Capaldi has appeared in over 40 films and television shows since his appearance as Danny Oldsen in "Local Hero" (1983). He played Beatles member George Harrison in "" (1985), had roles in "The Lair of the White Worm" (1988) and "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988), and was featured as Ozzy in a 1985 episode of "Minder". In 1992 he auditioned for, but did not get, the role of Benjamin Sisko in "". Capaldi's first starring role on television was as Luke Wakefield, a strange man who imagines he has witnessed a crime, in the BBC drama series "Mr Wakefield's Crusade". He played fictional "Songs of Praise" producer Tristan Campbell in two episodes of the sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley", and a transgender woman in ITV's "Prime Suspect".
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Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi | Acting
His first starring role on television was as Luke Wakefield, a strange man who imagines he has witnessed a crime, in the BBC drama series "Mr Wakefield's Crusade". He  has appeared in over 40 films and television shows since his appearance as Danny Oldsen in "Local Hero" "Mr Wakefield's Crusade". He appeared as  Danny Oldsen in "Local Hero" .
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what is doctor who (series 10)?
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The main story arc for the first half of the series revolved around the Doctor and Nardole occupying themselves as a university professor and assistant while they guard an underground vault containing Missy, who the Doctor has sworn to protect for a thousand years after her supposed execution.
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Peter Capaldi.
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He is a Scottish actor, writer, director, and singer.
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Glasgow, Scotland.
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At St Teresa's Primary School in Possilpark, St Matthew's Primary School in Bishopbriggs and St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch, before attending the Glasgow School of Art.
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Capaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Nancy ("née" Soutar) and Gerald John Capaldi. His paternal grandfather was Italian, while the rest of his ancestry is Scottish and Irish. His parents ran an ice cream business in the Springburn district, where they were neighbours and acquaintances of the family of Armando Iannucci, creator of "The Thick of It", although the two men did not know each other as children. He was educated at St Teresa's Primary School in Possilpark, St Matthew's Primary School in Bishopbriggs, and St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch, before attending the Glasgow School of Art. Capaldi displayed an early talent for performance by putting on a puppet show in primary school.
Peter Capaldi | Early life
He was born in 1975 in Motherwell, Scotland to his parents, Tony and Maria. Capaldi grew up in the town of Hamilton and went to St Mary's Primary School Hamilton before he left to attend Hamilton College before continuing his education at Glasgow Caledonian University. Before he got into acting he played youth football with Motherwell. He is related to Scottish entertainers Jimmy Logan and Peter Capaldi.
Gianni Capaldi | Early life and education
In 1949, aged 5, Guzik began his career when he entered the Theater School in São Paulo, he joined a group led by Julius Gouvea and , and joined the cast of "Peter Pan" with Clovis Garcia, staying connected to groups that specialized in amateur theatre productions. From 1964 to 1966, he attended the School of Dramatic Art. In 1967, his professional acting debut in "The Process", which is based on the novel by Kafka, assembled core 2 of the Arena Theatre, under the direction of Leonardo Lopes. Before the end of the season, his career on stage, moved to the audience which provided critical expertise.
Alberto Guzik | Early life and career
These ailments did not affect his desire to perform. That September he appeared at Covent Garden, as Kasrac in "Aladdin" followed by the Christmas pantomime "Harlequin and Friar Bacon"; the pantomime was particularly successful.
Joseph Grimaldi | Later career
While at high school, he was a member of the Antonine Players, who performed at the Fort Theatre in Bishopbriggs. As an art student, he was the lead singer and guitarist in a punk rock band called The Dreamboys, whose drummer was future comedian Craig Ferguson. The pair also performed a cabaret act together as "Bing & Dean Hitler" and wrote an alternative pantomime of Sleeping Beauty. Capaldi went on to perform musical comedy cabaret in the guises of "bank clerk about town" "Gavin Meekie" and as one half of husband-and-wife TV evangelists "Tom & Sammy Jo".
Peter Capaldi | Early life
He began his acting career on stage in 1973, playing roles in plays by William Shakespeare ("Antony and Cleopatra"), Eduardo De Filippo ("Filumena Marturano"), Molière, Luigi Pirandello, Harold Pinter and Bertolt Brecht. During those same years, he began acting in movies, directed by filmmakers such as Nanni Moretti, Marco Bellocchio, Paolo Sorrentino and the Taviani brothers.
Dario Cantarelli | Biography
Gianecchini started acting at the age of 6, on the stage of his school in Birigüi, São Paulo. He graduated with a degree in law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) in 1997, but he never practiced it. His dream of becoming an actor was delayed by his modeling career. He was a successful model for eight years, of which two were overseas, residing in Paris, but all the while he was traveling to such cities as New York, London, Berlin, and Milan. He was unhappy, though, and decided to resume his pursuit of an acting career.
Reynaldo Gianecchini | Career
Schofield was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, one of ten children in a working-class family. He attended St. John Fisher and Thomas More R.C. Primary School, along with his brother, Peter. His first acting experience was at Manchester Boys' School at the age of 12. In 1967 he was accepted as student assistant stage manager at a local repertory theatre. He worked in every department as a prop-maker, sound-man, writer, stage sweeper, waiter and tea-maker, putting in 14-hour days, six days a week. After two seasons, at the age of 19, he became a student of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, which he left early to pursue his path as a working actor.
David Schofield (actor) | Early life
JS excelled at school and became fluent in French. After Ford's Academy, he attended a private school in Pentonville. Young Grimaldi made his professional debut, shortly before his 12th birthday, on 10 October 1814, as Friday in a pantomime version of "Robinson Crusoe" at the Sadler's Wells Theatre opposite his father, who played the title character. Although his father was initially against the idea of his young son becoming a performer, he saw the boy's promise when he starred alongside him in the piece. He became known professionally as JS Grimaldi. Later in 1814, Grimaldi made his second professional appearance, playing the part of Scaramouche in a hugely profitable pantomime of "Don Juan" at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, while his father played the title role.
J. S. Grimaldi | Early life and career
Nicholas Pinnock was born in Balham, London, and spent his early childhood living in Saudi Arabia. On his return to England, he was enrolled at Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith, London at the age of 12. Whilst there, in his first week, he made his professional debut landing several jobs as a model and child actor in adverts, music videos, film and television. Continuing his vocational training, Pinnock attended a three-year musical theatre course at the London Studio Centre. After the first year, he decided acting was his first love and in the following years, concentrated on drama and contemporary dance.
Nicholas Pinnock | Early life and education
Born in London to an entertainer father, Grimaldi began to perform as a child, making his stage debut at Drury Lane in 1780. He became successful at the Sadler's Wells Theatre the following year; his first major role was as Little Clown in the pantomime "The Triumph of Mirth; or, Harlequin's Wedding" in 1781, in which he starred alongside his father. After a brief schooling, he appeared in various low-budget productions and became a sought-after child performer. He took leading parts in "Valentine and Orson" (1794) and "The Talisman; or, Harlequin Made Happy" (1796), the latter of which brought him wider recognition.
Joseph Grimaldi | Introduction
Since 2005, Capaldi has appeared in at least forty films and at least six television productions. He has also served as a producer or assistant producer for at least four films. His first role was appearing in the comedy film "All In" (2005). Although he has starred in various genre pieces ranging from drama to horror he is mostly known in the action world. Capaldi's first major role, where he portrayed a British gangster called English, saw him star alongside Brian Austin Green, Michael Clarke Duncan, Vinnie Jones, Danny Trejo and Tom Sizemore in the action packed Sony picture movie "Cross" .
Gianni Capaldi | Acting
Sallis began his career as an amateur actor during his four years with the RAF when one of his students offered him the lead in an amateur production of Noël Coward's "Hay Fever". After his success in the role, he resolved to become an actor after the war, winning a Korda scholarship and training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He made his first professional appearance on the London stage in September 1946 in a walk-on part in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The Scheming Lieutenant" (1775). Sallis then spent three years in repertory theatre before appearing in his first speaking role on the London stage in 1949.
Peter Sallis | Theatre work
Hayes started acting while young with the Port Moresby Players in 1968 in a production of "1066". Wanting to become a professional actor he went on to train from 1982-1984 at the Webber Douglas Academy in London, United Kingdom. Hayes also holds a Bachelor Arts (Honours) from the University of Melbourne.
Peter Hayes (actor) | Acting career
Grimaldi was born in Clerkenwell, London, to the actor Joseph Grimaldi and his dancer wife Mary Bristow. Grimaldi's father popularised the role of Clown in the harlequinade of the early 1800s and invented the modern conception of whiteface clown. His father introduced Grimaldi to the eccentric atmosphere at both Drury Lane and Sadler's Wells from the age of 18 months. Although eager to have Joseph Samuel follow him onto the stage, his father felt that it was important for the boy to have an education, and so he enrolled him at Mr Ford's Academy, a boarding-school in Putney, which taught the children of theatrical performers.
J. S. Grimaldi | Early life and career
He was born in 1884 in Queen's County in Ireland, but spent most of his career in England. After two years at the "Academy of Dramatic Art", Gawthorne began a career on the London stage, eventually running up over twenty years experience there. His debut was in 1906, a walk-on part at His Majesty's Theatre, London. He was featured in the role of Albany Pope, receiving good notices, in the hit musical "The Boy" in 1917. He also studied singing. He then toured Australia, South Africa and America, making his film debut in Hollywood before returning to Britain, where he worked for a number of film companies but predominately Gainsborough Studios.
Peter Gawthorne | Early life and career
By the end of 1936 he had left his sales job in Beaconsfield to pursue a full-time acting career. He moved into a small flat at Marble Arch and became one of the many jobbing actors eager to make a name for themselves on the London stage.
Michael Hordern | Theatrical beginnings
Born in Rome, Colangeli graduated in nuclear physics, then he started a stage career. After several minor roles, Colangeli's breakout role came in 2006 with the tormented Luigi Sparti in Alessandro Angelini's "Salty Air"; for his performance he won a David di Donatello for best supporting actor and the Best Actor Award at the first Rome Film Festival. In 2012, for his performance in "La decima onda", he won a Nastro d'Argento for best actor in a short film.
Giorgio Colangeli | Life and career
As a child, Dudley harboured a desire to become an actor, but after leaving school, he began his working life as a doffer in a local mill—but this job lasted only two days. He then took a job in a grocer's shop before he joined the Bolton Hippodrome where he stayed for six months. He then worked as a window dresser and a salesman before doing his national service with the army. After leaving the army, Dudley returned to acting with the Oldham Repertory Company and at the University Theatre in Manchester. He also became a leading actor with Manchester's Library Theatre Company.
Peter Dudley | Early life and career
Duncan was a student at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, an independent stage school in London. Until reaching school-leaving age, Peter completed his secondary education at Hawes Down School for Boys at West Wickham in the London Borough of Bromley. He also studied with the Open University.
Peter Duncan (actor) | Education
A native of the town of Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, Butler was born into a well-educated family, with his parents working as teachers. At the age of 18, as World War II came to an end, he enrolled at the University of St Andrews, but ultimately abandoned his studies before attaining a degree, upon becoming interested in acting with the university drama society. He subsequently trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his performing career in West End revues. In 1956, at the age of 29, he played a prison officer in Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop production of Brendan Behan's "The Quare Fellow".
David Butler (screenwriter) | Early years
Born in Yorkshire, Blythe studied drama on scholarship at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after serving in the Royal Air Force. He began his professional career as a repertory player with the Living Theatre Company, the Nottingham Playhouse and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his West End debut in 1965.
Peter Blythe | Early life
He spent the next three years in an apprenticeship at Southampton Rep., auditioning for character roles both there and in other surrounding theatres, eventually amassing almost 100 individual parts. While he was in Southampton he met an 18 year old fellow actor Doreen Lawrence and they were engaged to be married. Lawrence broke off the engagement citing his frequent crying and bringing his parents on dates. Soon, he felt the urge to pursue a film career in the United States. In 1939, his father bought him a one-way ticket to Hollywood, where he moved with only £50 to his name.
Peter Cushing | Early career
Porte grew up in Greenwood Lake, New York and always wanted to be an actor. Porte first got into acting in the third grade when he appeared in a Christopher Columbus pageant. According to Porte, he only got the role because his mother, who is from Poland, made his costume out of "traditional Polish garb." Porte continued acting throughout high school and ultimately decided to become a professional actor. Porte graduated from George F. Baker High School in 2002. He earned a BFA in Acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Porte then went onto study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Peter Porte | Early life and education
Born in Santa Teresa di Riva, Messina, after the World War I Carnabuci decided to abandon his engineering studies at the University of Catania to pursue an acting career. He made his stage debut in 1920, with the company held by Luigi Chiarini and Olga Vittoria Gentilli, and almost immediately he became one of the most requested young actors in the Italian theatre of the time. Notably, between 1926 and 1928 he was first actor in the stage company of Luigi Pirandello, and between 1928 and 1929 he was first actor in the company of Sem Benelli. Carnabuci was also active in films, even if mainly cast in supporting roles.
Piero Carnabuci | Life and career
Moffat began his career as a stage actor in London and New York City. His first work was at the Old Vic Theatre Company in London. After moving to the United States, Moffat worked as a bartender and a lumberjack in Oregon, his wife's home state. "After six months," he said, "I realized that I was an actor and I would always be an actor. And an actor must act. So I started acting again." His first acting job in the United States was in Princeton, New Jersey. He worked as a carpenter, and his wife took in ironing in order to supplement his $25 per week pay.
Donald Moffat | Stage
Peter Carroll was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1944. In his youth, Carroll was a boy soprano and won five awards in the City of Sydney Eisteddfodd in 1963. Carroll attended the University of Sydney, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts, and the University of New South Wales, where he earned a Master of Arts with Honours. While undertaking his education at the University of Sydney, he commenced amateur acting; after graduating, he worked as a drama teacher for two years. Carroll later attended the Central School of London.
Peter Carroll (actor) | Early life and education
Hausted was born at Oundle, in Northamptonshire. He earned an M.A. at Queens' College, Cambridge, and pursued a career in the Church of England. For a time he was the curate at Uppingham in Rutland. Hausted participated in college theatricals as an actor; he was in the cast of the 1631 Cambridge production of "Fucus Histriomastix", probably written by Queens' College's Robert Ward.
Peter Hausted | Beginnings
Stassino was born in Platres and grew up in nearby Limassol, but spent most of his acting career in England. He had moved there at the age of 18 to study law. Without telling his parents, he got a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Paul Stassino | Early life
Sabater originally planned to study biology at university, but decided to become an actor instead and was admitted to Barcelona's Institut del Teatre. In 1984 he made his debut as an actor in "Una jornada particular" with Josep Maria Flotats, with whom he subsequently worked on "Cyrano de Bergerac". In 1988 he starred in Manuel Huerga's film "Gaudí".
Carles Sabater | Acting career
Boyega's father wanted Boyega to become a minister like himself, but was nonetheless supportive of his theatrical interests. In 2003, Boyega started his secondary education at Westminster City School, where he took part in various school productions. Between 2008 and 2010, he attended South Thames College at the college's Wandsworth campus to study for a National Diploma in Performing Arts. His activities at the college included playing the title role in the college's production of "Othello". He enrolled at the University of Greenwich to study for a BA in film studies and media writing, but dropped out to focus on acting.
John Boyega | Early life
Farley was born in London and entered the theatrical profession at an early age, making his first appearance as a page at Covent Garden Theatre, London, in 1782. He came to notice in legitimate drama as Osric in "Hamlet", Trip in "The School for Scandal", and similar parts. He was better known, however, as a melodramatic performer and as an efficient stage-manager. He was the instructor of Joseph Grimaldi, with whom he starred in a production of "Valentine and Orson" in 1806, Farley playing the former role. He also assisted Thomas Dibdin in the composition of "Harlequin and Mother Goose", the show which boosted Grimaldi to stardom.
Charles Farley | Career
In 1978 decides to go to Rome, and began attending the Academy of Dramatic Arts PETER SHAROOFF, in 1981 he graduated. He is currently a teacher of diction and phonetics. Play in Italian National Football Actors for charity meetings and serves on the Board of Directors.
Antonio Tallura | Biography
In later years he became a squash player. On leaving grammar school McCormack initially chose to attend an arts course at Cardiff Art College. Despite these early studies, acting remained his first love and he eventually secured a place at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London as a further step towards a professional acting career.
Colin McCormack | Early life and career
Priestley's "Cornelius". This marked his professional stage debut, although he had no lines and did little more than stand on stage behind other actors. Afterward, he was granted the scholarship and given odd jobs around the theatre, such as selling refreshments and working as an assistant stage manager. One of his earliest professional stage performances was in 1935 as Captain Randall in Ian Hay's "The Middle Watch" at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing. By the end of the summer of 1936, Cushing accepted a job with the repertory theatre company Southampton Rep, working as assistant stage manager and performing in bit roles at the Grand Theatre in the Hampshire city.
Peter Cushing | Early career
Suter was born in London, and educated at Colet Court, St Paul's School, and New College, Oxford, where he read Human Sciences. He began acting while studying in school at the age of eleven. He signed his first professional acting contract after playing in his school final play. His theatre roles included Patsy in "The Winterting" by Oxford Playhouse, Subtle in "The Alchemist" by Arcola Theatre, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet by Southwark Playhouse.
Leo Suter | Biography
Francesco Scianna began his acting career in theater, debuting in 1997 with the recital of poems by Salvatore Quasimodo, "CEI". Later he participated in many other works and graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art Silvio D'Amico. He debuted in the movie "Il più bel giorno della mia vita" (2002), directed by Cristina Comencini, followed by "[[L'odore del sangue]," (2004), directed by Mario Martone. In 2007, he acted in the movie "[[L'uomo di vetro]]." After these films he performed on television, in "[[La luna e il lago]]" and "[[Il Capo dei Capi]]."
Francesco Scianna | Early education and career
Along with Bologna, in 1827 he re-appeared briefly at Sadler's Wells where he gave some acting instruction to the mime artist William Payne, the future father of the Payne Brothers. He also started working for Richard Brinsley Peake, namesake of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who was the dramaturge at the English Opera House. Peake hired Grimaldi to star in "Monkey Island" alongside his son JS. However, Grimaldi's health deteriorated further and he was forced to quit before the show opened; his scene was cut. The early end to his career, worries about money, and the uncertainty over his son's future made him increasingly depressed.
Joseph Grimaldi | Last years and death
By the age of six, Grimaldi was considered a prominent stage performer by the press, with one critic from the "Gazetteer" commenting that "the infant son of Grimaldi performs in an astonishing manner". One evening, Grimaldi was playing the part of a monkey and was led onto the stage by his father, who had attached a chain to Grimaldi's waist. Giuseppe swung his young son around his head "with the utmost velocity", when the chain snapped, causing young Grimaldi to land in the orchestra pit. From 1789 Grimaldi would appear alongside his siblings in an act entitled "The Three Young Grimaldis".
Joseph Grimaldi | Early years at Sadler's Wells and Drury Lane
His doctors diagnosed the 42-year-old performer as suffering from "premature old age". JS took over his father's role and completed the remainder of the show's run. Now acting as his father's official understudy, Grimaldi fulfilled many of his father's theatrical engagements, including a revival of "Harlequin and Friar Bacon" 1821 and "Harlequin and Mother Bunch; or, the Yellow Dwarf", both in 1821. Grimaldi made a career of emulating his father's act and received favourable notices as a clown, but his success was constantly overshadowed by that of his father. As his career blossomed, he was increasingly and unfavourably compared with his more famous father in terms of personality and acting ability.
J. S. Grimaldi | Adolescence
Grimaldi was born in Melrose Park, Illinois. He is a graduate of Proviso East High School. He studied dance at the Stone-Camryn School and Gail Larry School, Ronn Forella, Luigi and with John Aristides, and Jack Cole. Under the tutelage of Eugenie Leontovich, Dr. John Reich, and Dr. Charles McGaw, he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting on scholarship from Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University), and also studied at Indiana University. As an actor and dancer, he co-starred in "A Flea in Her Ear", "Caesar and Cleopatra", "The Sound of Music", "Funny Girl", "A Song for Cyrano" (Cyrano), and "Follies".
Dennis Grimaldi | Early life and education
He attended Xaverian College in Rusholme, Manchester. He first started acting in school plays and with local am dram theatre groups.
Peter Ash | Early life
In 1818 his father took over the running of Sadler's Wells and offered Grimaldi the role of Clown in "The Fates; or, Harlequin's Holy Day", opposite his parents and the comedian Jack Bologna. Grimaldi and his father also toured together. After a few productions in 1819, Sadler's Wells Theatre was sold, and Grimaldi toured Ireland with his father in 1820. That September, he appeared in a version of "Aladdin", followed by the Christmas pantomime "Harlequin and Friar Bacon" in which he played Friar Bacon. Both were staged at Covent Garden theatre, with the pantomime being particularly successful. In May 1821, Joseph Grimaldi collapsed on stage from exhaustion during a performance of "Undine; or, the Spirit of the Waters".
J. S. Grimaldi | Adolescence
Gianni Capaldi is a Scottish film and television actor as well as a film and television producer.
Gianni Capaldi | Introduction
At age 16, O'Connell left Saint Benedict Catholic School with two GCSEs in drama and English. He later reflected on his "brutal" experience at Saint Benedict: "What I learnt aside from anything academic at school was probably very valuable lessons in terms of how to lie, how to play the game, how to play authority against itself." He took an interest in acting during the compulsory drama classes, and from age 13 he attended the free Television Workshop in Nottingham, where he trained in drama twice a week. He began attending auditions in London, where he sometimes slept outside because he was unable to afford a hotel.
Jack O'Connell (actor) | Early life
From the age of two, Grimaldi was taught to act the characters in the harlequinade by his father. Although he and his younger brother John Baptiste both displayed acting talent, Joseph was groomed for the London stage. He made his stage debut at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in late 1780, when Giuseppe took him on stage for his "first bow and first tumble". On 16 April 1781, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the manager of Drury Lane, cast both Giuseppe and Grimaldi in the pantomime "The Wizard of the Silver Rocks; or, Harlequin's Release". Sheridan employed dozens of children, including Grimaldi, as extras at Drury Lane.
Joseph Grimaldi | Early years at Sadler's Wells and Drury Lane
In 1976, he enrolled at the Agnita High School, which later became the Agro-Industrial High School. The same year, he gave up handball and began a more formal study of guitar music, using the Maria Boeru textbook as his guide. He debuted as an amateur actor in 1977, with a school theater performance at the Agnita House of Culture.
Ioan Gyuri Pascu | Early life
Dinsdale trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1977 until 1980. After initially working in theatre in Exeter, Nottingham, Birmingham and at the Edinburgh Festival, Dinsdale got his first TV role in the Granada thriller "Knife Edge" in 1981. He followed this up by appearing in "Out On the Floor" a single drama for the BBC in 1982. This led to him being cast as Albert in "Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime" series for ITV in 1982. More theatre followed with "Beethoven's Tenth" with Peter Ustinov at the Vaudeville Theatre, London and the highly acclaimed "Red Saturday" at the Royal Court.
Reece Dinsdale | Acting career
Upon graduating from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru as a lawyer, he worked at many law firms in Lima. After a year in his last law firm, he quit in order to pursue a career in acting. Subsequently, he enrolled in Alberto Isola's professional actors workshop, later starting a career in the theater, which has included works such as Presas de Salón, Ojos Bonitos, Ugly Paintings, Hamlet, El Gran Teatro del Mundo and King Lear, after which he traveled to Colombia to continue his career. In 1999, with Angie Cepeda, he starred in the film "Captain Pantoja and the Special Services", directed by Francisco J.
Salvador del Solar | Acting career
Born in Kildare, Hickey began his career in 1963 at Deirdre O'Connell's Stanislavski Studio in Dublin where he trained in Stanislavski's system of acting. He has said that he sees his choice of profession as a "vocation", having decided to become an actor when he was five or six years old.
Tom Hickey (actor) | Early life
LaPaglia first began his venture into dramatic art in his late teens, when he enrolled in an acting course at the South Australian Castings Agency (SA Castings) in Adelaide. The two-and-half-year course was to be supplemented with a further three months, which would have included a "boot camp" and a trial listing with SA Castings. After completing one-and-a-half years of the course, LaPaglia left Adelaide for Los Angeles.
Anthony LaPaglia | Early life
Carnaghi was born on May 13, 1938 in Villa Adelina. He studied acting in the school of the Teatro Municipal de San Isidro and the National School of Drama, where he graduated in 1966. He began his professional career as a stage actor in the Teatro General San Martin. His stage roles have included major roles in several plays of William Shakespeare, including "King Lear" and "The Merchant of Venice". Roberto Carnaghi got his start in advertising at the James Walter Thompson advertising agency. He was initially rejected, as his face was not up to standards, but he was eventually hired, and worked in nearly 100 advertisements, promoting brands such as Ford and Citroen.
Roberto Carnaghi | Biography
McArdle was born in Glasgow, growing up in the city's Darnley neighbourhood and attending St Ninian's High School, Giffnock. As a child he attended PACE Theatre Company (a renowned company) in nearby Paisley. Having worked as a child actor in films, at 17 he made the decision to travel by bus to London to train as a professional without informing his parents; he was accepted to RADA after initially fluffing his audition lines but managing to return and impress the selectors. He left the course towards its end in 2010, and in the same year he appeared in "Macbeth" at The Globe and starred in the summer smash hit "Spur of the Moment" by Anya Reiss at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
James McArdle | Early life
He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz majoring in economics for three weeks, before finding his passion with the theatre arts/film program. He minored in English literature. His first show business endeavour was as an assistant in feature film publicity at MGM Studios, which led to him meeting many executives. For his first script, he partnered with college friend, Andrew Cosby, and sold a spec to New Line Cinema.
Jaime Paglia | Life and career
He entered the acting profession via New York City theater in the late 1970s after studying at the New York Academy of Theatrical Arts and the Actors Studio, financially maintaining himself by working as a bartender. In 1977 he made his stage debut in a production of "Rebel Without a Cause". He also performed in productions of "The Rainmaker", and "Death of a Salesman". Later in his career he performed at London's South Bank theater in "A Streetcar Named Desire" in 2002.
Robert Pastorelli | Theater career
Though the two theatres staged similar productions, they appealed to different audiences: Drury Lane to the wealthy classes of society and Sadler's Wells to the boisterous working class. Although Grimaldi's stage career was flourishing, Giuseppe enrolled him at Mr Ford's Academy, a boarding school in Putney, which educated the children of theatrical performers. Although Grimaldi struggled with reading and writing, he showed a talent for art, as evidenced by some of his drawings that survive in the Harvard Theatre Collection. Their success on the London stage allowed the Grimaldis to enjoy an affluent lifestyle in contrast to other working-class families living in Clare Market and Holborn.
Joseph Grimaldi | Early years at Sadler's Wells and Drury Lane
Jones was born in London, the younger brother of actress Gemma Jones. They are the children of actor Griffith Jones (1909–2007) and Robin Isaac. He was educated at Westminster School. Jones's acting career started in 1965, when he became a stage manager at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool. He made the scenery, set the lights and ran the shows. After taking on various small acting roles, Terry Hands, the theatre director, suggested he should be doing more acting, so he auditioned for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He arrived a day late, due to travelling from Liverpool in a 1946 Triumph Roadster and, for the first and only time, used his father's name to get to see the principal.
Nicholas Jones (actor) | Early life
Born in La Maddalena, Pierfederici graduated in law and then he enrolled at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts. He started his acting career in 1943 and was mainly active on stage, getting his first personal critical success with his performance in Luchino Visconti's "I parenti terribili". One of the favorite actors of Visconti, he also worked on stage with Giorgio Strehler and Orazio Costa, among others.
Antonio Pierfederici | Life and career
There, he enrolled in theatre classes and performed in high school productions of "Godspell" and "Pippin". McCormack recalls that after performing in "Godspell", his feelings toward becoming an actor solidified and he decided to pursue a career in acting. "I remember after the first performance of that... I knew where to fit in. That was the beginning of my life as an actor. It changed me in that the concept of any other options disappeared. From that moment there was no question. I knew exactly what I was going to do. I'm lucky that way." McCormack graduated from high school in 1982 and then enrolled at Ryerson University School of Theatre in Toronto to further improve his acting.
Eric McCormack | Early life
Di Loreto attempted to break into Hollywood in the mid-80's as an actor. He moved to production in the early '90s.
Dante Di Loreto | Start in acting
After suffering several concussions while playing soccer, he gave up the sport and became interested in writing and theater. Sarsgaard attended Fairfield College Preparatory School, a private Jesuit boys' school in Connecticut, where he became interested in film. Following his graduation from Fairfield Prep in 1989, he attended Bard College in New York for two years before transferring to Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) in 1991, where he co-founded an improvisational comedy troupe "Mama's Pot Roast." While at WUSTL, Sarsgaard began performing in plays in an offshoot of New York's Actors Studio; His first role was as the servant Laurent in Molière's "Tartuffe".
Peter Sarsgaard | Early life
At the age of 19, he was inspired to enter the acting profession by such television dramas as "Boys from the Blackstuff". Eccleston completed a two-year Performance Foundation Course at Salford Tech before going on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama. As an actor, he was influenced in his early years by Ken Loach's "Kes" and Albert Finney's performance in "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning", but he soon found himself performing the classics, including the works of Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Molière. At the age of 25, Eccleston made his professional stage debut in the Bristol Old Vic's production of "A Streetcar Named Desire".
Christopher Eccleston | Early life
Simon began his career studying acting at the Phillips Exeter Academy. He attended Williams College in Williamstown, MA. Simon subsequently became a member of the professional repertory theater company at Purdue University, and also spent a season at the Barn Theater in Michigan
Peter Simon (actor) | Early career
Sullivan soon began to play leading roles, in 1844 he took the part of Antonio supporting Helena Faucit in "The Merchant of Venice" and was Petruchio to her Katharina in "The Taming of the Shrew". Sullivan then went to Glasgow where he met and acted with Gustavus Vaughan Brooke; during the next seven years had engagements throughout the provinces in Scotland and England. James Roland MacLaren learnt acting through being an understudy to him in the North of England. Sullivan's reputation was growing, and on 7 February 1852 he made a successful first appearance at the Haymarket Theatre, London, as Hamlet.
Barry Sullivan (stage actor) | Early acting career
Indeed, he almost became an actor, even taking a small role in Peter Ustinov's play "House of Regrets" at the Unity Theatre in St Pancras, at the age of 17. But his interest in art proved a stronger draw and he began studying in London, first at St Martin's School of Art from 1948 to 1952, and at the Royal College of Art from 1952 to 1955. Yet, perhaps the clearest influence on his art training came from a series of additional art classes he took at London's Borough Polytechnic, where he and fellow St Martin's student Leon Kossoff were taught by David Bomberg from 1947 until 1953.
Frank Auerbach | Life and career
Caplat was born in Herne Bay, Kent, the only child of Armand Charles Victor Roger Caplat, a French-born architect, and his wife, Norah Bessie, "née" Hingston. He was educated locally. When he was fifteen he saw a touring production of "Twelfth Night" by the Ben Greet company which made him stage-struck, and in 1933 he was accepted as a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. After graduation from the academy, Caplat acted in repertory companies at Margate and Croydon and toured with Matheson Lang. He appeared in a couple of films and acted in Stephen Spender's first play, "Trial of a Judge", at the Unity Theatre, London.
Moran Caplat | Early years
McFadden was born in Maida Vale, London, on 20 March 1959. He left school in 1975, and had short stints in jobs including labouring, carrot picking, plumbing and working at a builder's merchant. After attending university, McFadden decided that he wanted to become an actor and was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1984, eventually graduating in 1987.
Steve McFadden | Early life
On 6 August 1964, Stephens opened at the New Arts Theatre in the London premiere of Alan Ayckbourn's play "Mr Whatnot", portraying Herbert the Butler, amongst a cast which included Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Stevens and Judy Cornwell. He did find time to play two characters on television that year, Mr Dawson in "My Late Dear Husband", an episode in the popular Scottish series "Dr Finlay's Casebook", and Mr Jinkins in the BBC's 13 part serial "Martin Chuzzlewit", adapted from Charles Dickens' novel.
Peter Stephens (actor) | Returning to acting
Jorge de Juan was born into a very artistic family in Cartagena, Spain, in 1961. At the age of 17 he decided to be an actor and entered the Royal School of Dramatic Art of Madrid in 1978, graduating three years later. In 1979 he made his full debut, when he was still at the school, in "Five hours with Mario", directed by Josefina Molina in the Theatre Marquina, Madrid. Then Miguel Narros cast him in "Macbeth" at the Teatro Español de Madrid. In 1981 Jorge de Juan moved to London where he studied direction and production at the British Theatre Association.
Jorge de Juan | Early life and education
Carlisle was born in London and named John Roxburgh Clark. He decided in his early teens that he wanted to become an actor. He started acting in amateur productions until he was called up for National Service. Upon his release he worked odd jobs, determined to finance an acting course at RADA. Eventually he found himself with enough money, only to discover all his hard work had been unnecessary, for he had been entitled to a council grant all along. On completion of his training at RADA, Carlisle joined Harrogate Repertory and subsequently appeared in repertory all over the country, including at Ipswich, Birmingham and Liverpool.
John Carlisle (actor) | Early life
After his first degree at the University of York, where he was one of the initial intake of 150 undergraduates, he did research at Peterhouse, Cambridge, into the maintenance of public order in England during the French Revolution. At this point he had to make a career decision, having been a prominent member of the National Youth Theatre as an actor during his time at university. He played the part of Enobarbus (cf Rob Wilton's Theatricalia programme) in a celebrated production of 'Anthony and Cleopatra', with Helen Mirren as Cleopatra, and as a result was offered professional roles. However, he decided to stay in academia and refused the chance to become an actor though he kept his association with the National Youth Theatre during summer stints as an associate director, including 'Julius Caesar' which played in Germany in 1968.
Clive Emsley | Biography
In 2002, he would officially begin his acting career with various roles in cinema films such as "Anatomy 2" and in Marco Kreuzpaintner films, including the 2004 "Summer Storm" and "Krabat" in 2008. He later moved to Austria. to study acting until 2007 at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, where he would play roles in various theatrical productions directed by Klaus Maria Brandauer.
Hanno Koffler | Life and career
Before turning entirely to acting, he held various jobs as an electrician of a business video games, cadet, waiter and finally in advertising as a model.
Rodrigo Guirao | Beginnings
Ryan was born Christopher Papazoglou in Bayswater, London to an English mother and a Greek father. He trained at East 15 Acting School from 1968 to 1971, then began his professional acting career with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre in 1971.
Christopher Ryan | Early life
Born in Ravenna, Ravaioli obtained a diploma of teaching in his hometown, and he started working as a primary school teacher. Later, driven by his passion for cinema, he moved to Rome where he first attended the drama school held by Peter Scharoff, soon obtaining his first film roles, and then enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1957. Ravaioli appeared in dozens of films until his retirement in the 1980s, mainly of adventure and peplum genre.
Isarco Ravaioli | Life and career
His popularity in London led to a demand for him to appear in provincial theatres throughout England, where he commanded large fees.
Joseph Grimaldi | Introduction
He was born into a working-class family in Tottenham, North London. After he left school at 16 he first became a journalist with an American News Agency on Fleet Street. He then served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and was stationed in Gibraltar where he joined a theatre group. Upon his return to the UK he found work as an actor with the West Riding Theatre Company. He then made his West End debut and as an actor on stage he appeared in the original London production of "Fiddler on the Roof" playing the Rabbi.
Terence Soall | Early life
He was born in Prestwich, Lancashire, the youngest son of actors Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson. He made his stage debut at age three in "Julius Caesar" at the Old Vic. After a brief naval career he enrolled at the Central School of Dramatic Art at the Royal Albert Hall. He began his professional career in 1930. He toured Egypt, Palestine, Australia and New Zealand during the 1930s. In 1938 he joined the Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir company at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. He married the Irish stage designer and artist Kay O'Connell in 1941, with Mac Liammóir as his best man.
Christopher Casson | Life and work
Born in Rome, Silvano Tranquilli attended theater lessons at the Sharoff Academy, and started his stage activity with the theatrical companies of Salvo Randone and Vittorio Gassman. In 1959 he made his television debut, and later acted in more than 100 television productions, achieving his main success with the TV-series "I ragazzi di padre Tobia". In the early 1960s he also started a prolific film career as character actor. He died in Rome, at 71, shortly after his theatrical comeback with the company Stabile del Giallo.
Silvano Tranquilli | Life and career
After completing his leaving cert O'Brien started a building apprenticeship. Upon being accepted to the Abbey School of acting in the mid-1960s however, he took a year out of his apprenticeship to try a career as an actor, and never went back to the construction industry. In his career as an Abbey actor he took part in 130 theatre productions, including 27 world premiers. His first part was in the play "Galileo" in 1965. His last Abbey performance was appearing as Tom Mooney in Drama at Inis-"Is Life Worth Living" (2005). Niall toured internationally with the Abbey in Europe, Russia and much of the US.
Niall O'Brien (actor) | Career
Todd started his acting career when in school, with parts on television programmes such as "Halen yn y Gwaed" ("Salt in the Blood"), "Pam Fi, Duw?" ("Why Me, God?") and a small part in "Pobol y Cwm". From 1997 to 2000 he attended the University of Wales in Cardiff, where he pursued a double major in History and English Literature. Although acting was always a passion, he said, he was aware of the difficulty that some actors have in finding work, so he determined to complete his degree as a backup plan. During his final year at university he played a role in "Y Palmant Aur".
Geraint Todd | Career
Born in Besana in Brianza, Crippa started to act at young age in an amateur dramatics with her father and brothers. At 17 years old, at exams to attend the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, the director Giorgio Strehler was impressed by her acting skills and gave her a role in his adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's "Il campiello" (1975). From then, Crippa started a busy career in theater, working among others with Giancarlo Cobelli, Luca Ronconi and her husband Peter Stein. She is also active in TV-series and in films.
Maddalena Crippa | Life and career
Born in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, he had an early ambition to design cars but when he realised that the employment opportunities in that field were limited he decided to become an actor after his Highers and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He then joined a theatre company in Richmond, toured abroad and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Tony Osoba | Early life
Mestre was born in Esplugues de Llobregat and graduated from the Institut del Teatre ('Theatre Institute' of Barcelona). He obtained a master's degree at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London.
Jordi Mestre | Early life
As early as in elementary school Pasetti aspired to become an actor. Although Pasetti's parents asked their son to consider other careers, in case his plan to become an actor failed, Pasetti insisted on pursuing acting without compromise. Therefore, after graduating from high school, Pasetti went on to study drama at the public University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Pasetti's first appearance on the screen came in 2015, when he was cast for the feature film Solness, alongside Thomas Sarbacher and André Hennicke. In the years that followed he played various roles in German TV shows and movies such as Rico, Oscar und der Diebstahlstein and Lenin, die Deutschen und der Zarenmord.
Nicolo Pasetti | Early life and career
The show was a disaster and closed after one night. Grimaldi was booed off the stage after an impromptu joke (eating a prop mouse) upset the audience and caused two female audience members to fight in the auditorium. The audience was also angry at Grimaldi's weak performance; later he felt that this marked the beginning of his career's decline. Dibdin left Sadler's Wells that year; his fortunes changed rapidly for the worse, and he spent time in a debtors' prison. Grimaldi's debut as a theatre proprietor was also a failure. Although Jack Bologna, Mary, JS and Bologna's wife Louisa were all cast in Grimaldi's only commissioned pantomime, "The Fates; or, Harlequin's Holy Day", he had underestimated the amount of work required to run a theatre, and the strain of management hastened the already rapid deterioration in his health.
Joseph Grimaldi | Later career
Oscar-winning director and actor Peter Capaldi attended St Matthew's Primary school. Sports people include Alastair Kellock, Scotland cap, lock and captain of Rugby Union side Glasgow Warriors in the Celtic League who attended Bishopbriggs High School. Birmingham City F.C. and Scotland striker James McFadden attended Turnbull High School as did former Celtic and Partick Thistle striker Gerry Britton, previously manager of Stranraer F.C. and now assistant manager of Partick Thistle.
Bishopbriggs | Noted residents
Cleall's father was a draughtsman. He was educated at Brighton College and trained as an actor at East 15 Acting School.
Peter Cleall | Early life
MacCorkindale started his acting career in theatre, touring the United Kingdom with a repertory theatre group. His first professional stage performance was in a 1973 run of "A Bequest to the Nation" at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. He made his West End theatre debut in a production of "Pygmalion" in 1974, appearing alongside Alec McCowen and Diana Rigg in the role of "Sarcastic Bystander". In 1973, the series "Hawkeye, The Pathfinder" had given MacCorkindale his first TV credit. He went on to appear in a number of other TV series, including "Within These Walls", "Sutherland's Law", "I, Claudius" (as Lucius Caesar) and "Jesus of Nazareth".
Simon MacCorkindale | Early work (1973–79)
Son of a German mother and Italian father he began to study acting and directing in his hometown when he was a teenager during a workshop with Susan Strasberg. At 18 years old he moved to New York City to study in deep the work of the realistic school of acting. First he started as an intern at the Actors Studio, auditing and observing the sessions for one year and eventually becoming a student of Salem Ludwig at the HB studio. In 2001 he met John Strasberg, son of Lee Strasberg, with whom he has been studying and collaborating as a coordinator for his workshops in Italy and lately also in Berlin.
Giovanni Morassutti | Life and career
David Simeon began his acting career after being accepted into RADA, the Rose Bruford College and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Ultimately he chose the latter and completed his training in 1964. After years working in Wiltshire rep and Birmingham rep, Simeon began working extensively in theatre and television from the late 1960s. His first television role was as a murderer in "Sexton Blake", which Simeon puts down to his honest face being the reason for his casting. From this point he moved to London and continued working in theatre in between television roles, which by the early 1970s were becoming plentiful.
David Simeon | Career
Grimaldi was born on 14 August 1955 in Sassari on the island of Sardinia in Italy. After receiving his Laurea in law in 1981, he moved to Rome and attended the Gaumont School of Cinema, founded by producer Renzo Rossellini. He later taught music history at the Accademia di Belle Arti () in Sassari and film direction at the Scuola Golden in Turin.
Antonello Grimaldi | Biography
Cushing eventually applied for a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. His first audition was before the actor Allan Aynesworth, who was so unimpressed with Cushing's manner of speech that he rejected him outright and insisted he not return until he improved his diction. Cushing continued to persistently pursue a scholarship, writing exactly twenty-one letters to the school, until actor and theatre manager Bill Fraser finally agreed to meet Cushing in 1935 simply so he could ask him in person to stop writing. During that meeting, Cushing was given a walk-on part as a courier in that night's production of J.B.
Peter Cushing | Early career
He then trained as an actor on the postgraduate course at East 15 Acting School from 1982 to 1983.
Stephen Daldry | Early years
Tierney's father, Ernest, was a boilermaker and trained draughtsman, from Warrington, who worked at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. His mother, Agnes, née Kennedy, worked in the cotton mills. He attended St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Failsworth and studied design at the Manchester School of Art. While working as a textile designer and printmaker, he became involved in amateur dramatics at the Little Theatre, in Bolton, which had been set up by John Wardle, father of the drama critic Irving Wardle, whose wife, Norma, became a mentor to Tierney. As a result, he began a scholarship with the Rose Bruford Training College of Speech and Drama, in Sidcup, Kent, in 1958 and landed his first acting job in 1962.
Malcolm Tierney | Early life
The shares in Sadler's Wells were sold, with Grimaldi's going to Daniel Egerton. Egerton wanted to keep Grimaldi on the payroll but proposed loaning him to other theatres. Grimaldi refused a contract on these terms and instead appeared alongside JS in a few engagements in Ireland. During the Easter season of 1820, Grimaldi appeared at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in "Harlequin and Cinderella; or, the Little Glass Slipper". Grimaldi played the wife of the lead character Baron Pomposini; the role was probably an early example of a pantomime dame. In the latter months of 1820, Grimaldi's health worsened, and he suffered frequent emotional breakdowns, gastric spasms, breathlessness and severe rheumatoid pain.
Joseph Grimaldi | Later career
Delli began doing theater at the same time of studying administration in the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. But later he decided to leave the university and began to form as an actor in the National Theater Workshop at the Rajatabla Foundation, and later graduated with a degree in Social Communication at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Antonio Delli | Biography
Born in Norwich, Norfolk, Hanley began his career as a child actor before becoming popular in juvenile roles. He was groomed by the Rank Studio system during his teenage years and earned film stardom as a "boy-next-door" type. The young actor attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and whilst he was studying there, made his stage debut at age 12 at the London Palladium, as John Darling in "Peter Pan". He began to make films in his teens. During the Second World War he served as an officer with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and in a commando raid in Norway he was wounded in the leg and was invalided out of the service.
Jimmy Hanley | Biography
He began his acting career in the theater in Andorra training as part of the company "Somhiteatre" and he traveled through Catalonia with a number of plays like "The Shawl" (David Mamet), "A Respectable Wedding" (Bertold Brecht), or "Farses Medievals". He later moved to Barcelona to continue with acting studies in the Col.legi of Theatre and the Institut del Teatre. He makes his film debut film in 2000 playing the lead in Agusti Villaronga's " The Sea". Among his subsequent films are: "Salvajes" directed by Carlos Miller, 2001)," Warriors" (Daniel Calparsoro, 2001), " Nubes de verano" (Felipe Vega, 2004)," Pan's Labyrinth" (Guillermo del Toro, 2006) and" Pa negre" (Agusti Villaronga, 2010) for which he won the Gaudi Award as best supporting actor.
Roger Casamajor | Life
Hazeldine was born the son of a dustman in Salford, Lancashire, where he grew up on a council estate. As a child, he became obsessed with the films of director Elia Kazan. When, aged 11, he found out that Kazan had started his career as an actor and stage manager, he decided to do the same. Following the death of his mother, he left school when he was 15. He was accepted as a student assistant stage manager at Salford Repertory where he soon started taking on small acting roles. Seasons at Liverpool Playhouse, Newcastle Playhouse and Manchester Library Theatre followed.
James Hazeldine | Early life