Editing Mark Strong (section)

==Career==
[[File:Mark Strong.jpg|thumb|right|Strong at the Berlin premiere of ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' in 2010]]
Strong appeared in two ''[[Prime Suspect]]'' serials for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] as Inspector (later Detective Chief Superintendent) Larry Hall, in ''Prime Suspect 3'' (1993) and ''Prime Suspect 6'' (2003). He also had starring roles in two [[BBC Two]] drama serials, ''[[Our Friends in the North]]'' (1996) and ''[[The Long Firm]]'' (2004), earning a [[British Academy Television Award|BAFTA]] nomination for the latter. He also played the villainous Colonel Brand in ''[[Sharpe's Mission]]'' (1996). He portrayed the romantic lead, [[George Knightley|Mr. Knightley]], in the 1996 ITV adaptation of [[Jane Austen]]'s novel ''[[Emma (1996 TV film)|Emma]]''. He then played the role of Steve in [[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|the 1997 film adaptation]] of [[Nick Hornby]]'s ''[[Fever Pitch]]''.

At the beginning of the 2000s, Strong appeared in ''[[Heartlands (film)|Heartlands]]'' and in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]], for which he was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Awards|2003 Laurence Olivier Award]] for Best Performance in a Supporting Role. He was later featured in [[Roman Polanski]]'s ''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (2005), played Mussawi in the film ''[[Syriana]]'' (2005), and played an assassin named Sorter in ''[[Revolver (2005 film)|Revolver]]'' (2005). He portrayed the traitorous Wictred in ''[[Tristan & Isolde (film)|Tristan & Isolde]]'', showing his talent with swordplay, and since 2006, he has provided the narration in the [[BBC]]'s genealogy series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''.
[[File:Green Lantern Comic-Con Panel.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Strong with the cast of ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]'' at the 2010 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]

Despite the persistence of rumours, Strong maintains that he was never offered the part of [[Anton Chigurh]] in the 2007 film ''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Strong refutes No Country casting rumour |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/news/mark-strong-refutes-no-country-casting-rumour |work=Total Film |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=18 August 2012 |author=Total Film |date=25 February 2009}}</ref> That year he played Pinbacker, the insane captain of ''Icarus I'' in ''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]''. Also in 2007, he portrayed Prince Septimus, the youngest of the seven Stormhold princes, in ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]''.

In 2008, he played Nick Calderelli in ''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day]]'', Mannie Miesel in ''[[Flashbacks of a Fool]]'', Finn in ''[[Babylon A.D.]]'', Archy in ''[[RocknRolla]]'', and [[Philipp Bouhler]] in ''[[Good (film)|Good]]''. Also in 2008, he portrayed Hani Salaam, the [[Jordan]]ian intelligence chief and director of the feared [[General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan)|GID]] in ''[[Body of Lies (film)|Body of Lies]]'', marking his first collaboration with English director [[Ridley Scott]]. Strong's performance as Hani Salaam earned him a nomination for the [[London Critics Circle Film Award]] for Best British Supporting Actor, and his performance was mentioned by several critics, with Scott calling it "a marvel of exotic suavity and cool insinuation" while Ebert "particularly admired" his aura of suave control.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/body-of-lies-2008 |title=Body of Lies Movie Review & Film Summary (2008) |website=Roger Ebert |date=19 June 2013 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref>

In 2009, Strong played a lead part in the [[Channel 4]] film ''[[Endgame (2009 film)|Endgame]]'',<ref name="stage">{{cite web |first=Matthew |last=Hemley |title=C4 season to feature apartheid thriller Endgame |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/20224/c4-season-to-feature-apartheid-thriller |work=[[The Stage]] |date=26 March 2008 |access-date=17 April 2008}}</ref> and he played Lord Blackwood, the main villain, in ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', who has somehow returned after his execution with a plot to take over the British Empire using an arsenal of dark arts and new technologies. It was his third project with director [[Guy Ritchie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Exclusive-Interview-Sherlock-Holmes-Villain-Mark-Strong-16294.html|title=Exclusive Interview: Sherlock Holmes Villain Mark Strong|first=Katey|last=Rich|website=Cinema Blend|date=23 December 2009|access-date=23 December 2009}}</ref> He went on to work with Ridley Scott a second time in the 2010 epic adventure film ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'', portraying antagonist Sir Godfrey. That year, he also played Frank D'Amico, the head of a criminal organisation, in ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]]''. Strong says he is drawn to playing antagonists, trying to "understand the purpose of the character" and building a believable individual.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 April 2010<!-- pubtime from meta tags -->|first=Brian|last=Truitt|title=Mark Strong can do a 'Kick-Ass' bad guy|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-04-22-markstrong22_ST_N.htm|work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

[[File:Mark Strong (Berlin Film Festival 2011).jpg|thumb|Strong at the 2011 [[Berlin International Film Festival]]]]

In 2011, Strong played [[Sinestro|Thaal Sinestro]], a [[Green Lantern]] and [[Hal Jordan]]'s mentor, in the superhero film ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Strong Circling GREEN LANTERN? |url=http://www.mania.com/mark-strong-circling-green-lantern_article_120006.html |website=Mania |access-date=18 August 2012 |first=Rob M. |last=Worley |date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008071142/http://www.mania.com/mark-strong-circling-green-lantern_article_120006.html |archive-date=8 October 2012}}</ref> Strong said the film "closely follows the early comics" and elaborated, "Sinestro starts out as Hal Jordan's mentor, slightly suspicious and not sure of him." Strong went on to state that the character "is a military guy but isn't immediately bad". He also revealed that the outfit and other aspects of the character closely follow his early comic history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2010/04/mark-strong-will-channel-his-inner-david-niven-for-green-lantern |first=Brian |last=Truitt |title=Mark Strong will channel his inner David Niven for 'Green Lantern' |work=[[USA Today]] |date=6 April 2010 |access-date=7 April 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716205123/http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2010/04/mark-strong-will-channel-his-inner-david-niven-for-green-lantern |archive-date=16 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Also in 2011, he voiced Pod in ''[[Arrietty|The Secret World of Arrietty]]'' and Captain Titus of the Ultramarines Chapter in the video game ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]]''. The same year, Strong played [[Jim Prideaux]] in the [[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'', which was earlier played by [[Ian Bannen]] in the 1979 series. The film premiered in competition at the [[68th Venice International Film Festival]] on 5 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/lineup/off-sel/venezia68/tinker.html |title=Venezia 68: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – Tomas Alfredson |website=[[Venice Biennale]] |access-date=27 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323050554/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/lineup/off-sel/venezia68/tinker.html |archive-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>

Strong played Clive Cornell in ''[[The Guard (2011 film)|The Guard]]'' (2011), which is the most successful independent Irish film of all time in terms of Irish box-office receipts, overtaking ''[[The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)|The Wind that Shakes the Barley]]'' (2006).<ref name="TheGuard">{{cite web|url=http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4284243&tpl=archnews&force=1|title='The Guard' Topples 'Barley' to Become #1 Indie Irish Film|website=IFTN|access-date=9 September 2011}}</ref> He next portrayed the role of Jacob Sternwood in the British thriller ''[[Welcome to the Punch]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/x-men-star-james-mcavoy-heads-welcome-punch-26380|title=James McAvoy Heads to 'Welcome to the Punch'|date=12 April 2011|website=[[The Wrap]]|access-date=13 September 2011}}</ref> He played Matai Shang, the leader of the Therns in ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]'' (2012), and starred in the action thriller film ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' (2012).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/06/kathryn-bigelow-bin-laden-joel-edgerton |title=Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden film to star Joel Edgerton |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London|first=Ben|last=Child|date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-film-market/upi-takes-territories-on-kathryn-bigelows-zero-dark-thirty/5041885.article|title=UPI takes territories on Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty|website=Screen Daily|date=15 May 2012}}</ref> The film had its premiere in Los Angeles on 19 December 2012 and had its wide release on 11 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zero-dark-thirty-premieres-in-los-angeles/|title="Zero Dark Thirty" premieres in Los Angeles|publisher=CBS News|date=11 December 2012}}</ref> The film received wide critical acclaim and was nominated for five [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref name=Mark>{{cite web|title=Mark Strong set for 'Sleep'|url=https://www.variety.com/2012/film/news/mark-strong-set-for-sleep-1118061486/|access-date=1 August 2013|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=31 October 2012}}</ref>

In November 2012, Strong was cast in ''[[Mindscape (2013 film)|Mindscape]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/2012/film/news/strong-cox-farmiga-enter-mindscape-1118060870/|title=Strong, Cox, Farmiga enter 'Mindscape' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=John |last=Hopewell |date=17 October 2012}}</ref> a film in which a man with the ability to enter people's memories begins working on the case of a brilliant but problematic teenager to determine whether she is a sociopath or the victim of trauma. The film came to American cinemas in June 2014. [[Jaguar Cars]] produced an advertisement in 2014, initially shown during [[Super Bowl XLVIII]] and later online and on television, featuring Strong alongside fellow English actors [[Ben Kingsley]] and [[Tom Hiddleston]]. It was themed around their recent film roles as villains, and used the tagline "it's good to be bad".<ref name="Jaguar Advert">{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Walker |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/super-bowl-jaguar-previews-ad-674700 |title=Super Bowl: Jaguar Previews Ad Featuring Ben Kingsley, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Strong (Video)|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=28 January 2014|access-date=27 December 2014 }}</ref> That same year, Strong co-starred in the historical drama film ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' as MI6 chief [[Stewart Menzies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collider.com/mark-strong-imitation-game-ben-kingsley-patricia-clarkson-learning-to-drive/|title=Mark Strong Joins THE IMITATION GAME, Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson Lead LEARNING TO DRIVE|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=13 September 2013}}</ref>

In 2015, Strong won the [[Olivier Award for Best Actor]] for his role in ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'', which he starred in as Eddie Carbone at the Young Vic. When Strong went over to perform the play on Broadway in New York, he received similar levels of acclaim, and was nominated for the [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play]] and the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] for his performance. In 2016, he co-starred with [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] in the action-comedy film ''[[Grimsby (film)|Grimsby]]'',<ref name=Strong>{{cite web|first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming|title=Mark Strong Joins Sacha Baron Cohen in Sony Comedy 'Grimsby'|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/04/mark-strong-joins-sacha-baron-cohen-in-sony-comedy-grimsby/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426103151/http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/mark-strong-joins-sacha-baron-cohen-in-sony-comedy-grimsby/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2014|access-date=25 April 2014|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=24 April 2014}}</ref> playing a top [[MI6]] secret agent with Cohen as his idiotic football hooligan brother.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Mark-Strong-joins-Sacha-Baron-Cohen-cast-upcoming/story-21013121-detail/story.html |title=Mark Strong joins Sacha Baron Cohen in cast of upcoming comedy Grimsby |newspaper=Grimsby Telegraph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718120244/http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Mark-Strong-joins-Sacha-Baron-Cohen-cast-upcoming/story-21013121-detail/story.html |archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> Later that year, he starred in a production of ''The Red Barn'', by David Hare, which premiered in October 2016 at the National Theatre, (Lyttelton Stage), and co-starred in the [[Political film|political]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] ''[[Miss Sloane]]'', directed by [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Donnelly|first=Matt|title=Jessica Chastain Gun-Control Thriller 'Miss Sloane' Sells to EuropaCorp in Toronto|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jessica-chastain-gun-control-thriller-miss-sloane-sells-to-europacorp-in-toronto/|access-date=26 January 2016|date=12 September 2015|website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[American Film Institute|AFI Film Festival]] in November 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/afi-fest-2016-miss-sloane |title=AFI Fest 2016: "Miss Sloane" |last=Monji |first=Jana |date=12 November 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016 |website=rogerebert.com}}</ref>

Since 2017, Strong has narrated the pre-show etiquette clips presented before films at [[Vue International|Vue Cinemas]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=948878026930049024|user=vuecinemas|title=@KatieLeeMars It is Mark Strong. Please email us your postal address to hello@vuemail.com and we'll get that gift c…|date=4 January 2018}}</ref> In 2018, he starred in the hostage thriller ''[[Stockholm (2018 film)|Stockholm]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-noomi-rapace-boards-action-thriller-close-1003754 |title=Cannes: Noomi Rapace Boards Action-Thriller 'Close' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=15 May 2017 |access-date=7 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref> and had the leading role in Fox network's ''[[Deep State (TV series)|Deep State]]'', an espionage thriller in which he portrays an ex-spy named Max Easton, who after the death of his son, is brought out of retirement unwillingly, to avenge his death. In 2019, he portrayed the villain [[Doctor Sivana|Doctor Thaddeus Sivana]] in the superhero film ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]].''<ref>{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/shazam-mark-strong-talks-villain-role-1054332|title='Shazam!': Mark Strong in Talks for Villain Role|date=2 November 2017|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sky|first=Rick|url=http://www.contactmusic.net/mark-strong/news/mark-strong-spills-on-shazam-secrecy_5955962|title=Mark Strong spills on Shazam! secrecy|date=14 January 2018|publisher=ContactMusic.net|access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref> In the same year, Strong appeared briefly as the British Captain Smith in [[Sam Mendes]]’ World War I film ''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/colin-firth-benedict-cumberbatch-join-sam-mendes-wwi-movie-1917-1197679|title=Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch Join Sam Mendes' WWI Movie '1917'|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|date=28 March 2019|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328130756/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/colin-firth-benedict-cumberbatch-join-sam-mendes-wwi-movie-1917-1197679|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2020, Strong narrated [[public information film]]s for the [[Second Johnson ministry|UK government]] which outlined how the British public should approach daily life during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Govt taps Mark Strong for 'delay' stage of coronavirus campaign|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/govt-taps-mark-strong-delay-stage-coronavirus-campaign/1677169|access-date=2020-12-28|website=campaignlive.co.uk}}</ref>

In March 2021, Strong was the castaway on BBC Radio 4's ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title= Desert Island Discs: Mark Strong, Actor | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000sxfy | date= 7 March 2021| website= [[BBC Online]]| access-date= 12 March 2021 }}</ref> Later that same year, he co-starred in the Disney comedy-drama film ''[[Cruella (film)|Cruella]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/TobyonTV/status/1171709665346039808 |title=Ooooh Mark Strong says he starts work with Emma Thompson & Emma Stone on #Cruella this Friday (via @BBC6Music) |last=Earle |first=Toby |date=September 11, 2019 |website=[[Twitter]] |access-date=September 11, 2019}}</ref>