Other works

(1986) Played "Alan Turing" in Hugh Whitemore's play, "Breaking the Code", in both London and New York (both 1986), on UK tour (1992), as well as in the TV adaptation, Breaking the Code (1996).

(2000) Played the title role in the Roundabout Theatre's production of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya", with Roger Rees, Brian Murray & Laura Linney (Broadway April - June 2000) in his first Broadway performance since 1988's "Breaking the Code".

His credits at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre include: Prospero in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" (2002, also West End) and King Philip in Schiller's "Don Carlos" (2004, also West End).

He played a failed television writer named Martin Bannister and an alternative incarnation of the Doctor in the Big Finish "Doctor Who Unbound" audio drama Deadline.

(2003) Narrator for the unabridged audiobook version of "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" from the C.S. Lewis series The Chronicles of Narnia.

Played the father in "A Voyage Round My Father" by John Mortimer - Donamar Warehouse/ Wyndham's Theatre, London (2006).

Appeared in "The Hollow Crown" by John Barton - Australian tour (2002).

Played Humphrey Biddulph in "God Only Knows", a new play by Hugh Whitemore - UK tour (2000).

Played Byron in the "Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know" by Jane McCulloch - Ambassador's Theatre, London (1992).

Played the title role in "Becket" - Theatre Royal Haymarket, London (1991).

Played the title role in "Kean" by Jean-Paul Sartre - Old Vic Theatre, London (1990).

(1988) Played the title roles in William Shakespeare's "Richard II" and "Richard III", in repertoire - Pheonix Theatre, London (1988).

(1988) Directed Kenneth Branagh as William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" - UK tour (1988).

His Royal Shakespeare Company credits include: the title role in Ibsen's "Peer Gynt", Prospero in "The Tempest", the title role in Rostand's "Cyrano De Bergerac" (filmed as Cyrano de Bergerac (1985)), Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing" (all 1982), and the title role in "Macbeth" (1993).

(1980) Made his New York stage debut as "Senya" in Erdman's "The Suicide" - National Theatre and Academy (1980).

(1975) Played "Willy Mossop" in "Hobson's Choice", a play by Harold Brighouse - Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (1975).

Between 1972-9 he toured with the Prospect Theatre as Buckingham in "Richard III", Sir Andrew Aguecheek in "Twelfth Night", the title role in Chekhov's "Ivanov", and the title role in "Pericles", Cecil Vyse in "A Room with a View" based on the novel by 'EM Forster', the title role in "Hamlet", Octavius in "Anthony and Cleopatra", and Thomas Mendip in "The Lady's Not For Burning" by Christopher Fry.

Played Orestes in "Electra" - Greenwich Theatre, London (1971).

Was a member of the National Theatre Company at its foundation in 1963. His NT credits include: Laertes in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" (1963), Mr Worthy in Farquhar "The Recruiting Officer", Cassio in Shakespare's "Othello" (filmed as Othello (1965)), Felipillo in "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" a new play by Peter Schaffer, Simon in "Hayfever" by Noël Coward, Fedri in "Andora" by Max Frisch, Ragnar in Ibsen's "The Master Builder" (1964), Captain de Foenix in Pinero's "Trelawny of the Wells, "Armstrong's Last Goodnight", Tattle in Congreve's "Love for Love" (1965), Tusenbach in Chekhov's "Three Sisters", Touchstone in Shakespeare's "As You Like It", Moliere's "Tartuffe", Morton's "A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion" (1967), Adam in Shaw's "Back to Methuselah", Navarre in Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost", Coventry in Marlowe's "Edward II" (1968), Edward Hotel in "Macrune's Guevara" by John Spurling, Foigard in Farquhar's "The Beaux Stratagem" (1969), Lodovico in Webster's "The White Devil", Gratiano in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", Myshkin in "The Idiot" based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1970), Sir Charles Mountford in Heywood's "A Woman Killed With Kindness" (1971), and Lorenzo in "The Advertisement" by Natalia Ginzburg (1972).

His credits at the Chichester Festival Theatre (where he was artistic director from 1995-) include: Liversedge in "The Workinghouse Donkey", Brother Martin in Shaw's "Saint Joan" (1963), Don John in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" (1965, also London), Brindsley Miller in "Black Comedy" by Peter Schaffer (1966, also West End), Ratikin in Turngenev's "A Month In The Country" (1974), "Playing the Wife" a new play by Ronald Hayman, Rolfe in "Hadrian VII" based on the novel by Frederick Rolf (1995) and the title role in Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" (1996).

His credits at Birmingham Rep include: the title role in Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" (1960), Magpie in "Naked Island" based on the book by Russell Braddon, Albert in "Hobson's Choice" by Harold Brighouse, Stanley in "One Way Pendulum" by 'NF Simpson', the King in "A Man For All Seasons" by Robert Bolt, the deputy in "Rashomon" based on the stories by Ryûnosuke Akutagawa, Gaston in "Traveler Without Luggage" by Jean Anouilh (1961), Christian in "Saint's Day" by John Whiting, Young Courtlove in Double Deceit", Count Marcellus in "Duel of Angels" by Jean Giraudoux, Alvin in "The Keep" by Gwyn Thomas, St John Hotchkiss in Shaw's "Getting Married", Ferdinand in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" (1962), and Toilus in Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida" (1963), the title role in "Oedipus Rex", Mr Puff in Sheriden's "The Critic" (1972), Jimmy in "Look Back in Anger" by John Osborne and Goldsmith's "She Stoops To Conquer".

(December 5, 2008 - March 7, 2009) Malvolio in William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" at London's Donmar West End theatre. Directed by Michael Grandage, costumes by Christopher Oram, etc.

(August 1988) He directed William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet", in a Renaissance Theatre Company production during the Renaissance Shakespeare Festival at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England with Kenneth Branagh, Samantha Bond, Richard Easton, Edward Jewesbury, David Lloyd Meredith, Dearbhla Molloy, David Parfitt, Shaun Prendergast, Sophie Thompson, Jay Villiers and Jimmy Yuill in the cast.

(1982) He acted in Henrik Ibsen's play, "Peer Gynt", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at The Other Place Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Derek Godfrey in the cast. Ron Daniels was the director.

(1982) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Mark Rylance and Bob Peck in the cast. Ron Daniels was the director.

(1982) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Much Ado About Nothing", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Sinéad Cusack in the cast. Terry Hands was the director.

(1983) He acted in Edmond Rostand's play, "Cyrano De Bergerac", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Alice Krige and John Carlisle in the cast. Terry Hands was the director.

(1983) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Derek Jacobi, Bob Peck and Mark Rylance in the cast. Ron Daniels was the director.

(1983) He acted in Henrik Ibsen's play, "Peer Gynt", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Nigel Hawthorne and Sinéad Cusack in the cast. Ron Daniels was the director.

(1983) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Much Ado About Nothing", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Derek Jacobi, Sinéad Cusack, Derek Godfrey, Robert O'Mahoney, David Troughton and Christopher Benjamin in the cast. Terry Hands was the director.

(March 1984) He acted in Edmond Rostand's play, "Cyrano De Bergerac", in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Sinéad Cusack, John Carlisle, Tom Mannion, Pete Postlethwaite and Ken Bones in the cast. Terry Hands was the director.

(1993) He played the title role in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Cheryl Campbell, Denys Hawthorne, Jason Durr, Christopher Ravenscroft, Michael Siberry, Adrian Lukis, and Emily Richard in the cast. Adrian Noble was director.

(1964) He acted in Peter Shaffer's play, "The Royal Hunt of the Sun," in a Chichester Festival Theatre production at the National Theatre at Chichester in Chichester, Sussex, England with Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Robert Lang, Mike Gambon, Edward Petherbridge, and Edward Hardwicke in the cast. John Dexter and O'Donovan were directors.

(1963) He acted in Arden's play, "The Workhouse Monkey," in a Chichester Festival Theatre production at the National Theatre at Chichester in Chichester, Sussex, England with Fay Compton, Frank Finlay, Dudley Foster, Alison Leggatt, Jeremy Brett, Anthony Nicholls, Robert Stephens, Robert Lang, Mary Miller, Norman Rossington, Louise Purnell, and Michael Turner in the cast. Stuart Burge was director.

(1963) He acted in George Bernard Shaw's play, "Saint Joan," in a Chichester Festival Theatre production at the National Theatre at Chichester in Chichester, Sussex, England with Joan Plowright, Robert Stephens, Frank Finlay, Jeremy Brett, and Max Adrian in the cast. John Dexter was director.

(1964) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Othello," in a Chichester Festival Theatre production at the National Theatre at Chichester in Chichester, Sussex, England with Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, Billie Whitelaw, and Joyce Redman in the cast. John Dexter was director.

(1965) He acted in August Strindberg's play, "Miss Julie," and Peter Shaffer's play, "Black Comedy," in a Chichester Festival Theatre production at the National Theatre at the Chichester in Chichester, Sussex, England with Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Doris Hare, and Louise Purnell in the cast. Elliott and John Dexter were directors.

(1974) He acted in Ivan Turgenev's play, "A Month in the Country," in a Chichester Festival Production at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, West Sussex, England with Dorothy Tutin, Timothy West, and Gemma Craven in the cast. Toby Robertson was director.

(1995) He acted in Peter Luke's play, "Hadrian VII," in a Chichester Festival Production at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, West Sussex, England with Joseph O'Conor, James Maxwell, John Savident, Philip Anthony, Maurice Kaufmann, Michael Malnick, Rosemary Martin, Helena McCarthy, and Malcolm Mudie in the cast. Terry Hands was director.

(1996) He acted in Anton Chekhov's play, "Uncle Vanya," in a 1996 Chichester Festival Production at the Albery Theatre in London, England with Trevor Eve, Frances Barber, Imogen Stubbs, Constance Cummings, Richard Johnson, John Normington, and Peggy Mount in the cast. Bill Bryden was director.

(2010) TV commercial (as Scrooge) for SONY outlets "Get the V.A.T. back..." Christmas campaign promotion (ahead of the UK's impending Value Added Tax increase January 2011).

(1977) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Antony and Cleopatra," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Dorothy Tutin, Alec McCowen, Rupert Frazer, Robert Eddison, Zoe Hicks, and Suzanne Bertish in the cast. Toby Robertson was director.

(December 1975) He acted in Nicolaeff's translation of Ivan Turgenev's play, "A Month in the Country," and Richard Cottrell's adaptation of EM Forster's play, "A Room With a View," at the Albery Theatre in London, England with Dorothy Tutin, Timothy West, Jane Lapotaire, John Turner, and Lynn Fairleigh in the cast. Toby Robertson and Timothy West were directors.

(September 1, 1974) He acted in the play, "The Grand Tour", in a Benefit Performance for Stephanie Bidmead at the Duke of York's Theatre in London, England with Isla Blair, Julian Glover, Dorothy Tutin and Timothy West in the cast.

(June 1973) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Pericles;" Peter Shaffer's play, "The Royal Hunt of the Sun;" and William Shakespeare's play, "Twelfth Night," in a Prospect Theatre Company production at the Nottingham Playhouse in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England with Rupert Frazer, Isla Blair, Willoughby Goddard, Jan Waters, Ronnie Stevens, Marilyn Taylerson, Harold Inocent, Ken Shorter, Jonathan Hyde, Trevor Martin, and John Bowe in the cast. Toby Robertson and Eleanor Fazan were directors.

(1973) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Pericles", in a Prospect Theatre Company production at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland with Ronnie Stevens, Rupert Frazer and Harold Innocent in the cast.

(1971) He acted in David Thompson's translation of Euripedes' play, "Electra," at the Greenwich Theatre in Greenwich, London, England with Freda Dowie (for injured Sarah Badel), Andrew Ray, Yvonne Mitchell, Terence Skelton, and Susan Bertish in the cast. Hovhanness I Pilikian was director.

(1988) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Richard II," at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England with Malcolm Tierney, Kathrny Pogson, Heather Canning, Pete Postlethwaite, Jeffery Dench, Barbara Jefford, Rachel Gurney, Robert Eddison, David Rintoul, and Robert Swan in the cast. Clifford Williams was director.

(1988) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Richard II," at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England with Robert Eddison, David Rintoul, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Gurney, Clive Arrindell, Malcolm Tierney, Jeffery Dench, Kathryn Pogson, Robert Swan, and Barbara Jefford in the cast. Clifford Williams was director.

(1986) He acted in Hugh Whitemore's play, "Breaking the Code," at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, England with Joanna David, Isabel Dean, Dave Hill, and Michael Gough in the cast.