Stephen Dillane - Biography

Last Editor: mepstein2008				Stephen Dillane Biography -   Name : Stephen Dillane Date of birth : 1957 Place of birth : London, England, UK

Stephen Dillane Trivia -

Tony Award for lead actor in a play - Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing". [4 June 2000] Has two sons. Other awards for his stage performance in The Real Thing: Evening Standard Award (London): Best Actor 1999; Variety Club Showbusiness Awards (London): Best Stage Actor 2000; Drama Desk Award (Broadway): Outstanding Actor in a Play 2000. Theatrical Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Pre-Drama School: Reporter for Croyden Advertiser for 3 years Education: University of Exeter (History and Politics) He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 (1999 season)for Best Actor for his performance in The Real Thing at the Donmar Warehouse and at the Albery Theatre. He was awarded the 1999 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Real Thing at the Donmar Warehouse, London, England. Won Broadway's 2000 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing".

Stephen Dillane Detailed Biography -

Stephen Dillane trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre and worked in Coventry, Manchester and Chester, and then at the National Theatre, where he appeared in The Beaux Stratagem, Dancing at Lughnasa, Long Day's Journey Into Night and Angels in America. At the Royal Court, Dillane appeared in Hush and at the Gielgud Theatre in the title role of Hamlet. In addition, he appeared in Endgame at the Donmar Warehouse, in Hurlyburly at the Old Vic, in the title role of Uncle Vanya for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Young Vic and in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing at the Donmar Warehouse in the West End and on Broadway, where he won the Tony Award as Best Actor. Most recently, he earned great acclaim for his performance in the new Tom Stoppard trilogy Coasts of Utopia at the Royal National Theatre. On British television he has been seen in numerous productions, including Dennis Potter's Christabel, the series The Rector's Wife, David Hare's production Heading Home, D.H. Lawrence's The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd and Kings in Grass Castles, for which he was awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role by the Australian Film Institute. Most recently, he appeared in the miniseries, The Cazalets. Dillane's film credits include Welcome to Sarajevo, Firelight, Spy Game, The Darkest Light, Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet and the title role in Jonathan Demme's The Truth About Charlie.