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Jonathan Pryce

Birth name: John Price

Birth date: 01.06.1947

Jonathan Pryce was born on June 1, 1947, in Holywell, Wales. His father, named Isaac Price, was a coal miner, who died in 1976. His mother, named Margaret Ellen (nee Williams), was a retail cashier. He left the home of his parents at age 16 to attend an art school, where he became interested in drama. At some point he changed the spelling of his last name from Price to Pryce. He studied acting on a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. After graduation from RADA, he joined the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and eventually became its Artistic Director. In the 1970s Pryce established himself on the London stage with appearances in 'The Taming of the Shrew', 'Hamlet', and 'Measure for Measure' among other plays. He won the 1977 Tony Award for his Broadway debut in 'Comedians', for which he also earned the 1977 Theatre World Award and the 1977 nomination for Drama Desk Outstanding Actor Award. Pryce earned his second Tony Award 15 years later for the role of "The Engineer", a half-Vietnamese/half French pimp in 'Miss Saigon'. Pryce created the role in the original London production and agreed to reprise the role on Broadway in a transplant of the same production. He gave a brilliant performance amidst the controversy and temporary cancellation of the play because of racially charged pressure from unionized actors against him playing an Asian character. In 1976 Pryce made his big screen debut in Voyage of the Damned (1976). But it wasn't until 1983 that he made a strong impression with his scary performance as a freaky manipulative Mr. Dark in Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Pryce shot to fame with Brazil (1985) and his best known role, Sam Lowry, a technocrat trying to correct an error caused by a bug and himself becomes entangled in psychopathic bureaucracy eventually becoming an enemy of the state. He also filled such strong and authoritative roles, as dictator Juan Peron opposite Madonna in _Evita (1996), then co-starred opposite Pierce Brosnan as Elliot Carver, the evil megalomaniac media mogul in the 18th Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Pryce's versatility and multifaceted talent rarely had a chance to take him beyond playing freaks and villains in film, an imposed forte which he, however, managed to overcome in his numerous stage performances and in a few film and TV works. He went on playing a range of characters marked with sophistication and depth, such as his subtle and nuanced portrayal of author Lytton Strachey in Carrington (1995), for which he won the Best Actor Award at Cannes, and also his performances in musicals 'My Fair Lady' and 'Oliver' to name just a few. Pryce made numerous works for television ranging from costume dramas to comedy, and from narrations to singing. In January of 2006, he replaced John Lithgow as Lawrence Jameson in the acclaimed musical version of 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'. He appeared as the timid Jamaican Governor Wetherby Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006). Jonathan Pryce enjoys a family life with his wife, Irish actress Kate Fahy. Pryce and Fahy also co-starred in the 2004 production of 'The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'. They have two sons and one daughter. Jonathan Pryce currently resides with his family in England.

Filmography

# "Clone" (unknown) .... Dr. Victor Blenkinsop (6 episodes, 2008) - Dude (2008) TV episode .... Dr. Victor Blenkinsop - The Ian Cam (2008) TV episode .... Dr. Victor Blenkinsop - Albert (2008) TV episode .... Dr. Victor Blenkinsop - Alive (2008) TV episode .... Dr. Victor Blenkinsop - The Librarian (2008) TV episode .... Dr. Victor Blenkinsop (1 more) # G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra (2009) .... U.S. President # Bedtime Stories movie buy and download page (2008) # The Gift (2008) .... Mueller # Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008) .... Field Marshall Robert Bingham # My Zinc Bed (2008) (TV) .... Victor Quinn # Leatherheads movie buy and download page (2008) .... C.C. Frazier ... aka Verlockendes Spiel, Ein (Germany) # Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End movie buy and download page movie buy and download page (2007) .... Governor Weatherby Swann ... aka P.O.T.C. 3 (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Pirates 3 (USA: informal short title) # Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End movie buy and download page movie buy and download page (2007) (VG) (voice) .... Governor Weatherby Swann # Baker Street Irregulars (2007) (TV) .... Sherlock Holmes ... aka Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (UK) # HR (2007) (TV) .... Peter # The Moon and the Stars (2007) .... James Clavel/Scarpia # Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest movie buy and download page (2006) .... Governor Weatherby Swann ... aka P.O.T.C. 2 (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Pirates 2 (USA: informal short title) # Renaissance (2006) (voice) .... Paul Dellenbach # The New World movie buy and download page (2005) .... King James # Brothers of the Head (2005) .... Henry Couling # The Brothers Grimm (2005) .... Delatombe # Untitled Bruckheimer/McCall Project (2005) (TV) # De-Lovely (2004) .... Gabe # Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl movie buy and download page (2003) .... Governor Weatherby Swann ... aka P.O.T.C. (USA: promotional abbreviation) # What a Girl Wants movie buy and download page (2003) .... Alistair Payne # Mad Dogs (2002) .... Supreme Being # Unconditional Love (2002) .... Victor Fox # Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (2002) (TV) .... Master Schoenmacker ... aka Confessions (USA: short title) ... aka Cruelle beauté (Canada: French title) # The Affair of the Necklace (2001) .... Cardinal Louis de Rohan # Victoria & Albert (2001) (TV) .... King Leopold I of Belgium # Bride of the Wind (2001) .... Gustav Mahler ... aka Windsbraut, Die (Austria) # Very Annie Mary (2001) (TV) .... Jack Pugh ... aka Annie-Mary à la folie! (France) # The Testimony of Taliesin Jones (2000) .... Tal's Dad ... aka Small Miracles (USA) ... aka Taliesin Jones (USA: new title) # The Suicide Club (2000) .... Bourne ... aka Game of Death (USA: MIFED title) ... aka Robert Louis Stevenson's The Game of Death (USA) ... aka Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club (USA: copyright title) ... aka The Death Club (USA: video title) # Stigmata (1999) .... Cardinal Daniel Houseman # Gioco, Il (1999) .... Mark ... aka Deceit (International: English title) # "The Union Game: A Rugby History" (1999) TV series (voice) .... Narrator # Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999) (TV) .... The Master ... aka Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (UK: video box title) # Ronin (1998) .... Seamus O'Rourke # "Into the Unknown" (1997) TV series .... Narrator (1997) # Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) .... Elliot Carver # Regeneration (1997) .... Capt. William Rivers ... aka Behind the Lines (USA) # David (1997) (TV) .... Saul ... aka Bibbia: David, La (Italy) ... aka Bibel - David, Die (Germany) # Evita (1996) .... Juan Perón # Carrington (1995) .... Lytton Strachey # A Troll in Central Park (1994) (voice) .... Alan ... aka Stanley's Magic Garden (International: English title) # Shopping (1994) .... Conway # Deadly Advice (1994) .... Dr. Ted Philips # A Business Affair (1994) .... Alec Bolton ... aka Astucias de mujer (Spain) ... aka D'une femme à l'autre (France) ... aka Liebe und andere Geschäfte (Germany) # The Age of Innocence (1993) .... Rivière # Barbarians at the Gate (1993) (TV) .... Henry Kravis # "Mr. Wroe's Virgins" (1993) TV mini-series .... Mr. Wroe # Dark Blood (1993) .... Harry Fisher # Thicker Than Water (1993) (TV) .... Sam # Great Moments in Aviation (1993) (TV) .... Duncan Stewart ... aka Shades of Fear (USA: video title) # Glengarry Glen Ross movie buy and download page (1992) .... James Lingk ... aka Glengarry Glen Ross movie buy and download page (Australia: DVD title) # Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992) (voice) .... Trilby ... aka Freddie the Frog # A Child's Garden of Verses (1992) .... Narrator & Father # "Selling Hitler" (1991) TV mini-series .... Gerd Heidemann (unknown episodes) # The Man from the Pru (1990) (TV) .... William Wallace # The Rachel Papers (1989) .... Norman # The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) .... The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson ... aka Abenteuer des Baron Münchhausen, Die (West Germany) # "The Storyteller" .... King (1 episode, 1988) ... aka Jim Henson's The Storyteller (USA: complete title) - The Three Ravens (1988) TV episode .... King # Consuming Passions (1988) .... Mr.Farris # "Tickets for the Titanic" .... Rev Richard Hopkins (1 episode, 1988) - Everyone a Winner (1988) TV episode .... Rev Richard Hopkins # Man on Fire movie buy and download page (1987) .... Michael ... aka Absinthe ... aka Uomo sotto tiro, Un (Italy) # Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) .... Jack # Haunted Honeymoon (1986) .... Charles # The Doctor and the Devils (1985) .... Robert Fallon # Brazil (1985) .... Sam Lowry # Martin Luther, Heretic (1983) (TV) .... Martin Luther # The Ploughman's Lunch (1983) .... James Penfield # Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) .... Mr. Dark # Murder Is Easy (1982) (TV) .... Mr. Ellsworthy ... aka Agatha Christie's 'Murder Is Easy' (USA: complete title) ... aka Agatha Christie's Murder Is Easy (UK: complete title) # Praying Mantis (1982) (TV) .... Christian Magny # "Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1981) TV series .... Roger Flower # Timon of Athens (1981) (TV) .... Timon ... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens (USA: video title) # Loophole (1981) .... Taylor ... aka Break In (USA: video title) # Breaking Glass movie buy and download page (1980) .... Ken # The Day Christ Died (1980) (TV) .... Herod # "Play for Today" .... Gethin Price / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1979) - Comedians (1979) TV episode .... Gethin Price - The Death of a Young, Young Man (1975) TV episode .... Tommy # "BBC2 Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1978) - For Tea on Sunday (1978) TV episode # Spasms (1977) (TV) .... Dave Finn # After the Boom Was Over (1977) (TV) .... Mr. Ambrose # Voyage of the Damned (1976) .... Joseph Manasse # "Bill Brand" (1976) TV series .... Jamie Finn (unknown episodes) # "BBC2 Playhouse" .... Playleader (1 episode, 1976) - Play Things (1976) TV episode .... Playleader # Daft As a Brush (1975) (TV) # "Doomwatch" .... Police Constable (1 episode, 1972) - Fire & Brimstone (1972) TV episode .... Police Constable