Jonathan Pryce - Biography

Last Editor: maggie64				Jonathan Pryce Biography -   Name : Jonathan Pryce Date of birth : 1 June 1947 Place of birth : Holywell, Wales, UK Height : 6' 2

Jonathan Pryce Trivia -

Pryce was one of the stars of Dark Blood (1993), along with Judy Davis and River Phoenix, but the movie was never released due to Phoenix's death during filming in 1993. Originated the role of "The Engineer" in the musical, Miss Saigon. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1990 (1989 season) for Best Actor in a Musical for Miss Saigon. He was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Musical of 2001 for his performance in My Fair Lady at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton and then later at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Children: Patrick (b. 1983), Gabriel (b. 1986) and Phoebe (b. 1990). Performed in plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in the period 1978 to 1987. Became an Associate Member of RADA. Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Was the artistic director of the Liverpool Everyman, during the seventies. He appeared in most of Nissan's luxury car division in America, Infiniti's television ads in the mid-1990s. Won two Tony Awards: in 1977 as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "Comedians," and in 1991 for Best Actor (Musical) for "Miss Saigon." Played the part of Zarniwoop in the BBC4 Radio production of Douglas Adams' "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy".

Jonathan Pryce Detailed Biography -

A subtle, incisive actor, Jonathan Pryce has long been a dominant player both on the stage and on the screen. On the stage, he has played musical comedy as well as dramatic roles to considerable effect. He originated the role of The Engineer in Miss Saigon and was recently a celebrated Professor Higgins in the Royal National Theatre production of My Fair Lady, directed by Trevor Nunn. Jonathan Pryce studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company where he played Macbeth and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. In films, recent successes include Juan Peron in Alan Parker's film Evita, starring Madonna in the title role; as Elliott Carver, the principal villain in the Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies; and as Dr. William Rivers in Regeneration, from Pat Barker's novel about the First World War, for which he was nominated for Best Actor by the British Independent Film Awards. His early film credits include Voyage of the Damned, The Ploughman's Lunch and Something Wicked This Way Comes. It was Terry Gilliam's nightmare comedy Brazil in 1985 that made Pryce a household name. Pryce also appeared in Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen and was Al Pacino's potential client in Glengarry Glen Ross. Martin Scorsese cast him in The Age of Innocence and he played Lytton Strachey in Carrington, written and directed by Christopher Hampton, which won him the Best Actor award at Cannes Film Festival and The Evening Standard Award for Best Actor. On Broadway, he won Tony awards for Comedians (1977) and Miss Saigon (1990), and in London the Olivier Award for his Hamlet and again for Miss Saigon, and garnered an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in Barbarians at the Gate. In 2002, BAFTA Wales awarded him with a Special Award. Next, Pryce will be seen opposite Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly in the highly anticipated The Pirates of the Caribbean.