Jonathan Pryce

Actor
Producer
Soundtrack

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Jonathan Pryce was born on 1 June 1947 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Two Popes (2019), Brazil (1985) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). He has been married to Kate Fahy since April 2015. They have three children.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 41 nominations total

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Known for

The Two Popes

7.6

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio
Pope Francis

2019

Brazil

7.8

Sam Lowry

1985

Tomorrow Never Dies

6.5

Elliot Carver

1997

The Wife

7.2

Joe Castleman

2017

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Actor

Wolf Hall
8.2
TV Mini Series
- Cardinal Wolsey
- 2015–2024
Slow Horses
8.3
TV Series
- David Cartwright
- 2022–2024
The Penguin Lessons
7.1
- Headmaster Buckle
- 2024
William Tell
5.7
- Attinghausen
- 2024
3 Body Problem
7.5
TV Series
- Mike Evans
- 2024
The Crown
8.6
TV Series
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- 2022–2023
One Life
7.5
- Martin Blake
- 2023
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
6.2
- Jacob Marley (voice)
- 2022
Documentary Now!
8.1
TV Series
- Owen Teale-Griffith
- 2022
All the Old Knives
6.1
- Bill Compton
- 2022
Save the Cinema
6.5
- Mr Morgan
- 2022
Stories of You and I
7.8
Short
- Narrator
- 2021
Tales from the Loop
7.4
TV Series
- Russ
- 2020
Gone Hollywood
3.8
TV Movie
- Benny Landau
- 2019
Piney: The Lonesome Pine
7.1
Short
- Grandpa Sid (voice)
- 2019

Producer

Soundtrack

De-Lovely
6.6
- performer: "Blow, Gabriel, Blow"
- 2004
Unconditional Love
6.7
- performer: "Hitchcock Railway", "Beneath a Blanket of Stars", "Always on My Mind", "All the Way", "For the Good Times", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "(They Long to Be) Close to You", "I Only Want to Be with You", "Over the Rainbow", "Can't Smile Without You"
- 2002
Evita
6.3
- performer: "Charity Concert", "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You", "Hello and Goodbye", "A New Argentina", "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada 1", "Rainbow Tour", "She Is a Diamond", "Your Little Body's Slowly Breaking Down" (uncredited)
- 1996
The 45th Annual Tony Awards
7.2
TV Special
- performer: "The American Dream"
- 1991

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Why Imelda Staunton Reminds Lesley Manville of the Real Queen Elizabeth II

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Jonathan Pryce Reveals the Real Rivalry on the Set of 'The Two Popes'

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Jonathan Pryce Reveals the Real Rivalry on the Set of 'The Two Popes'

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

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Alternative names
- Jonathon Price
Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- June 1, 1947
- Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK
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Children
Parents
Other works
TV commercials for Infiniti automobiles (1994-)
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Trivia
He won a 1980 Laurence Olivier Award for 'Best Actor in a Revival' for his depiction of Hamlet, a performance made famous by his also playing the role of Hamlet's father's ghost as a regurgitated voice.