Editing Antony Sher

{{Short description|South African-born British actor (1949–2021)}}
{{More citations needed|biography|date=December 2021}}
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| honorific_prefix   = Sir
| name               = Antony Sher
| honorific_suffix   = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|KBE}}
| image              =
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| birth_name         =
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1949|06|14|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Cape Town]], South Africa
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2021|12|2|1949|06|14|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], Warwickshire, England
| nationality        = {{ubl|South African (by birth)|British (naturalisation 1979)}}
| education          = [[Sea Point High School]]
| alma_mater         = [[Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| occupation         = Actor, writer, theatre director
| years_active       = 1972–2021
| organization       = [[Royal National Theatre]]<br />{{Nowrap|[[Royal Shakespeare Company]]}}
| notable_works      = ''[[I.D. (play)|I.D.]]'' (2003)<br />''[[Primo (play)|Primo]]'' (2004)
| known_for          =
| television         =
| awards             = 2 [[Laurence Olivier Award]]s<br />1 [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]<br />1 [[Drama Desk Award]]<br />1 [[Evening Standard Awards|''Evening Standard'' Award]]<br />1 [[Critics' Circle Theatre Awards#Best Actor|Critics Circle Theatre Award]]<br />1 [[TMA Award]]
| relatives          = [[Ronald Harwood]] (cousin)
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Gregory Doran]]|2015}}
}}

'''Sir Antony Sher''' (14 June 1949 – 2 December 2021) was a British actor, writer and theatre director of South African origin. A two-time [[Laurence Olivier Award]] winner and a five-time nominee, he joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and television. In 2001, he starred in his cousin [[Ronald Harwood]]'s play ''Mahler's Conversion'', and said that the story of a composer sacrificing his faith for his career echoed his own identity struggles.

During his 2017 "Commonwealth Tour", [[Prince Charles]] referred to Sher as his favourite actor.<ref>{{cite news|title=When I'm king I'll build a fort, jovial Prince Charles tells Indian schoolchildren|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/09/king-build-fort-jovial-prince-charles-tells-indian-schoolchildren/|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 November 2017|access-date=9 November 2017|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah}}</ref> Sher and his partner and collaborator [[Gregory Doran]] became one of the first same-sex couples to enter into a civil partnership in the UK.

==Early life and education==

Sher was born on 14 June 1949  in [[Cape Town]], South Africa, the son of Margery (Abramowitz) and Emmanuel Sher, who worked in business.<ref name =bio>{{cite web|title=Antony Sher Biography|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/55/Antony-Sher.html|publisher=Filmreference.com|year=2008|access-date=22 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Hume|first=Lucy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q9tHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Margery+Abramowitz+Sher&pg=RA1-PA2324|title=People of Today 2017|date=5 October 2017|publisher=eBook Partnership|isbn=978-1-9997670-3-7|language=en}}</ref> He was a [[first cousin once removed]] of the playwright [[Ronald Harwood|Sir Ronald Harwood]].<ref name="The Guardian 20 September 2001"/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Robinson|first=W. Sydney|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nVFHEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22I+grew+up+hearing+about+Ronnie+%E2%80%93+he+was+my+mother%27s+first+cousin.%22&pg=PP22|title=Speak Well of Me: The Authorised Biography of Ronald Harwood|date=7 October 2021|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-350-29075-4|language=en}}</ref>

He grew up in the suburb of [[Sea Point]], where he attended [[Sea Point High School]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/antony-sher-no-one-unites-us-like-shakespeare-does/|title=Antony Sher: Why no one unites us like Shakespeare does|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=10 January 2020}}</ref>

Sher moved to the United Kingdom in 1968<ref name =bio/>  and auditioned at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]] and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA), but was unsuccessful. He instead studied at the [[Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art]] from 1969 to 1971 and subsequently on the one-year postgraduate course run jointly by [[Manchester University]] Drama Department and the [[Manchester School of Theatre]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Sher became a British citizen in 1979.<ref name =bio/>

==Career==
In the 1970s, Sher was part of a group of young actors and writers working at the [[Liverpool Everyman Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everymanplayhouse.co.uk/content/Home/AboutUs/Everyman.aspx |title=Everyman Theatre |publisher=Everymanplayhouse.co.uk |access-date=29 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311001454/http://www.everymanplayhouse.co.uk/content/Home/AboutUs/Everyman.aspx |archive-date=11 March 2012 }}</ref> Comprising figures such as writers [[Alan Bleasdale]] and [[Willy Russell]] and fellow actors [[Trevor Eve]], [[Bernard Hill]], [[Jonathan Pryce]], and [[Julie Walters]], Sher summed up the work of the company with the phrase "anarchy ruled".  He also performed with the theatre group Gay Sweatshop, before joining the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] (RSC) in 1982.

While a member of the RSC, Sher was cast in the title role in [[Molière]]'s ''[[Tartuffe]]'', and played the [[Shakespearean fool|Fool]] in ''[[King Lear]]''. His major break came in 1984, when he performed the title role in ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' and won the [[Laurence Olivier Award]]. Also for the RSC, Sher performed the lead in such productions as ''[[Tamburlaine]]'', ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'', ''[[Stanley (play)|Stanley]]'', and ''[[Macbeth]]'', and in 2014 played [[Falstaff]] in [[Henry IV Part 1|''Henry IV'' Part 1]] and [[Henry IV Part 2|''Henry IV'' Part 2]] in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] and on national tour. He played the eponymous 'King Lear' from 2016 to 2018. He also played Johnnie in [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''Hello and Goodbye'', [[Iago]] in ''[[Othello]]'', [[Malvolio]] in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', and [[Shylock]] in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''. Sher received his second Laurence Olivier Award in 1997 for his performance as [[Stanley Spencer]] in ''Stanley''.

In 2001, Sher played the role of the composer [[Gustav Mahler]] in Ronald Harwood's play ''Mahler's Conversion'', about Mahler's decision to renounce his Jewish faith prior to his appointment as conductor and artistic director of the [[Vienna State Opera House]] in 1897. Speaking about the role to ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s Rupert Smith, Sher revealed: <blockquote>When I came to England in 1968, at 19, I looked around me and I didn't see any Jewish leading men in the classical theatre, so I thought it best to conceal my Jewishness. Also, I quickly became conscious of [[apartheid]] when I arrived here, and I didn't want to be known as a white South African. I was brought up in a very apolitical family. We were happy to enjoy the benefits of apartheid without questioning the system behind it. Reading about apartheid when I came to England was a terrible shock. So I lost the accent almost immediately, and if anyone asked me where I was from I would lie. If they asked where I went to school, I'd say Hampstead, which got me into all sorts of trouble because of course everyone else went to school in Hampstead and they wanted to know which one. Then there was my sexuality. The theatre was full of gay people, but none of them were out, and there was that ugly story about [[John Gielgud|Gielgud]] being arrested for [[cottaging]], so I thought I'd better hide that as well. Each of these things went into the closet until my entire identity was in the closet. That's why this play appealed to me so much: it's about an artist changing his identity in order to get what he wants.<ref name="The Guardian 20 September 2001">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Rupert |title= The great pretender |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/sep/20/artsfeatures| date=20 September 2001 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London| access-date=4 May 2015 }}</ref></blockquote>

In 2015, he played Willy Loman in ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''.

He also had several film credits to his name, including ''[[Yanks]]'' (1979), ''[[Superman II]]'' (1980), ''[[Shadey]]'' (1985), and ''[[Erik the Viking]]'' (1989). Sher starred as the Chief Weasel in the 1996 [[The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' and as [[Benjamin Disraeli]] in the 1997 film ''[[Mrs Brown]]''.

Sher's television appearances include the [[mini-series]] ''[[The History Man (TV series)|The History Man]]'' (1981) and ''[[The Jury (miniseries)|The Jury]]'' (2002). In 2003, he played the central character in an adaptation of the [[J. G. Ballard]] short story "The Enormous Space", filmed as ''[[Home (2003 film)|Home]]'' and broadcast on [[BBC Four]]. In ''[[Hornblower (TV series)|Hornblower]]'' (1999), he played the role of French royalist Colonel de Moncoutant, Marquis de [[Muzillac]], in the episode "The Frogs and the Lobsters". Sher's more recent credits included a cameo in the British comedy film ''[[Three and Out]]'' (2008) and the role of Akiba in the television play ''[[God on Trial]]'' (2008).

Sher was cast in the role of Thráin II, father of [[Thorin Oakenshield]] in [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'', but appears only in the Extended Edition of the film.

In 2018, he played the title role in ''King Lear'' and was the only person to play both the Fool and King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He returned to Stratford-upon-Avon in 2019 to perform in ''Kunene and the King'' with [[John Kani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/kunene-and-the-king/| title=Kunene and the King}}</ref>

===Other work===
Sher's books included the memoirs ''Year of the King'' (1985), ''Woza Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus in South Africa'' (with [[Gregory Doran]], 1997), ''Beside Myself'' (an autobiography, 2002), ''Primo Time'' (2005), and ''Year of the Fat Knight'' (2015), a book of paintings and drawings, ''Characters'' (1990), and the novels ''Middlepost'' (1989), ''Cheap Lives'' (1995), ''The Indoor Boy'' (1996). and ''The Feast'' (1999). His 2018 book ''Year of the Mad King'' won the 2019 Theatre Book Prize, awarded by the Society for Theatre Research.<ref name="theatrebookprize">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/antony-sher-wins-2019-theatre-book-prize|title=Antony Sher wins theatre book prize|publisher=[[Royal Shakespeare Company]]|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref>

Sher also wrote several plays, including ''[[I.D. (play)|I.D.]]'' (2003) and ''Primo'' (2004). The latter was [[Primo (2005 film)|adapted as a film in 2005]]. In 2008, ''The Giant'', the first of his plays in which Sher did not feature, was performed at the [[Hampstead Theatre]]. The main characters are [[Michelangelo]] (at the time of his creation of [[David (Michelangelo)|David]]), [[Leonardo da Vinci]], and Vito, their mutual apprentice.

In 2005, Sher directed ''Breakfast With Mugabe'' at the [[Swan Theatre (Stratford)|Swan Theatre]], Stratford-upon-Avon. The production moved to the [[Soho Theatre]] in April 2006 and the [[Duchess Theatre]] one month later. In 2007, he made a crime documentary for [[Channel 4]], titled ''Murder Most Foul'', about his native South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/murder-most-foul|title=Murder Most Foul|publisher=[[Channel 4]]|date=September 2007}}</ref> It examines the double murder of actor [[Brett Goldin]] and fashion designer Richard Bloom. In 2011, Sher appeared in the BBC TV series ''[[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]]'' in the role of Glickman.<ref name="shadowline1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/02_february/03/shadow.shtml|title=The Shadow Line, a New Drama for BBC Two|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 February 2011}}</ref>

==Personal life, illness and death==
In 2005, Sher and the director [[Gregory Doran]], with whom he frequently collaborated professionally, entered into a [[Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom|civil partnership]] in the UK. They married on 30 December 2015, a little over ten years after the registration of their civil partnership.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coveney |first=Michael |date=3 December 2021 |title=Sir Antony Sher obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/dec/03/sir-antony-sher-obituary |access-date=11 May 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><!-- Recently, an editor has been adding "In 2002, they became vegetarians. {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}" but this is not true. I do not have a citation for this claim other the fact that I know Tony and Greg personally and they are not vegetarian. SW, Stratford-upon-Avon, August 2012 -->

On 10 September 2021, it was announced that Sher was terminally ill and Doran took compassionate leave from the RSC to care for him.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wiegand|first=Chris|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/sep/10/gregory-doran-takes-leave-from-rsc-to-care-for-terminally-ill-antony-sher|title=Gregory Doran takes leave from RSC to care for terminally ill Antony Sher|work=The Guardian|date=10 September 2021|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref> Sher died from cancer at his home in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] on 2 December 2021, aged 72.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 December 2021|title=Antony Sher, celebrated actor on stage and screen, dies aged 72|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/dec/03/antony-sher-celebrated-actor-on-stage-and-screen-dies-aged-72|access-date=3 December 2021|work=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=3 December 2021|title=Obituary: Sir Antony Sher, a giant of the stage|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58601697|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=3 December 2021|title=Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies aged 72|work=eNCA|url=https://www.enca.com/life/shakespearean-actor-antony-sher-dies-aged-72|access-date=3 December 2021|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203164623/https://www.enca.com/life/shakespearean-actor-antony-sher-dies-aged-72|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/theater/antony-sher-dead.html|title = Antony Sher, Actor Acclaimed for His Versatility, Dies at 72|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = 5 December 2021|accessdate = 5 December 2021|last = Sulcas|first = Roslyn}}</ref>

==Stage performances==
===Theatre===
* '''1972–74''': Multiple roles at the [[Everyman Theatre, Liverpool|Everyman Theatre]], Liverpool.
* '''1974''': [[Ringo Starr]] in [[Willy Russell]]'s ''[[John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert]]'' at the [[Everyman Theatre, Liverpool|Everyman Theatre]], where it opened in May 1974. Transferred to the [[Lyric Theatre, London|Lyric Theatre]] in August.
* '''1975''': ''[[Teeth 'n' Smiles]]'' by [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]] at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] where it opened in September 1975, subsequently transferring to [[Wyndham's Theatre]] in May 1976.
* '''1979''': ''American Days'' by [[Stephen Poliakoff]] at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA]], London.
* '''1982''': [[Mike Leigh]]'s ''Goosepimples'' in the [[West End (London)|West End]].
* '''1982''': The [[Shakespearean fool|Fool]] in ''[[King Lear]]'' at the [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]]. Transferred to the [[Barbican Centre]] in 1983.
* '''1984''': ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. Transferred to the Barbican Centre in 1985.
* '''1985''': ''[[Torch Song Trilogy]]'' at the [[Albery Theatre]], West End.
* '''1985''': ''[[Red Noses]]'' at the [[Barbican Theatre]], London.
* '''1987''': [[Shylock]] in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' with the RSC.
* '''1987''': Henry Irving in ''Happy Birthday, Sir Larry'' at the [[Royal National Theatre]], London ([[Laurence Olivier]] 80th birthday tribute).
* '''1988''': Vendice in ''[[The Revenger's Tragedy]]'' with the RSC.
* '''1990''': Peter Flannery's ''Singer'' with the RSC, Barbican Theatre.
* '''1991''': Kafka's ''[[The Trial]]'' and Brecht's ''[[The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui]]'' at the National Theatre.
* '''1992''': Tamburlaine in ''[[Tamburlaine]]'' with the RSC at the Swan Theatre, Stratford.
* '''1993''': Henry Carr in ''[[Travesties]]'' at the [[Barbican Centre]] with the RSC, later at the [[Savoy Theatre]], West End.
* '''1994–95''': ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' at the [[Market Theatre (Johannesburg)|Market Theatre]], Johannesburg. Transferred to the National Theatre and for a UK tour.
* '''1997''': ''[[Stanley (play)|Stanley]]'' at the National Theatre (repeated on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre)
* '''1997''': ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' at the [[Lyric Theatre, London|Lyric Theatre]], West End.
* '''1998–99''': ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' at the Barbican Centre with the RSC
* '''1999''': ''[[Macbeth]]'' at the [[Swan Theatre (Stratford)|Swan Theatre]], Stratford-upon-Avon, with the RSC
* '''2000–01''': ''Macbeth'' and ''The Winter's Tale'' with the RSC
* '''2002''': RSC's Jacobean season transfers to the West End.
* '''2003''': ''[[I.D. (play)|I.D.]]'' at the [[Almeida Theatre]], London
* '''2004''': ''[[Primo (play)|Primo]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|Cottesloe Theatre, Royal National Theatre]], London (repeated on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre, July–August 2005)
* '''2007''': Kean in ''Kean'' at the [[Yvonne Arnaud Theatre]], Guildford. Transferred to the [[Apollo Theatre]], West End in May.
* '''2008''': [[Prospero]] in ''[[The Tempest]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]], Cape Town; [[Courtyard Theatre]], Stratford-upon-Avon; and on tour in Richmond, Leeds, Bath, Nottingham and Sheffield
* '''2010''': Tomas Stockmann in ''[[An Enemy of the People]]'' at the [[Sheffield Crucible]]
* '''2011''': Phillip Gellburg in Arthur Miller's ''[[Broken Glass (play)|Broken Glass]]'' at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]]
* '''2012''': Jacob Bindel in ''Travelling Light'' at the [[Royal National Theatre]], [[Sigmund Freud]] in ''Hysteria'' by [[Terry Johnson (dramatist)|Terry Johnson]] at [[Theatre Royal Bath]], later revived at [[Hampstead Theatre]] in 2013.
* '''2013''': [[Wilhelm Voigt]] in ''[[The Captain of Köpenick (play)|The Captain of Köpenick]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|Olivier Theatre, Royal National Theatre]], London.
* '''2014''': [[Falstaff]] in ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'' and ''[[Henry IV Part 2]]'' with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
* '''2015''': [[Willy Loman]] in ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' by [[Arthur Miller]] with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].
* '''2016''': The title role in ''[[King Lear]]'' with the Royal Shakespeare Company (reprised in 2018).
* '''2018''': Nicolas in ''[[One for the Road (Pinter play)|One for the Road]]'' from ''Pinter One'' at the [[Harold Pinter Theatre]] with The Jamie Lloyd Company.
* '''2019-20''': Jack Morris in ''Kunene and the King'' with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

==Filmography==

===Film===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role
|-
| 1976 || ''The Madness'' || Militia man/Young man in café
|-
| 1978 || ''[[ITV Playhouse]]'' || Morris
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1979 || ''Collision Course'' || Tasic
|-
| ''[[Play for Today]]'' || Nathan
|-
| ''One Fine Day'' || Mr Alpert
|-
| ''[[Yanks]]'' || G.I. at cinema
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Superman II]]'' || Bell Boy
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Shadey]]'' || Oliver Shadey
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Erik the Viking]]'' || Loki
|-
| 1990 || ''ScreenPlay'' || David Samuels
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Screen Two]]'' || Genghis Cohn
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Shakespeare: The Animated Tales]]'' || [[Richard III]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1995 || ''[[The Young Poisoner's Handbook]]'' || Ernest Zeigler
|-
| ''Look at the State We're In!'' || The Don
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1996 || ''[[The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)|The Wind in the Willows]]'' || Chief Weasel
|-
| ''[[Indian Summer (1996 film)|Indian Summer]]'' || Jack
|-
| ''[[The Moonstone (1996 film)|The Moonstone]]'' || Sergeant Cuff
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Mrs Brown]]'' || [[Benjamin Disraeli]]
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'' || Dr Moth
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1999 || ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' || [[Leontes]], King of Sicilia
|-
| ''[[The Miracle Maker (1999 film)|The Miracle Maker]]'' || Ben Azra (voice)
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Macbeth]]'' || [[Macbeth (character)|Macbeth]]
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Churchill: The Hollywood Years]]'' || [[Adolf Hitler]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2005 || A Higher Agency || Chef
|-
| ''[[Great Performances]]'' || [[Primo Levi]]
|-
| ''[[Primo (film)|Primo]]'' || Primo Levi
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008 || ''[[Three and Out]]'' || Maurice
|-
| ''[[Masterpiece Contemporary]]'' ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[The Wolfman (2010 film)|The Wolfman]]'' || Dr Hoenneger
|-
| 2013 || ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'' || Thráin II (Extended Edition only)
|-
| 2014 || ''[[War Book]]'' || David
|-
|}

===Television===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1981 || ''[[The History Man (TV series)|The History Man]]'' || Howard Kirk || Episodes: "Part 1: October 2nd 1972" <br /> "Part 2: October 3rd 1972 (a.m.)" <br /> "Part 3: October 3rd 1972 (p.m.)" <br /> "Part 4: Gross Moral Turpitude"
|-
| 1982 || ''[[The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim]]'' ||   Maurice Victor || 1 episode
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Tartuffe, or the Impostor]]'' || Tartuffe || TV Movie
|-
| 1992 || ''[[The Comic Strip Presents...]]'' : "The Crying Game (Season 6, Episode 2)" || Scum editor
|-
| 1995 || ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'': "Rearranging the Dust" || Mr Prothrow || Acted without dialogue
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Hornblower (TV series)|Hornblower]]'': "The Frogs and the Lobsters" || Colonel Moncoutant ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[The Jury (TV serial)|The Jury]]'' || Gerald Lewis QC ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Home (2003 film)|Home]]'' || Gerald Ballantyne ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Murphy's Law (British TV series)|Murphy's Law]]'' || Frank Jeremy  || 1 episode
|-
| 2007 || ''[[The Company (TV miniseries)|The Company]]'' || Ezra ben Ezra, the Rabbi ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[God on Trial]]'' || Akiba ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]]'' || Peter Glickman || Episodes: "Episode #1.5" <br /> "Episode #1.6"
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]: A Caribbean Mystery'' || Jason Rafiel ||
|}

==Awards and nominations==

===BAFTA TV Awards===

'''0 win, 1 nomination'''

{| width="90%" class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" align="center" | [[British Academy Television Awards]]
|-
! width="10%"| Year
! width="35%"| Nominated work
! width="35%"| Category
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| align="center"| [[2008 British Academy Television Awards|2008]]
| align="center"| '''''[[Primo (film)|Primo]]'''''
| align="center"|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

===Laurence Olivier Awards===

'''2 wins, 5 nominations'''

{| width="90%" class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" align="center" | [[Laurence Olivier Award]]
|-
! width="10%"| Year
! width="35%"| Nominated work
! width="35%"| Category
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| align="center"| [[1983 Laurence Olivier Awards|1983]]
| align="center"| '''''[[King Lear]]'''''
| align="center"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"| [[1985 Laurence Olivier Awards|1985]]
| align="center"| '''''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''''' and '''''[[Torch Song Trilogy]]'''''
| align="center" | [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
|-
| align="center"| [[1988 Laurence Olivier Awards|1988]]
| align="center"| [[The Merchant of Venice|'''''The Merchant of Venice''''']] and [[Hello and Goodbye (play)|'''''Hello and Goodbye''''']]
| align="center"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival|Actor of the Year in a Revival]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| align="center" | [[1997 Laurence Olivier Awards|1997]]
| align="center" | '''''[[Stanley (play)|Stanley]]'''''
| rowspan="2" align="center" | [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
|-
| align="center" | [[2000 Laurence Olivier Awards|2000]]
| align="center" | '''''[[The Winter's Tale]]'''''
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

===Drama Desk Awards===

'''1 win and 1 nomination'''

{| width="90%" class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" align="center" | [[Drama Desk Award]]
|-
! width="10%"| Year
! width="35%"| Nominated work
! width="35%"| Category
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| align="center"| 2006
| align="center"| '''''[[Primo (film)|Primo]]'''''
| align="center"| Outstanding One-Person Show "Primo"
| {{won}}
|-
|}

===Evening Standard Theatre Awards===

'''1 win and 1 nomination'''

{| width="90%" class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" align="center" | [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards]]
|-
! width="10%"| Year
! width="35%"| Nominated work
! width="35%"| Category
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| align="center"| 1985
| align="center"| '''''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'''''
| align="center"|Best Actor
| {{won}}
|-
|}

===Evening Standard British Film Awards===

'''1 win and 1 nomination'''

{| width="90%" class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" align="center" | [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]]
|-
! width="10%"| Year
! width="35%"| Nominated work
! width="35%"| Category
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| align="center"|1997
| align="center"| '''''[[Mrs Brown]]'''''
| align="center"|Peter Sellers Award for Comedy
| {{won}}
|-
|}

===Screen Actors Guild Awards===

'''1 win and 1 nomination'''

{| width="90%" class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" align="center" | [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]
|-
! width="10%"| Year
! width="35%"| Nominated work
! width="35%"| Category
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| align="center"|1997
| align="center"| '''''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'''''
| align="center"|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
| {{won}}
|-
|}

===Theatre Awards UK (TMA)===

'''1 win and 1 nomination'''

{| width="90%" class="wikitable"
|-
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! width="35%"| Category
! width="10%"| Result
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| align="center"|1997
| align="center"| '''''[[Titus Andronicus]]'''''
| align="center"| Best Actor in a Play<ref>{{cite web|last=Sher|first=Antony|title=TMA Previous Winners|url=http://www.uktheatre.org/awards/previousawards.aspx|work=1995|publisher=Theatre Management Association|access-date=17 February 2014}}</ref>
| {{won}}
|-
|}

===Tony Awards===

'''0 win and 1 nomination'''

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! width="10%"| Year
! width="35%"| Nominated work
! width="35%"| Category
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| align="center"|1997
| align="center"| '''''[[Stanley (play)|Stanley]]'''''
| align="center"| [[51st Tony Awards|Best Actor in a Play]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

==Honours==
* '''1998''': Honorary [[Doctor of Letters]] (Hon. Litt.D.) from the [[University of Liverpool]]
* '''2000''': Knight Commander of the [[Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] (KBE) for services to theatre
* '''2007''': Honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon. Litt.D.) from the [[University of Warwick]]
* '''2010''': Honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon. Litt.D.) from the [[University of Cape Town]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070621222436/http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/31351/i-enjoy-being-an-ousider.thtml Article in ''The Spectator'']

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