Editing Jonathan Pryce (section)

==Early life==
Pryce was born John Price on 1 June 1947 in [[Carmel, Flintshire]], the son of Margaret Ellen (née Williams) and Isaac Price, a former [[coal miner]] who ran a small general grocery shop with his wife.<ref name="pryce"/> He has two older sisters and was raised a [[Presbyterian Church of Wales|Welsh Presbyterian]].<ref name="Being Pope">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oKdfi3SZqs| archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211116/8oKdfi3SZqs| archive-date=2021-11-16 | url-status=live|title=Jonathan Pryce: Being Pope Is A Lonely Job| date= 20 December 2019|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was educated at [[Holywell High School|Holywell Grammar School]],<ref name="pryce"/> and at the age of 16, went to art college before he started training to be a teacher at Edge Hill College (now [[Edge Hill University]]) in [[Ormskirk|Ormskirk, Lancashire]].<ref name="pryce"/> While studying, he took part in a college theatre production and applied to the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA).<ref name="pryce"/> Pryce was subsequently awarded a scholarship to [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]], graduating in 1971, with Acting (RADA Diploma).<ref name="rada">{{Cite web|url= https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/jonathan-pryce/ |title= RADA Student & graduate profiles - Jonathan Pryce |work= rada.ac.uk |access-date= May 12, 2021 }}</ref>

He joined [[Equity (trade union)|Equity]], and took "Jonathan Pryce" as his stage name because his birth name was too similar to that of a performer already represented by Equity.<ref name="pryce">{{Cite web|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/showbiz/jonathan_pryce.shtml |title= Jonathan Pryce |work= bbc.co.uk |access-date= 28 October 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030416030542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/showbiz/jonathan_pryce.shtml |archive-date= April 16, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>"[http://www.tribute.ca/people/bio/2478 Jonathan Pryce Biography]". ''Tribute.ca''. Retrieved 28 October 2007.</ref><ref name="popstar">(16 August 2002). "[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/aug/16/artsfeatures I always wanted to be a pop star...]". ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 9 December 2007.</ref> While at RADA, he worked as a door-to-door salesman of velvet paintings.<ref>(8 October 2007). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20071113234713/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F10%2F08%2Fbtpryce108.xml Why Jonathan Pryce is right for Mamet]". ''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 15 June 2008.</ref>