Editing Roger Rees

{{short description|Welsh actor (1944–2015)}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
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| image              = Roger Rees.jpg
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| caption            = Rees in 2004
| name               = Roger Rees
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1944|5|5}}
| birth_place        = [[Aberystwyth]], Cardiganshire, Wales
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|7|10|1944|5|5}}
| death_place        = New York City, U.S.
| citizenship        = {{ubl|United Kingdom|United States}}
| occupation         = Actor, director
| yearsactive        = 1967–2015
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Rick Elice]]|2011<!--See template instructions on [[Template:Marriage]]-->}}
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'''Roger Rees''' (5 May 1944 – 10 July 2015) was a Welsh-American actor and director. He won an [[Olivier Award]] and a [[Tony Award]] for his performance as the lead in ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]''. He also received [[Obie Award]]s for his role in ''The End of the Day'' and as co-director of ''[[Peter and the Starcatcher]]''. Rees was posthumously inducted into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]] in November 2015.

On television, he played [[Robin Colcord]] in ''[[Cheers]]'' and [[List of The West Wing characters#Foreign officials|Lord John Marbury]] in ''[[The West Wing]]''. He also appeared as the Sheriff of Rottingham in [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]''.

==Early life==
Rees was born in [[Aberystwyth]], Cardiganshire, [[Wales]], the son of Doris Louise (née Smith), a shop clerk, and William John Rees, a police officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/71/Roger-Rees.html|title=Roger Rees Biography (1944–)|work=filmreference.com}}</ref> He and his parents moved to [[Balham]], London, where he grew up. He studied art at the [[Camberwell College of Arts]] and the [[Slade School of Fine Art]], turning to acting when he was painting backdrops at the [[Wimbledon Theatre]] and was asked to fill a part in a play.<ref name=grdn1>{{cite news|last1=Khomami|first1=Nadia|title=Actor Roger Rees dies aged 71|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jul/11/actor-roger-rees-dies-aged-71|access-date=12 July 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 July 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Roger Rees FSU.jpg|thumb|Rees at [[Florida State University]] in 1985]]
Rees continued his career with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800154405/bio Roger Rees profile], Yahoo! Movies; accessed 11 July 2015.</ref><ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> He played Malcolm in the acclaimed [[Trevor Nunn]] 1976 stage and 1978 television production of ''[[Macbeth]]''.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> Rees created the title role in the original production of ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'', [[David Edgar (playwright)|David Edgar]]'s stage adaptation of the [[Charles Dickens]] novel, winning a [[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play]] in 1980 and a [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] in 1982.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> A [[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982 film)|recorded version of the play]] also earned him an [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy]] nomination in 1983.<ref name = playbill/> He also starred in the original production of ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]'' by Tom Stoppard at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]] in London in 1982.

Rees began to work in television during the 1980s, appearing opposite [[Laurence Olivier]] in ''[[The Ebony Tower]]'' (1984). That same year, Rees portrayed Fred Hollywell in ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'', which he also narrated, starring [[George C. Scott]] as [[Ebenezer Scrooge|Scrooge]]. In 1986, he played [[William Tyndale]] in ''God's Outlaw''. From 1988 to 1991 he starred in the British sitcom ''[[Singles (TV series)|Singles]]'', with co-star [[Judy Loe]]. From 1989 to 1993, he appeared intermittently on the long-running American television series ''[[Cheers]]'' as the English business tycoon [[Robin Colcord]], a love interest for [[Rebecca Howe]] ([[Kirstie Alley]]). He played [[British Ambassador to the United States|British Ambassador]] [[List of The West Wing characters#Foreign officials|Lord John Marbury]] in several episodes of ''[[The West Wing]]'' from 2000 to 2005.<ref name=grdn1 /> His later television appearances also include ''[[My So-Called Life]]'' as substitute teacher Mr. Racine, and James MacPherson on ''[[Warehouse 13]]''.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> His film career began in the 1980s. Rees played the Sheriff of Rottingham in the Mel Brooks movie ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'' (1993).<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> Rees' later film appearances include ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]'' (2002), ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]'' (2006), and ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]'' (2006).<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/>

Continuing his work in the theatre through the 1990s, both as an actor and a director, Rees was awarded an [[Obie Award]] for his 1992 performance in the Off-Broadway play ''The End of the Day''. In 1995, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in ''Indiscretions''.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/><ref name=vault>[http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/4304/Indiscretions " ''Indiscretions'' Listing on Broadway"] playbillvault.com, accessed 24 May 2015</ref> He recorded many audiobooks, including ''Memnoch the Devil'' by Anne Rice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/gvpages/A2120.shtml|title=Roger Rees – Narrators – AudioFile Magazine|work=audiofilemagazine.com}}</ref>

From November 2004 to October 2007, Rees was artistic director of the [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]], only the fourth person to hold the post in its half-century history.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015>{{cite news |date=11 July 2015 |title=Roger Rees, Tony Winner and Robin Colcord on 'Cheers,' Dies |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/roger-rees-tony-winner-and-robin-colcord-on-cheers-dies-1436651071 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |location=New York City |access-date=12 July 2015|quote=Roger Rees, the lanky Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director who made his mark onstage as Nicholas Nickleby and later played English multi-millionaire Robin Colcord on the TV show "Cheers," has died. He was 71.}}</ref><ref>[http://www.iberkshires.com/story/24922/Rees-Leaving-Williamstown-Theatre-Festival.html "Rees Leaving Williamstown Theatre Festival"] iberkshires.com</ref> He replaced [[Nathan Lane]] in the role of [[Gomez Addams]] in the Broadway musical adaptation of ''[[The Addams Family (musical)|The Addams Family]]'', on 22 March 2011 and remained until the end of the run on 31 December 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Roger_Rees_to_Replace_Nathan_Lane_in_THE_ADDAMS_FAMILY_32011_20101028|title=Roger Rees to Replace Nathan Lane in ''THE ADDAMS FAMILY''|author=BWW News Desk|work=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=12 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Roger-Rees-Extends-THE-ADDAMS-FAMILY-Run-Through-Closing-on-December-31-20110919|title=Roger Rees Extends THE ADDAMS FAMILY Run Through Closing on December 31|publisher=Broadwayworld.com|date=19 September 2011|access-date=11 October 2012}}</ref>

In 2012, Rees took his one-man Shakespeare show, ''What You Will'', to London's West End, playing a three-week engagement at the Apollo Theatre.

In 2013, Rees directed Crispin Whitell's play, ''The Primrose Path'', at the [[Guthrie Theater]] in Minneapolis.

In 2014, Rees directed ''Dog and Pony'', a musical written by Rick Elice and Michael Patrick Walker, which had its world premiere at the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in San Diego.

His last role was as Anton Schell in the musical version of ''[[The Visit (musical)|The Visit]]'', opposite [[Chita Rivera]], which opened on Broadway on 23 April 2015 and closed on 14 June 2015.<ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/a-musical-nearly-20-years-in-the-making-the-visit-starring-chita-rivera-arrives-on-broadway-at-long-last-345189 "A Musical Nearly 20 Years in the Making: 'The Visit', Starring Chita Rivera, Arrives On Broadway at Long Last"], playbill.com, 26 March 2015</ref> Rees left the production in May 2015 owing to his illness.<ref>[http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/roger-rees-miss-performances-the-visit_73024.html Roger Rees to miss performances of ''The Visit''], theatermania.com; accessed 12 July 2015.</ref>

Rees was to have directed a new musical written by Elice and Will Van Dyke, ''Magnificent Climb'', in the fall of 2016 at [[MCC Theater]] in New York City. He was also scheduled to perform his one-man Shakespeare show, ''What You Will'' in New York in the autumn of 2015, and had hoped to return to the Royal Shakespeare Company for a stint in ''Don Quixote'' in 2016. He was inducted into the exclusive entertainment fraternity, the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]], as a full member.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gowr.co.uk/all-water-rats/v/31|title=Biography of a Water Rat|publisher=GOWR.co.uk}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rees lived in the United States for more than 25 years<ref name=grdn1/> and became a naturalized American citizen in 1989.<ref name = playbill>{{cite magazine|last1=Simonson|first1=Robert|title=Roger Rees, Stage Actor Made Famous by Nicholas Nickleby, Dies at 71|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/roger-rees-stage-actor-made-famous-by-nicholas-nickleby-dies-at-71-351533|magazine=Playbill|access-date=12 July 2015|date=11 July 2015}}</ref> He [[Conversion to Judaism|converted]] to Judaism in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/how_peter_and_the_starcatcher_took_flight|title=How 'Peter and the Starcatcher' took flight – The Ticket|work=Jewish Journal|date=26 November 2013}}</ref> Rees married his partner of 33 years, playwright [[Rick Elice]], in 2011, shortly after [[same-sex marriage in New York]] was legalised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/07/19/roger-rees-ramps-up-what-you-will/|title=Roger Rees ramps up What You Will|work=theaterdogs.net|date=19 July 2008 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032300513.html "Roger Rees Tests His 'Will' Shakespearean Roles Don't Define the Actor, but He's Clearly Bard-Wired"] by Peter Marks ''The Washington Post'' Sunday, 25 March 2007</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/talk/2012/06/04/120604ta_talk_schulman|title=Backstory|author=Michael Schulman|date=4 June 2012|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> Rees and Elice also collaborated professionally, including as co-playwrights of the comedic thriller ''Double Double''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/double-double-1200513993|title=Review: 'Double Double'|magazine=Variety|date=22 August 2006 |access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> Elice co-wrote (with [[Marshall Brickman]]) the libretto for ''The Addams Family'' musical, the cast of which Rees had joined on 22 March 2011. In 2012, Elice and Rees received Tony Award nominations for Elice's stage adaptation and Rees' co-direction (with [[Alex Timbers]]), respectively, of ''[[Peter and the Starcatcher]]''.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> In October 2017, Elice wrote a memoir of his life with Rees, entitled ''Finding Roger: An Improbably Theatrical Love Story''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/09/28/the-broadway-love-story-of-two-kings-of-the-great-white-way/|title=The Broadway love story of two kings of the Great White Way|last=Riedel|first=Michael|date=28 September 2017|work=New York Post|access-date=2 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Illness and death===
After a diagnosis of [[brain cancer]] in October 2014, Rees focused his energy on his commitment to playing opposite [[Chita Rivera]] on Broadway in ''[[The Visit (musical)|The Visit]]'', the final musical written by [[John Kander]] and [[Fred Ebb]]. While undergoing two brain surgeries, two courses of [[radiation therapy|radiation]] and ongoing [[chemotherapy]], Rees managed to rehearse, preview and open in ''The Visit'' on 23 April 2015. By the middle of May, it had become too difficult for him to speak, and he left the show. Rees died at age 71 at his home in New York City on 10 July 2015. On Wednesday, 15 July 2015, the marquee lights at all the theatres on Broadway were dimmed in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Mike|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roger-rees-dead-life-adventures-808126|title=Roger Rees, Star of 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,' Dies at 71|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=10 July 2015|access-date =11 July 2015}}</ref> His ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean. Two months later, there was a memorial service for him at Broadway's [[New Amsterdam Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Roger-Rees-Memorial-Set-for-September-21-at-The-New-Amsterdam-Theatre-20150725|title=Roger Rees Memorial Set for September 21 at The New Amsterdam Theatre|author=BWW News Desk}}</ref> On 16 November 2015, Rees was inducted, posthumously, into the Broadway Theatre Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|url=https://playbill.com/article/9-inductees-including-julie-taymor-and-late-roger-rees-named-for-theater-hall-of-fame-com-363325|title=9 Inductees, Including Julie Taymor & Late Roger Rees, Named for Theater Hall of Fame|website=[[Playbill]]|date=21 September 2015|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Star 80]]''
| Aram Nicholas
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| Fred - Scrooge's nephew
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[God's Outlaw (1986 film)|God's Outlaw: The Story of William Tyndale]]''
| William Tyndale
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[If Looks Could Kill (film)|If Looks Could Kill – Teen Agent]]''
| Augustus Steranko
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot]]''
| J. Parnell
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]''
| Sheriff of Rottingham
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''The Substance of Fire''
| Max
|
|-
| ''[[Sudden Manhattan]]''
| Murphy
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Trouble on the Corner]]''
| Mr. McMurtry
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Next Stop Wonderland]]''
| Ray Thornback
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
| Peter Quince
|
|-
| ''[[The Bumblebee Flies Anyway]]''
| Dr. Croft
|
|-
| 2000
| ''BlackMale''
| Bill Fontaine
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[3 A.M. (2001 film)|3 A.M.]]''
| Priest
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2002
| ''[[Return to Never Land]]''
| Edward (voice)
|
|-
| ''[[The Scorpion King]]''
| King Pheron
|
|-
| ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]''
| [[Guillermo Kahlo]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Emperor's Club]]''
| Mr. Castle
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2004
| ''The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea''
| Tulse Luper
|
|-
| ''The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish''
| Tulse Luper
|
|-
| ''[[Going Under (2004 film)|Going Under]]''
| Peter
|
|-
| ''[[Crazy Like a Fox (2004 film)|Crazy Like a Fox]]''
| Nat Banks
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2005
| ''[[Game 6]]''
| Jack Haskins
|
|-
| ''A Life in Suitcases''
| Tulse Luper
|
|-
| ''[[The New World (2005 film)|The New World]]''
| Virginia Company Representative
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2006
| ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]''
| Raymond Larocque
|
|-
| ''East Broadway''
| Andrew Barrington Sr.
|
|-
| ''[[The Treatment (2006 film)|The Treatment]]''
| Leighton Proctor
|
|-
| ''[[Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties]]''
| Mr. Hobbs
|
|-
| ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]''
| Owens
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Invasion (film)|The Invasion]]''
| Yorish
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The Narrows (film)|The Narrows]]''
| Professor Reyerson
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Happy Tears]]''
| Antiques Dealer
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''[[Almost Perfect (film)|Almost Perfect]]''
| Kai Lee
|
|-
| ''Portraits in Dramatic Time''
| Himself
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Affluenza (film)|Affluenza]]''
| Mr. Carson
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Survivor (film)|Survivor]]''
| Dr. Emil Balan
| Final film role
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1975
| ''The Place of Peace''
| Willy
| television movie
|-
| 1982
| ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982 film)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]''
| Nicholas Nickleby
| televised [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] production
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1984
| ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]''
| James Howgill
| episode "The Reconciliation"
|-
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| Fred Holywell / narrator
| television movie
|-
| 1988–1989
| ''[[Singles (TV series)|Singles]]''
| Malcolm
| 14 episodes
|-
| 1989–1993
| ''[[Cheers]]''
| Robin Colcord
| 17 episodes
|-
| 1990
| ''[[The Young Riders]]''
| Tyler Dewitt
| episode "Lady for a Night"
|-
| 1991–1993
| ''[[The Legend of Prince Valiant]]''
| Rathburn / Lord Theobine [voices]
| 3 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1992
| ''[[Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After]]''
| [[Prince Charles]]
| television movie
|-
| ''[[P.J. Sparkles]]''
| Betty [voice]
| television movie
|-
| 1993
| ''The Tower''
| Mr.&nbsp;Littlehill
| television movie
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Mighty Max (TV series)|Mighty Max]]''
| Additional voice [voice]
| episode "Around the World in Eighty Arms"
|-
| 1994–1995
| ''[[M.A.N.T.I.S.]]''
| Dr.&nbsp;John Stonebrake
| main cast, 22 episodes
|-
| 1994
| ''[[My So-Called Life]]''
| Vic Racine
| episode "The Substitute"
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1995
| ''The Possession of Michael&nbsp;D.''
| Robin Banks (hypnotist)
| television movie
|-
| ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''
| Prince Malcolm [voice]
| episodes "Long Way to Morning" and "Vows"
|-
| ''[[Phantom 2040]]''
| Ikon [voice]
| episode "The Sins of the Fathers: Part One"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Titanic (1996 miniseries)|Titanic]]''
| [[J. Bruce Ismay]]
| television miniseries
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1997
| ''[[Boston Common (TV series)|Boston Common]]''
| President Harrison Cross
| 8 episodes
|-
| ''[[Liberty! The American Revolution]]''
| [[Thomas Paine]]
| 5 episodes
|-
| ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]''
| The Piper (voice)
| episode "The Pied Piper of Manhattan"
|-
| ''Damian Cromwell's Postcards from America''
| Damian Cromwell
| <!-- Unknown episodes -->
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Double Platinum (film)|Double Platinum]]''
| Marc Reckler
| television movie
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Crossing (2000 film)|The Crossing]]''
| [[Hugh Mercer]]
| television movie
|-
| 2000–2005
| ''[[The West Wing]]''
| Lord John Marbury
| 5 episodes, recurring cast
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''
| Jack Eldridge
| episode "Medium Rare"
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Education of Max Bickford]]''
| Dan Franklin
| episode "The Bad Girl"
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Law & Order]]''
| Headmaster Wyatt Scofield
| episode "Kid Pro Quo"
|-
| 2005–2006
| ''[[Related]]''
| Bob's Dad
| episodes "Have Yourself a Sorelli Little Christmas" and "Sisters are Forever"
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
| Dr.&nbsp;Colin Marlow
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
| Duke DeGuerin
| episode "Alpha Dog"
|-
| 2009–2013
| ''[[Warehouse 13]]''
| James MacPherson
| 7 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010
| ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''
| (voice)
| episode "Brown History Month"
|-
| ''[[The Good Wife]]''
| Dr.&nbsp;Todd Grossman
| episode "Nine Hours"
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Submissions Only]]''
| Roger Rees
| episode "Y'all Were Great!"
|-
| 2012–2014
| ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]''
| Alistair Moore
| episodes "Flight Risk" and "No Lack of Void"
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]''
| Mr.&nbsp;Glover
| episode "The Smile"
|-
| 2013–2014
| ''It Could Be Worse''
| Roger Goldstein
| episodes "Stuck with Me" and "Uncharted Territory"
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Forever (2014 TV series)|Forever]]''
| Priest
| episode "Diamonds Are Forever"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[American Experience (season 27)|American Experience – The Pilgrims]]''
| [[William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)|Governor Bradford]]
| episode "The Pilgrims"
|-
| 2016
| ''The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth.''
| Governor Bradford<ref>{{cite news |last=Rees |first=Jasper |date=27 November 2016 |title=''The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the myth'' was a rigorous historical account told with clarity |type=movie review |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/11/27/mayflower-review/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=29 November 2016 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/11/27/mayflower-review/ |archive-date=12 January 2022}} {{cbignore}}</ref>
| posthumous release
|}

===Theatre===
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* ''[[The Comedy of Errors (1976 musical)|The Comedy of Errors]]'' (as Antipholus of Syracuse), Stratford-on-Avon and London, 1976
* ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' (as Tusenbach) Stratford-upon-Avon London and tour, 1979<ref>{{cite book|last=Trowbridge|first=Simon|title=A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company|year=2010|publisher=Editions Simon Creed|location=Oxford, England|isbn=978-0-9559830-2-3|chapter=Roger Rees}}</ref>
* "The Suicide" by Nikolai Erdman (as Semyon Semyonovich). Royal Shakespeare Company. 1979.
* ''[[Cymbeline]]'' (as Posthumus), [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], Stratford-on-Avon 1979<ref>{{cite web|work=RSC Performance Database|url=http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Performance&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=((Title='Cymbeline')AND(UserInteger1='1979')AND(Venue='Stratford'))|title=Cymbeline|access-date=20 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708235844/http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Performance&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28%28Title%3D%27Cymbeline%27%29AND%28UserInteger1%3D%271979%27%29AND%28Venue%3D%27Stratford%27%29%29|archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[Cymbeline]]'' (as Posthumus), [[Royal National Theatre]], 1980
* ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (as Nicholas Nickleby), [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
:*[[Aldwych Theatre]], London, June 1980 – June 1981<ref>{{cite web|work=RSC Database|url=http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Performance&dsqSearch=PerfCode=='NIC198006'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl|title=The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby|access-date=20 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708234248/http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Performance&dsqSearch=PerfCode%3D%3D%27NIC198006%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl|archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>
:*[[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], Broadway, September 1981 – March 1982
* ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]'' (as Henry), London, 1982
* ''[[Hapgood (play)|Hapgood]]'' by Tom Stoppard  as Kerner, London March 1988<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Edwards|first1=Christopher|title=Trick of the light|journal=[[The Spectator]]|date=19 March 1988|pages=43–44}}</ref>
* ''[[Hamlet]]'' as Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford upon Avon, 1984
* ''The End of the Day'' (as Graydon Massey), [[Playwrights Horizons]], [[off-Broadway]], 1992
* ''Indiscretions'' (as George), [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], Broadway, 1995
* ''[[A Man of No Importance, A New Musical|A Man of No Importance]]'' (as Alfie Byrne), [[Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater]], [[off-Broadway]], 2002
* ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' (as Vladimir, replacing [[Patrick Stewart]]), [[Haymarket Theatre]], London, 2010
* ''Waiting for Godot'' (as Vladimir), [[His Majesty's Theatre, Perth]], 2010
* ''Waiting for Godot'' (as Vladimir), Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, 2010
* ''Waiting for Godot'' (as Vladimir), [[Comedy Theatre, Melbourne]], 2010<ref>{{cite news|title=Sir Ian McKellen is mistaken for a tramp on a Melbourne bench between Waiting for Godot rehearsals|first=Alison|last=Barclay|work=Herald Sun|date=7 May 2010|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/sir-ian-mckellen-is-mistaken-for-a-tramp-on-a-melbourne-bench-between-waiting-for-godot-rehearsals/story-e6frf96f-1225863693015|access-date=17 May 2010|archive-date=14 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614151641/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/sir-ian-mckellen-is-mistaken-for-a-tramp-on-a-melbourne-bench-between-waiting-for-godot-rehearsals/story-e6frf96f-1225863693015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''[[The Addams Family (musical)|The Addams Family]]'' (as Gomez [Replaced Nathan Lane]), Broadway, 2011
* ''[[Peter and the Starcatcher]]'' (co-director with [[Alex Timbers]]), Broadway, 2012 (and then it moved to an Off-Broadway theatre in 2013)
* ''What You Will'' (Actor, Writer, Director) Apollo Theater, London 2012
* ''Herringbone'' (Director) 2012<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/herringbone-with-tony-winner-bd-wong-plays-nyc-may-21-22-performances-will--193760 |title=Herringbone, With Tony Winner BD Wong, Plays NYC May 21–22; Performances Will Be Recorded |author=Andrew Gans |date=21 May 2012 |publisher=PlayBill}}</ref>
* ''The Primrose Path'' (Director), [[Guthrie Theater]], 2013
* ''[[The Winslow Boy]]'' (as Arthur Winslow), [[American Airlines Theatre]], Broadway, 2013<ref>{{cite web|work=Roundabout Theatre|url=http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/The-Winslow-Boy.aspx?gclid=CP_okca1wbkCFc9i7AodymwA8w|title=The Winslow Boy|access-date=19 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609215341/http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/The-Winslow-Boy.aspx?gclid=CP_okca1wbkCFc9i7AodymwA8w|archive-date=9 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Dog and Pony'' (Director) [[Old Globe Theater]] 2014
* ''[[The Visit (musical)|The Visit]]'' (musical version; as Anton Schell), Broadway, 2015
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==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041109080522/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89407.html Article on appointment to Williamstown Theater Festival]

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