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Sidney Kean

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Sidney John Kean was born on October 1 1950 in London, UK.

Sidney's career has spanned over five decades and has included extensive work in the theatre, most recently in the acclaimed productions of Girl From The North Country at The Gielgud Theatre, London directed by Conor Mcpherson, and The Berberian Sound Studio at The Donmar Warehouse, London directed by Tom Scutt, cinema, television and radio. Naturally, he is equally at home in all these different fields. He is especially gifted at picking up accents and dialects from around this country and the rest of the world and making them sound natural and native.

It was in the Reps and National Tours that he learn't the art of "deliberately staying there, watching and listening to other performers". It is often said that the best Actors are the ones that listen... Sidney is a past master at this art.

He has superb comic timing as well as magnetic stage presence. He is also a breeze to work with!

Sidney has numerous credits to his CV, has been performing professionally all his life and has excelled at theatrical roles as diverse as Agatha Christie to Shakespeare, lighthearted comedy to dark tragedy, experimental performance art to pantomime, musical Theatre to farce, serious television and film drama to Children's Theatre.

His work has led to him travelling extensively nationally and globally and has worked with perhaps some of the finest Actors and Directors of his generation including Rod Steiger and Sir Lawrence Olivier.
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Martin Clunes, Sidney Kean, and Lia Williams in Doc Martin (2004)
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Post Performance Girl From The North Country @ Gielgud Theatre London, unexpected audience member cast joined by Tim Robbins are Ganly Ferdie Colin , Simon, David, Alan,  and Steffan
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Birberian Sound Studio, Donmar, 2019 Directed by Tom Scutt
Touch of Frost with David Jason
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Known for

John Simm and Richie Campbell in Grace (2021)
Grace
7.3
TV Series
  • Mr. Seiler
Grantchester (2014)
Grantchester
7.9
TV Series
  • Bill Connor
Dying Light 2: Stay Human (2022)
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
7.7
Video Game
  • Alberto(voice)
  • 2022
Lifeforce (1985)
Lifeforce
6.1
  • Brash Guard
  • 1985

Credits

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  • Forever Now
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  • Sidney Kean and Kyle Brookes in Chapel of Rest (2022)
    Chapel of Rest
  • Dying Light 2: Stay Human (2022)
    Dying Light 2: Stay Human
    • (voice)
  • Grantchester (2014)
    Grantchester
  • Sophia Myles in All That Glitters (2021)
    All That Glitters
  • John Simm and Richie Campbell in Grace (2021)
    Grace
  • Sascha Cooper and Alice Crouch in Quarantine Kids Storytime (2020)
    Quarantine Kids Storytime
    • (voice)
  • Let Me Buy You a Drink (2019)
    Let Me Buy You a Drink
  • Beth Park in The Village in the Woods (2019)
    The Village in the Woods
  • AG. Longhurst, Robert Putt, Neill Phillips, Darren S. Cook, and James Osborne in Lucas and Albert (2019)
    Lucas and Albert
  • The Guard of Auschwitz (2018)
    The Guard of Auschwitz
  • The Soft Parade (2018)
    The Soft Parade
  • Crêpes (2018)
    Crêpes
  • Sidney Kean and Laura Edwards in Fallen (2018)
    Fallen
  • Alexa Jago, Sidney Kean, and Lionel Podarski in Tergiversation (2017)
    Tergiversation
  • Emilia Fox in Silent Witness (1996)
    Silent Witness

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Grantchester
Demo Reel 1:12
Grantchester
Dillips Castle
Demo Reel 19:00
Dillips Castle
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:41
Official Trailer
Broken Lines
Trailer 1:49
Broken Lines
Chapel of Rest Trailer
Trailer 0:36
Chapel of Rest Trailer

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    • October 1, 1950
    • London, England, UK
    • January 27, 1979 - present (3 children)

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    • His Jack Nicholson presence and Al Pacino like stare

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