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Jonathan Pryce |
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| 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. |
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# Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (2007) (filming) .... Governor Weatherby Swann
# Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) .... Governor Weatherby Swann
... aka P.O.T.C 2 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Rummty II (Philippines: English title: review title)
# The Moon and the Stars (2006) .... James Clavel/Scarpia
# Renaissance (2006) (voice) .... Paul Dellenbach
# The New World (2005) .... King James I
# Brothers of the Head (2005) .... Henry Couling
# The Brothers Grimm (2005) .... Delatombe
# De-Lovely (2004) .... Gabe
# Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) .... Governor Weatherby Swann
... aka P.O.T.C (USA: promotional abbreviation)
# What a Girl Wants (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) .... 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 and the Curse of Fatal Death (1999) (V) .... The 17th Master
... aka Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (UK: video box title)
# Ronin (1998) .... Seamus O'Rourke
# Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) .... Elliot Carver
# Regeneration (1997) .... Capt. William Rivers
... aka Behind the Lines (USA)
... aka Renaissance (Canada: French title)
# 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
# Shopping (1994) .... Conway
# 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) (mini) TV Series .... Mr. Wroe
# Great Moments in Aviation (1993) (TV) .... Duncan Stewart
... aka Shades of Fear (USA: video title)
# Deadly Advice (1993) .... Dr. Ted Philips
# Dark Blood (1993) .... Harry Fisher
# Thicker Than Water (1993) (TV) .... Sam
# Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) .... James Lingk
# 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) (mini) TV Series .... Gerd Heidemann
# The Man from the Pru (1990) (TV) .... William Wallace
# The Rachel Papers (1989) .... Norman
... aka The Rachel Papers (Philippines: English title)
# The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) .... The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
... aka Abenteuer des Baron von Münchhausen, Die (West Germany)
# "The Storyteller"
... 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"
- Everyone a Winner (1988) TV Episode .... Rev Richard Hopkins
# Man on Fire (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)
# 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 (1980) .... Ken
# The Day Christ Died (1980) (TV) .... Herod
# "Play for Today"
- Comedians (1979) TV Episode .... Gethin Price
- The Death of a Young, Young Man (1975) TV Episode
# For Tea on Sunday (1978) (TV)
... aka BBC2 Play of the Week: For Tea on Sunday (UK: series title)
# 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
# "BBC2 Playhouse"
- Play Things (1976) TV Episode
# Daft As a Brush (1975) (TV)
# "Doomwatch"
- Fire & Brimstone (1972) TV Episode .... Police Constable |
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