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| Film, TV, Art, Radio and Awards |
| Although best known for his theatre work, Sir Antony Sher is no stranger to other mediums! |
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| FILM |
| G.I. in Yanks, Bellboy in Superman II, Oliver in Shadey (1987), Loki in Eric The Viking, Chief Weasel in Wind In The Willows (1997), Dr Ziegler in the Young Poisoner's Handbook (1997), Jack in Alive And Kicking (1997), Benjamin Disraeli in Mrs Brown (1997), Dr Moth in Shakespeare In Love (1998), the voice of Ben Azra in The Miracle Maker (1999), Hitler in Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004), Murder Most Foul (2007), Maurice in Three And Out (2008) |
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| TELEVISION |
| Howard Kirk in The History Man (1980), Cold Harbour, Office Story, Out Of Town Boys,Turtle's Progress, Pickersgill People, Collision Course, Lucky Jim, title roles in Tartuffe (1983) and Moliere (1983), David Samuels in Land Of Dreams (1990), Captain Edmund Lambert in Changing Step (1990), Mark Gertler, title role in Genghis Cohn (1993), The Shakespeare Laboratory: Measure For Measure (1994), One Foot In The Grave (1994), African Footsteps (1995), Sergeant Cuff in The Moonstone (1996), Omnibus (1997), the Marquis de Moncoutant in Hornblower (1999), title role in Macbeth (2001), Holocaust Memorial Day (2001), Gerald Lewis QC in The Jury (2002), In Search Of Shakespeare (2003), The Story Of The Novel (narrator, 2003), Gerald Ballantyne in Home (2003), Sir Antony Sher Talks To Joan Bakewell (2003), Demetrios Tsafendas in I.D. (2004), Frank Jeremy in Murphy's Law (2004), The South Bank Show (2004), Hardtalk (2007), title role in Primo (HBO/BBC, 2007), The Rabbi in The Company (2007), Akiba in God on Trial (2008) |
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| ART |
| Sir Antony Sher is a highly talented artist: indeed, it was his original choice of career! He has exhibited his paintings and drawings at Stratford, the Barbican Centre, the Royal National Theatre and, most recently, at the London Jewish Cultural Centre. His paintings "The Fool" and "Year Of the King" are in the RSC Collection in the Swan Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon. |
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| RADIO |
| Sir Antony Sher has been on many radio programmes over the years talking about his work, and even Desert Island Discs! He repeated his stage role of Peter Singer in a BBC radio adaptation of Singer, and has been In The Psychiatrist's Chair. He starred in the BBC World Service drama-documentary The Assassin; he read Last Words, a poem commissioned for the first anniversary of "9/11" on BBC Radio 4, and played Vincent van Gogh in Sunflowers. He played the Prime Minister in Number 10, and starred in Babel's Tower. |
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| Sir Antony's distictive voice graces many theatre recordings. In addition, he has provided the "South African" accent on Comic Relief's seriously funny tape The Extremely Useful Guide To Accents. He also reads an abridged version of Beside Myself, his autobiography, in a Random House Audiobook (2001). |
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| AWARDS |
| Sir Antony Sher has won many theatre awards, including: Drama Magazine Best Actor 1984, City Limits Best Actor 1984, Variety Club of Great Britain Best Actor 1984, and Evening Standard Best Actor 1985, all for Richard III; Laurence Olivier Best Actor in 1985 for Richard III and Torch Song Trilogy, and again in 1996 for Stanley (for which he also received a Tony Awards Best Actor Nomination); TMA Best Actor 1995 for Titus Andronicus. |
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| He was awarded the Evening Standard Peter Sellers Award in 1998 for his portrayal of Disraeli in the film Mrs Brown; and in the same year an honorary Doctorate of Letters was conferred on him by Liverpool University. He has been similarly honoured by Exeter and Warwick Universities. |
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| In 2000, he received a Knighthood for his services to the arts, as an actor and writer. |
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| Gregory Doran and the acting ensemble of the RSC's "Jacobethan" Season won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievemant Of The Year 2003. |
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| Sir Antony received a Royal Television Society nomination for Best Actor for his role in BBC4's Home (2004). |
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| Sir Antony won the Fleur Du Cap Theatre Award (2005) for Best Performance in a one-hander for his title role in Primo at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town; and the 2006 Outer Critics Circle Award and 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for Primo on Broadway. He was nominated for Best Actor in the 2008 BAFTA Television Awards for his performance in Primo. |
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