known for his recurring role on "Frasier" as Gil Chesterton, KACL's pompous, effete, closeted homosexual, yet at times silly, restaurant critic. Hibbert himself is openly gay. - Eric Douglas
Eric Douglas was an American actor. He was born Eric Anthony Douglas in Los Angeles, California, the youngest son of actor Kirk Douglas and German mother Anne Buydens. His half-brother is Michael Douglas. Unlike his more-famous Academy Award-winning relatives, Eric Douglas' most notable movie was the 1986 comedy "The Golden Child", which starred Eddie Murphy. Douglas battled with drug and alcohol problems for years, … - Bobby Steggert
Bobby Steggert (born March 2, 1981 in Frederick, Maryland) is an American actor. He attended Frederick High School in Frederick, MD and graduated in 1999 as valedictorian of his class. He joined the cast of the soap opera "All My Children" as Sam Grey from March 2005 until his final appearance on December 20, 2005. Steggert graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and has studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England. - Cassandra Hepburn
Cassandra Hepburn, born on April 14, 1977 in the Philippines is an American actress who was partly raised outside the USA in Asia and Europe. She moved to New York at a young age to pursue her acting ambitions and attended various acting courses, including at the School for Film and Television. Upon completion of her studies she was given the role of "Monica" in the soap opera, "As the World Turns". - Zia Mohyeddin
Zia Mohyeddin (born June 20, 1933) is an Pakistani actor famed for his voice. He was born in Faisalabad, (formerly Lyallpur), British India. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London from 1953-1956. After stage roles in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "Julius Caesar", he made his West End debut in "A Passage to India" in 1960. He made his film debut in "Lawrence of Arabia" in 1963, … - Keith Baxter
Keith Baxter (born April 29, 1933) is a Welsh theatre, film, and television actor. Born in Newport, Wales, Baxter studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, during which period he shared a flat with classmate Alan Bates. He made his film debut in the 1957 remake of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street". In 1960, Orson Welles selected Baxter to portray Prince Hal in his stage production "Chimes at Midnight", … - Richard Hurndall
Richard Gibbon Hurndall (November 3, 1910 - April 13, 1984) was an English stage, radio, film, and television actor. - Joely Collins
Joely Collins (born August 8, 1972 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress. She studied at The Vancouver Youth Theater, then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Collins was named Canada's "Best Leading Actress" at age 22 for her work on the television series "Madison". She also appeared on the long-running drama "Cold Squad". She is the adopted daughter of Phil Collins from his first marriage. - Tad Danielewski
Tad Danielewski was a film director. Originally from Poland, he served in the Polish Underground during World War II and eventually ended up in a concentration camp. After the war, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and started the Professional Actors Workshop in New York, whose students included Martin Sheen, James Earl Jones, and Mercedes Ruehl, who thanked Danielewski in both her Oscar and Tony acceptance speeches. - Zoe Lister-Jones
Zoe Lister-Jones (born September 1, 1982) is an American actress, singer, playwright, and screenwriter. The Brooklyn, New York native graduated with honors from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Her New York City theatre credits include "The Little Dog Laughed" and "The Accomplices". Lister-Jones' screen credits are quirky independent films such as "The Marconi Bros.", … - Nonnie Griffin
Nonnie Griffin was born in 1933 in Canada. She studied at the Toronto Conservatory in her native land, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and even with famed mime artist Marcel Marceau. Apart from being a veteran of the stage, she starred in Nelvana's "Star Wars: Ewoks" the year before playing Harmony Bear in 1986's "The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation". She also voiced Polite Panda in the Care Bears television episode, … - Christopher H. Bidmead
Christopher Hamilton Bidmead (born 1941) is a freelance writer. He started out as an actor, and then moved to scriptwriting and journalism before becoming a script editor at the BBC. He trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA). He played several roles on stage, television and radio. By the early 1970s he was scriptwriting for Thames Television, producing material for "Harriet's Back in Town" and "Rooms". - Ellen Schreiber
Ellen Schreiber is a US author. She was an actor and a stand-up comedian before becoming an author. She studied Shakespearean theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and comedy at the Second City of Chicago, which is where she lives for five years. She has had several novels published in Europe and America. Her brother, Mark Schreiber, is also an author. He helped her start her writing career. The Vampire Kisses series was her real break. - O-T Fagbenle
O-T Fagbenle (also known as 'O-T' and 'OT') is a British actor. He has appeared in several films, stage and television productions. Born in London, England to a Nigerian father and a British mother. Fagbenle moved to Spain as a child and started learning the alto saxophone. Within a year he had started playing for the South Coast Jazz Band and toured the Edinburgh Festival. - Geoffrey Davies
Geoffrey Davies (born December 15 1942 at Yorkshire), is an English actor who studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He is probably best known for his role as "Dr. Dick Stuart-Clark" in the television comedy series "Doctor in the House"." Geoffrey Davies also appeared in a "Cinderella" pantomime, where he played the role of "Buttons" the servant of Cinderella's stepfather, and Cinderella's friend. - Renato Romano
Renato Romano, aka Raf Valone, aka Rudi Roman, aka Rudy Romans is an Italian actor, director of photography, and costume designer from the 1960s and 1970s. Romano was born February 20, 1940 on a the small island of Ischia located in the southern provinces of Italy, 10 kilometers from the Bay of Naples. One of the youngest students to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and Rome, Romano worked in theater and film throughout his career. - Geoffrey Hutchings
Geoffrey Hutchings (born 1939 in Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom) is a British actor from stage, movies and television. He studied French and Physical Education at Birmingham University before he became a member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968. He played Bosola in the 1971 RSC production of John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi". - Anna Palk
Anna Palk (23 October 1941 - 1 July 1990) was an English actress. Anna Palk was born in 1941 in Looe, Cornwall, England and was educated at Rise Hall Convent in Yorkshire and trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. She followed this with rep at Bristol, Leatherhead and Leeds before embarking on a successful film and television career. Her stage appearances included productions of 'Smith By Any Other Name', 'School for Scandal', … - Christopher Robbie
Christopher Robbie is a British actor, television announcer, theatre director and designer, playwright and photographer. He trained as an actor at RADA in London, and has had a distinguished theatrical career, playing the title role in King Lear when a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also performed a one-man play about the life of Charles Darwin. Under the pseudonym James Alan he wrote the play "The Sirens of Eroc". - George Layton
George Layton (born March 2, 1943 at Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and author, who studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He is probably best known for the role of Paul Collier in the television comedy series "Doctor in the House" and its first two sequels "Doctor At Large" and "Doctor In Charge". - Aidan McArdle
Aidan McArdle is an Irish actor. McArdle was born in Dublin. He studied for an Arts degree at University College Dublin before going on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England. As of 2005 his most significant roles have been in television biopics. These roles include Dudley Moore in the 2004 television movie "Not Only But Always", Albert Einstein in the 2005 biography "E=mc²", … - Rebekah Staton
Rebekah Staton is a British actress. Raised in Staffordshire and trained at RADA, she has appeared in the 2007 Doctor Who two-parter "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood", and as Althea in "These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero" and "Testudo et Lepus" (episodes in the series "Rome"). Other appearances include two episodes of "The Amazing Mrs Pritchard", three of "State of Play", … - Peter Dinklage
Standing four feet five inches tall, actor Peter Dinklage has had a prolific career both on-stage and in film. After graduating from college in Vermont, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and the Welsh School of Music and Drama in Wales. He worked in several productions off-Broadway and wrote his own play entitled Frog. He made his film debut in Tom DiCillo 's 1995 independent comedy Living in Oblivion as the dwarf in the dream sequence. - Janet McTeer
Janet McTeer (born May 8, 1961) is an award-winning British actress from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Janet McTeer began her successful theatrical career with the Royal Exchange Theatre. Her television work includes the BBC production of Nigel Nicolson's book "Portrait of a Marriage" in which she played Vita Sackville-West and the popular ITV series "The Governor" written by Lynda La Plante. - Kristin Proctor
Coming from an artistic family of actors, writers and producers, father is Phil Proctor actor, comedian and founder of the Firesign Theatre, mother is Barbro Semmingsen, television producer. Kristin's television debut was at the age of 8 on Norwegian television. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Norway, she later went on to train at American Repertory Theatre, a part of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Her first major stage role was starring as Sasha opposite Debra Winger and...
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