Editing Jonathan Pryce (section)

{{Short description|Welsh actor (born 1947)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = [[Sir]]
| honorific_suffix   = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|CBE}}
| name               = Jonathan Pryce
| image              = Jonathan Pryce (28577280662) (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Pryce in 2016
| birth_name         = John Price
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|6|1}}
| birth_place        = [[Carmel, Flintshire]], Wales
| alma_mater         = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1972–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Kate Fahy]]|2015}}
| children           = 3
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Jonathan Pryce|Full list]]
}}

'''Sir Jonathan Pryce''' (born '''John Price'''; 1 June 1947) is a Welsh actor. He is known for his performances on stage and in film and television. He has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Jonathan Pryce|numerous awards]], including two [[Tony Awards]] and two [[Laurence Olivier Awards]] as well as nominations for an [[Academy Award]], three [[BAFTA Awards]], and five [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Awards]]. He was honored with a [[Order of the British Empire|knighthood]] for services to drama in 2021.

After studying at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], he began his career as a stage actor in the early 1970s. His work in theatre includes an [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Olivier Award]]–winning performance in the title role of the [[Royal Court Theatre]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]'' in 1980 and as The Engineer in the stage musical ''[[Miss Saigon]]'' in 1990. On the [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] stage he earned [[Tony Awards]]—the first for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Featured Actor in a Play]] for his Broadway debut role in ''[[Comedians (play)|Comedians]]'' (1977), the second for [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]] for the Broadway transfer of the musical ''Miss Saigon'' (1991).

His [[Breakthrough role|breakthrough screen performance]] was in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s [[Satire|satirical]] [[dystopia]]n [[black comedy]] film ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985). Critically lauded for his versatility,<ref>Shenton, Mark (15 October 2007). "[http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3008926 Jonathan Pryce] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118230552/http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3008926 |date=18 January 2008 }}". ''Broadway.com'' in London. Retrieved 10 November 2007.</ref><ref>BWW News Desk (20 November 2005). "[http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=5986 Jonathan Pryce Confirmed To Step Into 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels']". ''BroadwayWorld.com''. Retrieved 10 November 2007.</ref> Pryce has appeared in big-budget films including ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' (1996), ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (1997) and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' series (2003–2007), as well as [[independent film]]s such as ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross (film)|Glengarry Glen Ross]]'' (1992), ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'' (1993), ''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]'' (1995), ''[[The New World (2005 film)|The New World]]'' (2005) and ''[[The Wife (2017 film)|The Wife]]'' (2017). He earned his first [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award]] nomination for his portrayal of [[Pope Francis]] in ''[[The Two Popes]]'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-51096010|title=Hopkins and Pryce nominated for Oscars|date=2020-01-13|access-date=2020-01-14|language=en-GB}}</ref>

For his work on television, he received two [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations for his portrayals of [[Henry Kravis]] in the [[HBO]] film ''[[Barbarians at the Gate (film)|Barbarians at the Gate]]'' (1993), a wealthy widower in the [[BBC]] series ''[[Return to Cranford]]'' (2010), [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', and as a retired senior [[MI5 officer]] in the [[Apple TV+]] series ''[[Slow Horses]]''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53762955 "Jonathan Pryce:Netflix's 'The Crown' casts it final Prince Philip"] bbc.co.uk, 13 August 2020, accessed 31 May 2021</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chuba|first1=Kristen|last2=Lewis|first2=Hilary|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/golden-globes-nominations-2023-list-nominees-1235279872/|title=Golden Globes: List of Nominees|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=12 December 2022|access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Hillary |last2=Nordyke |first2=Kimberly |date=17 July 2024 |title=Emmys 2024: List of Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/emmys-nominations-2024-nominees-list-1235950616/|access-date=17 July 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Slow Horses – Ein Fall für Jackson Lamb - Besetzung & Crew - Apple TV+ Press |url=https://www.apple.com/de/tv-pr/originals/slow-horses/cast-crew/ |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Apple TV+ Press (Deutschland) |language=de-DE}}</ref> Pryce also played [[Thomas Wolsey]] in the [[BBC]] limited series ''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]'' (2015), the [[High Sparrow]] in the [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2015–2016) and Sir Stuart Strange in the series ''[[Taboo (2017 TV series)|Taboo]]'' (2017).